Ice cream makers have been around at least since 1843. The technology used for making ice
cream has evolved since those days. There are, today, various ice cream makers
available on the market for homemade ice cream. All those machines however boil
down to 3 basic types.
Manual Ice cream maker
Traditionally, ice cream has been made using these types of
machines. They consist of two large bowls one inside the other. In the outer bowl,
you need to put in ice and salt and ice cream is made in the inner bowl. They
require no electricity but you need to manually stir a bowl in which the ice
cream is present.
Freezer Bowls
In this one, you need to put in a special bowl in the
freezer for some time. The bowl has two walls and in-between the walls there is
a liquid. This liquid has to freeze inside the freezer first. Once frozen, you
can put all the required ingredients into the bowl and put it back into the ice
cream maker. The latter contains an arm that stirs the ingredients until it
becomes ice cream.
Cuisinart Freezer Bowl Ice Cream Maker |
Built-in freezing system / Compressor Ice Cream Maker
This one is a fully
automatic ice cream maker that contains its own cooling system. You just need
to put in all the ingredients and turn it on, it does the entire job. It
generally takes less than 30 minutes to produce ice cream making it ideal if
you do not want to go through all the hassle of the two previous ones. The quality
of ice cream made is also very good.
Cuisinart Compressor Ice Cream Maker |