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Cream Maker
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Ice Cream Maker
These days, there is an ice cream maker for every budget. The purpose of any ice cream maker is to break up the ice crystals as they form during the freezing process by constantly stirring the mixture . This constant movement, called churning also incorporates air to improve the texture and increase the volume of the finished ice cream. Since all types of ice cream maker make good ice cream, you must make your decision based upon capacity, convenience, and budget. The is so many different options available for ice cream maker, provided here is an explanation of what the different types of ice cream maker available and how each works.
Type Of Ice Cream Maker
Manual Ice Cream Maker
Rock Salt/Ice (hand crank ice cream maker). Ice cream ingredients are placed in a bowl.
This bowl is placed in a larger outer bowl.
In the space between the outer and inner bowl, a rock salt/ice mixture is placed.
Rock salt and ice are used to freeze the ice cream ingredients.
A paddle attached to a hand crank mixes ice cream ingredients to insure uniform freezing, prevent ice crystals, and aerate the ice cream.
Electric Ice Cream Maker
Rock Salt/Ice
This machine works the same as the manual model, but the paddle is turned by electricity - not your own elbow grease!
Freezer Bowl Ice Cream Maker
The Freezer Bowl is a double-walled bowl with coolant-filled solution in-between its walls.
The bowl is placed in the freezer to freeze the solution (usually at least 8-12 hours).
When the solution is frozen (you can no longer hear any liquid sloshing around between the bowl's walls), the bowl is placed in the ice cream machine.
Ice cream ingredients are placed in the freezer bowl. An electric-powered paddle churns the ice cream to insure uniform freezing. It also prevents ice crystals from forming and aerates the ice cream.
Automatic Ice Cream Machine With Built In Compartment
Ice cream ingredients are place inside the ice cream making machine.
This appliance freezes the ice cream ingredients without the use of a freezer bowl or rock salt and ice.
To insure uniform freezing, the ice cream maker churns the ice cream. Churning prevents ice crystal formation and aerates the ice cream.
Now you're familiar with the basic types of ice cream makers and how they work, you can proceed to choose the one that suit your objective.
How to Choose Ice Cream Maker
Assess how much ice cream you'll need to make at a time. If you have a large family you'll need an ice cream maker that makes at least a quart and a half to 2 quarts at a time. Anything less and you will not have enough to satisfy the ice cream vultures that are sure to flock.
Determine how much manual work you or your kids want to do. The old fashioned hand crank style ice cream makers are still for sale in some stores and online if you want that retro feel. If you're not into nostalgia, there are also electric models as well, but there is a drawback: Because of the work it takes to make ice cream and the load on the motor, the motors have a tendency to burn out.
Locate reviews for several different makes, models and brands. Get a feel for what a particular model will and won't do, and also get a cost comparison from several different retailers. You can even get a feel of the reliability of some models.
Call a few retailers and see what they have in stock. This is one of those items that is not stocked year-round in most stores, so if you're shopping off-season you may not find what you are looking for by just stopping in.
Stop at the store and check out the selection. It's always a good idea when making an investment to go and look at the actual item. See if it has a heavy-duty mixing blade. Check out the freezer bowl, and, if the retailer lets you, plug it in and check out the motor.
Take your ice cream maker home and enjoy.
Tips & Warnings
With most ice cream makers you cannot make another batch right away because the
"bowl" of the ice cream maker generally has to freeze overnight between batches.
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