KitchenAid KICA0WH Ice Cream Maker Attachment
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: KitchenAidBrand: KitchenAid
Release Date: 2004-07-01
Model: KICA0WH
Product features:
- Stylish attachment converts any KitchenAid stand mixer into an ice cream maker
- Creates up to 2 quarts of ice cream, frozen yogurt, or sorbet in about 25 minutes
- Powered by stand mixer; pour in batter and dasher and freeze bowl do the work
- Dishwasher-safe dasher, drive assembly, and adapter ring; handwash freeze bowl
- Measures 10-8/9 by 10-2/7 by 10-2/7 inches; 1-year hassle-free replacement warranty
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of KitchenAid KICA0WH Ice Cream Maker Attachment
Customer Review: Bad function all around.
Summary: 1 Stars
For starters, there's a simple problem with this ice cream maker that should have been obvious to me before I purchased it. Ice cream that use ice and salt to freeze the batter get colder over time, allowing the ice cream to churn for a good while before the it is cold enough to be frozen. This product is at its coldest from the start. It will only get less cold from there. Your ice cream will freeze instantly when you pour it in the bowl and may cause the dasher to stop spinning almost immediately - even if you follow the directions by starting the dasher before you add the batter.
Furthermore, it's almost impossible to make two batches in a row. The freezing bowl simply won't be cold enough by the time the second batch starts. And you have to freeze it for 15 hours before you can use it again.
Getting past this immediate flaw, lets talk about everything else that's wrong with it.
The dasher, as I mentioned, must be in motion when you pour the batter in. Unfortunately, its really difficult to get the batter into this bowl while its on the stand with the mixer in motion. I got batter all over my mixer, on the counter, everywhere. It needs a spout to pour the batter into from the side. No such accessory exists - and if it did, wouldn't it be sort of ridiculous to have to buy accessories for your accessories?
The dasher is turned by a drive-assembly that does not attach to the pin of the mixer. Your just supposed to press it up onto the motor head where tiny rubber tabs on the side will hold it in place. This doesn't work well at all. The drive-assembly doesn't fit well onto the motor head, so it just pops off while the mixer is in motion, as soon as the batter offers any resistance - which it does immediately, because as I said, this mixer is as cold as it's going to get from the moment you begin. You end up with batter that hasn't churned properly and that is frozen solid to the sides of the bowl but is still liquid in the middle. Even if you can keep it spinning, the drive-assembly slips out of place and causes the dasher to turn at a bad angle, and also causes your mixer to make some really disturbing noises.
In the end, you end up with a big mess in your kitchen, ice cream that hasn't expanded to its full size because it wasn't churned properly, and the threat of damage to your very expensive mixer. I switched to this mixer from and ice and salt mixer because I figured it would be louder, cleaner, and less work. now I'm switching back to the ice and salt mixer because its just as loud as the noises this mixer makes while working, it works better, and I can make as many batches of ice cream I want in a single day as long as I have ice.
Description of KitchenAid KICA0WH Ice Cream Maker Attachment
Convert any KitchenAid stand mixer into an ice cream maker with this unique attachment. Simply store the unique freeze bowl in the freezer for a minimum of 15 hours, then make up to 2 quarts of frozen desserts in 20-30 minutes. The Ice Cream Maker Attachment produces a variety of frozen desserts, as well as fresh, pure soft-consistency ice cream.Kitchen and Housewares
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