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Which Ice Cream Maker is the Best?

October 30, 2015 by Melissa Howell 4 Comments

Only one of these ice cream makers is not a complete waste of your money! Find out which one it is and how you can get one!As an ice cream creator, I have made a lot of ice cream. I started making my healthier, home-made ice cream after buying a Cuisinart ice cream maker. At the time, Cuisinart was really the only company making consumer-grade ice cream makers. But in the last year or so, Hamilton Beach and Oster have both come out with ice cream makers. I purchased ice cream makers from these two companies in order to compare them to my Cuisinart. I was very interested in their performance, because both were half the cost of the Cuisinart.

First, let’s compare the physical aspects of the ice cream makers. Each ice cream maker has a 1.5 quart capacity bowl, but they are all different sizes (and therefore not interchangeable between ice cream makers of different brands).

Only one of these ice cream makers is not a complete waste of your money! Find out which one it is and how you can get one!

Here is a picture of the lids. The Cuisinart and Hamilton Beach have similar lids, but the Oster’s lid is quite different. This is because the motor is in the lid rather than the base of the ice cream maker.

Only one of these ice cream makers is not a complete waste of your money! Find out which one it is and how you can get one!

One important part of an ice cream maker is called the “dasher” or “paddle.” This fits inside the bowl and is what causes air to be introduced into the ice cream. For the Cuisinart and Hamilton Beach models, the dasher sits inside the bowl and is held in place by a rim in the lid. The dasher is stationary while the bowl turns. The dasher for the Oster hooks into the lid itself and spins around while the bowl stays stationary. (I had to set the Oster paddle in part of the lid so it would stand up and you could see it).

Only one of these ice cream makers is not a complete waste of your money! Find out which one it is and how you can get one!

To test which ice cream maker was best, I made my Classic Vanilla Ice Cream three times and used each model to churn it. Here is what I noticed for each ice cream maker:

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Comments

  1. Kim says

    January 20, 2016 at 2:17 pm

    I am a baker and have a kitchen aid stand mixer. Have you ever tried the ice cream make attachment for this.

    Reply
    • Melissa Howell says

      January 20, 2016 at 2:29 pm

      Kim, I have not tried the ice cream bowl for the Kitchen Aid. I would like to, though! If you try it, please let me know how it turns out!

      Reply
  2. Kristie says

    March 4, 2016 at 4:27 pm

    Thanks for your honest feed back. I have been thinking about the kitchen aid ice cream attachment too. I really enjoyed reading your expert opinion. I scored an used ice cream maker at a thrift score that was been lovely, but lately it’s not working . 🙁

    Thanks for the great post!!!

    Reply
    • Melissa Howell says

      March 4, 2016 at 6:23 pm

      Hi Kristie! I’m so glad you found this article. I was totally shocked at how poorly-made most consumer-grade ice cream makers are! If you get the Cuisinart, I would love to hear what you make with it!

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