Do You Need the Cuisinart Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker? - The Kitchen Gadget Test Show
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- Welcome back to the test kitchen! On today's episode, Esther is testing the Cuisinart soft serve machine. Soft serve is something people typically leave the house for, but if this machine works, soft serve ice cream in pajamas could become a reality.
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So disappointing. Back in the day, Cuisinart was the gold standard for the home kitchen...I have a few of their appliances that are excellent. This one looks gimmicky. Excellent Esther demo. 👍
Tosh T Tell me about it. I have DLC-7P food processor that I bought in 1977 and still use weekly.
What do you have?
+cakeman58 👍
+Sophie Wysocki Food processor, mini food processor, blender and coffee grinder.
Cuisinart rice maker was a fail for me, however their coffee maker was a win. I bought mine years and years ago and it still works.
Fisher Price makes products for adults now?
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OMG. I started screaming!!!!! #Dead. #EasyBakeDiditBetter
Oh burn ouch!
Thats cold
Never thought there Would be a soft serve Machine more broken than the McDonalds' ones
Lol so true
They're very rarely broken. The employees leave it off because they just don't want to clean it. I can't wait for them to be replaced by robots.
Mohammed Kazam They dont have time!
Lmfao
Yes I did report a comment about wanting the employees replaced by robots. McDonalds workers work their asses off. So to whoever commented that you need to get the stick out of your butt and have some more damn respect. It's not easy working for McDonalds. Just the normal crew are not trained to properly clean the big machines. Its not their job. The maintenance staff at each location works hard to keep things clean and clean the machines regularly. So stop being rude. Thanks
I thought I wanted an soft-serve ice cream maker, but I officially have changed my mind! Lol Thanks for the real deal demonstration!
Yep. I’ll just drive to DQ 😂
Exactly
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Noooooooo u should get it
Same lol
I have this and I love it. She didn’t let it go long enough.
How is it doing now? Any big problems with it?
You don't need a fancy machine to make soft-serve ice cream.
Step 1) Buy ice cream.
Step 2) Leave ice cream on counter.
Step 3) Eat.
Literally
Problem solved.
Ikr
Nah, you get ice cream from the store and put it in a bowl. Then you just keep stirring it until it’s soft
Yeah but that has fat and cals... just saying.
Hope this doesn't come off the wrong way, but I've had this gadget since childhood and it works a lot better than shown here.
You have to let the ice cream mix longer so it gets thicker. Also, you have to rotate the cone in order to make a nice looking swirl. Lastly, only small mix-ins work like mini m&ms or sprinkles, otherwise they get stuck.
Still though, you're probably better off with a more compact machine so it takes up less storage space.
My wife got me this same machine. I love it and it works great. Not to be mean but this woman (excuse me for assuming her gender) has no idea what she is doing.
not dummy proof enough. I need one that'll give me a 4 inch tall swirl with a press of a button
Hello, nice review, I’ve have mine for 8 years now and it still works as good as new. I bought 2 extra bowls so that I could make more when needed. 25-30 minutes is a good time for firm ice cream, when the bowl is about 3/4 full. Don’t fill it to the top because as the ice cream firms it will oooz through the top opening. You have to get a few applications under your belt to perfect your craft with this machine, I love it. I’ve recreated my moms ( RIP) recipe from the 70’s to make my soft serve 🍦. And ice cream cookies.
That thing is horrible. Makes me wonder who decides these things are to be released to the public.
😂😂😂
They should have made it more expensive.
K. Westfall exactly! So many gadgets I got and it's nothing like they show in pictures. I get so mad I want to pull the owner on tv and ask her/him to make whatever it's supposed to make in front of us all
K. Westfall idk...she doesn’t seem the brightest of them, either... part of it seems like user error
Well honestly it would probably have turned out better if she was facing the machine and turning her wrist properly and holding it closer to the dispenser. That's how you get the pretty swirl you see when you get it from McDonalds and other places that sell soft serve cones. It's all about technique and practice. Trust me it's not easy to make a cone look good
You have to turn OFF the churner BEFORE dispensing the ice cream/soft serve! It interferes with with the stream. Next time, read the manual.
It has to be left on to crank the gears to dispense the toppings. Also, other review vids showed it did not dispense at all if the churner was turned off.
It won’t dispense lol
I've had no issues with this machine. Pre-chilling your mixture does make a big difference. Overall I'm super happy with this unit.
Boa tarde Juan!
Tenho uma, é tenho dificuldades de usar, se puder me dar mais detalhes de como vc usa, ficarei grata.
You'll have much more controllable and almost certainly superior results from a standard Cuisinart ice cream machine that is less expensive and makes ice cream exactly the same way. Ice cream comes out soft serve from any ice cream machine. Sometime people mix it a little more if eating it straight from the machine. This unit is a big, bulky, glamorized piping bag. That's right, you can spoon the ice cream out of any ice cream machine into a plastic bag and make your perfect swirls with that. They also do mix-ins. You don't need storage on the side of the machine. You can only do one batch at a time anyway with a single frozen canister unit. This is a big gimmicky plastic thing to appeal to kids and impulse buyers. Just get the $50 Cuisinart, much smaller, and you can spoon or pipe the ice cream soft serve into a cup or cone. Or freeze it after churning for hard ice cream.
yum
But it's asthetically pleasing. So I'm still buying lol
Thank you for the tip~
Why woukd anybody be bothered piping ice cream just spoon it on your cone like half of the ice cream would be in the bag than on your cone
Yeah, I was gifted this and i rarely use it. It's only fun on kid's parties just as a gimmick. For everyday ice cream, just a regular ice cream machine works and easier to clean
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.
Somewhere out there, Alton Brown is shaking his head right now....
That's literally how I shop for kitchen gadgets now, that man is a legend. 😂😂
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Andrew Gabriel yep. Him, Kenji Alt of Serious Eats, and America's Test Kitchen
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Too funny.
Super bad design over all. Too tall for counter top use. Can make a soft serve once only!! The soft serve stream is horrible. They could have added a sensor to understand it’s hard to churn and then stop so that you get soft serve and not ice cream. The toppings (mixins lol) just don’t work!!!
Mihir Panchal I guess they were trying so hard to keep the product at a low price point they slacked on the actual design and usability to just push them in people’s faces. If they increase the price and make a better product it would definitely be great. It’s a nice idea but poor planning and execution. The design itself is just so clunky and weird I definitely wouldn’t want that on my beautiful marble counter tops. Make it sleek and beautiful, add a bit more technology and bump up the price and it could be a showstopper for a trendy kitchen.
Mihir Panchal iii
Thought this would be a sales pitch and then in real life it would be how the video shows. Thanks for a genuine display
I’ve had this product for a while, and I’ve had none of these issues. The mix ins can sometimes be finicky but I would highly recommend.
I’ve had the same Cuisinart ice cream machine for years and I love it!
I own one of these, and I love it, it takes some getting used too but once you get the knack of it and try longer churn times it’s actually a really great ice cream maker and dispenser for the cheaper price.
Thank you for the great demonstration !
I own one of these and I don't know what this woman was doing but the ice cream we make looks NOTHING like what she made. The machine isn't perfect but it's not the disaster she made it out to be. Our ice cream is thicker and doesn't melt like in the video. I would rate it a 7/10. Also, it's VERY easy to clean! I'd give it a 7/10.
Keep in mind that while it's is just ice cream, it's still food. If you take a recipe and remove components from it, like egg yolks, you aren't going to get what you're expecting. Ice cream bases are best made ahead of time and chilled as much as possible. Refrigerating them overnight will certainly ensure it is cold enough. If you need it on the spot, an ice bath works. The churning bowls themselves are best stored in the freezer. Putting these things together, it's possible to pull more than one batch at a time. The price point is decent. Not many electronic devices cost less than that, let alone cookware. Swirling ice cream into a cone takes practice, not to mention, it's designed to be done from the front of the machine, not behind. If the machine were any shorter, it would probably be difficult to decent hight to ice cream itself.
This was super honest. Totally subscribing!
This is reality quality test for normal people. Not those fake perfect edits! Subscribed!!
We got one of these models about two years ago for a birthday party and so far I have no complaints. Great if your kids are having a sleepover or for family night. The plus is you know what exactly went into your food.
Girl, you gotta talk about how you clean the damned thing! Do you have to take the whole thing apart or just risk food poisoning?
harveythepooka Probably run warm soapy water a few times
Just save your $70.
It takes about 10 minutes to clean. Clean the bowl, auger and dispenser handle, which easily comes off and its clean. The plastic dispenser slide will need a quick washing too. So basically 4 parts and it's clean
Esther basically said that this machine sucks, so just don't buy it and the whole cleaning thing would be rather moot.
You buy the cuisinart soft serve machine cleaning device. It’s $149.
I was thinking of buying this, thanks for the video
Her honesty is appreciated.
I think it looks like that because of her. People ordered this on amazon and the reviews and videos look SO MUCH BETTER and its soopy because instead of putting the frozen tray into the machine she was talking and talking allowing it to melt and plus the machine isn't even facing her how do you expect it to cone out good? I bet if anyone else did it it would look MUCH better.
The new ice cream Juicero looks great
I love your honesty! Subscribed and Liked!
Thanks for the review! It was helpful! Your a star ⭐️
That icecream maker took a giant dump on that cone 😂😂
Okay honestly I have this machine and as a 12 year old I ended up with better results than this. She did not let it get thick enough and was not twisting the cone! soft serve machines require you to twist the cone to control the ice cream. The lack of effort in this review is disappointing.
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I gave a very positive review a few days ago. Now I’ll add to the review by hopefully helping the author of this video out some. I tried the ingredients stated in this video ( heavy whipping cream, milk & sugar) and I set my timer for 25 minutes for 4 cups of custard, mine turned out very good. As I made several cups of ice cream after each cup I let the machine run a little longer between fills and the ice cream became more firm as the container emptied. Though my ice cream was firm, it wasn’t as firm as having the egg in the custard. This recipe won’t firm up as the custard containing eggs will. Eggs are normally used to bond ingredients together and make for the end results of your product to hold steady as well. I would highly recommend this machine. By the way, when I make my cones with the egg in the custard, they do not melt within minutes of being served.
Thanks for giving an *actually real* review for once! Great vid
Looking forward to the review of the Cuisinart chocolate teapot. Probably as useful as this contraption.
Nice viedo
SOMEWHERE OUT THERE PEOPLE ON THE FOOD NETWORK ARE SHAKING THEIR HEADS!
There was a very good presentation. The young lady made it interesting and fun and was very detailed. I'm a new fan!
When I saw this title, I was hella juiced! I love kitchen gadgets... I was the type to stay up late and watch infomercials while y'all were sleep lol. Wish this thing was a bit better... I'd go for it
I have this as an 11 year old and I make a new flavour every month for my family myself
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.
Hey I love your real takes, good stuff
I like how they kept it real the whole way
too watery, after the first cone, u should wait a little bit longer for it to be more solidify, not too long though, just nice creamy and not watery
That doesn't make any sense
@@munster355 it does. He means it needed to churn more and thicken so it's not so watery/ melting everywhere. It also might of had a better stream when dispensing.
Not at all impressed. If Esther can't make it I doubt I would be any good at using that gadget.
So instead of creating such a disaster, I would run to the store nearby and buy some ice-cream. If thats all I really want. I mean it would take less than 5minutes.
*Tastes better too*
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I bought the Cuisinart automatic frozen yogurt ice cream and sorbet maker, ICE 21 series last Wednesday on Amazon prime day, but was looking at this particular machine because I love soft serve. I didn’t see the video before I bought my ice cream maker, but I’m really glad that I’ve seen it now so I know I made the right decision. I was toying with the idea of exchanging it but I’m not going to return mine and buy this one. Thank you very much for the great video! 👍🍨
That is exactly what I said when I seen this little cutie “I kinda want that”. She is adorable
5:18 You go to McDonald’s and order an ice cream cone and get that lol
Esther, nice job, love the review as usual. Can't wait for ice cream machine review/comparison. Will it possible to do comparison of ice cream machine Whynter ICM 200LS, Breville smart scoop, and cuisineart ICE-100? I'm very looking forward to it..
why do i lvoe these videos so much??? The weirdest thing but I am glad I found them!
I have one and it works perfect.
I love the colour of your hair, it's just so lovely. Good video.
I have the standard ice cream maker and it is just an awful piece of junk. The main problem is that the ice container has no way to maintain its cold temperature and it becomes a race in time to make ice cream once you get it out of the freezer.
brozors well, you did cheap out and didn’t get the self cooled one.
Probably should have gotten a self cooled one. Super easy to use and you don't have to worry about it warming up.
I also have the standard ice cream maker. Look people...it ain't rocket science! Just make sure your bowl is frozen solid and your mix is super chilled. Don't screw around like I've seen in alot of other demonstration videos, take the bowl out of the freezer and pour the CHILLED mix in the bowl and turn it on. Simple.
Not really. What I do is make sure my bowl is cold as possible. I set my freezer to max cold and let it sit in there for 24 hours. For the cream base, chill in fridge, and then, 1.5 hours before churning, I put in freezer to get it super, super cold. Once I'm finished churning, the bowl is still frozen rock solid. I could still do another quart. And the ice cream maker I have is really cheap too.
This show has saved me so much money!
Thanks for offering an honest review!!
Concept good but the pricepoint build off shore makes it a drastic plastic store room item for yard sale
My way of making softserve is to just scoop some ice cream into a bowl and stir it for 5 minutes with a spoon. The first couple of minutes is really hard, but after it smoothens and softens, it becomes really satisfying
It tastes completely different than soft serve
But what if you want soft serve? Only way to serve it soft is from a machine like this... Unless you got a machine like in a fast food outfit! I've never seen a place serve soft-serve not out of this machine- including the trucks! So it must be impossible to do without a special soft-serve machine... You must have a magical ice cream bowl! JAJAJAJAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well thanks to all of you, you have ruined my Christmas for me and my grandchildren! I bought one of these for my grandchildren for Christmas, and I was just looking to see what all I needed to get from the store before I used it, and was going to freeze the bowl and have it ready to churn Christmas morning, tomorrow morning, as this is Christmas Eve. Now you have got me so disappointed that my Christmas is going to be ruined, because someone who is vertically challenged cannot turn it around so that she can see how to dispense it into the cone!
Great review/demo!
if you churned it longer it wouldnt be soupy and melting as fast, but would still be soft serve, you under churned it, thats your fault, also the reason it wont stay up on the cone.
Shouldn’t you turn off the motor when dispensing? Seems like the constant moving made it inconsistent?
Actually no. If you turned it off, it wouldn’t dispense at all.
Love ....The kitchen gadget test show.......awesome video
I got one of these in 2007 as a graduation gift. I've had better results just putting it in a bow (I've never tried the mix-ins or the cones). It is a very forgiving ice cream maker, because even if you just use plain milk, it will still make something like ice cream (even if it is a little crystalized). My main go-to one is an individual ice cream maker that is frozen before use. It only makes ice cream about 75% of the time (sometimes you just end up with cold flavored milk), but the smaller size is just more convenient.
For anyone who thinks that a $70 unit would produce the same results as 7-13 thousand dollar industrial units (yes that's what they cost the frozen yogurt/soft serve ice cream shops to buy) needs to have their expectations tempered. If you want softserve out of this machine, forget the perfect swirl, eat it out of a bowl, and do your own toppings and you will be fine.
@Mark Zoobkoff it made the ice cream isnt that the main function?
impending euphoria exactly.
ksawa70 oh i thought it was more expensive. But its a good icecrean machine thought. The swirl is bad. But i think id look good on a bowl and for a small reunion, you could make other flavor of icecrean.
I must've said "that's what she said" about a hundred times, watching this video.
I have vertical challenge too for every meal making. I feel you when you mentioned it, as I did everything you said. Lol.
I can picture Randy Marsh buying this as he complains about people spending their money on luxuries.
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Softserveville
My man is valid
Vertically challenged girls are the cutest
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Thank you so much for your video. The website didn’t show anything. You explained in detail the goods and what could be a problem before we, the buyers, bought it.
i needed this video just in time lol
I wish there was a live reaction video by the folks at Cuisinart hahaha
We coulda used this for our stretchy ice cream episode!!!!
No one cares
Tyler Yoon he has more likes than you. That’s mean they care about it than your comment.
I love your honest review
Great demo!
The basic Cuisinart Ice Cream maker will give you the same product just without a pretty presentation in the cone. The regular Ice Cream Maker doesn't get cold enough to make anything except soft ice cream.
So get the regular ice cream maker and pipe the ice cream into cones.
I went to McDonald's, bought a cone and got back before this video even ended.
This thing has been out for awhile... i got one to go with all over our carnival gadgets...cotton candy machine...hot maker... popcorn maker...corn dog maker..the ice cream maker was a natural fit lol...its fun for the kids
Thanks. Lolol I thought it auto frozen! Now I got a very inpatient kid waiting for ice-cream lol. I told him he's got to wait till tomorrow
Its like a really tall kid is teaching us how to make ice cream
In fairness to manufacturer, you should have had a practice run with the Machin, before making a full of yourself :)
I saw in another video that you have to turn the machine on, then open the lever to the mix-in for it to dispense properly.
It's soft serve. It melts fast. McDonalds machine costs in the thousands I'm sure...so let's get a soft serve from McDonalds and set it on the counter, too...I usually don't make it out of the drive thru before it's dripping. For the price, I'm impressed you got over 6 cones from one mix.
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.
I love soft serve ice cream but I will just stick to the regular ice cream from the grocery store.
Can you use it with normal soft serve mix?
The only REAL ice cream base is crème anglaise (a custard like base that is cooked on the stove)
“[A] little vertically challenged”? Just a little bit? 😁 She looks positively tiny next to that oversized plastic junk! 😂
but still so so adorable
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She is cute when she lost her cool about needing heels😅
This is. Such a good product!
Ive always dreamed of having a mcdonalds soft serve machine at home...i think this is my answer to my prayers!!
2:24 WHAT DID I JUST HEAR? “At that point it would be ice cream, so it wouldn’t be able to dispense.” The title is literally “Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker.”
Well the machine is specifically for soft serve not ice cream. If you had a normal ice cream maker you would have to scoop it like a regular ice cream
"I kinda want that" - Me, to the randomisest of things.
she's like reviewing it at the end, and I'm just like EAT ITTTTTTTT.
I don't know how people give a thumb down she is one of the few that give honest and thorough review and test
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Wow! I was so excited when I saw this was Cuisinart but geez what a total piece of junk! So glad you demonstrated this for us! Thank you! :)
This is really helpful
i purchased 1 if these a few years back only to never use it (freezer bowl won't freeze right) so my niece wanted it & she ended up with it too after i purchased an ice cream machine with compressor (cost a lil more, but well worth it)
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