ice cream maker: Cuisinart ICE-100 Compressor Ice Cream and Gelato Makergoodusa

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List Price : $545.00 Price : $299.00

Product Description

Make lusciously rich gelato and ice cream – batch after batch – right at home! The Cuisinart Ice Cream and Gelato Maker has a commercial quality compressor-freezer, so it’s always ready to go. Separate paddles for gelato and ice cream, and fully automatic operation with a 60-minute countdown timer, ensure perfect consistencies and professional results. The Keep Cool function will kick in after your time is up to keep your ice cream or gelato cool! Mix-ins can be added through the see-through lid while churning for unlimited flavor combinations. Cuisinart provides a limited 3-year warranty for this product.

Fully automatic with a commercial quality compressor
1-1/2-quart capacity
2 paddles - a gelato paddle for authentic gelato and an ice cream paddle for creamy ice cream
60-minute countdown timer with touchpad controls and a blue LCD readout
10-minute keep cool feature keeps your ice cream or gelato cool after timer has gone off

Cuisinart ICE-100 Compressor Ice Cream and Gelato Maker Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful

BIG Improvement over ICE-50BC, March 14, 2012

B. Frohwein (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cuisinart ICE-100 Compressor Ice Cream and Gelato Maker (Kitchen)

Cuisinart has taken the ICE-50BC and improved upon it's design shortcomings. the biggest improvement is moving the drive system from the overhead arm to underneath the bowl. This system now resembles the much more expensive Lello unit but with a removable bowl. This unit also has a newly redesigned Ice Cream Paddle and includes a Gelato Paddle as well. That's two machines in one. the small door on the top of the lid for adding nuts, candy pieces, etc it easy to open and close although it's a tad narrow.

One thing I noticed the first time I ran mine. after about 20 minutes, there was a squeaking sound. after pausing it and making sure the paddle and the bowl were seated properly, it was ok for a few more minutes but started squeaking again. I tracked the squeak down to the plastic stabilizer atop the paddle that fits in to a poly-lined-slot in the center of the lid. I used a tiny bit of butter on a qtip to coat the inside of the poly ring and it hasn't squeaked... Read more

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

Better than expected, May 11, 2012

Ken M - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cuisinart ICE-100 Compressor Ice Cream and Gelato Maker (Kitchen)

We have been using the Cuisinart Ice-20 for the past 5 years to make small (1.5 quarts) batches of ice cream in a variety of flavors. I was looking for a batch freezer so that I could make multiple batches without having to refreeze the bowl for 24 hours. After looking around at several units, I decided on the Ice-100.

The unit is much smaller than I had expected, but not quite a easy to store as the Ice-20. A lot of people comment on the noise level of the batch freezers, but I find the Ice-100 to be at a level at or below that of the Ice-20. With just the mixing blade turning instead of the entire bowl like the Ice-20, it seems to have lowered the noise level a little bit. It is no louder than the electric motor on our large (6 quart) traditional ice cream maker (but a lot less mess than dealing with ice and rock salt).

The removable bowl makes getting the batch of ice cream out and the mess cleaned up a lot easier. I will warn people to follow the directions... Read more