Product Description

Unlike most ice cream makers, the Gelato Chef 2200 doesnt need pre-freezing, because its got its own built-in freezer. Just choose your recipe,switch on, pour in your ingredients, and from only 20 minutes your delicious ice cream is ready. With its own freezer and extra removable bowl, you can make as little or as much ice cream in as many flavours as you like. Ice cream maker with built in freezer, 2 pint capacity, removable ice cream bucket, white finish Please Note: All electrical products sold by cookinstyle (InStyle Products Limited) are supplied with a UK 3 pin plug.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11262 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Magimix
• Model: GEL22001
• Released on: 2003-03-18

Features

• White finish.
• Built in freezer.
• Ice cream and sorbet in twenty minutes.
• 1 x fixed & 1 x removable stainless steel bowl.
• This product has no commercial warranty.If used in a commercial premises or environment the manufacturers warranty is void.

Manufacturer's Description
Unlike most ice cream makers, the Gelato Chef 2200 doesn't need pre-freezing, because it's got its own built-in freezer. Just choose your recipe,switch on, pour in your ingredients, and from only 20 minutes your delicious ice cream is ready.
Whith its own freezer and extra removable bowl, you can make as little or as much ice cream in as many flavours as you like.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Ice Cream
I bought this product because I love ice cream and wanted to experiment with my own recipes. I do not have much spare freezer space and so wanted a machine that has its' own freezer unit.

The deciding factor in my purchase was price, this machine being less expensive than its' main rival.

The ice cream which is produced is consistently good, with a smooth texture and excellent flavour, ( being able to control the ingredients means you can use the freshest and best quality).

The main drawback to an ice cream machine with its own freezer unit is that it takes up work space in the kitchen. These machines need to settle for 12 hours after transit and it is not recommended to move them in and out of cupboards once in situ. However you can make ice cream on a whim as no pre freezing of bowls is needed and the machine is readily available.

I use the removable container for making the ice cream. This makes cleaning easier although it slightly reduces the quantity which can be made. It necessitates the use of either salt water or alcohol between container and machine so I tend to keep a small amount of gin which I re-use and top up.

The time needed to freeze the ice cream varies according to ingredients and I have found it can be as little as 20 minutes. The longest was 40 minutes for a non-dairy recipe.

These machines are pricey and therefore you probably need to have a lover of ice cream in the house to justify the purchase. However, the ice cream produced is better than shop bought. I even rate it better than the premium ice creams which are availble. The variety which can be produced is limited only by your imagination.

Flawed design
One of the keys to good ice-cream making is keeping the equipment perfectly clean, but this machine has just too many corners and niches around the bowl to be perfectly confident that this can be achieved. The machine should not be inverted (not easy anyway, given its weight), so this makes getting the bowl itself clean doubly difficult. Thirty minutes per batch is a little optimistic - it is more like forty-five, even with chilled ingredients.

Ice Cream Dream
This makes a great quantity of fantastic tasting Ice Cream. The removable bowl is easy to clean and the machine doesn't take up much space. It takes longer than normal to actually make, however I think this is either due to the temperature of the liquid as it enters the machine or that we haven't made it thick enough yet. The ice cream tastes brilliant, the kids are asking us to make even more, and I'm thinking of buying my own heard of cows to keeps us supplied with enough milk and cream. If you're debating whether to get one, go for it - it's great.