KitchenAid KICA0WH Ice Cream Maker Attachment
KitchenAid KICA0WH Ice Cream Maker Attachment
- Stylish attachment converts any KitchenAid stand mixer into an ice cream maker
- Creates up to 2 quarts of ice cream, frozen yogurt, or sorbet in about 25 minutes
- Powered by stand mixer; pour in batter and dasher and freeze bowl do the work
- Dishwasher-safe dasher, drive assembly, and adapter ring; handwash freeze bowl
- Measures 10-8/9 by 10-2/7 by 10-2/7 inches; 1-year hassle-free replacement warranty
Convert any KitchenAid stand mixer into an ice cream maker with this unique attachment. Simply store the unique freeze bowl in the freezer for a minimum of 15 hours, then make up to 2 quarts of frozen desserts in 20-30 minutes. The Ice Cream Maker
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Krups 203-42 Fast Touch Coffee Grinder, Black
- Electric grinder with 200-watt motor provides fast grinding
- Grinds up to 3 ounces of coffee beans at a time
- Oval design and stainless-steel blades ensure uniform grinding
- Also can easily be used for spices, nuts, and grains
- Measures 6 by 3-1/6 by 3-5/9 inches; 1-year limited
Capture the total experience of coffeemaking. Buy fresh beans and grind your own coffee. Nothing will compare to the fresh taste and aroma.Nothing beats a freshly ground, freshly brewed cuppa joe to start the day, and with this grinder, you can have
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Review by Not my real name for KitchenAid KICA0WH Ice Cream Maker Attachment
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I bought this after reading a lot of reviews. My choice was based on a number of factors. I have owned a hand-crank, ice-and-salt ice cream maker in the past – it made great ice cream but was messy; I didn’t want yet another appliance that I had to find where to store; and I have owned and liked my KitchenAid stand mixer for a number of years.
This is basically a double-walled, sealed mixing bowl, with the space inside the walls filled with some liquid (presumably like the refreezable ice packs). It comes with plastic paddle. The basic steps are:
1 Freeze the bowl (I keep mine in the freezer)
2 Make and cool an ice cream custard, or a fruit mix for sorbet
3 Assemble the frozen bowl and the plastic paddle on the stand mixer
4 Switch the mixer on lowest speed, add the custard
5 Let the mixer stir the mix until it freezes (to a “soft serve” consistency)
6 Transfer the ice cream to a bowl with a lid, and freeze until firm
Here are my comments:
First, take a black marker and obliterate all the nutritional information about the recipes in the instruction book. We know that ice cream is full of fat and sugar — that’s why we like it! We don’t need reminding.
* Try a dry run to assemble the bowl and paddle. This is designed to fit many models of KitchenAid mixers, and it’s not obvious. You don’t want to be figuring this out when you are ready to make your first batch.
* Freeze the bowl for longer than the suggested 18 hours
* MAKE HALF QUANTITIES: the two-quart recipes fill the bowl, and I had a couple of overflows as the ice cream expands as it cools.
* Also, filling the bowl means that the ice cream takes longer to freeze. The first time I tried this, it didn’t freeze as the bowl had not been frozen long enough to handle the two quarts.
* Get a good recipe to use up the egg whites. I make meringue from the New York Times Cook Book. I guess an omelet would be good too.
* There’s mistake in the instruction book. In one place it suggests adding the fruit, nuts etc half way through the freezing process, and in another place it suggests adding these ingredients at the end of the mixing cycle.
* Use enough mix (custard or fruit puree) to at least fill half of the bowl — this way the paddle will mix the entire batch.
* Remember that freezing enhances the sweet taste — so do not over sweeten the mix before you freeze, otherwise the ice cream or sorbet will be too sweet.
* If you’re making a fruit puree for sorbet, a blender makes a *MUCH* smoother puree than a food processor. I think this makes a difference in the texture of the final sorbet.
* After preparation, you need to cool the custard or puree in the fridge for a few hours. Use a jug that has a decent pouring lip: this will make it much easier to pour into the freezer bowl than if you just use a regular mixing bowl.
* There is very little space between the edge of the bowl and the paddle — this can mean a mess when you fill the bowl. It **really** needs a pouring spout designed to fit
* Getting the semi-frozen desert out of the bowl can be messy – there is no handle on the bowl and it has smooth, slippery sides.
* Use a container for the final freezing that has a little air space after you fill with the semi-frozen ice cream — this allows for additional expansion of the desert, and prevents the need to squash the final product into the bowl.
* I’ve used recipes from The New York Times Cookbook and Fine Cooking magazine — all delicious, better than store bought, and slightly different than the regular recipes for vanilla, cookies and cream, etc.
* Use the freshest eggs you can find — not the ones that have been sitting in the fridge door for a month
Update February 2008
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Thanks very much to all the kind comments that folks have left. For those of you who haven’t read the comments on this review: it’s worthwhile taking a few minutes to do so as some of the commenters have additional suggestions and ideas.
Update December 2009
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A couple of the recent comments have asked whether the inside of the bowl is aluminum or non-stick. It *appears* to be metallic, but with plastics these days, it’s anybody’s guess. It is light gray so could be aluminum, but I’d wager that it is some sort of alloy. It is definitely NOT the type of non-stick found in Teflon-type frying pans.
BTW – I’ve had this for nearly four years and am still loving it. Long term durability seems to be good.
Review by Michael Trotman for KitchenAid KICA0WH Ice Cream Maker Attachment
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I think my wife is trying to murder me with this KitchenAid Ice Cream Maker Attachment! She bought this for me for Christmas along with the Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Recipe book knowing full well that I would become obsessed with trying all of the recipes. I’m on the third batch (Cherry Garcia, Coffee Chip, Chocolate Chocolate Chip) and I can already feel my heart slowing down. I can hardly make it to the mailbox without becoming winded. Luckily I realized her dastardly plot before having an ice cream overdose induced myocardial infarction. She almost got away with it as nobody would have suspected her. The paramedics would have just thought I was another fat pig who overdosed on ice cream.
This is so easy to use you may also find yourself overstocked with fresh quarts of the best ice cream you ever tasted. Follow the recipes in Ben and Jerry’s book and carefully follow the directions that come with the churn and you’ll make great ice cream every time. As the other reviewers have mentioned, it is essential to allow the ice cream to “ripen” before serving. This is not a requirement that is unique to this churn by the way. This is necessary with other churns as well. So be patient, plan ahead, get creative, and enjoy.
Review by Dianne A. Pacheco for KitchenAid KICA0WH Ice Cream Maker Attachment
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My friend bought this and told me about it. I have made 4 batches so far and all have tasted great. Granted it does not make the ice cream hard in the half hour but to a soft serve consistency. I usually put it in the freezer for a half hour before serving. I only cool the ingredients for an hour- but I also do not use the recipe that requires cooking. I use 2 cups heavy cream, 2 cups half and half and 1 cup whole milk with 3/4 cup sugar and 3 tsp vanilla with a half cup of cocoa. As far as having to freeze the container for 15 hours I just keep it in the freezer so it is always ready so I don’t have to plan ahead. Both my friend and I are very pleased. The icecream does not get ice crystals like a previous cheap maker I had.
Review by jcwetc for KitchenAid KICA0WH Ice Cream Maker Attachment
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I agree with the earlier positive reviews about the quality of the ice cream maker attachment and the quality of the ice cream it produces. It makes the best ice cream my family has had, is sturdy, quiet, and solidly made. I also like the fact that it doesn’t take up additional counter space the way a stand-alone appliance would. If you store the bowl in the back of the freezer, you can put the dasher and drive assembly in a drawer, and avoid additional clutter. In terms of simplicity and ease of use, it is miles ahead of a traditional ice and salt crank freezer.
Having said that, it is necessary to follow the instructions carefully to end up with good results. It’s essential that the bowl be completely frozen (the manual recommends at least 15 hours), and the batter be completely chilled (I try to chill it overnight). You should then end up with ice cream the consistency of soft-serve or frozen custard, which is delicious and edible, but, like with any ice cream maker, has to be frozen for a couple of hours to ripen to the consistency of store-bought ice cream. This means that for the best results, you should start preparing the day before you want the ice cream, and actually make it a few hours before you plan to serve it to allow it to ripen. If you’re impatient, don’t keep everything cold enough, turn the mixer speed up, etc. the result will probably be edible, but it may not be the best ice cream.
As far as adding the batter to the bowl, I have found that the clear Kitchenaid pouring shield works fine on the freezer bowl (I have the 300 watt, 4 1/2 quart mixer) and it helps prevent spills.
One disadvantage that comes from the time it takes the bowl to freeze, is that you can make only one batch a day. So if you have a big group coming, and you need more than 2 quarts or you want more than one flavor, you need to start a couple of days early. The guide also does not come with many ice cream recipes, but I also bought the Ultimate Ice Cream Book by Bruce Weinstein (ISBN: 0688161499), and it gives you more recipes than it would ever be healthy for one family to make.
Bottom line: great product and highly recommended, but follow the instructions carefully and plan ahead.
Review by Jenna P. Gerber for KitchenAid KICA0WH Ice Cream Maker Attachment
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I loved this product, it is so much easier than messing with the bulky old fashioned ice cream maker. It’s important that if you want hard ice cream, you allow it to ripen. The instructions state that you must transfer the ice cream from the freezer bowl to a freezer safe container before you put it in the freezer to ripen. It was so easy to use too!
Review by michaelb1968 for Krups 203-42 Fast Touch Coffee Grinder, Black
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I have had my grinder for 12 years now. It works the same today as it did new, and I use it about 10 times a week. For the money, it can’t be beat. That said, this grinder is not for everybody.
This grinder is perfect for anybody with a coffee maker that uses #4 paper CONE filters (or slightly bigger or smaller). I emphasize PAPER because a permanent filter is not good for this grinder. Like any blade grinder, it will produce some dust. That creeps through the permafilter and into your pot is makes sludge. It sloppies up your coffee. Nothing gets through paper filters though.
It also grinds coffee fine. You really don’t have a choice. It is ok for espresso as well if you are not a connoisseur. If you try a coarse grind with this unit, you will be out of luck. If you don’t grind long enough, you will leave a few beans whole or in large pieces.
If you need anything other than a fine grind and don’t mind using paper filters (I prefer them), then look no further.
I deducted a star because it has limitations, but the truth is, for probably 80% of the coffee drinkers out there, this grinder is all you need.
Review by for Krups 203-42 Fast Touch Coffee Grinder, Black
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This is an excellent grinder for home use and the one that I use on a daily basis. It is relatively quiet (so I can grind my beans in the morning without waking the kids) and large enough to process 8 or so cups (a full pot) of coffee. The only downside is that you have to practice the knack of when to stop grinding due to the lack of coarse control, but it makes up for it with ease of use. In my mind the quietness, ease of use and ease of cleaning (the black model is easier to clean than white) make this a must-have for coffee lovers.
Review by Chess Heart for Krups 203-42 Fast Touch Coffee Grinder, Black
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There are two things I take very seriously in this life: one is books, the other is coffee (not surprisingly, the often go together). While the bulk of my reviews are children’s books, I felt it necessary to go against type and review this coffee grinder. Most coffee experts as well as everyday, casual drinkers agree that the best tasting coffee is brewed with freshly ground beans. Once beans are ground, they begin to oxidize, much like an opened bottle of wine. Old preground coffee has a tendency to taste bitter, and with the proliferation of inexpensive grinders, more and more people are buying whole bean coffee to grind right before they brew. Of course, finding the RIGHT grinder for the price is the tough part. Grinders exist in every form and size and expense bracket. Quite a lot of round, domed grinders I’ve used have unsharpened blades on a mount that is too high to really grind beans fine enough for specialty coffee like espresso or Turkish. The Krups has a few advantages over other grinders, namely these: ** The blades are sharp and mounted low in the housing. Maybe other manufactures are saving a few pennies by putting flat tongues of metal in their grinders, but they don’t have the edge to pulverize beans like the Krups can. ** The machine has a higher RPM than other machines. This makes it easier to reduce grind times and with additional speed, can reduce whole beans to powder in less than a minute (I’ve had a Black n’ Decker that couldn’t grind beans for Turkish coffee if you held the button for half an hour). ** the housing is oval and the lid is flat. I’m not an engineer or physicist, but I think the flat lid and oval shape allow the beans to fall back towards the blades for further grinding (again, my Black n’ Decker allowed the beans to spin around the lid in a whirlpool pattern that was pretty to look at, but pointless for actually reducing the grounds to the small particles I wanted). ** it has a large capacity. Do you like strong coffee?? Use more grounds, then!! The box says that you can grind up to 20 cups of java at a time. I don’t know about the sorts of demitasses they must be using to gauge the volume of a “cup”, but I do know that this machine can grind up enough beans for a number of very stiff MUGS of coffee. In the disadvantages column, the only one I could site is that the housing cup is slanted down, I’m assuming for decorative purposes. Hence, I’m forever spilling beans out of the lower side. My new secret is to measure the beans out in the LID, first, then turn the whole thing upside down and put the housing into the lid. Since I only use it to grind coffee (and while I drink my fair share, I don’t have the thing running nonstop day and night), I can’t speak with any aplomb about how sturdy a machine is or how long it lasts. I once dropped one after a year and broke it, but it seemed nowhere near quitting, so I can’t vouch for how long it would work under normal, non-butterfingered conditions. My assumption is that anything with such a high RPM rate isn’t intended to be kept running for long periods of time– creates too much heat and friction– so if you plan to grind coffee night and day, it’s probably best that you spend the money on a professional model intended for cafes. All in all, a fine piece of workmanship and definitely worth the extra few dollars over many of the other, cheaper, more poorly-designed grinders on the market today.
Review by J. Rabideau for Krups 203-42 Fast Touch Coffee Grinder, Black
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…this guy is. It grinds coffee. What more is there to possibly say about it? It does what it’s supposed to do, uniformly, and well. The end result is consistent, providing I count off a consistent time (the same could not be said for the previous beast that dwelled in my kitchen). It’s a good grinder—I use it fairly heavily: grinding about a half-pound every six or eight days (what can I say? I’m a student. Caffeine is my lifeblood.). I have had my unit for over a year, and it has neither developed irritating quirks nor broken and needed replacing: the blades have also remained sharp.The single word of advice that I would attach to this would be that you might wish a good, fairly long-handled and firm-bristled brush to clean it with: the shape of the lid and of the unit’s base is such that grounds seem to adhere to the crevices. This is nothing that a washing of the lid can’t address, but dunking the base in the sink has always seemed, well…inadvisable? It’s a dependable machine: worth the money.
Review by MotherLodeBeth for Krups 203-42 Fast Touch Coffee Grinder, Black
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We are serious cooks and take our coffee seriously. Own two of these and the first one is at least ten years old and the newest one less than two. Grinds whole beans according to your desired taste. We own two simply because we like plain as well as flavoured whole bean coffee and simply wish to keep the flavors separate.Two helpful hints someone suggested that I pass on. Place this grinder on a small towel or pot holder as it helps muffle the sound. Secondly, invest in a good quality nylon paint brush that you can use to “sweep” out your coffee grinder weekly so that you have no grounds left as these can turn rancid over months and leave an awful taste.Oh and if this or any appliance breaks down contact the maker not Amazon.com and they will replace it. Krups is a reliable maker and I know firsthand that they stand by their products.