Is A Compressor Ice Cream Maker Worth The Cost?
Is a compressor ice cream maker worth the higher cost when compared to an electric canister model? When you start shopping for an ice cream maker, you’ll quickly discover there are three basic kinds of ice cream makers. Some machines are manual and some electric, but the main difference, regardless of how they are powered, is in how the machines freeze the base into an ice cream. There’s the old fashioned method of surrounding the cream base with a mixture of ice and salt. There’s the more modern method of using a double-walled canister, whose walls contain a special gel. You freeze the canister overnight, then put it on its motorized base and pour in your cream base. And then there is the compressor ice cream maker. The last are in a league of their own – as you’re bound to surmise from the difference in price. Whereas canister electric ice cream makers can be had for under $100, the cheapest compressor model costs more than twice that much. Can it really be worth the difference? If y
