Electric ice cream makers also known as ice cream machines and ice cream freezers basically all work a like-an ice cream mixture is brought to the freezing point and simultaneously, the cream and ice mix is stirred to prevent ice from forming.
Although home ice cream machines vary in size and operation, there are basically only three kinds. The first kind is probably what you remember Grandma using on Sunday socials. They use rock salt and ice to get the ice cream mixture to a low enough temp.
Then there is the canister type. This unit uses a freezable bowl, which you store in your freezer, to get your ice cream mix cold enough. A canister ice cream freezer is generally less messy than the first kind.
The last kind of ice cream maker could be considered the luxury model of ice cream makers. No freezable bowl, no ice, no rock salt, these units have a built in freezer. On the plus side, they are ready at a moments notice for whipping up a batch of homemade ice cream.
Fresh ice cream anytime–what’s the catch? Well for starters, a compressor-style machine is really expensive. Then there are some models that don’t have a removable mixing bowl and that can make it difficult when it comes time to clean up.
Well that’s about it as far as the different types of ice cream makers. Earlier, I stated that your ice cream machine can be a year around appliance and here’s what I mean. Pumpkins and sweet potatoes go into a lot of staple hot fall foods but they are great in ice cream too. And vanilla ice cream is really tasty on pumpkin pie.
Wally Clydesdale’s expertise in ice cream go back to his days as a child. He is now a member of Ice Cream Maker Basics.com where he writes about electric ice cream makers
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