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OT Soft Serve Ice Cream Machine

Jonnysouth
Jonnysouth Posts: 162
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I’m sure many of you are like me. Following a nice bbq meal, topping the day/evening with ice cream is a must. I’m interested in purchasing a soft serve machine and wondering how many of you have one and what brand/model is a good one?? I surely enjoy hard ice cream and go through my share of it but I would like to be able to serve soft serve as well. Thanks for any insight. I’ve looked on Amazon for options and thought I’d ask here to see what some of you are using.
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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 6,759
    Calling @NPHuskerFL..Blake I am sure could point you in the right direction on a commercial unit..
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • EggNorth
    EggNorth Posts: 1,535
    We got a previous model of this Amazon ice cream maker last year and are happy with it.  It's not a "soft" ice cream maker, but the ice cream is soft when you first make it.

    Once you put it in the freezer for a while it gets hard.

    It takes about 20 mn to make ice cream.   So after the meal we turn it on and the 'soft' ice cream is ready when we are.   I believe it would melt too fast for a cone at this time.

    It's great ice cream!  We only make vanilla and of course chocolate (no twist)

    Short story on melting ice cream :   Years ago I had a tub of no-name ice cream in the freezer and the freezer broke.  I dumped the "ice cream" in the sink and forgot about it.  A week later the "ice cream" was still mostly in it's shape from when I dumped it there!  So now I make homemade.
    Dave
    Cambridge, Ontario - Canada
    Large (2010), Mini Max (2015), Large garden pot (2018)
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    Just my $.02 but I would try making it with equipment I already have. Found this that uses a kitchenaid and a blender:

    https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/soft-serve-ice-cream

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • Tekkamaki
    Tekkamaki Posts: 21
    I help our business students maintain a small Taylor commercial machine at the school as a fundraiser.  To refer to these machines as finicky would be an understatement. 
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Tekkamaki said:
    I help our business students maintain a small Taylor commercial machine at the school as a fundraiser.  To refer to these machines as finicky would be an understatement. 
    That's because Taylor is 💩
    In fact they are so awesome McDonald's has a separate app just so you know when their ice cream machine isn't working and they use Taylor exclusively. So I guess Taylor has that going for them as well.



    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    edited October 2019
    @johnmitchell I saw the thread this morning but I wasn't going to respond. Seemed like a fishing Expedition. I mean really who wants to buy a $13K-$90K machine when all they have to do is get there fat ass into a car and go through the drive-thru. Yes I work on them and yes I know about as much as I want to know but I would have absolutely no desire in having one of my own. I wouldn't even want to do it with a KitchenAid. In KitchenAid has all of the bells and whistles to go with it but by the time you go through all of that pain of making the ice cream with the KitchenAid the yield is very low. I just don't see a point in a consumer owning a commercial ice cream machine. "Eventually the new wears off". But if that's what you're into have at it @Jonnysouth
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    edited October 2019
    If I was so inclined to purchase one, which I'm not, I would look for a ice cream joint that has went tits up and is looking to unload their machines on the cheap. I would buy a Slimline Stoelting air cooled.  Air cooled only unless you want to waste a ton of water or have stupid money and want to waste it on a cooling tower loop.  ElectroFreeze single barrel or double barrel.  I had an opportunity to purchase a ice cream parlor that went tits up about 2 years ago Turn-Key they wanted 90k including all of their equipment (8 water cooled ElectroFreeze double barrel units). Truthfully it was a bargain but I have no interest in such a venture.
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • TEXASBGE2018
    TEXASBGE2018 Posts: 3,831
    You must really really really like soft serve icecream to want to fork over several thousand dollars for a machine that makes it.


    Rockwall, Tx    LBGE, Minimax, 22" Blackstone, Pizza Party Bollore. Cast Iron Hoarder.

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  • Jonnysouth
    Jonnysouth Posts: 162
    Well, I do like ice cream but not to the extent of 13-90k. I was hoping for one that would make a nice soft serve cone for get togethers and such and if the ones on Amazon were any good. I’m in the Pasteurization Industry with the Plate Heat Exchangers so I’m just supporting my industry!! The key thing is, I want to make my cone as big as I want instead of paying $5.00 for something 2” above the cone!! 😁
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  • td66snrf
    td66snrf Posts: 1,838
    It's not uncommon for buffets around here to have self serve soft ice cream machines. You could take the wife out to dinner and you can eat all the  soft serve you want. 
    XLBGE, LBGE, MBGE, SMALL, MINI, 2 Kubs, Fire Magic Gasser
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    Jonnysouth said:
    Well, I do like ice cream but not to the extent of 13-90k. I was hoping for one that would make a nice soft serve cone for get togethers and such and if the ones on Amazon were any good. I’m in the Pasteurization Industry with the Plate Heat Exchangers so I’m just supporting my industry!! The key thing is, I want to make my cone as big as I want instead of paying $5.00 for something 2” above the cone!! 😁
    Order two
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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,855
    edited October 2019
    Jonnysouth said:
    Well, I do like ice cream but not to the extent of 13-90k. I was hoping for one that would make a nice soft serve cone for get togethers and such and if the ones on Amazon were any good. I’m in the Pasteurization Industry with the Plate Heat Exchangers so I’m just supporting my industry!! The key thing is, I want to make my cone as big as I want instead of paying $5.00 for something 2” above the cone!! 😁

    NOLA
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  • Dobie
    Dobie Posts: 3,449
    edited October 2019
    I’m pretty much grossed out by the local restaurant reports to eat soft serve 🍦 
    barf 🤢 
    Jacksonville FL
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  • Jonnysouth
    Jonnysouth Posts: 162


    This is how soft serve cones should look! 😁
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,211
    Has anyone tried a potato ricer?  
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    "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."

    - Lin Yutang


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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I like the Binford Tools Listeria 2000 with the Kanooter Valve
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  • jonessteave
    jonessteave Posts: 88
    edited August 30
    I’m sure many of you are like me. Following a nice BBQ meal, topping the day/evening with ice cream is a must. I’m interested in purchasing a soft serve machine and wondering how many of you have one and what brand/model is a good one? I surely enjoy hard ice cream and go through my share of it, but I would like to be able to serve soft serve as well. Additionally, if anyone has experience with ice cream cart rental, I’d love to hear how it might compare or complement having a machine. Thanks for any insight. I’ve looked on Amazon for options and thought I’d ask here to see what some of you are using.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 33,935
    And then along came Jones...(with the edit)
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,131
    lousubcap said:
    And then along came Jones...(with the edit)
    I'd really like to know how ( and why) forum bots even work
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 12,124
    Jonesey spamming Jonnysouth's thread, LoL
    canuckland
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,567
    lkapigian said:
    lousubcap said:
    And then along came Jones...(with the edit)
    I'd really like to know how ( and why) forum bots even work
    Links to affiliated pages they get a kick-back from.

    Maybe @HannahGreeneEgg can land her first ban hammer and rid us of the scourges.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,211
    Anyone talk to @nolaegghead recently?  He's been absent a long time.  
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    - Lin Yutang


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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,567
    Botch said:
    Anyone talk to @nolaegghead recently?  He's been absent a long time.  
    He is alive and well.  Still doing 1000 projects in his Quansit hut.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,184
    Botch said:
    Anyone talk to @nolaegghead recently?  He's been absent a long time.  

     He mailed me a pocket knife completely out of the blue a few months ago, I was really perplexed as to who sent it because it was delivered via Amazon. It took me half a day to remember Carey and I had talked about the manufacturer so it was in fact a gift from @nolaegghead  
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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