Do not buy the Philips HR2304 Ice Cream Maker...

[bibliogirl]

for yea, verily, it is useless. Leaving aside the first one having turned up broken due to inadequate packaging on the supplier side, its replacement has just had its lid fail for the second time and thus will be returned with a note mentioning the phrase "not fit for purpose

Comments

[karohemd]

i_am_toast pointed out that her first effort of making ice cream by just mixing the ingredients, transferring them to a plastic box to freeze (stirring twice in between, IIRC) seemed to work perfectly. The result was lovely indeed, uniformly smooth (except for the deliberate nut chunks) and firm.
It might depend on the recipe/mix of ingredients, though.

[bibliogirl]

I've done that enough to be very bored of it; also our freezer freezes such icecream considerably firmer than one might want, which was the point of getting an icecream maker in the first place. (The last straw was the mint sorbet which required the application of a rolling pin to break it up, and this after being stirred two or three times during freezing ;))

[karohemd]

*nods* As I thought, "your mileage might vary".

[bibliogirl]

Wouldn't have bought it (or had it bought for me, though I chose it) in the first place otherwise, trust me.

[karohemd]

I think it's safe to assume that you know your kitchen gadgets. :o)

[d_floorlandmine]

[grin]