No 09
The ICE-21 has been the default home ice cream maker for twenty years because it is simple: keep the 1.5 quart bowl in the freezer, pour in a chilled base, switch it on, and in about 20 minutes you have soft-serve that firms up in the freezer. No rock salt, no ice, one moving part.
It is a bridal shower or housewarming gift that gets used the first weekend, and the kind of thing new parents and kids make together on a Sunday. For a foodie it is the entry to real custard bases and sorbets from fruit they picked.
It comes with the freezer bowl, the paddle, the lid and a recipe book; the only setup is 24 hours in the freezer. It makes a batch and a half of pints, and the bowl fits a standard freezer door. For the price it is the most used small appliance most households own.
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