Welcome back to Kitchen Gadgets. I’m here with the Cuisinart Soft Serve Ice Cream maker that retails at $68.99 I’m super excited for this because as soon as I laid eyes on it I was like, “I kind of want that!” Right off the bat you see you have a lever that dispenses your soft serve ice cream right into the cone You have your little area where it can stack the cones which is super cute. And then, this is the kicker, you have three compartments where you can store some toppings or “mix-ins” as they call it and make your own little, like, flurry. So we take off the lid. This is supposed to be very easy. Just take off these little guys. There’s a lot of little parts to this. You know, any gadget that has a lot of, like, little parts makes me nervous because once you lose one of the parts, which I do all the time, it’s like you’re kind of screwed. We got our mix-ins in, I got my cones already stacked in here and now for the ice cream base. This works very similarly as the regular ice cream machine where you freeze the inside bowl and churn your ice cream in there. one thing about this whole that differs from the other ice cream maker is that this has a hole where it’s gonna dispense your soft-serve. You do want to freeze this a day ahead so that you know that it’s frozen solid. If you hear anything it means that it’s not frozen completely and you want to make sure that it is completely frozen for the best results. So we’re testing the most simple soft serve ice cream type which is just vanilla and this is awesome because you don’t have to temper eggs, it’s just straight milk and heavy cream and sugar, a little vanilla. You just mix it in a bowl, put it in, churn it, and you’ve got ice cream. I mean that’s pretty phenomenal. There’s two little clicky buttons here that you want to click to get the top off. There we go. And you see this is like the churning device that will actually churn your ice cream. And your frozen bowl goes straight in. So we’re gonna put our top on first before pouring the mix in, and our super simple mix is just gonna be poured straight in here. The kicker is that you do have to watch it churning just because you don’t want it to overchurn and what happens is that it just becomes ice cream and at that point it won’t dispense out of this ’cause it’ll be too thick. Okay ready? Go. So we’ve done a previous test before with ice cream makers and they’re really finicky because of the bowl. You really, really want it to be frozen solid, you know, just do it a lot longer than what it recommends. And also another tip is maybe you want to pre-chill your ice cream mixture as well. We threw our ice cream base in the freezer for about 30 minutes to pre-chill it just so we’re super safe. One thing is that it’s only an on and off button, so that means that I have to watch this constantly which is kind of annoying to do, and also I’m like a little bit vertically challenged, just a little, and it’s really hard for me to see the top. I have to kind of like, go like that, or wear heels or stand on a stool or whatever. Also remember that this only comes with one bowl which means that after you churn it once, it’s gonna get warm. You have to refreeze it, so you actually can’t make a second batch. Even if you wanted to, you have to wait 24 hours. So it’s been four minutes. It’s still a little loose, but you can see that the sides are sort of like, coming together. It’s starting to cling, but it definitely needs more time. Okay, so we’re currently at ten minutes. My ice cream is still looking very soupy. It says to check at 12, but it should be done in under 20 minutes. Please come together ’cause I want you to work. Alright guys, it’s the moment of truth. It was a hell of an effort to get here, but we’re here nonetheless. My ice cream looks good. We’ll start dispensing before this overchurns. We’re just gonna go for it. Okay, its dispensing, not like in a beautiful single stream, but doing my best to make it look good. There you go. It’s creamy, soft. It’s good. Next we’re gonna test our mix-ins and in order to do that, you’re just gonna pull the lever on whichever one you want. I’m gonna go for Oreos and peanuts. And obviously it’s a little awkward because I’m doing this from behind so you guys can all see it happening. Oh, wow. What the… All right, so the mix-ins are just kind of like splurting in there. Okay, I can see it coming down, but I’m not getting much of it. It’s not really coming out. Hello? Okay, it just needed maybe a little bit of help. I’m gonna stop now, I’m just gonna stop. Um, that’s really messy and disappointing. I feel like the mix-ins are just like, splurting out randomly. So it looks like there’s a little ramp that helps disperse the toppings while the soft serve is dispensing. So it’s not really accurate and it’s pretty disappointing. Honestly. I don’t know why you wouldn’t just like, top your ice cream. We’re just gonna keep going now. The final thing I want to test: volume. I want five ice cream cones. Let’s see if I can make five cones from this. This looks so sh***y. All right, I’m getting the hang of it! Not really. Oh my gosh! Sad ice cream. So it looks like we’re about at the end. There we go. Yep, only a few drops left. Okay, and that is all, guys. So I did get a good amount of ice cream, but it just, like, melts really fast. I mean look at that. It’s been like what, like, three minutes and already we’re at melting stages of almost all of them. So eat quick. So, not the prettiest, the dispensing. And it doesn’t look beautiful, but nonetheless we got a lot of ice cream cones. There’s one, two, three, four, five, six, seven cones – six and a half cones. So we got the volume there. Does it look nice? No, it doesn’t at all. Your kids might be disappointed, but you have ice cream. So it seems like the steady stream of ice cream is not like that beautiful stream that you see in the ice cream store. Usually there would be something that’s, like, pushing the ice cream down but for here it’s kind of just like free-flowing down so you don’t get that beautiful nice shape. It’s just kind of like, very random dispersing. Also the mix-ins didn’t work really well. I would say that it’s just for the look and really it has no functionality. I recommend just, like, literally topping your ice cream because it just doesn’t work. I would say though it is really fun. It looks cute. And those are the positives. It’s not very positive. So for more kitchen gadget tests click here.
Overpriced diahrea maker
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"Vertically challenged"….
Maybe the problem is not the machine, but the woman trying to serve it from behind. I know she does it like this to show the viewer what's happening, but then they edit the video with a lot of cuts, hiding the stream of ice cream.
It's hard to discern what the problem here is.
The amount of time she's standing there taking while the icecream continues to melt is giving me anxiety
she is really hot
I was thinking of buying this, thanks for the video
how do you add extra overrun to make the ice cream extra extra fluffy and airy? ie overrun up to 300%? could I use a cream dispenser?
She's very entertaining
I’ve owned one. It is cheaply made but damn the ice cream it makes is incredible
Live in hawaii. Those bowl type icecream makers don't work here.
Ive tried sorbet as well and i have to partially freeze the mix then throw in the blender to break ice crystals then throw in the mixer bowl thats been in freezer for 3 days and even then it doesnt always come out to halfway decent
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I like to make homeade ice cream.but that is a mess to much work
garbage machine
how much for this machine?
Daym she cute
This would look great next to my Margaritaville.
5:18 You go to McDonald’s and order an ice cream cone and get that lol
6:07 ice cream for sale, $5 each.
She kinda looks like Gina from JustKiddingParty
Esther is beautiful as always but her make up and the lighting definitely clashed this episode. Should probably go with a non glossy make up or at least set it with some powder so it reflects less light.
Run to the local store and buy a ice cream, YUM!!!
do i need this…yes i do
Thank you so much for doing this review. And you did a great job.
learn how to use the machine. it's your job.
Shame, Cuisinart, shame on you!
Ice cream in the park in Philippine is cooler than that
I bought my first freezable core machine over 30 years ago. (The Donvier) They worked like crap then and they work like crap today. I'm shocked that they still sell this type of ice cream maker.
Después de ver este vídeo, decidí mejor no comprarla.
not worth it
1:47 2 little clicky buttons here that click. Well what else are they supposed to do?
Too much babysitting the machine
Okay, let’s be honest here.. it works. It takes a lot of effort, but IT WORKS. One thing I didn’t like in this review is that the girl did not even do that much in making the cone a bit presentable. I mean, if you want it to look similar to a soft-serve cone then at least maneuver the cone so the soft serve will dispense properly. The cones look messy because the girl did not even bother to make it look good and I don’t know why. And of course it’ll melt faster because it’s a soft serve.
But I do agree that the mix-ins thing is a no-no.
You need to swirl the cone in a spiral pattern to get a nice spiral peak. Just leaving the cone under will obviously just give you a blob pile.
A piece of junk
Can one not purchase a second bowl? Also there is a better way to fill your cone and it doesn’t involve moving your cone in circles but up and down as if pumping it down into the cone.
Evidently Cusinart forgot about QUALITY as almost all of them have now days. Need to get back to making quality items – not sure if this can be accomplished when manufactured in China.
Can we buy two bowls so we don’t need to wait 24hrs😬🤔🤭
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Too bad they don't make that with it's own compressor like the Ice-100.
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I love Asian chicks with a lazy eye
That icecream maker took a giant dump on that cone 😂😂
Did anyone else think, 2 girls one cup?
At that price point the machine should have had a compressor!
You didn't let it freeze long enough that is why you didn't get the swirl. You don't need a machine to make soft serve. Next time freeze the mixture and use a piping bag with a star tip. It's easier, quicker, with less cleanup.
Can you use it with normal soft serve mix?
"your kids might be dissapointed, but its ice cream" 😂😂
Guess can't expect much for 65 bucks. Might be a good garage sale buy at 10 bucks
Queeseenart
I love how honest this girl is even if she's trying to sell you something more useless than …ah, heels on a giraffe (speaking of vertically challenged ;))
Someone give this amazing woman a stool, oh my god.
This is hilarious…. either this is the worst product ever invented or she is a plant from the competitors and she messed it up intentionally..
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I will never buy this
6899? And it's janky AF what he heck man 😂
Only product so far that YES I WANT IT I NEED IT
More than 24 hours of expectation for 7 cones of disappointment.
I really wanted to buy one of these when they first came out, but thank goodness I didn’t!
It looks like it's take a poop. #sorrynotsorry
Just curious. Could you have possibly picked a more annoying person to host this show? I highly doubt that you could possibly do such a thing.
I think maybe you were supposed to stop churning to dispense it? Or maybe it wasn't churned enough?
I mean you could just get normal ice cream and stir it with a spoon. I used to do that all the time when I was a little kid.
I'm taking it back to the store. 😜
Queezinart??
Lol
Mean no rudeness, but we have this machine and have been using it for a while . We very rarely ever have any issues. Admittedly, the swirl in feature does not work well, but we almost never have problems with the ice cream. The only real problem we have with that part is it getting too cold. We use the enclosed recipe, and pre-made soft serve mix. Always a good treat! You have to make sure you put the bowl in the coldest part of your freezer and let it sit overnight! I also recommend putting a paper plate or something on top, it helps keep the cold from leaking out the top.
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Sub-standard & dissapointing
Damn I want her
Complicated
trying to load too much icecream into one cone. trying to do it standing behind the mixer doesn't really help
I really enjoy the hostess. I follow Eater for her content
milkshake? frappuccino? soup? that's the saddest machine… no resemblence to ice cream. Looks like white diarrhea.
put the ice cream thru a pastry bag
Not the machine, but the Video looks like too much QVC !!! Which means, cheap less Quality products – just to sell!
I wanted one of these until I saw this video
Atleast it should have light or button that show it ready to serve ice cream rather than you have to tip toe or see it every minutes.
How mach
What’s the point if you only have turkey once a year . Any more and you will give turkeys a complex .
In fairness to manufacturer, you should have had a practice run with the Machin, before making a full of yourself 🙂
You suck as a reviewer .. you did not leave time for the ice cream to solidify u dumbo ..
Pass not worth it
Didn't know it is necessary to put it in cones.
Awww 24 hours to wait. That's looong.
😂
Who has room for this thing?
So i actually have this machine at home, it works perfect if you put a little less mixture into it. the ice cream turns out so much more smoother and thicker. although if you do use a bigger batch just prefreeze the ice cream for approx 2 hours stirring the mixture every 30 minutes.
It's impossible for any machine less than a few hundred to thousands of dollars to make true soft-serve. In order to make it you need a machine with a system that is cold enough to immediately freeze the mix while aerating it so that the ice cream comes out smooth, light, and frozen enough to hold shape. Any company who puts out a home appliance claiming to make soft-serve is knowingly putting out a scam product. This thing is literally just a normal home ice cream maker with a hole at the bottom of the coolant pot, and the ice cream that you make with those are always meant to be frozen for a few hours before being eaten, that's why the ice cream here is instantly melting. Go to McDs or DQ for your fix.
She is not good at this
anything that does not have a refrigeration circuit must not be called "ice cream maker"
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That's just a dumb machine
Obviously she's a moron!!!
This is a huge pass. Sorry cuisinart.
The only REAL ice cream base is crème anglaise (a custard like base that is cooked on the stove)
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You made 1 medium cone
It's got no preserves in the ice cream so it melts fast. That's a good sign.👍💖
Mix ins might have supposed to be liquid?