Maxi-Matic EIM-924L 4 quart Old Fashioned Electric Ice Cream Maker, Pine Bucket

I like this smaller size but am disappointed that after two summers of use the bucket rusting in places.

The Elite Gourmet EIM-308L 4-qt ice cream maker has performed perfectly for me. I did not have my $600 ice cream maker with me during a recent annual California vacation. A lot of friends were disappointed that I was not going to be making homemade ice cream during this trip. Because of the palpable disappointment, I decided to give the Elite Gourmet a try; because Amazon could deliver the unit to me in two days. I must say that, being accustomed to a top-of-the-line ice cream maker, I was very pleasantly surprised with the performance of the Elite Gourmet. So far, I have made two gallons of strawberry, one gallon of Rocky Road, once gallon of blueberry, and I have got a gallon of banana walnut spinning right now. The unit is a bit less noisy than my $600 ice cream maker, but that one is a 6-quart capacity unit. The Elite Gourmet is a breeze to clean-up, too. I have no complaints at all about this little gem of an ice cream maker! I have attached a photo of the unit itself and the batch blueberry ice cream.

Easy to use. Great recipe book included. It makes a lot. I had a party and it was so fun for the kids.

No issues, Flawless performance. Bucket does leak a little, but that's to be expected. Motor seems to be strong and parts are well made. Good value, easy to use. no Off switch just plug it in and it goes to town. Knocked off one star due to minor leaks and no on and off switch.

This makes excellent ice cream..did try to take a shortcut and NOT chill the ingredients for 2 hrs prior to making, I did chille metal canister thou. Shortcut didnt work out. Churned to almost 45 mins and was still liquidity. Chill everything as directed and you will have the BEST soft serve in 30-40 mins.

great product

Bought in 2022 and used this maybe 3 times ever and then the Dasher broke. This spot is way too thin of playoff material to be expected to survive. It's an obvious Designed Failure Point. I am a mechanical engineer, I know, and I know this tactic by company's. I reached out to the manufacturer, expecting a redesigned and free replacement of this part. Not redesigned, and they also wanted $21 + S&H to replace this part that's just going to fail again. Now, why would I do that? To add to the insanity, due to high demand (I wonder why), the part is on backorder. IMHO, the company should be replacing these as a recall quite frankly. Amazon should pull them from the store as defective and for bad business tactic until they rectify their gross mistake. This is a obvious designed failure point that fails too easily. It's on backorder probably because they're failing in mass and people are ordering the part faster than they can make and replace them. The plastic is way too thin at this spot for what this part does. It's so obviously going to keep failing in this manner. Other models have this spot designed as metal, go look around and see for yourself. Many people will just buy another one vs repair. Cost of one part is too high of a percentage cost of just buying a new one. I cannot believe we dropped $80 bucks on it originally, to be honest. These same units are now going for about roughly $40-$50, probably because people are onto the shady design tactic, intent on boating units and party sales. I certainly will not buy another one of this brand to support bad business tactics. If they just make things to last and they'll get customers for life! Too bad it had ruined my daughters moment when we were about to make some ice cream. She was so looking forward to it all week.

Always wanted a ice cream marker. It work every well. Didn't take long for it to make the ice cream. The texture and taste of it was better than what you can buy in store. Recipes that come with it was helpful making ice cream. Great value for the money!