White Mountain F64304-X 4-Quart Hand-Crank Ice Cream Freezer

by White Mountain

Product Features

• Makes 4 quarts of ice cream, frozen yogurt, and other frozen confections
• Hand cranking provides fun for the entire family
• Stainless-steel freezer can and dasher inside wooden tub
• Freezer can and dasher are dishwasher-safe

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18.4 x 13.5 x 13.5 inches ; 18.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 17 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00002N62F
• Item model number: F64304-X
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,047 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #96 in Kitchen & Dining > Small Appliances > Ice Cream Machines

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

For a century and a half, since a woman in New York invented the hand-crank freezer, making ice cream has been an American family value. Mom blended the ice cream mixture; Dad filled the maker's wooden tub with ice and rock salt to achieve the below-freezing temperature needed to produce smooth confections; kids clamored to turn the crank; and everyone happily consumed big bowls of ice cream as a reward. This family-bonding activity remains as vibrant today as it was through a century-and-a-half of "progress." With various ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sherbet recipes included, this old-fashioned White Mountain ice cream maker maintains the tradition. Only the use of modern stainless steel for the freezer can and dasher distinguishes this rugged maker from the one earlier generations enjoyed. And years from now it will still be used, knitting together a family's history. --Fred Brack

Product Description

Triple motion action dasher system with 3-gear drive. Tub finished with 3 coats of sealer, stain, and laquer, of 3/4" thick select New England pine, bound with galvanized hoops, and fitted with electro-less nickel plated fixture for durability. Heavy-dutystainless steel can in tall profile for faster freezing. Dasher of heavy-duty cast iron electro-less nickel plated will never warp out of shape. Norwegian Beechwood blades self-adjusting for thorough scraping inside can.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

64 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Old Fashioned Ice-Cream-Making Fun!, June 20, 2000

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Kelley (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: White Mountain F64304-X 4-Quart Hand-Crank Ice Cream Freezer (Kitchen)

My husband bought this ice cream maker for our anniversary present. We tried it out right away and made strawberry/oreo ice cream and it was delicious! The recipes included in the instruction manual surely rival Ben and Jerry's! When he first brought the ice cream maker home I was worried that it would be noisy because you actually crank it by hand. However, once you get the ice all packed in inside, it is very quiet! It's not difficult to crank and it only took us about 25 minutes from the time we poured the recipe in until the time it was firm enough to eat and enjoy! I was impressed. The ice cream maker is also nice looking. It is a reddish brown wood and it washes well inside. Once you are done making the ice cream, you can transfer it into a container of your own, or you can just place the inner container that comes with the ice cream maker directly into the freezer. We have to transfer it into a tupperware because our freezer is too small. However, most normal refridgerator/freezers could hold the inner container.

I would definately recommend this product as way to make delicious ice cream. It it a process that everyone in the family can participate in. My husband said he bought it because he had such great memories of his family making homemade icecream. I am certain that tradition will continue in our family now too!

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unusable due to gear box problems, September 28, 2005

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too much butter (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: White Mountain F64304-X 4-Quart Hand-Crank Ice Cream Freezer (Kitchen)

White Mountain ice cream freezers have a sterling reputation, but mine, which I got a couple years ago, is unusable due to problems in the gear box. Once you're about halfway through freezing the ice cream, and it begins to get a bit stiff, the gears start jamming and skipping, and it's impossible to continue. Not surprisingly, this leads to metal filings dropping out of the gearbox, some of which find their way into the ice cream. I note there's a lot of play in the crankshaft, which can move in and out about a quarter inch, and I suspect this is a part of the problem.

Other than this problem, the bucket, can, and dashers appear nicely made and seem to work fine.

Because White Mountain has such a good reputation, and because I see the reviews on here of this item and the similar F64306 are a mix of positives and negatives (many of which report problems similar to mine) I'm wondering if this problem is the result of a recent design change. The number on the underside of my gear frame is 337-075. It would be interesting to know if anyone with this same gear frame is happy with the operation of their freezer.

30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very shoddy design for the price., June 1, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: White Mountain F64304-X 4-Quart Hand-Crank Ice Cream Freezer (Kitchen)

If you just want an occasional nostalgia trip, or a rustic decoration for your kitchen, then buy this freezer. But if you are serious about making ice cream with it, you're in for a disappointment.

The part that covers the ice cream container is made of a cheap, soft metal alloy. Friction slowly wears it away as you crank it, getting black gunk on everything it touches. It even gets black specks in the ice cream - yuck!