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Cuisinart ICE-30BC Pure Indulgence 2-Quart Automatic Frozen Yogurt, Sorbet, and Ice Cream Maker |  | Brand: Cuisinart
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $145.00
Buy New: $68.99
as of 9/4/2010 02:10 UTC details
You Save: $76.01 (52%)
New (19) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $39.99
Seller: jcs-hightech
Rating:  436 reviews
Sales Rank: 108
Country: CHINA
Color: Brushed Stainless
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12.5
Dimensions (in): 16 x 10.3 x 10.3
Legal Disclaimer: Sale Ends: 05-23-2009. You may return or exchange merchandise purchased from Macy's @ Amazon by mail only.
MPN: ICE-30BC
Model: ICE-30BC
UPC: 086279008589
EAN: 0086279008589
ASIN: B0006ONQOC
Release Date: February 1, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Fully automatic frozen yogurt, sorbet, and ice cream maker | | • | Brushed stainless-steel housing; heavy-duty motor | | • | Large ingredient spout for easily adding favorite mix-ins | | • | Double-insulated 2-quart freezer bowl; instruction book and recipes included | | • | Measures approximately 8-1/4 by 8 by 11-1/4 inches; 3-year limited warranty |
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Product Description
When they're screaming for ice cream, give them what they want with this sleek and compact ice cream maker. They won't have to wait long - 25 minutes is all it takes for the heavy-duty motor to mix up creamy frozen desserts or drinks. The double-insulated freezer bowl holds up to 2 quarts and a large ingredient spout provide plenty of room to add your favorite mix-ins. Housed in shining brushed stainless steel, this appliance looks great on any countertop.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 436
 Great machine September 3, 2010
S. Murtza (New York, NY USA)
I have only used the machine once to make frozen yogurt and it worked great. It took 25 minutes to make as advertised. The sounds is a little loud but not as bad as I expected based on teh reviews I read. My only issue with it was that the blades don't actually scrape the side of the container so it leads to almost icy product on the edges. B/w I chilled my mix before putting it in the machine which might be why it did not take more than 25 minutes to be ready.
 Great ice cream...with a little practice September 2, 2010
H. G. (California United States)
This product makes great ice cream, if you follow a few tips:
1. Freeze the bowl for 24 hours (not 8 hours).
2. If you want to add ingredients at the end, make sure they are frozen in advance (not just cold).
3. About 15 minutes into the cycle, take a dull knife and hold it against the side wall, moving it up and down to prevent ice from forming on the walls (once is enough).
4. Don't worry about the time, wait until the ice cream clearly separates from the blades and begins to stand by itself.
5. Freeze the ice cream at the end for several hours unless you like very very soft ice cream.
I have successfully made ice cream every night for a week using this process.
PS Please don't tell anyone (particularly my family and friends) how easy this is.
Skeptical at first, but love it now! August 31, 2010
J. Fang (Michigan)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first batch I made turned out a bit crystalized and not as creamy of a consistency. But subsequent batches I just followed the product recipe book and got perfect, cream texture. Don't know what happened that first batch... Now I fully agree with all the other 5 stars, and I never buy ice cream at the store anymore.
Some additional notes, echoing other reviews:
- Don't plan to save much money per batch; the ingredients come out about as much as store-bought ice cream price
- The results at the end of the 25 minute process is not hard, more like gelato. I have to freeze overnight to get the solid scoops. But 2 quarts of ice cream shouldn't get polished off in one night.
- Ice cream frozen over several nights never turns too hard; always easy to scoop and same creamy texture.
- Because ice cream is still very soft while in machine, I tend to add any ingredients by hand, rather than directly into the machine in the last 5 minutes, as instructed in the recipe book.
- The frozen yogurt recipe is not like frozen yogurt at the store, more like the tarty fro-yo that's really popular now.
- LOVE adding almond extract or peppermint extract to vanilla or chocolate!
Best part: your friends and neighbors will love this purchase.
Quick & Easy ice cream August 31, 2010
Melissa (USA)
I have had this ice cream maker for about 1 month and so far it works great and clean up is easy. It freezes up to soft serve in about 20 - 25 minutes. I keep the freezer bowl in the freezer and it is ready to go.
 Off to the landfill we go. . . August 29, 2010
Amy Moser (San Diego, CA)
First, I think far too many reviewers buy the product, try it for a few weeks or maybe a month, and then post a review. How can you tell if the product is well-made and high quality after only a month of use? I have owned this ice cream maker for 3 1/2 years and as far as ease of use, it's simple: fill it up, plug it in, turn it on and leave it.
However, after about one year of use (maybe 15 batches or so), the motor began to slow down. Gone were the days of the 25 minute batches as advertised--soon it took 40 or 45 minutes to make just one quart as the bucket just did not spin quickly. We used the machine less and less as it got slower and slower and by the end of the second year (about 25 batches in), the machine could not freeze 2 quarts at all no matter how long you let it spin. By year three, the machine only worked sporadically. Sometimes it will finish a one quart batch (after 45 minutes or more) and sometimes the motor stops, inexplicably, after about 10 minutes, leaving us with soup rather than ice cream.
Repair costs more time and money than buying a new one, and that just makes me very very sad (and Cuisinart very very rich as they are counting on selling a replacement unit).
Really? They couldn't even make a product that lasts 5 years?
Showing reviews 1-5 of 436
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