Other things that will help you--use FRESH ingredients and make sure that your mixing bowl and mixing utensils are thoroughly CLEAN before you set off to make your recipe

worked wonderfully, end product tastes great, kids had fun adding ingredients, shipped quickly

Easy to use, easy to clean, no ice/salt required (too messy!), quickly makes ice cream after bowl is frozen, great tasting ice cream, you know you're not eating nasty preservaties etc, easy to make at home when you need it (always keep these staple ingredients on hand though!)Cons:

It's all about using the right ingredients, letting it churn just the right amount of time, and freezing it properly

It's not a big inconvenience, but I thought all I'd have to do is just insert the ingredients and they would be frozen as the machine worked its magic

Just make sure you chill all the ingredients for at least 3 hours.

The colder the ingredients the better

However you will discover that the ingredients are not cheap

Once the bowl is adequately frozen, attach the bowl to the base and simply dump the ingredients into the bowl

The bowl really has to be completely frozen, as eager as you may be, it just won't work if you do it to early AND it'll waste your ingredients.

This ice cream maker is easy to use, but you do have to be sure the bowl is really frozen and the ingredients are very cold

In general, right after you take the ice cream out of the mixer, it can be served right away if you have kept your ingredients very cold, but its texture will benefit from spending at least an hour in the coldest part of your freezer

Second, if you end up with "cold soup" rather than ice cream as some have complained, you have one of two problems: either you didn't chill the ingredients in the fridge prior to freezing as reccommended in the instructions, or your freezer is set too warm

You really need to make sure the bowl is frozen solid and chill the ingredients.

I would agree with the other reviewers -- use cold ingredients, and start your ice cream as soon as you take the bowl out of the freezer.

You have to make sure the ingredients are cold, not cool or room temp but chilled or the bucket will melt and your ice cream won't freeze

Very easy to use with great results!A few tips for use: (1) pre-chill *all* ingredients well before mixing (i.e. even chill the chocolate chips that you're going to add at the end of the mixing process) and (2) pre-chill the containers that you're going to transfer the ice cream/sorbet into!

Second, chill your ingredients in the freezer for 20 minutes or so to ensure they are thoroughly chilled

If cooking ingredients (such as for fruit or egg enhanced recipes), it's absolutely necessary to chill the resulting mixture before adding it to the unit.4

The ingredients must be very cold

Freeze the bowl, mix your ingredients, fire it up, add your mixture, blend-blend-blend, ice cream

since the bowl was totally frozen & the ingredients were quite cold, i was able to make two batches of ice cream, one after the other, without refreezing the bowl in between.having taken all these measures, i was able to make ice cream that was a pleasant soft serve right out of the machine, & quite firm after a night of tempering in the freezer.if you simply follow the instructions in the manufacturer manual, you may get disappointing results

And I learned early on to chill the ingredients OVERNIGHT or the ice cream won't freeze - just gets thick.

I will admit that the price you pay for the ingredients will not always come out less expensive than if you bought ice cream on sale but look at all the extra preservatives and gums you get in store bought compared with fresh ingredients you add

And I learned early on to chill the ingredients OVERNIGHT or the ice cream won't freeze - just gets thick.

All natural organic ingredients, no fuss, easy clean up

You have to mix the ingredients and chill for a minimum of 2 hours.....then you can mix it and have ice cream In 20 minutes.

I wasted ingredients and had to start all over again.

I chilled the ingredients and the bowl prior to use, and only had to leave the ice cream maker on 15 minutes

You chill the aluminum cannister in your freezer until it's frozen, dump the ingredients, and start it up

This handy contraption soft freezes your ingredients in a mere 20 - 30 minutes and is simple to use.

Also, make sure you've crushed or finely chopped any solid ingredients before adding, as otherwise, they will clog in the mechanism; they should also be added during the last 5 minutes only or will impede freezing (same goes for alcohol).

Freeze the bowl well in advance, chill all your ingredients and you have great homemade ice cream

We first made the vanilla recipe and it was better than wonderful...just a few ingredients into the

If you are serious about getting one of these, use the rich ingredients for the best results but be prepared to spend more than you already do on store-bought ice cream.

Very easy to use with great results!A few tips for use: (1) pre-chill *all* ingredients well before mixing (i.e. even chill the chocolate chips that you're going to add at the end of the mixing process) and (2) pre-chill the containers that you're going to transfer the ice cream/sorbet into!

24 hours should be enough.-Third, make sure your ingredients are cold

Second, use cold ingredients

Second, if you end up with "cold soup" rather than ice cream as some have complained, you have one of two problems: either you didn't chill the ingredients in the fridge prior to freezing as reccommended in the instructions, or your freezer is set too warm

This handy contraption soft freezes your ingredients in a mere 20 - 30 minutes and is simple to use.

But in supermarkets the ice cream we buy relies on cheap ingredients and shortcuts to texture, all of which is revealed most when the flavor is most simple

Put ingredients in Cuisinart ICE 20 and freeze for 20 minutes

Orange Jello is great!It takes two minutes to dump the two ingredients in and 20 minutes later we are in heaven.

If the instructions were at least honest, I may not have wasted more ingredients than I was successful with.

The colder the ingredients the better

- Easy to use: mix ingredients, pour into pre frozen metal bowl, place on mixer which stirs and freezes ingredients

The only problem I have is that I cannot wait to taste the finished product and tend not to chill the ingredients enough before hand

A few tips: be sure you freeze the canister for at least 8 hours and cool your ingredients in the refrigerator before you start the machine.

If you use cold ingredients, a frozen container, and put the ice cream in the freezer for a couple of hours after freezing, the ice cream is fabulous and easy!

My other ingredients were also well chilled

The ingredients must be very cold.

The ice cream recipes vary from simple (combine ingredients and chill) to slightly more advanced (heat some ingredients to make a custard, then chill).

So easy and fast - as well as fresh good ingredients have made possessing this machine a delight.

And it's never given me trouble even with "odd" ingredients like coconut milk

Unless I do something wrong (like put hot ingredients in the first time) then it produces great tasting, well made, proper consistency ice cream every time

If you just make sure the bowl has been in the freezer for overnight and that your ingredients are cold, it did the job just perfectly

I had checked all the obvious things--made sure the bowl was completely frozen, made sure my ingredients were well-chilled, didn't overload it and let it run the recommended amount of time.

It makes sense, now that I think about it, that all-natural rich ingredients are costly - especially in this economy

The 2nd reason is inappropriate ingredients that prevent the cream from freezing.

You MUST use cold ingredients.

It makes sense, now that I think about it, that all-natural rich ingredients are costly - especially in this economy

If your ice cream is soupy with cold ingredients I suggest checking the temp of your freezer.

and in 15 minutes (if your ingredients are well chilled, 20 minutes if not

Ice cream sounds fun to make, but the ingredients are expensive and the process is time consuming!

It's SO much fun watching the ingredients go from liquid to solid, and tasting it along the way.

You also don't have to make the desserts as unhealthy as the recipes call for: we use half and half instead of heavy cream, and 1% milk instead of whole milk, and we couldn't imagine the ice creams tasting any better!I can't wait until the summer to make frozen daiquris using fresh ingredients instead of

(Cucumber puree frozen with mint in the middle of a July 4th dinner turns out to be a million times better than it sounds.)Be sure to allow enough time beforehand for bowls to chill in the freezer and make sure all ingredients are cold before you start

With the makers that use ice, you can cheat because eventually the ice will chill it enough but with this one the container defrosts so if the ingredients aren't cold enough to begin with,they never will be.

Be sure your ingredients are very cold, too.

Use good ingredients too, just tastes better

Love this product, I can control the ingredients and use Stevia instead of sugar to make healthier ice cream and it all tastes so very much better than store bought

The ingredients must be ice cold, so it takes more time than just the mixing to make ice cream.

If you can chill your ingredients first it's even betterWhat a great way to get a healthy (depending on the ingredients you choose) treat!

Dosen't freeze ice cream as firm as i like, but that is fixed by removing from canister and placing in freezer for an hour or so befor serving.

The bowl goes into the freezer until it has frozen solid (I just leave mine in there all the

The ice cream maker is very easy to use and while not as quiet as I hoped for, it doesn't take long to get great ice cream.

Dosen't freeze ice cream as firm as i like, but that is fixed by removing from canister and placing in freezer for an hour or so befor serving.

The bowl goes into the freezer until it has frozen solid (I just leave mine in there all the

The ice cream maker is very easy to use and while not as quiet as I hoped for, it doesn't take long to get great ice cream.