Krups 358-70 La Glaciere Ice Cream Maker
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Krups 358-70 La Glaciere Ice Cream Maker
Customer Review: Great performer, great product for the money!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a superb product for the money! After reading a couple of the negative reviews, I was a little skeptical, but since purchasing the product I have been extremely pleased with the performance. Some critics write that the ice cream is a little too soft after making. If you want great homemade ice cream, buy this product. If you want frozen ice cream, then place it in the fridge for a few hours OR don't buy the product and continue buying ice cream from a retailer for $2+ a scoop.
With reasonable expectations, you'll be totally satisfied with this product. Krups got this one right.
Customer Review: Better than 3 hours of elbow grease in a rock salt bath
Summary: 4 Stars
Easy to clean, slow to prep (cylinder needs 2 DAYS in the freezer), and the half dozen of included recipes are tasty but with vague directions. Does a great job of mixing evenly and getting a good texture and consistency with most ice creams being ready to eat after 20-40 minutes of hands-free mixing. Being a geek I felt a cost justification on this was in order, and most recipes weighed in at half the price of premium store-bought brands (vanilla was the exception because the beans are so over priced). Highly recommended accompaniment is the book "Frozen Desserts" by Caroline Liddell.Customer Review: Great Ice Cream Maker
Summary: 5 Stars
This Krups ice cream maker is a wonderful product. I am afraid that the negative reviews may be due to user mistakes. Ice cream is not the easiest thing to make and it also takes patience. When I first got the machine I thought the lid mechanism was a little difficult - but after a little practice the whole unit works like a charm. It also helps to read a recipe book about ice cream before starting - just like everything else you have to try different recipes before you find something you like. All and all it is a great product - if you want quick easy ice cream go to the grocery store!Customer Review: Great little machine
Summary: 5 Stars
This machine is great for ice cream. Especially various flavored chocolates. What works best is to return the bowl to the freezer for between 2 to 24 hours for the ice cream to set. It's hard to screw it up, unless you're subsituting milk for cream. Spend the money and buy the good stuff, instead of cutting corners using milk. If you like soft serve, then more toward two, hard pack, 24. Sorbets can be tricky, and the book even alleges as much. Having given visitors tastes, I find people confuse sorbets and sherbet a lot. They eat orange sorbet and expect to each orange sherbet.
Customer Review: Surprising poor quality for Krups
Summary: 1 Stars
We own several Krups small kitchen appliances, and had been happy with all of them, including initially this ice cream maker. After a few uses -- properly cleaning and drying all parts after each use -- however, the tub corroded and the freezing gel leaked out. I called Krups customer service, who expressed surprise, but offered no resolution to the problem. I note that several other reviews here report a similar experience with regard to the leakage. Krups seems to have a quality problem with this item that needs to be resolved. I would not purchase another one.