Commercial Ice Cream Maker

In My Humble Opinion
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Hello Dopers,
I my offer was just accepted.

I will be th proud owner of a small resturant when the deal closes in a week or so.

I intend on making my own Ice Cream small scale. I was hoping on gettign a small batch freezer. I have looked at several batch freezers and I am having trouble finding any reviews for them. Some of the brands are:

Emory Thompson
Gelato Pro
Cuisinart (commerial style?)
Musso
http://www.emeraldcityespressomachines.com/gelatomachines.html
And Carpigiani

I am sure there are others

I have no Idea what to expect for demand as I will mainly be a take out place on a boardwalk. Maby I wll sell none and maby I will turn into an Ice cream joint. I just want something realiable to start with. maby make 3 gallons a day or so to start with. I also dont want to spend 5000.00 either. Iwill also plan on selling it initially in prepackaged cups because I do not want to bother with a dipping station off the bat.

Does anyone have any suggestions, reviews, expierience with this?
Thanks

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Ice cream in Alaska? :wink:

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I dont know who did the studies but according to many;

Alaska is the largest per capita consumer of ice cream in the United States.

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I always read it was New England and I can believe it living here but growing up in the South. These people love their ice cream. In any case, I guess the idea is that familiarity with ice breeds fondness.