Cuisinart ICE-30BC Pure Indulgence 2-Quart Automatic Frozen Yogurt, Sorbet, and Ice Cream Maker  | 
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Brand: Cuisinart
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $120.00
Buy New: $67.39
You Save: $52.61 (44%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  187 reviews
Sales Rank: 47
Color: Brushed Stainless
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12.5
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: ice30bc
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
This fully automatic frozen yogurt-sorbet and ice cream maker features a brushed stainless steel housing, a large ingredient spout and a heavy-duty motor capable of making frozen desserts or drinks in as little as 25 minutes. The double insulated freezer bowl can hold up to 2 quarts of frozen desserts. Also includes instruction / recipe book. Large ingredient spout for adding mix-ins Includes instruction / recipe book Limited 3-year warranty
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| Customer Reviews: Read 182 more reviews...
 Would buy it again July 26, 2008
This does a great job! We bought it after our old fashioned wooden barrel ice cream maker died. This freezes the ice cream better than the old one-- the key is to freeze the bowl well and cool the mix in the refrigerator until all the ingredients are cold. My only complaint is the size of the bowl-- it is not very big at all. It takes me three batches in this one to make what my old make could make in one batch. It says two quarts but it is not nearly that big. Still a great maker and I am pleased overall. We do need a second bowl, though so we can make more than one batch. Would buy it again!
 Good Quality Product! Home made ice cream couldn't be any easier! July 23, 2008
After having bought a 6 qt Rival ice cream maker from Wal-Mart that required rock salt and ice we were really disappointed in the perfomance of the motor and the container was cheap plastic and leaked. So we returned it and bought this one from Amazon. We are very pleased with it. I bought an extra bowl since we have a large, enthusiastic ice cream loving family. At first the bowl looked small, but it made plenty of ice cream for the 5 of us to have a normal sized bowl and some left over. It is so easy to make ice cream with this, I will make one batch right after the other using the extra bowel, so that we can have extra kept on hand. It is a little noisey, but not unbearably so. In 25 minutes the ice cream is thick enough to eat. The consistency we found was thicker than that produced of the Rival ice cream maker. And when my husband used it, he just poured the ingrediants right into the bowel with the lid on and let the ice cream maker mix it. It comes with a recipe book with recipes for ice cream, frozen yogurt, gelato, sorbets, and frozen drinks. One can be creative and create their own recipes making them low fat, or including blended fruit to sorbets, ice cream etc. It is best to store the ice cream in a separate container (perhaps plastic reused ice cream containers). I would definately recommend this to anyone and would be pleased to give it as a gift.
LOVE IT! July 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this ice cream machine a few months ago. My first few attempts at making ice cream were disappointing. I followed the recipes straight from the book and the ice creams were entirely too runny to consume. I had to freeze the ice cream after making it, which significantly lengthened the duration of time required to make your ice cream with this machine. After a few trial and errors, I came up with several solutions to the problem:
(1) Mix the ingredients together and freeze for an hour prior to putting them in the ice cream machine to churn for 30 minutes. This does not necessarily cut down on the time needed to make the ice cream but does allow you to eat it straight after the machine finishes churning.
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(2) Use a custard base by mixing 4 egg yolks, 1 cup of sugar, and 1 cup of milk together and heating until thick. After making the custard, procede with the recipe in the book accordingly and the ice cream will be thick and wonderful!
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(3) Use a different recipe book.
The machine is such an improvement to the days of churning the ice cream manually. It is so simple; You merely keep the inside bowl frozen then place your ice cream mixture in it when you are ready and turn the machine "on" and wait 30 minutes. As I said, the ice cream recipes in the book have all produced very runny ice cream for me so there is a little extra time needed if you prefer a thicker ice cream. However, the frustrating part of this was merely figuring out how to tweak the recipe to make it work. Once that was done (using options (1) or (2) above), the process was simple.
The machine is a little loud (I would not use it while anyone was sleeping or a child was napping) but given that it only needs 20-30 minutes to work its magic, it is manageable. One thing I was concerned about was the size of the machine and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by how compact this machine is. It is not nearly as large as I anticipated which makes storeage much easier. Like other reviewers, I highly recommend keeping the freezer bowl in the freezer (in a plastic bag to prevent freezer burn) at all times so it is ready when you decide to make some ice cream. If you don't, you should expect a full 24 hours for the bowl to freeze before making the ice cream. The ice cream will not make properly if the bowl is not completely frozen.
I have added two pictures of the chocolate ice cream I made a few weeks ago (see above in the pictures of the product). It was incredible. You can see the amazing thickness and creaminess of the ice cream.
If I had written this review after the first week, I would have given this machine 2 stars. But...after some trial and error, I am incredibly happy with this purchase and give it an easy 5 stars. If you love ice cream, you will not be disappointed.
On a side note...I have two young children (ages 3 and 5) who love helping me make the ice cream. It is a great family thing to do together. My girls are so proud to eat the end product of what they made from scratch. In addition, I have taught them about measurements (i.e., a cup of sugar, a tblsp of vanilla, a tsp of this or that) which has turned the fun project into something they can also learn with which is nice.
In short...GREAT product! I would recommend to anyone!
Yum! Quick, easy, and delicious July 16, 2008
In the past month -- since first taking this out of the box -- I have made 5 batches of ice cream, sorbet, and frozen yogurt. Every batch has turned out amazingly well and the the ice cream keeps very well. I have kept the ice cream in the freezer for 2+ weeks and it tastes as good on the last day as it does on the first. The machine is a bit noisy, but since it only takes 25 minutes to make the ice cream, it's not a problem at all. I couldn't be happier with this purchase and highly recommend it.
Wonderful Ice cream maker July 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this after taste my neice amazing Ice fruit, so she gave me an excellent recipe. I am so glad i bought this one. You can have ice cream any time and be creative. It is so great. Easy to use, makes enough ice cream, and very fast. It has a beautiful design, easy to clean.It is noisy, but at the end after 25 minutes you can enjoy a delicious ICE CREAM.
I could taste my home made Ice cream very fast, because of the delivery. I really apreciate this. From Caracas- Venezuela, thanks a lot
Rosa Elvira Melo de Fantoni
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