Cuisinart Professional Ice Cream Maker
from Cuisinart
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Customer Rating: 
Category: Kitchen & Home
Model No: ICE50BCU
Availability: dispatched within 24 hours
Index: Kitchen & Housewares
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Kitchen Shopper Price: £254.46
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worth every penny Sent: 04 August 2008
my family loves ice cream, but i am acutely aware of the rubbish and additives that goes into the mass produced stuff, so i'd been looking to buy a home machine for a while. when i saw this monster i had to have it - nearly bought it from amazon (they are the cheapest on the 'net) but my local cook shop had a deal on so i got it from there. it is an impressive piece of kit, heavy, robust and pretty noisy - but the ice cream is better than the shop bought stuff - and the healthy frozen yoghurt is tops - i totally recommend this machine. don't waste your money on cheaper machines, or fussy ones (gaggia and magimix), this is the one!
Delighted with the Cuisinart Sent: 03 July 2008
I chose this ice cream maker over the Gaggia and Magimix ones because :-
1) Looks - Strudy, retro design that co-ordinates with my existing gadgets and if it needs to live on your worktop this is important. (To me anyway!)
2) No need for alcohol to help the freezing process. I still cannot beleive that after paying nearly £300 for the others you need to 'feed' it with alcohol to help it freeze!
3) Capacity - seems to make double the quantity of the other 2.
4) Price - unbeleivably (given the above) up to about £50 cheaper depending on where you buy! I'd have still bought it if it had been the same price.
My machine is hardly ever off (family now fondly calls it 'the tractor'). Yes a little noisy but so so worth it. I bought 3 books from Amazon but find I like the Ben & Jerry's book the best.
Fresh strawberry ice cream and sorbet is like nothing I have ever tasted before. I have a son who is lactose intolerant and have been able to produce delicious sorbets and dairy free ice creams (using coconut cream and milk). I havent had to buy any ice cream at all since having the machine and given I have a family that would eat it for breakfast, lunch and tea if I let them it is so nice to know that what they are eating it chemical free!
5 star recommendation Sent: 29 June 2008
Like others, I did much research before purchasing. After all it would be an expensive appliance purchase to 'get wrong'. I was within seconds of purchasing the Magimix competitor product but after looking at a YouTube demonstration I realised I did not like the requirement to place a saline or alcohol liquid between the bowls mentioned here and buried in the product's online manual AND I did not like how the arm 'looked' that was to turn the paddle... it looked flimsy.
All the positive recommendations here swayed me. After all I already had a Cuisinart US voltage ice cream maker for some time.
Bottom Line: I could not be more pleased with how this product makes ice cream! I am an experienced ice cream maker and have used any number of freezer insert type models over the years. Ice cream can now be made 'on a whim' all that is required is to make the mix, pour it in and turn it on. At first I thought the 40-60 minute churn time would be a negative of the product but the resulting ice cream texture is so good that it is worth the wait. And yes it is a bit noisy while in action but still the time and noise issues are minor given the quality of the outcome. Hence my 5 star recommendation.
Great machine for delicious ice cream Sent: 20 June 2008
This machine arrived a few days ago, and we've had a go at four different ices, mainly from the Ben and Jerry ice cream book. I have to say that the results have been exceptional--specifically a dark chocolate ice cream with bits of chocolate covered crystallised ginger, and a strawberry frozen yogurt (simply made just with mashed strawberries, lime juice, sugar and Greek yogurt--the result was absolutely delicious, better than any frozen yogurt I've ever bought). The machine is very easy to set up and a doodle to clean. The one setback is, as others have noted, that it is rather loud. I set it up in our utility room, where it happily churns away without disturbing anyone, and if this is an option for you, I'd certainly go with it. It's very quick to make a good size amount of ice cream, which means you can throw the mixture together when people unexpectedly come over, and hey presto, less than an hour later you have something delicious to have with your coffee. No need to plan ahead and pre-freeze anything, which is a real bonus. I've been freezing left-over ice cream, and whilst it takes a few minutes to thaw to the right consistency, it still tastes amazing. If you love ice cream/frozen yogurt and sorbets, I'd definitely invest in this machine. It's not cheap, but you'll never have to buy ice cream again, and you'll always know what lurks in your ice cream and can decide exactly what you put in it, and how rich or restrained you want it. A top purchase.
What's that terrible noise??!  Sent: 27 May 2008
Gets four stars because I love the machine - makes great ice cream / sorbet etc, seems very solid and well made, and isn't bad to look at.
But loses a star because it makes an unholy racket that might put you off using it. Don't imagine that you can have the machine going in a room you are using. It makes a grinding, groaning noise that sounds like mechanical torture, and then the paddle changes direction and it gets even worse.
Strange because I can't imagine what's making such a racket - the chiller unit is pretty quiet, so it must be the stirring paddle. But plenty of other kitchen gadgets manage to turn a paddle or blade without inflicting that kind of din.
Mine lives under the stairs and the gnashing of cogs can still be heard throughout the house. Buy one - but only if you've got somewhere to muffle it!
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Associated kitchen categories: Ice-cream Makers Small Appliances, Kitchen Appliances, Ice Cream Maker, Compressor system, icecream, ice cream machine, ice cream, 1.5 litre bowl |
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