Hamilton Beach 68330R 4-Quart Automatic Ice-Cream Maker
Color: White Model Hamilton Beach 68330R
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List Price: $44.99 / Sale Price: $39.79
Product Features
- Ice-cream maker produces up to 4 quarts in 20 to 40 minutes
- Fully automatic operation--no labor-intensive stirring required
- Makes homemade ice cream, frozen yogurt, custard, sherbet, and gelato
- Easy-lock lid; hand wash; user manual with 20 recipes included
- Measures approximately 12 by 12 by 13-1/2 inches; 1-year limited warranty
From the Editors
Makes ice cream, frozen yogurt, custard, sherbet & gelatoFully automaticOver 20 recipes includedEasy -Lock lid
Product Description
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Customer Response
Ice cream maker
I'm giving the Hamilton Beach Ice Cream Maker as a gift for Christmas so I don't know how it functions yet. I didn't expect delivery to be so fast. The product looks great from the picture on the box. I'm sure the person I'm giving this to will be very pleased with it.
Barbara from El Paso, Texas
Love it!
Love it! Bought it to replace the one I've had for the last 23 years. Great bang for the buck! Can't go wrong with this one. Makes great ice cream! Not real loud. Easy to use. What can I say...? Glad I bought it. And, as usual, it arrived sooner than they suggested it would. Hard to beat Amazon's service whether it is coming from them or a second party. Good instructions too. If you've never made home made ice cream, they take you through it step by step. When the motor quit's turning... you're done! Good wide base for stability in transport.I have to say the shipping was a little more than expected. But, you really can't beat it for the price.
Excellent so far....
I've only made about 5 batches of vanilla so far, but it is SOOO much better than store bought. So far, no problems, and the unit has worked perfectly. I considered the White Mountain one, but wasn't sure if I would really use it much, and didn't want to drop $200 on an ice cream maker to have it sit around collecting dust.
I'm too lazy to do the "custard style" ice cream where you have to bake the ingredients and then chill them before putting them in the ice cream maker. The recipe that came with the unit is quite good. I've tried varying the amount of whipping cream, and it always tastes great right after making it. However, with more whipping cream (I've settled on 4 cups after trying from 2-6 cups), it seems to stay softer and taste better out of the freezer.
Now I'm spoiled, and don't want to eat storebought ice cream any more. I had a "drumstick" (those cones with ice cream and chocolate with nuts on top) that you can buy in the grocery store, and was disgusted with the ice cream. That may be the only downside to this ice cream maker.......for thirty bucks plus shipping, you can't go wrong.
As everyone else has noted, this style of ice cream maker is noisy, and this one is no exception. I was well aware of this from all the reviews here, and initially ran it out in my garage, but since I don't have a sink out there, I again got lazy and now do it in the kitchen sink where I can tolerate the noise if I don't have to wipe up the water afterwards.
One minor knit - the power cord is too darn short at a mere 2ft long. I know most of us have an outlet in the general vicinity of the kitchen sink, but not necessarily within 2 feet. I just attached mine to an old power strip I have laying around for now. I guess copper is expensive these days, and for the price, they couldn't extend the cord another 2-4 feet, LOL.
Chad
Best ice cream maker for the money
After Reseaching many ice cream makers,I found all the ones under a hundred bucks either leaked,broke or had weak motors that would not do the job. This Unit makes the perfect amount of icecream at 4 qts since homemade icecream has a shelf life of about 2 weeks. It works well and it was the cheapest! What more can you ask for,cheaper really is better
about the only thing I did not like was the Chocolate recipe so search the
net for more ice cream recipes
Mediocre Ice cream Maker
I bought this ice cream maker because it was inexpensive and made 4-quart batches. But from my experience, this ice cream maker has an under-powered motor. When the ice cream is thick enough to stop the motor from spinning, the contents of the container are still a little drippy, and after the ice cream freezes, it is gritty with little ice-particles instead of turning out smooth. I have made three batches, and at first I thought I wasn't cooking the mix enough, so last time I added an extra egg and made it thicker. It didn't make a difference. I am using recipes from the Ben & Jerry's book, and following the cooking directions that came with the maker (I don't know why, but there are no cooking directions in the Ben & Jerry's book--I made my first batch raw).
I think with a more powerful motor, it would spin longer while the mixture freezes for a creamier texture. The bottom line is that I think the motor is too weak to make good ice cream.
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