KitchenAid Ice Cream Maker Attachment for Stand Mixer, 2 Quart, KSMICM, White

This household consumes a lot of ice cream when I buy it. Can’t keep it for long, in fact. The cost of ice cream is also going up, and the containers getting smaller as well as all the additives. Decided to make my own ice cream. This attachment to my kitchen aid has been the best investment! Easy to use, super sturdy. I permanent store my bowl in the freezer so it’s ready to use in a moments notice. Takes about 30 minutes and the slowest stir speed, per instructions, so don’t try to speed it up. I’ve made several quarts now and no signs of cracking or leakage as mentioned in reviews. Easy to clean by just rinsing, and wiping only the exterior (or your towel will freeze to the sides). Am I saving money? Yes. A little, I use organic ingredients so savings is about 14 cents per ounce. If I used nonorganic, I would save more. Whether organic or not, you are still not getting the additives and such with store bought. It’s also sparked imagination as to what we can make. The latest was Hawaiian hula pie-inspired (Leilani’s in Maui - see photo) and chocolate peanut butter. Enjoy!

I bought this last July. I've haven't bought ice-cream since. Make sure you buy the KitchenAid brand. Here's the pros, cons and a few tips: Pros 1. The bowl is easy to figure out how to assemble. 2. Stays really cold for at least 25 minutes. 3. Easy to clean after each use. 4. The KitchenAid brand seems well made. Cons 1. I wish it came with some kind of blade scraper. Like most machines, the ice cream is difficult to get off of the paddle. 2. The bowl takes up a lot of space in the freezer. Tips 1. Freeze the bowl for a whole 24 hours instead of 16. 2. Separate your ice-cream custard into quart size mason jars and refrigerate so it's nice and cold before using it. The recipe I use makes 2 quarts so I have one for later. There's enough sugar and it'll keep a few weeks. 3. Only use a quart plus about a cup and a half of whatever ice cream custard and flavor. It might seem like there's a lot more room but as air incorporates, the ice cream will take up the whole bowl. 3. Mix the ice-cream on the slowest speed for 20-25 minutes. 4. Here's the recipe I use. I add salt too and mix my flavor in a bowl with a whisk before putting it in the maker. I suggest doing it that way because I have learned that the bowl is so cold, the paddle can freeze to the bowl.

Works great - we made ice cream during the summer (got the recipe book, too) and it was delicious. You have to pre-freeze the bowl before you use it, so that’s something to keep in mind. It was fun and easy.

This is totally awesome. It works incredibly well. I have made vanilla and strawberry several times. Adding chocolate and pistachio to my repertoire next! For those of you that need to eliminate food additives due to health issues, your dreams have been answered! :-)

I shouldn't love this as much as I do. It makes amazing ice cream! Freezing time takes at least overnight. Very easy to clean - do not put it in the dishwasher! It's quite versatile and can be used for ice cream, gelato, or sorbet. Texture of your ice cream will really depend on your ingredients, but my favorite is a egg based custard ice cream. Didn't use a metal spoon to eat ice cream right out of it, you'll scratch the surface. If it starts leaking light blue liquid out the side like you've stabbed a smurf, then it's time to replace your bowl. Pictured is my most recent creation, rocky road!

I had two issues with the product, both minor. First, the connector attachment doesn't fit flush to the mixer, which makes it a bit awkward to setup - not difficult, just awkward. The instructions do not tell you that once you start churning the ice cream, you cannot stop until it is completed period. If you stop he mixer for any reason, do NOT restart it. If you do, the plastic connector will snap as the dasher will have frozen in the bowl. This happened to me when our power went out for about 30 seconds then came back on. I wasn't close enough to get to the mixer to stop it when the power came back on and I heard a loud snap and the connect plastic had broken. It would have been nice if there was a warning in the instructions about power outages. Overall though, the ice cream maker works well. I made a no-added sugar chocolate ice cream with sugar free chocolate chips mixed in as well as a pink champagne sorbet. Both were quick and easy. Clean-up is simple. The bowl does take up a large amount of my freezer space prior to making the ice cream. My freezer is set a -1 F, so it only takes about 15 minutes to churn the ice cream.

Finally got around to using it. I have a standard kitchen aid without the bowl lift. It fits just fine. Was easy to use and made delicious ice cream. To clean, I just let the bowl thaw in the sink and it was easy.

I know people complain about the price of this item, however when I read reviews about alternatives the long-term use of this product is worth the price. We've made so many satisfying treats from this product I know I will be using it for years.

Es un producto genial, solamente que en algunos congeladores va necesitar estar más tiempo en congelación para que pueda funcionar de manera adecuada, el tiempo de elaboración de la nieve ronda en los 20 minutos.

Love this addition to my Kitchenaid mixer. I will never buy any ice cream again. I've made peach, strawberry, blueberry, lemon, (ice cream, sorbet and gelato), Baileys, and I'm just starting. Your limited to your imagination and the number of containers I have. It's so easy to use. I freeze the container for at least two days before I want to use it. I also put my ingredients together the night before and put it in the fridge. Once I'm ready to make the ice cream, I pull out the maker from the freezer and immediately use the fridge-cold mix. My ice cream takes a lot less time than the recipe says. I should have bought this a long time ago. The ice cream is so good: no preservatives, colouring of aritifical flavours. Pure and natural. This is a great addition and works very well. No I need to buy more ice cream containers (insulated from Amazon) so that can make more varieties. Summer is coming!

Se hacen heridos perfectos y riquísimos, sobre todo con materia prima de calidad

IS THERE ANYTHING my BIG RED can't do? ..... Well making fresh ice cream isn't one of them. BEST buy ever!, did my research, did the reading reviews and recipes and this is what I have found.... IF you do just what one person who previously reviewed this attachment suggests as soon as this arrives, take the bowl out of the box, wash in warm water, DRY completely and get that bowl i to your freezer! Ours arrived yesterday morning and we did just that, taking it out this morning to make our first batch of the most AMAZING DELICIOUS fresh ice cream! As others have said, the instructions as to how to attach the mechanism to my mixer, but Youtube videos made that clear. The paddle, or as ice cream makers refer to it, the "dasher" sits in the bottom of the bowl so you need not worry about how is it gonna work... it just does! I used a recipe I found on line, a simple 2 2 2 1 Two cups whipping cream, two cups half and half, two teaspoons of pure vanilla extract and one cup of sugar. As per the recipe, I predissolved my sugar in the half and half, then added the whipping cream and vanilla. I have a very "vintage" pyrex mixing bowl with a pourer spout which is perfect to pour into the frozen bowl. Once you have the attachment and bowl in place START your mixer on speed ONE (1) no higher, and SLOWLY pour in your liquid, set the timer because in precisely 20 minutes your ice cream is DONE! I could not believe it... So simple, and so delicious. This is THE BEST attachment I have EVER purchased for my Kitchenaid stand mixer! Great value! UPDATE two years later..... STILL PERFECT.... ZERO REGRETS in making this purchase, NO INVESTMENT....

Estoy muy satisfecha con este bowl mi helado esta listo en 10 minutos siempre y cuando la mezcla esté fría