HiCozy F3 Slushie/Soft Serve Machine

[mgaretz]

Got a new toy yesterday - a soft serve machine (also does slushies and other frozen things like milkshakes, but I bought mainly to make soft serve).  It's a HiCozy F3 and I ordered it a few months ago on Kickstarter.  There a few other mainly similar machines starting to come out, GreenPan is one I have noticed.  I fired it up last night and made a simple soft serve vanilla using Frostline mix and Fairlife lactose-free whole milk.  I used 2/3 cup of the mix and 20 ozs of mix, which gave me 25 ounces of base (the max for soft serve).  It chills and agitates the mix and in about 20 minutes it was ready.  Then the machine goes into what they call insulation mode and it keeps the mix churning and cool for two hours. (At the end of two hours you can simply restart the cycle to keep it cool and continue to serve.) It tastes very good, but was a little too soft.  You can adjust the firmness (which I assume is just the temperature) which they call gears.  Next time I will try a higher gear.  With the added air from the process it expanded to about 40 ozs of product.  That's a lot for two people!  But I did dispense all the leftovers into a container and froze it.  We had some tonight and it was just a tad icier, but still very good.  The minimum base volume is stated at 22 ozs which is a lot and the biggest downside.  I want to try a smaller batch and see what the effect is.  It also has a self-cleaning cycle that seems to work, but you have to fill and empty it several times.

 

I will post more as I experiment more.  A few pictures, taken hastily.

 

 

 

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

How much do such things cost, may I ask?

 

[Shel_B]

 

I'd not buy one ... certainly not in my current circumstance ... but it would be really cool to have such a machine. The biggest problem for me is that, in time, the novelty would wear off, the machine would go into storage, and then find its way to my next garage sale. But while the excitement was high, I'd be whippin' up soft serve for friends and neighbors frequently, maybe even have a party.

 

I'm sure you'll enjoy the machine and get good use from it. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Shel_B (log)