Techalyzer

Among the hottest gadgets on the market these days are the ice cream makers but especially the soft serve ice cream makers. Cuisinart just came out with an incredibly affordable and creative soft serve creator. It is simply called The Cuisineart Soft serve Ice Cream Maker.

This is a versatile machine and you can have add ons galore. It also makes a pretty decent custard. It’s fast and you can serve up the soft serve easily in either cones or bowls. It is also a very fast machine because it allow you to automatically add up to three of your favorite mix-ins into the soft ice cream.

The most unique thing about it is that it allows you to add three mix ins at once. This means you could have mango, strawberry and lime all in the same soft serve. You could also make a chocolate twist type concoction or a soft serve banana split.

Here’s how it works. There are three different tabs on the machine and you simply pull a tab out to select the add on that you want mixed in with your soft serve. The manufacturer calls these “condiment dispensers”.

Actually making the ice cream could not be simpler. You simply press a button and turn a dial after adding some ingredients. There is no salt to add and no stressing of your arm to make ice cream. It also comes with a double insulated freezer bowl. There is also no ice or chemicals or powdered packets or anything insane like that to add either.

However if you are in a hurry you can buy mixes for this type of machine. One popular type of mix for a soft serve machine like this is called Junket Ice Cream Mix and it can be mixed with milk to make the perfect low fat ice cream.

A nifty part of the design of this ice cream maker is that it also has a cone holder off to the side. Aside from that it is quite pedestrian looking. It looks a bit like a white coffee maker and it is surprising that Cusinart did not go to some effort to make it a little more attractive. It also comes with it’s own insulated freezer bowl.

If you search around on the Internet you can get a real deal on this thing. In stores the Cuisinart soft serve machine can retail for as high as $235.00. However on sites like Amazon you can find it for under a hundred dollars and you can also get a deal on a cookbook as well. It also comes with a very decent three year warranty and if you buy it on Amazon you can also buy a plan that allows you to completely replace it if it breaks down within a year.

If you love ice cream makers then you are going to love the Cuisinart Pure Indulgence 2-Quart Automatic Frozen Yogurt, Sorbet, and Ice Cream Maker. This ice cream maker is a solid square beauty made out of brushed steel. It is fully automatic and makes ice cream, yogurt, and sorbet in as little as 25 minutes. This makes it easily one of the fastest of the high tech ice cream makers on the market and as it is made by such a reputable company it is guaranteed to turn out perfect ice cream almost every time. It is also pretty eco-friendly and energy efficient.

The maker holds up to 2 quarts of frozen goodness and has a large spout to allow you to add mix-ins like fruit, chunks of chocolate, liquors, spices, herbs or whatever pleases you. The ability to add in mix into to the ice cream is where this ice cream maker succeeds where often others fail. In this gourmet gadget you are enabled to add as many fixings as you want to the yogurts and granitas that you can also make with it.

The motor too is very heavy duty and it is a solid unit. This means that it is not going waddle across the counter or rattle like so many of these gadgets do when they are turned on. Many of them rattle and roll like a miniature rock band.

The unit weighs about twelve pounds and is almost nine inches tall and nine inches wide. It is also not that expensive and prices in at about eighty bucks, which is not that, pricey. You can get it on Amazon. In retail stores it might sell for as high as $120.00.

When you buy an ice cream maker you might also want to purchase some of the really great books out there that are devoted to recipes for making ice cream. A really good book is the The Best Ice Cream Maker Cookbook Ever by Peggy Fallon. This one has all kinds of practical advice in it as to how to make really great ice cream as well.

The cookware company Williams Sonoma also puts out a very good book by Mary Goodhandy called the Williams Sonoma Collection: Ice Cream. Another recommended recipe book is The Ultimate Ice Cream Book - Over 500 Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, Drinks, And More by Bruce Weinstein.

Another classic ice cream cookbook that is becoming wildly popular and that is perfect for a Cuisineart Pure Ice cream maker like this is the Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Dessert Book which gives away the company’s secrets. It is the number one recommendation to go with the product on Amazon.

Some sites like Amazon will also give you a deal if you buy this ice cream maker with a recipe book as well.

Have you ever heard of gadget that can both marinate meat and also mix drinks? There is one from Reveo. It is called the Virtuoso Reveo Gourmet and it can both marinate meat as well as mix up a Cosmopolitan for you. The idea is that you make yourself a drink before barbecuing and then sip on your designer drink while waiting for the meat to soak up the flavors.

This is one of the gadgets that is a barrel shaped and it rotates via a small motor. It has different settings for adjusting the speed of the rotation of the barrel. One of the virtues is that you can infuse more flavors using less of a marinade. It ibis also has a vacuum in that removes air and forces the fibers of the meat inside to splay open and thus be further flavor the meat. It is fully automated and there is no handle to manipulate or rotate the barrel.

The Reveo Gourmet was original invented to speed up the marinating of meat. The manufacturer claims that marinating meat in this thing takes only twenty to forty minutes instead foot he usual 24 to 48 hours of rational marinating methods.

If you are into meat marinade mixology then this gourmet meat is definitely the gadget FO you. You can use it to infuse the meat with fresh herbs, sauces, vinegars and whatever you like. One trend is to marinate meats in flavored vodkas. Alcohol makes a great marinade because it helps speed the process of softening the meat.

The principle of infusion also works in this case for mixing drinks in this handy little marinating gadget. You can make one heck of a mojito with this as the entire purpose of the machine is simply to muddle ingredients together. You put the mint leaves, lime, a little sugar and muddle them all together with some ice in the machine, we recommend using it to mix up a batch of drinks first, and then get on with the meat marinating part of your dinner.

There are all kinds of incredible marinades out there but one of the nicest ones for meat is to simply infuse a good cut of steak with gin or vodka. Any type of vinegar, chopped food (like shallots or mushrooms) or glaze can be put in this tumbler to enhance the flavor of the meat. Spices, sugars and milk can also be used to help tenderize the meat.

This type of gadget which is the perfect gift for that metrosexual type bachelor does not come that cheap. It is between $140 to $150 to buy. It also comes with a one year warranty which is not much of a warranty but you are sure to get a lot of use out of it.