Bought this 6 quart ice cream maker because of the heavy duty features and good reviews. It looked good and worked great at first, making excellent ice cream. Then the motor started grinding and after about three weeks the thing quit during the fourth batch of ice cream. Am glad I had keep using it after the third batch and didn't put it away for winter. Called the 1-800 customer service number and received excellent service. They are shipping a new motor and postage to return the burned out motor. The rep advised they get a problem like this about once every six months. I rated this unit 4 stars due to the solid construction of it and the manner it made ice cream when it was working. It is a top rate item. I anticipate checking out the new motor when I receive it and making sure there is no repeat problems. Afterwards, I plan on buying two more for my older kids for Christmas, at a 25% discount that the rep also offered me. In all my years of buying items, this was probably the best customer service received. Oh, if you purchase one, buy some good ice cream recipe books with it. I recommend the books, Caroline Liddell and Robin Weir's Frozen Desserts; Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream & Dessert Book; and Thomas Quinn's Old-Fashioned Homemade Ice Cream.

I bought this book to make ice cream with a Kitchenaid freezer bowl attachment. My husband has liked every recipe that I have tried from this book.

LOVED ALL THE NOSTALGIA!! THIS BOOK IS A GOOD REFERENCE FOR MAKING OLD-FASHIONED ICE CREAM. IT IS VERY EDUCATIONAL.BECAUSE I AM USING AN ELECTRIC 2-QT ICE CREAM MAKER I WILL HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ALL THE RECIPES WHICH MAKE ONE GALLON.

We have used a couple of recipes and have loved them. My kids don't want store bought Ice Cream anymore!

So far I've only made French Vanilla Ice Cream from this book. It's my favorite but eventually I'll venture into making some other flavors. This is my only reason for giving the book only three stars.

This isn't a fancy book with color photos, in fact the only color photo is on the cover, but it does contain some good old fashioned recipes. There are many variations presented for chocolate and vanilla ice creams, some not requiring any cooking. There are exotic treats such as caramel, banana chocolate, maple walnut and even butterscotch royal ice cream. There's even ice cream recipes that are based on instant pudding and one on jello!

The author covers a brief history of ice cream and covers each of the main ingredients as well as why they're needed.

Negatives:

All of the recipes make about a gallon so you'll have to size them down if your machine can't handle a full gallon. Luckily Ice Cream recipes can be successfully sized down.

Many of the recipies do require cooking of some sort.

Also some recipes use "rennet tablets" something that I'm not familiar with.

----------- Overall this is a good basic book with some unique ice creams at a fantastic price.