🍨 Chill Out with the Best Ice Cream Maker in Town!
The Whynter Ice Cream Maker Machine is an award-winning, self-refrigerating appliance that produces up to 2.1 quarts of customizable ice cream, gelato, or sorbet without the need for pre-freezing. Featuring a built-in compressor, LCD digital display, and a sleek stainless steel design, this machine combines functionality with style, making it a must-have for any ice cream enthusiast.
Product Care Instructions | Hand Wash |
Material | Stainless Steel |
Color | Stainless Steel |
Item Weight | 24.3 Pounds |
Capacity | 2.1 Quarts |
Operation Mode | Automatic |
Special Features | Built-In Timer, Motor Protection Function |
S**S
Size and operation
The Whynter ice cream maker is a powerful, compressor-based machine that makes smooth, creamy ice cream without needing to pre-freeze the bowl. It’s fast (30–45 minutes per batch), easy to clean, and great for frequent use. it’s a bit bulky and slightly noisy, but its performance and convenience make it a top pick in its price range. Ideal for serious home dessert makers who want consistent, high-quality results.
G**.
Outstanding Machine, Outstanding Value
TL;DR: It’s nice to make something that tastes so good and can easily be made with just a few simple ingredients. It’s a big step up over mass-market ice cream or sorbet, much better even than the premium brands.After much research, I decided to get a Whynter ice cream machine. I wanted a large capacity and chose this one because it’s vertical and fits my storage space the best.I’ve made 5 batches so far: 4 ice cream and 1 sorbet. Every batch has turned out great and was very easy to produce. The machine is actually very simple to use, with only a couple of controls besides the power button. Each batch completed in 25 to 35 minutes. The timer is set to a default time of 60 minutes, but that’s a maximum, not the actual time required. The time required varies based on the size of the batch and the starting temperature. My longest churn time of 35 minutes was with my hottest starting temperature of 42°F (5°C). Also, 60% of the bowl is the maximum fill capacity (top of the mixing blade), so I made sure not to exceed that.Taste, texture, and flavor depend on the recipe you use, but they provide a book with dozens of recipes. Thousands of additional recipes are available online as well.Maybe the best part of the machine is the simple cleanup. It’s really just cleaning the stainless steel bowl and the plastic mixing blade, that’s it. The manual says not to put them in the dishwasher, but since they’re so easy to clean, there’s no need to do that anyway.
A**R
Fantastic ice cream maker hands down.
I love home churned ice cream. I previously used old fashion wood churn with electric motor, ice, and rock salt for freezing. Home made is the best. I decided to get a more automated home churn and researched types. I chose the Whynter ICM 201SB Automatic compressor Ice Cream Maker. One of the best items I have purchased! It is extremely well built. Very well designed. Very simple to use with great recipes. From start to finish, it made 2 quarts of delicious fresh picked peach ice cream in about 45 minutes!!! The machine is very quiet and can easily have conversation right next to machine. My old wooden motor churn was so loud, I had to take it to the deck outside. Very impressed!
C**R
Great choice of upright, good size, real ice cream maker
Easy to use and clean, makes great texture of ice cream - making both dairy cream based and sorbet, it's upright so saves counter space, and the container is reasonable size (compared to other brands and chose this also due to the container size). Don't get anything smaller if you're a family, this is the minimal size of a container. The noise is really ok, I was concerned it'd be worse, it's something in the background and it doesn't disturb sitting in the kitchen when it works.
C**H
Love this, perfect results every time
This is my first compressor ice cream maker -- I have always used the hand crank or freeze the container versions. I cannot understand why I waited so long to get this! Yes, it is costly, but it has earned it's keep in just a month.The machine is quite intuitive. It comes with clear directions that my 10 year old was able to follow and make her first batch without my help (nor evidently . . . my permission . . . but I digress)This machine is quiet. Seriously -- the first time I heard it I checked to make sure it was really working. Such a change from the old frozen dish version I used to have!! It does have a large footprint, but it's smaller than my breadmaker because it is tall vs long. It fits on my shelf with no worries but if you have tight shelves you should measure. It is heavy so lifting it to the counter is a pain, but worth it.This machine is a workhorse -- there have been days we made four batches of ice cream, each following the last, with no issues. The icecream is consistent -- for example, one day we made strawberry, cherry, cheesecake and eggnog versions, and each batch was creamy and mostly solid despite having different recipes and ingredients. It has the consistency of firm soft serve and if you want it harder you can put it in your freezer, like we did.I do wish the container was larger, it would be great to make bigger batches of ice cream.The first time I used it I was surprised that the recipe only filled half the container, and was tempted to add more to make more . . . the instruction manual showed the mixture to the top of the paddles and mine was about half an inch below. I was glad I didn't. The icecream gets bigger with the addition of air and had it been more full it would have ran all over. Recipes that are pre-beat (like our cheesecake icecream) and don't rise can be fuller, but the ones that the machine is doing the majority of the work need the space.Lastly, this is super easy to clean. Just hand it to your 10 year old and tell her it needs cleaned before we can make another batch. A little soapy water is all it needs.Just love love love this ice cream maker. Any time you're forking out this much money for a machine you're bound to be nervous, but it's a complete win for us!
P**N
High quality ice-cream maker
Nice machine; heavy but solid. Easy to use, not too noisy, makes the texture of ice cream that suits you. Plays well with ice cream recipes from many books beyond the recipes in the enclosed manual.
T**N
Easy to use, efficient, perfect ice cream every time!
After searching product reviews, I opted for the Whynter stainless steel model and have no regrets. The entire machine is well made, easy to run, runs efficientl, makes perfect ice cream every time, and clean up is easy! I really like having a built-in compressor. Trying to find room in my freezer for a mixing bowl was always a problem and this is probably why my old less expensive ice cream machine ended up in my basement and collected dust. Wife and I couldn't be happier with the Whytner!
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