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Will > wrote:

> On Apr 25, 10:47 pm, jt august > wrote:
> > In this case, it is one of those cooking toys that I was so pleased to
> > get initially. I picked up one of those Rival Soft Serve Ice Cream
> > Makers. It is the type where you put the bowl in the freezer overnight
> > or a couple days in advanced, and then you put it all together, run the
> > machine and the ice cream forms inside, and then it has an auger to push
> > the soft serve out the bottom.
> >
> > No leaks, the parts go right together and the machine operates as it
> > should. BUT, the bowl just doesn't freeze the ice cream adequately, and
> > I never got anything closer than a well melted shake. Three tries, no
> > worthy results, out it goes. And this isn't even worth a FreeCycle. It
> > was so bad, I couldn't inflict it on anyone else either.
> >
> > So does anyone here have one of these, and if so, how did you get your
> > results (presuming they were better than mine)?
> >
> > jt
>
> I have something similar, an old Donvier ice cream maker. It works
> best when the mixture going in is already quite cold. If the mixture
> going in is cold, the ice cream maker can take it the rest of the
> way. These freezer buckets are not capable of dropping the
> temperature of a mixture very far. So you have to start cold. But if
> you start cold... they work.

I did start cold, my fridge is at 38F, and it had been in there 22
hours. Well, at this point, it doesn't matter, because I already dumped
it. But I am also looking for stories here from others with similar
disappointments due to other types of appliances. Just trying to kick
some life into this forum.

jt