Cuisinart Ice Cream Makers

Cuisinart Ice-20 is a fully automatic ice cream maker that turns out amazing sorbets, sherbets, ice cream and frozen yogurts in as little as 20 minutes. It has a capacity of 1½-quart of ice cream, so it would easily make a batch of frozen deserts for any family dinner. If you need to cater for a bigger party, you have the option of buying extra freezer bowls, so you can serve up freshly made ice cream to your hearts content.

The freezer bowls are double insulated, which together with the powerful electric motor ensures a constant low temperature and and smooth creamy ice cream without ice crystals in them. Also, they have a non-stick coating, making it easy both to get your ice cream out and clean them afterwards.

Put your freezer bowl(s) in the freezer for about 15-20 hours before you need to make your deserts - put them on the machine - add your ingredients - and leave the Cuisinart Ice-20 to do the rest. The clear lid lets you watch the mixing process, and you have the option to add extra ingredients (such as chocolate chips etc.) during the process through a large ingredient spout. While the freezer bowls may take up some room in your freezer - they do save you from having to mess with ice and rock salt - which is quite convenient.

The Cuisinart Ice-20 is a firm favorite with ice cream loving people - and receives raving reviews from the vast majority of people that own one - making it a best selling ice cream maker in online stores across the internet.

Cuisinart Ice-30BC is the big brother of the Cuisinart Ice-20 - with the main differences being the brushed stainless steel housing - and the 2-quart capacity.

Nothing really beats a quart of fresh home made ice cream - apart from 2 quarts of cause - so if you want to make bigger portions of ice cream, sorbet or frozen yogurt this is your top choice.

Just like the Ice-20 the Cuisinart Ice-30 receives rave reviews from the people who have bought one. The main complaint seems to be that the machine is quite noisy - though no where near as noisy as a standmixer or blender. The solution for many seems to be that they go and do chores in other rooms in the house or put the ice cream maker in the laundary room.

The freezer bowl works the same as well - it needs to be pre-frozen for 15-20 hours before making the ice cream - but if you plan ahead or have a big enough freezer that shouldn't be a problem. Also, you can buy extra 2-quart freezer bowls for the Cuisinart Ice-30BC.

So, if you're looking for a stylish 2-quart capacity ice cream machine for the large family or small dinner parties, the Cuisinart Ice-30 would be your ideal choice.

The Cuisinart Ice-50 ice cream maker is the top of the range ice cream machine from Cuisinart. With the built-in freezing compressor the need for pre-freezing the bowls have been removed, making the ice cream making proces much faster and more "on-demand" that with the above mentioned Cuisinart ice cream makers.

A portion of home made sorbet, ice cream or frozen yogurt can be ready in as little as 30 minutes - and you can even produce your own slushy drinks and coctails on a hot summers day. Furthermore - because of the built in freezer there's no need to cool down your custard based ice cream any more - just add 10-15 mins to the "cooking time".

The Cuisinart will do equally well in the hose of an ice cream connoiseur's house - or even in a small restaurant where fresh home made ice cream is on the menu - as a successive batch of ice cream can be produced by investing in extra freezing bowls.

The one downside to this machine is that it is rather noisy, which is down to the fact that the electric motor as well as the freezer-compressor needs to be in full swing at the same time, but putting the machine in another room would easily make up for that, considering the messing about saved by not having to pre-freeze the bowls etc.

If you have a near insatiable hunger for any kind of home made frozen deserts - or your freezer doesn't have the room for freezing the bowls before you can make ice cream (or maybe you're just too impatient) - you should definately consider buying the Cuisinart Ice-50BC Supreme Ice Cream Maker.

The Cuisinart Ice-45 Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker is one of the only ice cream makers of its kind in the price range under $200. Soft serve ice cream is a favorite for most younger audiences, so this machine is likely to fare best with your kids.

In saying that, however, soft serve ice cream does go quite well with cones and Dutch waffels - and most of us have a kid inside anyway - so why not?

The Cuisinart Ice-45 works after the frozen bowl principle, just like the Ice-20 and the Ice-30, and each bowl has a capacity of 1½-quart. You can buy extra freezer bowls for use with the machine.

Also, it comes with a cone holder, and a chute where you can drop 3 different kinds of Ice Cream mix-ins onto your finished cone. This makes the machine ideal as a "help yourself" item on a buffet table or at kids' parties.

The main complaint that people seem to have with the Cuisinart Ice-45 Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker is that it's difficult achieving the right consistence of soft serve ice cream, so many people end up seing it more as a toy than a really useful kitchen appliance. This is probably not far off the mark - since the price of a professional soft serve ice cream maker starts at $2,500.00+ - so not a huge let down there.

The Cuisinart Ice-45 Soft serve ice cream maker is good for a laugh - a decent attempt at making soft serve ice cream machine at a price that doesn't break the bank - and it does have a lot of satisfied users all the same.