Does anyone have a Cuisinart ICE-100 ice cream/gelato maker?

[thewayne]

I'm moving closer and closer to buying one. The other models are nice, but I like the gelato feature. Probably be ordering it thru Best Buy.

My mom made a wonderful peanut butter ice cream mix for my dad. He had an amazing ice cream mixer that he built: it could churn two gallons of ice cream at a time: big square box with two fold-out stands, the buckets were fiberglassed (by him), and the heads connected to a reversible motor to decouple them easily! It was a pretty amazing thing. I have no idea where it ended up. While I would have loved to have it personally, I have no need whatsoever to be able to make two gallons of ice cream at a time! This Cuisinart with 1.5 quart capacity is perfect: small batch size gives you lots of opportunity to experiment and refine recipes.

I have two boxes of my mom's recipes, I hope the peanut butter ice cream mix is in there! I know I'll have to down-size it, though....

https://www.cuisinart.com/shopping/appliances/ice-cream-and-yogurt-makers/ice-100

Comments

[motodraconis]

I think the difference between gelato and ice cream is in the recipe and the quantity of air pumped in? Because I had a look at the specs and there seems to be only one setting... on and time, which is the same as my cheapo ice cream maker, so... TBH, I'd be inclined to think any old ice cream machine will do the job, you just want to pick one that makes quantities useful to you and is vaguely fuss free and easy to use and clean.

[thewayne]

This one is nice because it has a compressor, it'll maintain a colder temperature while mixing. I really don't want a larger quantity, I think 1.5-2 quarts is quite adequate as I don't want to put on too much weight! And this one is definitely easy to clean. You can make a second batch with about a 10 minute rest after the previous!

As far air insertion is concerned, that seems to be a function of which blade you're using, the gelato or ice cream blade. I've had excellent results, durability, and warranty service with Cuisinart in the past, which gives them lots of points in brand loyalty.