# Commercial Ice Cream Maker

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-ice-cream-maker/347000>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 4, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-ice-cream-maker/347000 "2006-03-04T02:23:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-ice-cream-maker/347000/1 "2006-03-04T02:23:55Z")

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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](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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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-ice-cream-maker/347000/2 "2006-03-04T02:29:26Z")

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Ice cream in Alaska? 😉

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**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-ice-cream-maker/347000/3 "2006-03-04T02:57:26Z")

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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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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-ice-cream-maker/347000/4 "2006-03-04T03:38:52Z")

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> [@fifty-six](#):
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> I dont know who did the studies but according to many;
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> Alaska is the largest per capita consumer of ice cream in the United States.

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.