Kenwood IM250

OK so make no bones about it.... being dairy allergic sucks.... big time. The major things I miss is a nice rich smooth ice-cream, whether it be soft serve Mr whippy style or out of the tub. Soya versions sold in supermarkets (if your lucky) or health-food stores tent to be nice, but watery & expensive to say the least. Last year I pulled a massive coop! For my birthday my dad bought me a yoghurt maker, and for Christmas the other half (clearly quite fed up of my moaning about the lack of creamy ice-cream I could eat!) bought me this doogie little ice-cream maker. It comes with all the pieces and instructions, as well as a lovely ...  Read the complete review

For more years than I wish to reveal I’ve made ice cream for the family using the old fashioned method of beating furiously with a wooden spoon, freezing the mixture, more beating, etc etc. I always thought that I had no need for an electric ice cream maker. However in early September this year I had a complete change of heart and a completely different method of making my ice cream. ========================= An impulse buy in Tesco, whilst doing my grocery shopping, on 1st September this year saw me take ownership of a brand new Kenwood IM250 Ice Cream Maker…….and wow….after about three months of use…..I am so impressed!!! I wish I had bought ...  Read the complete review

Like many, I'm sure, I got duped into buying an ice cream maker when the met office guaranteed us a hot summer. Oops. But nonetheless I've enjoyed having this little machine around and I've tried a few ice creams as well as a few sorbets with pretty good success. I would have LOVED to be able to afford the kind that freezes without having to pre-freeze the bowl, but that would have been a silly amount of money, so I went with cheap and cheerful. The bowl takes up a fair amount of space in the freezer and you have to either plan ahead and put it in the day before or just keep it in the freezer all the time (which is what I tend to do). It also seems to take far ...  Read the complete review

I have now had the Kenwood icecream maker for about 6 months. As usual I bought it during the sales in January, as nobody wanted an ice cream maker during the middle of our freezing winter! I paid £18:95 for it, against a rrp of just under £30 (I think). I used it once straight after buying it, and was pretty impressed with it. It is very simple to use, and assuming you have had the ice cream making bowl (supplied) in the freezer for at least 24 hours, it takes at most, about 30 minutes to create your very own small batch of ice cream. I just stuck to a basic vanilla ice cream mixture the first time I used it, but now that the weather is picking up, and I have a few ...  Read the complete review