2L Ice Cream Maker with Compressor, No Pre-freezing Ice Cream Machine, 3 in 1, Button Control Panel & Timer, Homemade Ice Cream/Gelato/Sorbet/Frozen Yoghurt

TLDR - If you have the space and want professional grade icecream or sorbet from well made sturdy kit buy it! Ok now that's out of the way let's start with the negatives. Firstly it is large and it is heavy if that's an issue then arguably avoid ANY ice-cream machine. The only other potential downside is no gelato setting (I don't care so 🤷‍♂️) my only real gripe is a loud finish beep would be handy and yeah that's it now for the pros after 16 Liters of both ice-cream and sorbets and I am stunned at how good this is. Once you have mix ready it takes a maximum of 1hr if fridge cold for 2 liters of fantastically smooth ice cream. You can set time yourself (I do) or let run for full 60mins i would advise keeping an eye first few times so you know how long yours takes then use that number for next time you use same mi as it can be much less if you do smaller batch or split my 2l base below for multi flavours. I also find it easier to remove just before hard set as easier to remove plastic mixer (if stuck DO NOT FORCE IT) use silicone spatula (NO METAL) to remove ice cream to put in tubs. Rince in sink dry entirely and you are done cleaning It's easy to use, clean and has basically three modes. 1) make ice cream 2) mix only 3)keep cold and trust me that's all you need. Mix is perfect to add in stuff one nearly ready Jen and Berry's style below I have added how I make ice-cream and it worked perfectly, feel free to use as a base. For ice cream recipe go on BBC good food for Ultimate vanilla ice cream remove vanilla and double this for just under 2liter ice-cream mix is less as it expands DO NOT USE 2 LITERS OF LIQUID) is the perfect base mix for you to add flavour (double espresso from pod etc, just saying). The only real pressure point is not adding eggs to too hot mix (we don't want scrambled eggs). Relax take your time it's worth it. I make mix day before and cover with cling film on surface (no skin this way) n fridge for sorbets experiment you can literally use ANY fruit blended (tinned, frozen etc) with water and sugar. If it comes out grainy /icy it's due to low sugar bonus just melt add sugar and it's fixed 👍 Thank you for reading this far

Great ice cream maker, but its hard to separate the ice cream from the rotating part. Maybe a design flaw.

Not a day goes by without sorbet or ice-cream now. This maker is brilliant and, forthe price, you can't go wrong. Mix up your base and throw it in, press go, and 60 mins later you have beautifully frozen ice cream or sorbet that tastes amazing. So easy to use and clean.

Bought on impulse mainly as it has the advantage of having a built in compressor / built in freezer Put simply no need to pre freeze equipment or produce. You can use this with pre Bought ice cream mix which I did for convenience also to ensure correct consistency until I became more confident with the machine and had resourced ingredients and recipe etc. To start After unboxing and reading manual. You are advised to quickly wash the inner bowl-basket it tells you to be absolutely sure you dry the equipment well to avoid it sticking to the machine. Once assembled back in machine, switch power on It flash 00. Then default to the icecream 🍦 program which is 60 mins, you have to press start etc. Once the program ie the icecream 60 mins complete it then beeps 3 times before then default to chill for 30 mins best to leave the chill cycle to complete. So ideal 1.5 hours for best results. There is also a program that's just mix/stir the manual not clear but I presume you select this when mixing in additional ingredients like nuts or fruit which you can do 2 mins before program ends or if you forget and it's already default to chill you can change program to mix/stir then back to chill if you wish. The paddle is only plastic so any nuts or fruit you add needs to be really small or ideally pulp-puree Otherwise the consistency will not be correct or the paddle will " trigger" or motor over heat etc. The icecream freezes-cools firstly from the areas touching the metal and base and is more softer-whipped consistency in the middle. As initially I thought it was too soft but when it had finished the chill cycle it was more frozen especially those areas. Making removal of paddle impossible you have to spoon out the ice cream then eventually removal of paddle possible. I used 1 litre pre made ice cream mix which made or filled a 2 litre tub of ice cream I think that's were people are going wrong saying it's not a 2 litre machine! Overall so far very pleased with the purchase plus I got it on a special deal price. Not sure what aftershaves service like eg if fault but usually everything covered by warranty unless you haven't followed correct process etc.