Gotten any fun stuff lately?

[paulraphael]

After all these years, finally a big-boy ice cream machine.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

18 hours ago, paulraphael said:

After all these years, finally a big-boy ice cream machine.

 

Is the bowl removable?  Dare I ask the price?

 

[paulraphael]

5 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Is the bowl removable?  Dare I ask the price?

 

It's got a fixed and removable bowl. Your choice. The removable one fits inside the fixed one, with a couple of ounces of conductive liquid poured in first (brine or alcohol). The stainless dasher has interchangeable plastic scraper blades; you swap blades when switching bowls, so the dasher always makes solid contact with the bowl. My first 2 batches were with the removable bowl; I think the performance compromises may not be worth any added convenience. I'll try the fixed bowl next. 

 

It typically goes for $2K. The distributor generously gave it to me for wholesale cost. These machines have little exposure in the US, and I told them I planned to write about it.

 

Based on research, I'd probably have still bought bought at full price. But maybe not right now, and definitely not as cheerfully. 

 

I'll have much more to add after putting it to work a few more times. 

[Kerry Beal]

7 hours ago, paulraphael said:

It's got a fixed and removable bowl. Your choice. The removable one fits inside the fixed one, with a couple of ounces of conductive liquid poured in first (brine or alcohol). The stainless dasher has interchangeable plastic scraper blades; you swap blades when switching bowls, so the dasher always makes solid contact with the bowl. My first 2 batches were with the removable bowl; I think the performance compromises may not be worth any added convenience. I'll try the fixed bowl next. 

 

It typically goes for $2K. The distributor generously gave it to me for wholesale cost. These machines have little exposure in the US, and I told them I planned to write about it.

 

Based on research, I'd probably have still bought bought at full price. But maybe not right now, and definitely not as cheerfully. 

 

I'll have much more to add after putting it to work a few more times. 

I’m sure you already know - but I recommend the alcohol over the brine. I found with the machine I had that saline tended to show up in the ice cream 

[paulraphael]

4 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

I’m sure you already know - but I recommend the alcohol over the brine. I found with the machine I had that saline tended to show up in the ice cream 

I've tried it both ways and didn't get any salt or alcohol in the ice cream. But it may not matter ... I'm guessing I'll use it just with the fixed bowl. 

One advantage of alcohol is there's no real added cleanup. Just wipe it out and let it evaporate. Brine needs to be cleaned completely because of corrosion risk. But alcohol does add about 50 cents worth of cheap vodka to the cost of every batch. 

[Kerry Beal]

9 hours ago, paulraphael said:

I've tried it both ways and didn't get any salt or alcohol in the ice cream. But it may not matter ... I'm guessing I'll use it just with the fixed bowl. 

One advantage of alcohol is there's no real added cleanup. Just wipe it out and let it evaporate. Brine needs to be cleaned completely because of corrosion risk. But alcohol does add about 50 cents worth of cheap vodka to the cost of every batch. 

Cheaper if you make your own alcohol - and I could suck the 95% ETOH back into a container for reuse.