KitchenAid® Ice Cream Maker, White, KICA0WH

#1 , this cost so much less from Wal-Mart.com , i was going to by this from the kitchenaid web site but seen it cheaper here, My kids and husband LOVE the home made ice cream i make from using this product, the ice cream taste so much better then the store brand and at least i KNOW what is in MY ice cream lol, i put in about 5 ingredients and when you buy it from a store you have about 20-30 ingredients and most of them you cant even pronounce . I will chose this product every time ! NO MORE STORE BOUGHT ICE CREAM FOR MY FAMILY !!

I was so pleased with the outcome of my ice cream. But, remember, you MUST freeze the bowl for the recommended hours and the ice cream batter has to be chilled as directed for the ultimate results. I used my old standing recipe for my ice cream measuring the 46 oz maximum capacity for the batter. It expands as it freezes and you will get almost 2 quarts of finished ice cream. It keeps in your freezer for several weeks if you need to make it ahead of time. It is a WONDERFUL product and so easy to use!! I love it!

This little thing works rather great. All you have to do is stuff the bucket in the freezer for 18 hours (yeah, plan your ice cream making 2 days in advance), then pour in the mix and stir. One note, it says it makes 2 quarts, and that's true, just remember that ice cream is 50% air. Put more than 1 qt of mix and you have what we in the ice cream biz call a mess. Also, the cheaper mixes and a faster mix will actually make a little more than 50% air. So just stick to the frozen custard mixes. Besides, the cheap stuff to make at home is even cheaper to buy off the shelf. For just a little more time and effort you can make your own Ben and Jerry's at home for less than $4 a pint. I did knock off a star for value because it really is quite expensive. You can buy a stand alone ice cream machine for about the same money. If you get this, it would be for the convenience of not having an extra machine lying around.

I loved the ice cream attachment so much I purchased a second one. I have used both a couple of times to make ice cream and gelato and they perform great. The nice thing is that I can make ice cream of gelato and know exactly what ingredients I am putting in and know where they came from and not have to worry about what a large multi-national food corporation is putting in my ice cream or gelato. The ice cream we made with this mixer was the better than anything we could have ever purchased from the store.

My husband bought this ice cream maker for me as a Christmas gift. I myself have never made ice cream so I was pretty sure I'd mess it up somehow. I will say, I read the booklet that came with the bowl and made the vanilla ice cream first. You know, something easy. I followed the directions making my ice cream batter and after it chilled for hours in the frig I took out the bowl from the freezer and quite easily attached it to the Kitchen Aid mixer stand. (I did have my husband check it to make sure I did it right.) At this point, all I had to do was pour the batter into the bowl and watch the cream thicken before my eyes. The secret is the bowl's insulated gel. After 15-20 minutes its ready to pour into a freezer safe bowl to ripen (harden) for a couple of hours. Some hours later I whipped the bowl out to divvy up some ice cream, (thinking all I did was make ice milk) and boy was I impressed! Kitchen Aid you did it again! This ice cream was like I just turned my kitchen into a parlor. No joke. Sure it takes a few hours from start to finish, but most of that is just making the batter, then freeze time...but the ice cream is absolutely delicious. I even made a chocolate gelato ice cream. If you are considering an ice cream maker, this is it! I'm telling you, this is the real deal where ice cream is concerned. You won't be disappointed.

I purchased the Ice cream maker last month for my Kitchenaid stand mixer. So far I made fabulous creamy vanilla and chocolate Ice cream. I loved the idea of making fresh homemade Ice cream for my family, including, adding fruit into the mix-- strawberries, raspberries, peaches or in the summer I grow blackberries will make it even better!! Kitchenaid makes durable products which I recently also purchased food grinder and the rotor slicer/shredder attachments for my 6 qt. stand mixer which I had for many years. I'm very pleased I purchased all of them making it faster to make any meals and I find I can attach them to my mixer very easily.

I got this for Christmas. I have tried several recipes in it. I have found that the recipe that I got from my mom that contains condensed milk, sugar, whole milk and eggs doesn't really freeze in this. I found another recipe online that uses heavy cream, whole milk and sugar freezes good. Both recipes work better if the liquid is put in the fridge and allowed to get cold first.

The attachment works exactly as it should. Absolutely no complaints from me at all. Freezing the bowl over night, fitting everything together, letting it churn for the right time etc. When I made my chocolate ice cream the only place I went wrong was perhaps not letting the mixture chill longer than what the time said in the recipe, which I found on the KitchenAid website. The ice cream was amazing though. I left the ice cream in the freezer overnight and it was perfect. I’m going to test with a few more ice cream and sorbet recipes. Overall, I’m don’t regret buying this attachment. It does what it’s supposed to and it does it very well.

I had been wanting this attachment for years. I received it finally for Christmas from my mother in law. I was so excited to make ice cream finally! I've made to batches and they were pretty good. Following cleaning and care instructions to the T, I noticed blue liquid all over my freezer. When I tried to make my third batch even though the bowl had been freezing for 4 days, my ice cream was like soup. :( I looked up my problem online and saw many people had the same issue. Darn...I'm very disappointed that my Christmas gift has issues already.

Looks good BUT on opening I thought I would have a read of the instruction book. GOT TO PAGE 9 TO FIND A COMPLETE 8 PAGE SECTION OF THE BOOK MISSING. While I appreciate I can download the missing pages it makes the Wedding present I purchased for a Niece look a bit cheapskate. I have emailed KitchenAid and asked them to post another book. But i will be interested to see if Walmart/KitchenAid actually read these comments and what they intend to do N.B. I am a Printer and know how this missing book section happens