Cuisinart Ice Cream and Gelato Maker | Makes Ice Cream, Gelato, Sorbet, Frozen Yoghurt | Stainless Steel | ICE100BCU
HOMEMADE ICE CREAM MADE EASY
There’s no substitute for homemade ice cream. Why not try out different flavours or try a vegan or dairy free recipe?
The Ice Cream & Gelato Professional has a built in compressor which generates its own cooling power. So unlike other machines, there is no need to pre freeze the bowl overnight.
ICE CREAM PADDLE
The ice cream paddle incorporates more air during mixing, to give ice cream a lighter texture.
GELATO PADDLE
The gelato paddle incorporates less air for a denser texture, perfect for gelato and sorbet.
INSTANT FREEZE BOWL
The built in professional compressor generates its own cooling power, so you can make batch after batch, without needing to pre-freeze the bowl.
DIGITAL DISPLAY
Features a digital display, with control buttons and a precise countdown timer. Time can be added in 5 minute increments and churning can be paused.
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ICE CREAM AND FROZEN YOGHURT
Make all your favourite ice cream flavours, freeze yoghurtor even make dairy free ice cream.Add toppings such as nuts or raisins or sauces for a ripple effect during churning.
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GELATO AND SORBET
Use the other paddle for delicious smooth gelato and sorbets. With no pre-freeze bowl you can switch between batches in no time
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KEEP COOL
For a soft serve enjoy your dessert immediately or the machine will keep your dessert frozen for a further 10 minutes whilst you transfer to the freezer to enjoy later with a firmer consistency.
RECIPE IDEA – Homemade Ice Cream is a perfect, quick and easy sweet treat and only requires a few ingredients. This easy to make Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream is perfect for the whole family to enjoy, watch our quick recipe video and make your Homemade Ice Cream using the Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker.
Compare Models
 ICE100BCU |  ICE30BCU |  ICE31U |
|---|---|---|
Capacity1.5L | Capacity2L | Capacity1.4L |
Pre-Freeze BowlNo | Pre-Freeze BowlYes | Pre-Freeze BowlYes |
Time40 Mins | Time25 Mins | Time25 Mins |
Paddle Type2 – Ice Cream & Gelato | Paddle Type1 – Ice Cream | Paddle Type2 – Ice Cream & Fresh Fruit |
Dimensions29cm (W) x 22cm (H) | Dimensions24cm (W) x 29cm (H) | Dimensions21cm (W) x 29cm (H) |
| Weight: | 10.2 kg |
| Dimensions: | 42.01 x 30 x 24 cm; 10.2 Kilograms |
| Brand: | Cuisinart |
| Model: | ICE100BCU |
| Colour: | Silver |
| Colour: | Silver |
This was for my son and he says it’s the best present ever.
Absolutely delighted with the product, as are my children & grandchildren.
Easy to use and if you use quality products for the ice cream, beats any commercially produced ice cream. The container became stuck in the machine the first few times (Ice forming on the ouside of the container). Now we wipe dry the inner wall of the machine and the outside of the container . No more sticking!
The machine is a little noisy , but this is a small price to pay for a quality result.
Easy to clean. Perhaps not able to do the quantity of some others, however so far we haven’t had any complaints on Ice-cream. It’s more a question of ‘what else have you made ‘?
Delighted with this purchase so far. No issues, arrived well packaged and weighs a ton! Easy to follow set-up and instructions for making Ice Cream – fantastically simple to use and the end product is amazing! Thoroughly recommended.
Wife loves Ice Cream. Bought this as a Christmas present. Her eyes lit up and we had our first ice cream from it Christmas Day.
It makes the freezing part of making ice cream easy. It takes up quite a bit of room though and shouldn’t be manhandled around or up-ended.
I chose this following a number of reviews and have been very pleased with it. It’s a fairly hefty piece of equipment but it does all the things it’s supposed to and I’ve made ice cream incorporating nuts, chocolate etc without any problems. It’s a bit fiddly to clean but so would be any similar item. Delighted with the results.
This makes fantastic recipes. I have tried lots and works every time. Gelato is so smooth. I so love my machine, just need a bigger freezer.
Great Smooth icecream, I’ve made Banana, Coconut and have both been delicious Lovely and Smooth Icecream every time
Makes good ice cream and removable bowl is easy to clean. Paddle also driven from base of removable bowl so easy to clean too. Controls are simple and clear push pad so also clean well. Ice cream is best frozen for a couple of hours after it is made. Quite a big machine but well designed and made.
As soon as I got it, I had to try it and the ice cream was so good. The ice cream is fast to make, and the machine comes with a bunch of recipes for ice cream, gelato and sorbet. I can’t wait to try even more recipes.
Easy to use ,very well made,but deffo does not freeze the icecream,you have to finish off in freeze
This Cuisinart ice cream maker makes lovely ice cream, and it is so much easier to use than the cheaper one that needs the mixing bowl left in the freezer overnight. You just mix the ingredients, leave these overnight in the fridge, pour into the bowl and switch on. Less than an hour later you have your delicious ice cream!
So far made Apple crumble ice cream, blackberry sorbet and Lemon sorbet. It’s so easy and the ices are delicious. Only three parts to clean in warm soapy water. It’s an absolutely great piece of equipment and looks good. It shouldn’t be moved so needs a permanent place on a kitchen counter.
This review is 1.5 months since receiving the ICE100BCU, and I made 6 ice creams using it: vanilla, prickly pear, banana (twice), coffee and lemon. I prefer letting this machine run for 30 minutes before putting in the mixture, and then it runs for 20-40 minutes. The ice cream then goes into plastic container and to the freezer for overnight. Easy!
Noise:
Surprisingly it’s much lower than I expected. Most of everything else in the kitchen made more noise. You can hold a conversation right next to the machine without problems.
Cleaning:
Clean the bowl, paddle and plastic cover with hot water + soap (else some fats may carry over) and ensure you open and wipe the other side: do so by unscrewing the three phillips screws, taking out the bottom cover and the small metal from inside the bowl. Wipe from water, otherwise if you use this again it will freeze and the machine will making squeaking noises if not outright break.
I’ve done two batches on the same day and it’s been fine by following this cleaning method.
Amount of ice cream produced:
The end result is roughly 1 liter of ice cream.
I recommend pouring about 700mL of your mixture, as it will take up air. If you go above 800mL or add in solid ingredients e.g. bananas, chocolate, walnuts etc., you’re risking the mixture hitting the top plastic cover due to overrun. I’ve done that twice 😀 Simply take some ice cream out and let it keep running.
So far I’ve loved every single ice cream that turned out, the banana ice cream in particular is one of the best ice creams I’ve had in my life. Anyone who had any of the ice creams I’ve made effectively devoured their share. Definitely no need to purchase ice cream again!
I’ll update the review as time goes on (probably at 6-12 months time), assuming I remember 🙂
Easy to use and clean. But most of all makes awesome gelato and ice cream. Worth the money if you can.
A bit fiddly to efficiently remove freshly churned ice cream from beater. Small complaint. Flavours I made from various recipes were outstanding.
Its a large heavy unit !! But it makes gorgeous ice cream. Had it for around 3 weeks now made 6 x 1.5L tubs had to stop as no room in freezer lol
Worth the money” yes” in time the unit will pay for it self home made ice is taste so much better than brought ice cream.
Just awesome. I bought it after a lot of research. My husband’s feedback was: “What have I been eating all my life when I thought I was eating ice-cream?”
Easy to use and to clean, amazing ice-cream as a result. What’s not to like?
I have found the ice cream machine to well and of good quality. I like the fact that you don’t have to freeze a bowl in advance makes easy use. I have made several types of ice cream and all turned out very good. The unit is easy to clean.
The ice cream does not mix as well as the one where you freeze the bowl in the freezer, so not such a good consistency. I have both machines and yes for immediate use and smaller amounts I will use this machine, but for variety of flavours and better consistency I will still use the bowl in the freezer model.
We bought this one which is fantastic. I’ve used two of the recipes which turned out amazing and was so easy to do. Buy cheap buy twice so spent a bit of money but so worth it .I’ve made strawberry and chocolate ice cream
Perfect for home made sugar free flavourful icecreams and sorbets. Already made mango, pineapple, orange, vanilla, black currant, lychee and chocolate and all came out beautifully using this cuisinart icecream maker. Perfect addition to my kitchen gadgets 🙂
This is brilliant, easy to clean quiet and a joy to empty after your ice cream’s been made,
Takes me back to my own childhood to eat the leftovers in the bowl.
Rum and Rasin top-notch recipes are easy to follow 30 mins complete.
100% RECOMMEND you won’t be disappointed.
Just oh my goodness I should of bought one years ago. Stunning ice cream every time easy to use perfecto xxx
If you use good quality ingredients your ice cream will easily rival the professionals
Easy to use and makes excellent Ice Cream, well worth the money and would definitely refer to friends and relatives. Well pleased with the produc
This machine is a bit heavy and noisy. Both things are cancelled out by the fact that it makes amazing ice cream in less than 40 minutes. No need to pre chill the bowl, make a batch then another and another. Wonderful.
Works very well ,already tried several different flavours, favourite so far is the coconut ice cream ,basic vanilla is superb. Glad we bought i
This baby is so simple to use, ice cream like the old days wonderful peice of kit. wanted one for years, its quite big and heavy im not very strong, about microwave size, not noisy when going ill never buy ice cream again.
Perfect ice cream without all the additives. Will pay for itself overtime and so glad I finally bought one. Need to rethink the paddle design to make getting the ice cream out less hassle and less wasteful but apart from that, perfec
Very good. Easy to use and we’ve made some excellent ice cream in it. It’s quite large so make sure you have somewhere big enough to store it. Only issue is that the mixing paddle is made from quite flimsy plastic and so as the ice cream thickens the paddle stops mixing so well. At this price point the paddle should me made from something more durable!
although more expensive than some ice cream makers, the money is well worth it – robust, easy to use and rapid output just make this a pleasure rather than a chore – would strongly recommend!
pros:
great tasting ice-cream, sorbet, and frozen yogurt
no pre freezing (although the ingredients are recommended to be cold by the recipes)
got it on sale for 200 so the price was worth it
cons:
you cant vary the speed for the spinning churner which is pretty important for the perfect sorbet.
you cant vary the temperature, so its a guessing game when you first get it.
the ice-cream sticks to the sides of the bowl and the churner isnt fitted well enough to scrape it off. a metal better fitted churner would be much better as I have to use a butterknife to get it off.
due to the other cons the desert often has an uneven consistency
bowl tarnishes in the dishwasher after one use, must be hand washed
Very pleased with this ice cream maker. So easy to use and delicious ice cream. Just one bowl to clean. Would highly recommend.
Having been recently diagnosed with diabetes I thought there would be no more ice cream for me. Purchased this machine and made ice cream with Stevia and I cannot believe how delicious it is. It is creamy and sweet and the best thing is no spikes. I have made strawberry, raspberry, vanilla and coffee using the recipe book that came with the machine and so far and all have tasted wonderful. Clean up is a breeze. Very easy to use and recipes are also easy to follow.
I was unsure about this purchase, but my son was desperate to have it. I can’t stress how happy I am with it. The ice cream is sublime, no matter the flavour. Little noisy but who cares when the ice cream is sooooo good.
Tried out this ice cream maker as stated in the booklet liked everything about it except the can could of been a little bit bigger.
So quick and easy to use. We love the vanilla ice cream so much we keep returning to it!
Makes nice icecream. Recipes are bland, so look elsewhere. Getting icecream off the paddle is frustrating.
I have been making all manner of ice-cream and gelato since I recieved my Cuisinart and have found that I can now create my own flavours its that easy. Well recommended.
This ice cream machine is fabulous!
Easy to use and lovely to have a little bit of luxury homemade ice cream on warm sunny days.
Makes great gelato & frozen yoghurts, easy to follow instructions & easy to use.
I got the machine a few days ago.
I tried the “Simple Vanilla Ice Cream” recipe for the user manual and I got a very tasty flavor.
Absolutely fantastic machine. So easy to use. I have done loads of flavours and not a single fail. Love it. You will need a bit of worktop space for it but well worth it.
Love this makes fantastic ice cream so easily would recommend to all ice cream lovers.
Amazing product and competitively priced, makes amazing ice cream and quick
Great. Simply doing what it should.
Just read the ingredients of the ice cream you buy at the supermarket, and you will too buy one of those machines…
Oh my God this is my best purchase ever I ve made so many delicious flavours already Just put the ingredients in and switch on its so easy Can’t wait to make some frozen cocktails in the summe
I’ve wanted a “proper” ice cream maker for years. Not one that you have to put the bowl in the freezer for 24 hours. This brilliant machine makes a litre of ice cream in under 50 minutes when you add chilled ingredients. Having great fun making so many different flavours. Easy to use and easy to clean and it looks really smart sitting on the worktop
Makes fantastic ice cream. A bit bulky but worth it. Looking forward to summer with all the different recipes.
Bought as a gift and its perfect. Very easy to use and clea
Fantastic machine I was reticent to buy this as it is considerably cheaper than other similar machines however I am pleased to say it was a fantastic purchase it makes amazing ice cream from scratch in 30 to 40 minutes thoroughly recommended have used it loads to make all kinds of different flavoured ice creams I’ve been told I could win awards with these ice creams.
Very easy to use makes lovely ice cream within 40 mins have to put into the freezer after for good few after but very happy
OK its expensive yet great value. Only pity is its pans and beater cannot go in the dish washer you have to do it by hand.
I cannot see how (regardless of the cost of the machine) you can compeat on price of commercialy produced icecream. BUT on quality it win hands down. Best after the machine has made your icecream put it into a freezer to stiien up further. If left in freezer overnight + thaw for 30 minutes at room temp.
As seen on Aussie MasterChef and its 100% so simple to make the ice cream of your choice, no negatives, highly recommended!
Great ice cream and galetto maker, very easy to use, just set time and press start, machine does the rest for excellent results.
Easy to use. Made frozen yogurt and vegan ice cream
Amazing, used all summer almost every day. Recommend you purchase or borrow some ice cream recipes and also experiment. You nan even make autumn and Christmas ice creams. It is heavy and big and was a permanent feature on kitchen worktop as best not moved too much. Just right for a family.
This was a present to myself for my birthday and is amazing. really easy to use and so much better to be able to make when you want as no need to pre freeze bowl.
Completely satisfied with the Ice Cream Maker but will not use Amazon again because of the problem of trying to not sign up to Amazon Prime trial , not going to waste time again signing up to Prime just to immediately cancell i
1 its quite difficult to get the icecream off the paddle and 2 difficult to judge how long to put the timer on as the machine really struggles if the mix is quite thick as it nears the end of a cycle the motor sounds as if its struggling, , at this point turn it off but do not turn it on again as the moter won’t move it Hoody
So easy to use and having a timer & cool facility at the end of programme is great. Thw only thing is I have now learned to stop halfway through to scrape off the ice cream from bowl sides as the icecream freezes too early to the sides of bowl and the paddle churning doesn’t seem to prevent this. Otherwise a great product which can vary timings for soft or firmer ice cream.
The new Cuisinart ice cream maker has much better design than its predecessors. Much easier to use with useful timer system. Easier to clean too. Tougher more durable churning system. Excellent!
Ice cream soft when complete.
Important to follow recipe.
Freezes hard so needs to be out of freezer for 20/30 before eating
I’ve never had an ice cream machine before, but I’ve found this to be great!
You have to be mindful that it’s not silent, but certainly not a problem.
Made delicious strawberry ice cream from the basic recipe book provided in 40 minutes and very easy to clean afterwards.
I’d recommend this for the price.
It is marvelous, it is expensive but works a treat! Makes wonderful ice cream of the time,best investment ever. I love it.
Amazing ice cream, we dropped down to gelato before out butt’s grew any more. The best thing I bought in lockdown but be careful not to put too much in at a time. I usually make a double quantity of vanilla gelato but put in the machine in three lots. Mmmmmm!
Makes excellent ice cream.
Noisy and fiddly to extract the finished product without wasting too much. I would like a slightly larger capacity the next time I buy one – as it freezes the ice cream rises and flows over the paddles hitting the lid.
Brilliant icecream. So easy to use and clean. Much healthier and cheaper icecream. I love coffee icecream and very rare can I find any in the shops or if I do it’s too sweet…not a problem now. This is a win win product.
Very pleased With it. Easy and simple to use. Makes excellent ice creams.
Although noises this has been an ‘Excellent’ purchase I absolutely love this machine !
Where as this been my whole life?
It makes eating ice cream a real treat and experience. No flavour can’t be made or enjoyed. It’s idiot proof to use and a lot of fun. Well worth what seems like a big investment. But just experiencing any flavour you can imagine is worth it. A+++
Absolutely love it. So easy to use but endless possibilities of flavours. It’s quite a big piece of kit but perfect for the job and well worth the money.
Did a lot of research before choosing this particular ice cream maker, it’s good value for money.
Amazing ice cream maker and the quality is superb, I’m bought to use in my small kitchen in Brazil.
Solid and well made, feels like it will last a long time. Even with the built-in freezer unit it is pretty quiet in operation.
Bung in the ingredients (recipe book included), press the button and absolutely delicious ice cream is ready in less than an hour. Really glad we bought it.
Amazing machine, does the job right, easy in every way.