Rival 8550-X 5-Quart Wooden Electric Ice Cream Maker
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Jul/0913
Jul/0913
Review
While this wooden ice cream maker looks old-fashioned, it’s actually electric, taking the arm work out of the whole process. In just 20 to 40 minutes, the maker produces up to five quarts (approximately 40 servings) of ice cream, sorbet, or frozen yogurt. The high-torque motor shuts off automatically when freezing is complete. All that’s required is rock salt, ice, and the desired mixture of any flavor (a recipe booklet is included). The Rival ice cream maker consists of the…
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12:36 am on July 9th, 2009
I have made probably 30 batches of ice cream since I bought this machine about one and a half years ago. It makes a batch in about 20 minutes and, if you follow the directions, (which are easy), you get perfect ice cream every time! It comes with a recipe book too. I would highly recommend making the vanilla ice cream and adding two very ripe bananas and two ripe mangos. You won’t be disappointed! Good quality all around!
2:41 am on July 9th, 2009
2.0 out of 5 stars
MIlk Shake
NOt ice cream…you get a milk shake after 40 -45 minutes. Fortunately I have a plastic paddle out of a 40 year old ice cream maker that is much more sturdy than the one that…
3:04 am on July 9th, 2009
I used crushed ice, but the ice seemd to clog the motion during the first use. The main plastic stir part broke on first use. I keep searching the internet for the part. Like previous reviews, the bottom froze, but the top was very liquid. After re-freezing, the end result was quite good. The Cookies & Creme recipe was easy for my 12 yr old son to make. As of now, this is expensive for a one-time use. I can’t understand why the most important part was plastic
4:25 am on July 9th, 2009
As several others have stated this thing is pure junk. The bucket did leak and the instructions do advise to soak it ahead of time. Thats crazy. The process requires melted ice water to fill the bucket to transfer the cold and also to prevent the ice from freezing to the inner metal can. It will not freeze correctly with out it (also in the instructions)
BUT… my main gripe is the poor design of the paddle to socket connection. The paddle shaft is aluminum and mine (like several others here) stripped out on the very first use as the connection is too short to properlly engage the scocket. The result was metal shavings from the rounded off shaft in the ice cream and hard freeze around the outside with liquid in the center as the paddle was stuck.
I did follow all supplied instructions. This is simply a poorly designed product. If I could give it 0 stars I would!
5:36 am on July 9th, 2009
2.0 out of 5 stars
beware of metal filings in ice cream
BEWARE !! If you do not install the electric crank/motor properly, the paddle shaft will strip out the metal insert of the motor housing causing metal shavings/filings to…
6:00 am on July 9th, 2009
1.0 out of 5 stars
Fell apart on 3rd use
My in-laws have used Rival ice cream makers for years and use to work in the ice cream making business.
6:43 am on July 9th, 2009
1.0 out of 5 stars
Broke the third time we used it.
This is our SECOND Rival 8550. The first we bought used on eBay. The motor broke the first time we used it. The second, the motor broke the third time we used it.
7:58 am on July 9th, 2009
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ice Cream Freezer
I find this to be a very good product and makes wonderful, smooth ice cream
8:35 am on July 9th, 2009
2.0 out of 5 stars
Worked well for the first few batches
I was so pissed at this maker the other day, I visualized myself kicking it down my front yard! I’ve made ice cream for several years and have tried several makers.
11:28 am on July 9th, 2009
1.0 out of 5 stars
Poor wood construction, weak dasher
I guess wanting a good insualted type wooden bucket was needed RIVAL produces weak poor quality, Go with plastic bucket and plastic dasher is poor on performance but for cheap…
11:40 am on July 9th, 2009
1.0 out of 5 stars
Garbage
I bought this thing because my grandfather had a hand-crank ice cream maker, and made some of the best ice cream. Sadly, those are getting hard to come by.
1:52 pm on July 9th, 2009
5.0 out of 5 stars
A favorite!
My first Rival Ice Cream maker died after about 10 yrs of a lot of use and I loved it so much I ordered another immediately.
2:36 pm on July 9th, 2009
1.0 out of 5 stars
Poor product design…..faulty machine.
Hi Everyone….I like many others bought a piece of junk. However…I did not read the reviews. I just saw I and bought it. My father wanted one.