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Brand: KitchenAid
Category: Kitchen

List Price: ~~$99.99~~
Buy New: $73.61
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

243 reviews
Sales Rank: 117

Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 10.3 x 10.3
Warranty: 1

MPN: KICAOWH
Model: KICA0WH
UPC: 050946960197
EAN: 0050946960197
ASIN: B0002IES80

Release Date: July 1, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Customer Reviews:

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Wonderful product! May 12, 2005
17 out of 20 found this review helpful

Just made our first batch of ice cream, the french vanilla recipe from the manual, and it is amazing! If you follow the instructions carefully, this product makes wonderful ice cream. It's a little on the soft side when done, but after some time in the freezer it's perfect. I highly recommend this product (and I've never been moved to write a review, this is my first).

5 out of 5 stars

A Must Have Attachment! March 12, 2005
25 out of 27 found this review helpful

I was very excited and couldn't wait to receive the maker, and finally it arrived a couple of days ago. I have already made 2 batches of ice cream.

I think the instructions were pretty clear, however I did have a little trouble fitting the piece that attaches to the top of mixer into place. It is the piece that holds the dasher into the bowl. I have the Epicurean 6 qt model and according to the pictures I was to insert the piece one way, but it only fit the other. Oh Well it seems to work just fine! If you have trouble with yours fitting, you might want to try turning it over also.

It is really very easy to use, and my 1st batch came out great, and I even goofed up the recipe! My second batch I made just plain vanilla and my husband agrees it is the best ice cream ever. I did not use the recipe that was in the book, I used a non bake one that I found on-line.

If you are in a hurry for ice cream then you might be disappointed. It is a slow process, but well worth it. After mixing the ice cream you transfer it to a plastic container to ripen, and that can take several hours to harden to the right consistency. It does not come out of the bowl hard, but very soft, almost perfect if you are wanting a milk shake.

They suggest leaving your bowl in the freezer so it will be ready when you want to make ice cream, and that is what I have been doing. If you have a deep freeze I would suggest putting it in there, along with any ice cream you are waiting to harden. I found that if I kept it in my regular freezer it took a lot longer.

I have been very satisfied with my purchase and I am looking forward to trying many new and delicious recipes in the future.

2 out of 5 stars

So So Product February 11, 2005
85 out of 105 found this review helpful

This product comes with the essentials to make ice cream, a dasher and a freeze bowl. The bowl is a generous size, 2 quarts, but when attached to the mixer you will notice that it barely extends beyond the width of the arm on the mixer. This, to me, is a major negative because it makes it more difficult than needed to properly add ingredients. Also, with the fact that the dasher rotates (by nature of the mixer), rather than the bowl as in other ice cream machines such as the Cuisinart, it's extremely easy to make a huge mess by the time your done.

You may think that this can be easily overcome by lifting the arm of the mixer to add the ingredients, but this is not feasible. If you do, even for a few moments, the dasher stops doing its job and the ice cream freezes, then your ice cream is done whether you like it or not. The dasher needs to be rotating constantly while slowly adding ingredients for best results.

These issues, along with the hefty price tag, make this a ice cream maker for only those who absolutely do not have the room for a dedicated ice cream maker. The space saving aspect is the main reason I gave into the outrageous price tag, but after using it, I sacrificed the space for a much more enjoyable to use ice cream machine. I'd recommend to those considering purchasing this product also try out a dedicated ice cream machine to see the difference in ease of use.

5 out of 5 stars

It DOES Freeze Ice Cream February 11, 2005
44 out of 49 found this review helpful

I've been very impressed at how easy and inexpensive it is to make excellent gourmet ice cream and sorbet using this ice cream freezer. The dasher turns fast enough to make small ice crystals so the ice cream is smooth and creamy. It makes two quarts of ice cream, which is twice the capacity of stand alone ice cream freezers on the market with a similar design (no ice required), and a quart hardly seemed worth the effort. The dasher and the bowl are the only two pieces to wash and cleanup is very fast and easy. The only down side is, with such ready access to ice cream, it'll be difficult not to gain weight.

One of the reviews claims this unit doesn't freeze ice cream, and the reviewer claimed to be a scientist who "did some calculations".

What the reviewer probably failed to calculate is the way the freezing bowl actually works. The bowl is double walled and the interior is filled with a material that changes phase (liquid to solid) as it freezes. A great deal of heat (or cold) can be stored when a material changes phase. The phase change occurs at a temperature below the freezing point of ice cream. If the reviewer was unable to make ice cream, it's because the freezer was too warm for the phase change material inside the freezer bowl to freeze. Without the phase change, you won't be able to make ice cream. Turn down the thermostat in your freezer and precool the ice cream mixture.

Maybe you are a scientist in the sense of "the social sciences"? You're no physicist. The typical homemaker can figure it out. It isn't rocket science.

5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful January 26, 2005
12 out of 15 found this review helpful

This was my first attachment for my Kitchen Aid mixer and I love it! I made the French Vanilla ice cream per the recipe in their booklet and it came out perfectly. I had put the bowl in the freezer about one week prior to having time to make the ice cream, so that may have helped me to get the immediate soft-serve consistency. (Had to put in there so I wouldn't put more stuff in and run out of room again!) I think the $80 price is a little steep, but I'd rather have this than another appliance in my house.

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