Ice Cream Freezer Bowl No Longer Freezes

[beau]

The freezing liquid in the bowl of my Cuisinart 2 quart ice cream maker no longer freezes. It's about 20 years old; is this the inevitable destiny of all such freezing liquids?

Everything else in my freezer is as hard as granite :o)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Can you measure your freezer temperature? 

[pastrygirl]

Weird. Is it possible that there is a crack in the bowl and some of the liquid has leaked out?  20 years is a decent life span, for small appliances though. 

[beau]

Thanks JoNorvelleWalker and pastrygirl ~

I'll stick a thermometer in the freezer and get back to you tomorrow morning.

[beau]

Alas, my freezer only goes down to 31°. I've emailed Cuisinart asking if the freezing liquid has a limited lifetime, and I'll report back on that when they reply.

[pastrygirl]

Ooh, that's not good. Try to get your freezer down to 10f or below if you want things to stay solid. Even if you could make ice cream, it won't stay ice cream at 31f due to the sugar content. It will be soupy

Edited August 19, 2016 by pastrygirl
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[liuzhou]

1 hour ago, beau said:

Alas, my freezer only goes down to 31°

 

Presumably you mean Fahrenheit, in which case your freezer isn't a freezer. It should be much colder than that. 0ºF is the recommended temperature.

[beau]

Thanks liuzhou ~

OK, it's off to the landlord to give me a better fridge :o(

[beau]

Good news! I found a leak in the freezer's seal, fixed it, the temp went right down to 4° F and the ice cream maker's freezing liquid froze solid overnight. Made some delicious ice cream right away!

 

<< [with freezer at 31° F] . . even if you could make ice cream, it won't stay ice cream at 31f due to the sugar content. It will be soupy >>

I would never put sugar in ice cream!  Heavy cream, egg yolk, a pinch of salt, that's it . . the best ice cream in the world!

 

Put sugary junk on top if eating sugar has dulled your taste buds so much that cream doesn't taste sweet to you!! End of sermon!

[pastrygirl]

29 minutes ago, beau said:

 

I would never put sugar in ice cream!  Heavy cream, egg yolk, a pinch of salt, that's it . . the best ice cream in the world!

 

Put sugary junk on top if eating sugar has dulled your taste buds so much that cream doesn't taste sweet to you!! End of sermon!

 

Ouch, that was unnecessary. Eat what you want, but no need to insult all the dedicated and amazing pastry chefs, chocolatiers, confectioners, and home bakers here.  

[paulraphael]

On August 23, 2016 at 10:46 AM, pastrygirl said:

 

Ouch, that was unnecessary. Eat what you want, but no need to insult all the dedicated and amazing pastry chefs, chocolatiers, confectioners, and home bakers here.  

 

Agreed. And please don't call heavy cream, egg yolk, and a pinch of salt "ice cream." It's not.