1/31/2020 Some tasks are harder than others. Ice Cream was like that for me, or shall I say frozen desserts. My commentary will take some time to read, though it in itself is no novel. If you proceed in reading about my thoughts on the Breville make sure you have some time in your schedule to digest (pun intended, since this is about dessert,) the material.
I am svelte, meaning thin 26-inch waist type, and so obviously I eschewe most grocery store and restaurant/eaterie desserts depending upon the fat and caloric content. My spouse gained weight a few years after marrying me so I was that much more diligent with reading low fat cookbooks and medical texts to prepare low fat, low calorie meals for he and I. To further develop my figure and remain healthful after I graduated university I weight trained and subscribed to Men’s Health (even though I am a woman,) Muscle and Fitness and other publications. Daily I lifted handweights isometrically to Joyce and Marthe Vedral’s College Dorm Workout routine to obtain my muscle memory and feminine hard body since I like and maintain a Playboy style Perfect figure and look on myself.
I was quite tired of eating sorbets and sherbert. For decades I wanted an ice cream maker so I could use my own low fat recipes as well as others to create healthful frozen desserts of much greater variety. I did not feel comfortable using an ice cream maker in an apartment or rented home. As such, my wait for an ice cream maker was a long one by decades. Finally, my spouse and I purchased a small home less than a decade ago. Some months later I picked out an ice cream maker and was attracted to the Breville as it was the most superior of those I saw. It took somewhat less than a decade to put aside enough funds to finally purchase a Breville BC1600XL. True my kitchen is quite small and the Breville will not even fit on my countertop when not in use. But I do not mind. I just use my isometric skills and weight lifting form to lift my just under 30 pound Breville and place him into position for his task when needed on my counter.
Well I have only owned my Breville a few days at the time of this writing but I am pretty pleased with it. Quite contrary to some views, (most notably the saying that certain food is almost better than sex,) in my opinion frozen desserts such as ice cream no matter how tasty are in no way equivalent; nor are they almost better, than conjugal activities.
What have I discovered about the Breville BC1600XL Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker? Strangely one of the first things I noticed was the nifty finger hole in its three prong plug, a real where has this been?-type of invention. A little bit like wheels on luggage. Why weren’t they always there ‘sorta’ feeling. Then I admired its gleaming exterior and saw the vinyl piece covering the digital readout with a picture of the same readout. Instead of discarding it I thought what a lovely vinyl for the side of my small fridge. It even has a little pointer on it I placed towards my refrigerator freezer that suggests dessert. A cute decorative, it sits on my fridge above my small magnetic hooks where I hang some kitchen implements along with a foil cutter for my wine.
My Breville had been upright and ready to use right away; though it was a bit cold from being outdoors on my tiny portico. Just right for frozen yogurt! Immediately out came the non-fat Greek yogurt from the fridge, organic lemon juice, organic apple sauce, vanilla the wheat germ and less than a third of a can of the notorious beverage, in that nice looking but plain aluminum can, Mountain Dew. Oh, I almost forgot a few tablespoons of vodka also went in the Breville pail so my frozen yogurt stays oh so perfect texture in the freezer. The plug went in, I pressed a button and woila, 37 minutes later I had my first frozen yogurt in one of my tea saucers made from my Breville.
When my spouse got home that evening our Breville was already safely tucked away under a Turkish towel. Did he want to see it? Nah, instead he went straight to the freezer and got himself a tea saucer of my yogurt. He pronounced it a wonderful tasting yogurt and never guessed it had “the Dew” (my nickname for my favorite soda; Pepsi’s Mountain Dew,) in it until I told him. He could not believe it but he was not angry of course.
The next morning while my spouse was showering for work I got Breville out, did my power lift thing, and had him on my kitchen counter making lemon Italian Ice. When he, (my spouse,) popped into our kitchen for a little brekkey (British slang for breakfast,) he saw Breville gleaming at him. He commented on how nice he looks and watched him churning my lemon mixture for a little bit. I had the setting to sorbet, but that was more like a pudding to me so I got it to its hardest, the Ice Cream setting. That seemed a better setting for Italian Water Ice.
This morning I made NON-FAT strawberry gelato for breakfast. It was sublime, perfect gelato texture, nice taste. I look forward to setting aside a bit in my grocery budget to get some organic pistachios so I can have pistachio gelato.
A big critique I have is that the Breville can only be ‘on the ready’ for a measley three hours. I suggest future editions have a time delay start and an indefinite Keep Cool setting. My schedule is so busy I like to set it and get around to it when I can. I also think the volume setting max could be much louder and the music sample selection larger. The opening on the lid for the mix-ins I feel should be more reinforced, with metal. It should also heat and mix ingredients, like melt chocolate to a béchamel setting, etc., then automatically pre-cool and make it.-Julie Sands
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Breville BCI600XL Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker
The Smart Scoop transforms the kitchen into your favorite scoop shop. The first ice cream maker to automatically sense the hardness of the mixture based on your selection, it keeps your frozen flavors at perfect temperature up to 3 hours.
12 hardness settings including sorbet, frozen yogurt, gelato and ice cream.
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I finally went ahead and dished out the money for this... I don't regret it, but it has a couple of things that could easily be improved to make this an awesome product.The paddles inside have too big of a gap to the container, which causes way too much ice to form on the walls.The supplied scooper is useless, the handle is too short and you get ice cream all over your fist!The programs are a bit off, you usually need to chose 'the next up' to get the desired consistencyOther than that... this thing (using the proper ingredients and recipes) makes INCREDIBLE ice cream, gelato and sorbet.Definitely buy!Here are the books of recipes that we bought, that we can only recommend!Making Artisan Gelato: 45 Recipes and Techniques for Crafting Flavor-Infused Gelato and Sorbet at HomeThe Ciao Bella Book of Gelato and Sorbetto: Bold, Fresh Flavors to Make at Home<b> Please hit "YES" If this review helped you with your purchase decision! - Thanks! </b>
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