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| Donvier 1-Quart Ice Cream Maker |  | Brand: Donvier
List Price: $60.00
Buy New: $59.99
as of 3/13/2010 13:47 EST details
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Rating:  48 reviews
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.5
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 8.8 x 8.5
MPN: 837400
Model: 837409W
UPC: 065506074092
EAN: 0065506074092
ASIN: B00006484E
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Makes 1 quart of ice cream, sorbet, frozen yogurt, frozen drinks | | • | No salt or ice needed; freezer bowl and paddle do the work | | • | Aluminum freezer bowl cleans easily | | • | 9-1/2 inches high, 8 inches in diameter | | • | Recipes included |
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Product Description
Here's a happy compromise between the low tech method of hand cranking and the high tech electric ice cream maker. This insulated container makes up to one quart of frozen confection without ice or salt, using the cooling capabilities of your freezer. Now you, or your children, can invent and enjoy that exotic flavor you've been dreaming about, and you don't even have to leave the house!
Amazon.com Review
No salt or ice are needed to create 1 quart of ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet, or frozen drinks at home with this ice-cream maker. Just turning the crank occasionally for 15 or 20 minutes is all it takes. The unit's freezer bowl goes into a refrigerator's freezer for about 7 hours to freeze the liquid between its walls. The bowl then goes into the outer case, the paddle goes into the bowl, ingredients go into the bowl, the transparent top is locked in place, and the crank is turned. The aluminum bowl cleans easily, the outer case and top are plastic so they wipe clean. The unit measures 9-1/2 inches high and 8 inches in diameter (not including handle). It carries a 10-year warranty against defects. An instruction booklet containing many recipes is included. --Fred Brack
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 10
 disappointed November 3, 2009
C. Price
The thing would never stay put together when ever we tried to mix ice cream in it. We got rid of it.
 Best maker on the market--had mine for over 15 years! October 27, 2009
K. Liljenquist
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a shameless ice cream junkie, so I have used and abused this ice cream maker ever since I was in high school--even took it to college with me! The Donvier is so durable and versatile. Ice cream makers are indispensable for anyone serious about ice cream since the tastes is unrivaled, so here's what I love most about the Donvier (compared to other makers I've used):
1) It's silent!
2) Doesn't have to be plugged in--gives you freedom to move it around (and also means you don't have a motor/electronics to worry about burning out)
3) Only requires a stir every couple minutes (you don't have to constantly crank this thing)
4)It's fast. My pint-size Donvier is ready in 15-20 minutes; the quart size is ready in about 20-25 minutes (depends how cold your mixture is to start with).
5) Easy to clean: throw plastic parts in the dishwasher, and just run water over the metal cylinder, wipe it out and throw it back in the freezer.
6) Always ready: I keep mine in the freezer so I can make ice cream on a whim--never have to worry about ice, salt, and the accompanying mess.
 Attention Unhappy Customers! September 23, 2009
Leha Carpenter (California Coastal Redwoods)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I ordered my Donvier a couple of weeks ago, in spite of some negative reviews, because I've used this type of ice cream maker before and I like the hand cranking, no-salt method. It's also small and easy to store. Since I received my Donvier I have experienced every problem listed by a negative reviewer for this product, and I have found the single solution to all of them.
When I got the Donvier I made some ice cream right away and it came out perfect--yay! Then I thought, hmm, better with a little less sugar. So I tried it again. Disaster! The mixture got all slushy, with too-large ice crystals, and it never really froze. This sounded suspiciously like one of the negative reviews I'd read, but since the first batch was great, I tried again. WORSE! Not even any ice crystals this time. The Donvier I now possessed could not freeze an ice cube. I started thinking "defective product," and was considering sending it back. But then I remembered reading recently that self-defrosting freezers often change temperatures in order to keep frost from building up, and I wondered if it wasn't a temperature issue.
As an experiment, I lowered my freezer temperature setting by 2 notches, and then refroze the Donvier. When I went to make ice cream with the same mix that would not freeze at all before, suddenly it was freezing way too fast! The handle became stuck, and the lid kept popping off! Too cold, Goldylocks!
So I set the freezer to the middle setting. Now my Donvier performs just like all those ones with the five star reviews. Ahhhh.
Lesson for the consumer: If you are going to use a Donvier, be prepared to manage your freezer temperature. You can get an inexpensive freezer thermometer, or experiment like I did.
Lesson for Donvier (and the reason I knocked a star off of your wonderful product): This needs to be in the documentation. It's not enough to tell people that they should have their freezer at below zero, because everyone assumes theirs is already. You need to put a paragraph in your little book that talks about the ideal temperature--not too cold, not too warm--and how to find it. Good docs make a five star product.
Works Great! July 26, 2009
Keith Martin
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just picked one up at a thrift store yesterday for $5. Pretty much new in box too. MAnual was missing, but that's online. I have made vanilla ice cream (Alton Brown's recipe) and Lemon Lime Basil Sorbet so far. Great results with both. Followed the freezing instructions, and made sure to let the "finished" ice cream ripen in the freezer for a few hours. It hels my freezer runs at -3 F.
well done July 9, 2009
Alvin L. Roberts
We like it. It's great to eat some ice cream when you can pronounce all the ingredients.
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