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Model Number | ICE-1032Y |
Colour | White |
Product Dimensions | 35.31 x 25.91 x 22.61 cm; 7.17 kg |
Capacity | 1 quarts |
Power/Wattage | 100 watts |
Voltage | 120 Volts |
Material | Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene |
Special Features | Ice cream machine making ice cream, Gelato maker to make yogurt |
Item Weight | 7.17 kg |
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KUMIO 1.2-Quart Automatic Ice Cream Maker with Compressor, No Pre-freezing, 4 Modes Frozen Yogurt Machine with LCD Display & Timer, Electric Sorbet Maker Gelato Maker, Keep Cool Function
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Brand | KUMIO |
Colour | White |
Capacity | 1 quarts |
Special feature | Ice cream machine making ice cream, Gelato maker to make yogurt |
Material | Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene |
Included components | 1 * Electric ice cream maker , 1* Product Manual |
Model name | ICE-1032Y |
Product Dimensions | 35.3L x 25.9W x 21.8H Centimetres |
Item weight | 15.8 Pounds |
Operation mode | Manual, Automatic |
About this item
- Self-freezing & Fast Make- The ice cream maker machine built-in 100W self-cool compressor, different from old school ice cream machine that needs to pre-freezing the bowl. Allows you to make tasty ice cream, yogurt, sorbet,Gelato,and dessert within a short time ever you want.
- 4 Modes & Keep Cool Function- KUMIO Ice cream maker features 4 Modes: ice cream, yogurt, single mix, single refrigeration. To maintain a chilled state and freshness, the sorbet maker will auto-keep cool 1hrs without other operation.
- Easy to Operate- A simple button control panel with LCD Display and Timer is user-friendly. Just add ingredients to the bowl, lid-lock, press ON and choose the mode, the frozen yogurt machine will show the time and does the rest! A beep sounds to indicate completed.
- Detachable & Compact- Easily clean up the dessert maker with the removable bowl, paddles, cover, and plastic housing. The Gelato maker is applicable to multiple places with a size of 13.9'' x 10.2'' x 8.9'', also easy to store and fits any countertop.
- 1.2-Qt Homemade & Healthy- Enjoy the fun of DIY your favorite frozen treats at home, 1.2-Qt capacity serving about 5~6 cups yogurt or 9~10 gelato balls or 6~7 ice cream waffles, etc. at one time. Take pure and healthy ingredients to realize ice cream and yogurt freedom, instead of purchased one.
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KUMIO 1.2-Qt 4 Modes Automatic Ice Cream Maker Machine with Compressor, No Pre-Freezing , LCD Display, Timer, Keep Cool Frozen Yogurt Machine
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KUMIO Ice Cream Maker with Compressor allows you to enjoy homemade delicious and healthy frozen treats for yourself, friends, and family. According to different modes to create your taste ice cream, yogurt, sorbet, Gelato, dessert,cocktail all in one ice cream machine. No pre-frozen working.
At the same time, the automatic ice cream maker machine has an overcurrent protection function, compressor protection function, and heat preservation function, which brings convenience and safety to your family and kids.
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Why Not KUMIO ?
- Built-in Compressor- No Pre-Frozen Required.
- Quick Icream Maker- Within 60mins;
- Button Control with LCD Display-Easy to View and Operate.
- Multiple Modes and Keep Cool :
- Ice Cream Mode--Make various ice creams;
- Yogurt mode--Make delicious yogurt;
- Single Refrigeration mode-- COOL;
- Single Mixing mode--Stirring;
- Keep Cool Fuction-Holding 1hr .
- Removable Parts & Transparent Lid- Easy to Clean & Store & Monitor.
- Low Noise- Less than 55dB(A).
- Compact & Lightweight- Multiple uses for Home, Dorm, RV, Party, Office, etc.
The Easier Way To DIY Your Favorite Frozen Treats!
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Material | ABS | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel |
Model | ICE-1032Y | ICE-2037Y | ICE-1535Y |
Power | 100W | 180W | 150W |
Weight | 8.27 kg | 12.6 kg | 9.5 kg |
Dimension | 35.3 x 25.9 x 22.6 CM | 42.5 x 28.5 x 26.2 CM | 38 x 27 x 24.2 cm |
Built-in compressor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Best Sellers Rank | #10,808 in Home (See Top 100 in Home) #36 in Ice Cream Machines |
Date First Available | July 1 2022 |
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The repeated reports of the manual being bad are true. How can they engineer such a device and not understand what the users will want to know. They should have used a crayon to write it.
Here is how it works:
o It has a compressor inside which can freeze things just as your freezer can.
o It has a nice stainless steel pot that lifts out with a handle. Ingredients go into it, frozen dessert comes out.
o It has a stirring blade that churns the mixture to make it not-an-ice cube as it freezes. It makes the frozen product smooth.
o It has a motor under its lid that drives the stirrer. The lid, when locked, takes power from the base and routes it to the stirrer. So you must learn to lock the top to the base. They did not make it fool roof in the locking, but it is a minor skill to learn.
o There is a power button. That is different from the 'go'/'pause' button. Turning it on enables the display, turning it off resets everything.
o There is a menu button. pressing repeatedly it will change the icons to "Cold", "Stir", "Frozen dessert" or "Yogurt" modes.
o Ignore Yogurt mode,, which in theory is for making yogurt from fresh milk, etc, and not for making frozen yogurt. Their Yogurt mode is not to be used, their process control is terrible.
o To make frozen yogurt, use the Frozen Deserts mode to churn and freeze some already-made yogurt plus some sugar and flavours to taste. Add in berries etc late in the process.
o You can tell the machine to run its compressor only (Cold mode), freezing the material in the pot for up to 30 minutes.
o You can tell the machine to run its stirrer only, without the compressor. (Stirrer mode)
o You will really want to use the third mode -- Frozen Desserts. This runs the compressor while stirring the mixture. Add recipe ingredients gathered from the internet into the pot and start that mode. It has an adjustable time -- up to 60 minutes. Use the + - keys to change that. Inspect your product via the pause key, no later than 30 minutes because the process does require human attention to see if it is ready by then. In inspecting it, you can also unclog the stirrer. When it is ready, stop it and take the product out.
So, turn it on, it will default to Frozen Dessert mode. Add the ingredients and close it up. Press the 'go' button. Come back in 30 minutes and figure it out from there.
You won’t be disappointed. The size might not be enough for a large family, but enough for a family of four ( one helping each.)
Pros:
- It makes my ice cream quick (in less than 30 minutes) without the need to pre-freeze the container/ingredients.
- It beeps 10 times when it is done. If you don't open it right away when it's done, it keeps it on the 'cool' function (for about an hour I believe) until you're ready to take it out.
- This is also great for people looking to experiment with Keto/low-carb/low-fat/or low-sugar ice cream: Mix 8 g low carb/low sugar pudding mix, 60 g of any sugar free syrup (optional), 80 grams sugar-free sweetener, 10 g vanilla essence, pinch of salt, 80 ml of light coconut milk + 250 ml of a milk alternative (i.e., almond milk, silk coconut milk, 0% milk, etc.); 1g (a tiny pinch) of xantham gum. Optional adds: protein powder, collagen, etc.
Mix the ingredients together and then pour it into the ice cream pail (this mixture fills about 1/3 of the pail, but after the ice cream is done, it fills the entire pail--this is because the mixture expands into ice cream, so you're only supposed to fill it about 1/3 of the way up). The result is ice cream that is exactly like a frosty from McDonald's or Wendy's, it's so good.
Cons:
- The instruction manual isn't the greatest and there are no real recipes; but you can try any recipe for an ice cream maker that you find online (just don't put frozen fruit or ice in it, it's not a nutribullet).
- There should be troubleshooting tips; for example, If it keeps beeping every 20 seconds right after you turn it on, it just means you didn't screw the paddle in properly. Turn off the machine, unplug it, and fasten the turning paddle. Then turn it back on.
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Five minute prep time.
You need 3 ingredients, maybe 4.
1. Canned sliced cling peaches. Mine were in "lite" syrup, I don't think it matters. Some kind of syrup.
2. Heavy cream, about a cup.
3. Vanilla extract. We used Great Value, which, to me, tastes better than McCormick.
4. Some sort of sweetener. We used Toriani sugar free Peach because that was what was on hand. If your peaches were in heavy sweet syrup, you probably don't need another sweetener.
Steps:
1. Drain the peaches, reserve the syrup. Fill the churn about 1/4 full of sliced peaches in whatever syrup sticks to them. The reserved syrup will be used to top the ice cream when it is served. If you have leftover peaches they can top the ice cream as well.
2. Add 1 teaspoon (more, less or none, to taste) Vanilla.
3. Put in the syrup, probably enough to sweeten two cups of coffee. If you use granulated sugar you may need to make simple syrup. You want to be sure that the sugar is dissolved. Maybe heat the peaches...or leave the sugar out, use peaches in heavy syrup.
4. Add heavy cream until the inner churn is 1/2 full. Do not overfill. You want close to equal parts of peaches and cream.
5. Assemble and start the machine. Let it mix for a couple minutes and then taste and adjust. We needed no adjustments.
No ice, no salt. Stop the machine when the ice cream is the consistency of firm soft serve, about 35-45 minutes. Turn it out into a prechilled bowl and let it harden in the freezer. If yours takes longer, great. I never needed to let the machine run the full hour.
Making ice cream in this gadget can be that simple. Five minutes to assemble the ingredients, and 45 minutes to an hour later you have ice cream. If you want hard ice cream, you want to put it in the freezer for a while.
The recipes in the book that is supplied with the machine are too big for the small machine, they seem to want to fill the reservoir twice. Beware. We made vanilla (mixed milk and cream), pistachio (unsalted pistachios crushed up added to vanilla, with a couple drops of green food coloring for old times sake) that was better than any commercial pistachio, simply because every bite of ice cream had enough nuts in it to give it tons of pistachio flavor.
The inner aluminum churn transfers the cold from the outer churn really well, because it fits well, don't dent it or assemble it wet. You can overchurn, so once the contents are solid, stop the gadget, pull out the beater, and use the plastic scraper to get the frozen ice cream off the walls.
My grandmother used to give me peach ice cream when I was a kid, yellow food color and artificial flavor, tasted like sweetened chemicals. Truly horrid. Then, about 30 years ago I made homemade peach, frozen peaches, cream and eggs, and it was one of the best ice creams I had ever eaten, but, ice, rock salt, and churning forever.
I expected it to be horrid, peach after all, but was persuaded to try it. I'm glad I did.
My memory of that peach made me consider getting another churn. I wanted good peach ice cream! Then I saw this gadget, no ice, minimal mess, fresh ice cream for one or two people. I have a countertop icemaker that I believe uses the same refrigerant, so I expected it to freeze well. It does.
Don't put any parts except for the all plastic bits in the dishwasher. The lid has an electric motor in it, so I would not dunk it. You do not want to dent or corrode the inner churn, and dishwasher detergent eats the coatings off aluminum. Hand wash it in mild detergent, rinse and dry well.
I want to try raspberry frozen yogurt, with whole milk Greek style yogurt and fresh raspberries. There are a ton of other recipes, coffee ice cream with actual coffee, green tea ice cream, and this machine makes all that possible. Just a cup of mix to try a recipe won't be too small for this gadget. If it is screwed up, it is just a cup of cream.
It makes Ben & Jerry's sized portions. A couple big scoops for two people and the ice cream is gone...but the good news is that you cam make more.
The downside is that it won't make ice cream for six ice cream lovers in one run. The upside is that you can make two or three different flavors without that much work.
I am surprisingly enthusiastic about this machine.
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The idea of being able to control the ingredients used, as well as make more healthy and lower calorie ice cream from time to time, appealed to me.
I also love the idea of making my own ice cream blends.
I saw this ice cream maker, and the built in compressor really appealed to me since you can make ice cream on the fly.
I have literally made ice cream every single day over the last 2 weeks.
Not only is it incredibly easy to make, but clean up takes 2 minutes.
The first "ice cream" I made, consisted of nothing more than unsweetened almond milk, vanilla and agave nectar. I figured that if that tasted good, it could only get better from there. I just dumped all three ingredients in and powered it on. Nothing else but waiting about 35 minutes.
When it was done, I tasted it and actually enjoyed it. At that point, it was game on.
First, let me share the easiest vanilla ice cream there is that tastes very good. With this, you can add all sorts of ingredients to fancy it up.
Into the freezing bowl (chamber), pour in:
7 oz (half a can) fat free sweetened condensed milk
4 cups fat free half and half
2 table spoons vanilla
Turn it on to run an hour. It may be ready after 50 minutes.
It won't look like that much when you dump it in, but as it freezes and the air gets mixed it, it will be a full chamber. If you put in too much, it will overflow. My recipe above yields the most it can handle in one batch.
Pro tip: put the bowls you will be serving it in into your freezer before starting the ice cream. The ice cream is still a bit soft when done, and the frozen bowls keeps it from melting as fast.
I also have a frozen storage bowl ready if I know it won't all get eaten or if I want to make it for later. An all dairy mixture freezes very well and remains smooth and scoupable after sitting in your freezer even over night.
I do things like throwing in mini chocolate chips, almond pieces, and all sorts of other goodies.
If you make an ice cream out of almond or oat milk, you can't put leftovers in the freezer or premake it and put it in the freezer. They will essentially turn into ice and aren't capable of being served. They must be eaten immediately, and pre freezing serving bowls is required. Even my teenage son enjoys the almond milk ice cream.
I've used combinations of milk and almond milk as well. The more dairy, the smoother the consistency.
The only time I didn't just dump in the ingredients is when my wife requested chocolate almond butter ice cream using almond milk. I had to put that in a blender first to get the almond butter mixed in properly. I used Nestlé Quik powdered chocolate mix and pure maple syrup to sweeten it. She loved it.
I have some more complicated recipes involving eggs and heat, but the recipe above is so dang good that I haven't been motivated for something even more tasty.
I do plan on making a pina colada in it sometime in the next couple of weeks. I'll come back and add my results to this review afterwards.
The really big question is the durability of the machine. It seems well made, but only time will tell. If it lasts three years, I'll immediately buy another, no questions asked.
If it goes out before that, I'll post an update.
In the photo is the ingredients and finished vanilla ice cream with mint chocolate pieces I made a couple hours ago which I had leftovers.
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The idea of being able to control the ingredients used, as well as make more healthy and lower calorie ice cream from time to time, appealed to me.
I also love the idea of making my own ice cream blends.
I saw this ice cream maker, and the built in compressor really appealed to me since you can make ice cream on the fly.
I have literally made ice cream every single day over the last 2 weeks.
Not only is it incredibly easy to make, but clean up takes 2 minutes.
The first "ice cream" I made, consisted of nothing more than unsweetened almond milk, vanilla and agave nectar. I figured that if that tasted good, it could only get better from there. I just dumped all three ingredients in and powered it on. Nothing else but waiting about 35 minutes.
When it was done, I tasted it and actually enjoyed it. At that point, it was game on.
First, let me share the easiest vanilla ice cream there is that tastes very good. With this, you can add all sorts of ingredients to fancy it up.
Into the freezing bowl (chamber), pour in:
7 oz (half a can) fat free sweetened condensed milk
4 cups fat free half and half
2 table spoons vanilla
Turn it on to run an hour. It may be ready after 50 minutes.
It won't look like that much when you dump it in, but as it freezes and the air gets mixed it, it will be a full chamber. If you put in too much, it will overflow. My recipe above yields the most it can handle in one batch.
Pro tip: put the bowls you will be serving it in into your freezer before starting the ice cream. The ice cream is still a bit soft when done, and the frozen bowls keeps it from melting as fast.
I also have a frozen storage bowl ready if I know it won't all get eaten or if I want to make it for later. An all dairy mixture freezes very well and remains smooth and scoupable after sitting in your freezer even over night.
I do things like throwing in mini chocolate chips, almond pieces, and all sorts of other goodies.
If you make an ice cream out of almond or oat milk, you can't put leftovers in the freezer or premake it and put it in the freezer. They will essentially turn into ice and aren't capable of being served. They must be eaten immediately, and pre freezing serving bowls is required. Even my teenage son enjoys the almond milk ice cream.
I've used combinations of milk and almond milk as well. The more dairy, the smoother the consistency.
The only time I didn't just dump in the ingredients is when my wife requested chocolate almond butter ice cream using almond milk. I had to put that in a blender first to get the almond butter mixed in properly. I used Nestlé Quik powdered chocolate mix and pure maple syrup to sweeten it. She loved it.
I have some more complicated recipes involving eggs and heat, but the recipe above is so dang good that I haven't been motivated for something even more tasty.
I do plan on making a pina colada in it sometime in the next couple of weeks. I'll come back and add my results to this review afterwards.
The really big question is the durability of the machine. It seems well made, but only time will tell. If it lasts three years, I'll immediately buy another, no questions asked.
If it goes out before that, I'll post an update.
In the photo is the ingredients and finished vanilla ice cream with mint chocolate pieces I made a couple hours ago which I had leftovers.
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Anyway, I highly recommend this machine for at-home ice cream making. Things to note:
- I wish I could make larger batches, but that's no fault of the machine. I knew exactly what I was buying. If I want to make numerous quarts at a time, then I need a real-deal commercial unit for thousands of dollars.
- On a related note, be aware that the volume of the end product is larger than what you start with. The churning adds air - as designed - so don't fill the bowl to the top or you're going to have a big mess. I'd say halfway is about right.
- Not specific to this machine, but it's kind of a pain to get the finished product off of the plastic mixing component that spins. Most of it will be gobbed on there when the churning is completed, and you'll want a good rubber spatula to scrape it all off into the container you'll be putting in the freezer.
- Finally, be aware that if you pause the churning process towards the end for whatever reason, it's very hard to get it started again because the ice cream freezes quickly between the plastic mixing piece and the metal sides of the bowl. I've had to give it a manual "push" a few times and I've been concerned that I'm going to burn out the motor, but so far, so good. Punch line: best not to pause it once the ice cream is really starting to thicken up.
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The machine works well and made the ice cream fairly quickly. It is quiet and easy to use. The digital screen provides enough information to get a batch going. The ice cream we made was delicious, though we didn't let it set in the freezer so it was soft-serve.... but we liked it that way. Any stiffer and we wouldn't have gotten the paddle out of it.
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