Is the ice solid and hard or is it chompable? I would love true nugget ice but only large commercial machines make it.
796525
The ice is about the size of a playing marble...maybe a little bigger, with a hole through the center. I hope this helps.
1354310
No..it is not like soft bullet..it does not crush easily but as like normal ice cube.
2035494
It's really fine when using their cups to freeze the ice. It's so thin the flavoring melts a lot of it. The kids like it a little thicker so we prefer to use ice cubes.
1654418
I love the ninja. I had the MagicBullet before and it was a disappointment. The ninja holds more and does a much, much better job on ice cubes. I use it mostly for smoothies but the big bowl (40 oz) is nice, too. I made gazpacho in it last summer and it was perfect. One of these days, I'll get around to making some of the other stuff in the recipe book.
1360719
You shouldn't have a problem! You have to freeze the bowl for 12-14 hours first. You wait until you are just ready to make it then take it out of the freezer. The recipes say that once it churns you can eat right then as a "soft serve" ice cream but I still find it too soft. After being in the freezer an hour or so it's perfect. This is a great addition to my mixer and I'm really glad I bought it/
1669075
About the same as a regular ice cube. It is filled with liquid, which freezes.
643217
Got this for my son as a gift. He loves it! However....the stainless is only one layer and becomes very cold with ice based drinks...kinda like a window in the winter. For the money this is a strong machine (pulse, pulse ONLY) that has held up for months of daily use. Hope this helps!
1099413
It has a removable hard liner. It can be used with or without. The hard liner is one piece, so if removed, just the soft flexible portion remains. Using fake ice helps.
2206597
No, it is not dry ice! It comes in a sheet that you freeze to activate. It's reusable, light weight and in my opinion a terrific product. I used it to keep some food frozen for about 16 hrs.
186685
The Ice Pack is not hard. When in the freezer a few hours, it is firm, but flexible. Not sure how long it would last in a picnic cooler.The reason I got the Ice Packs, was mainly to ease my hip and back (Sciatica pain)
1091507
No. We have been using it since December 2013 when we got it. We have probably used it 10 times. It is only a soft serve. No matter what we have done, it has never came out as a hard ice cream. We make ours and put it in the freezer overnight, and it's been fine. Not so rock hard we couldn't get it out of the bowl. It's hard, but nice. Lately that's what we have been doing. Letting the kids make it and putting it in the freezer overnight and eating it the next day. It's never gotten too hard for us and had to be softened before we could eat it. My kids still really like making the ice cream.
511922
The machine I have only makes snow ice that is very fine. It doesn't make chunky crushed ice. If it does do it I don't know how to make it do it.
2015315
We had the same problem. The bowl was frozen solid when we started but ice cream never firmed up to a scoopable consistency... and we used the heavy cream, not half and half.
895771
As good as any chain. When it comes to ice or black ice and freezing rain which is outside my area right now but thank God it's melting! Best thing for ice is stay off the roads. Nothing works very well in solid ice.
1651608
I purchased it for a single purpose use, to make soap, so I don't know about ice or other solid food use. Maybe another purchaser will have the answer.
1254442
Sent mine back...Tried ice cream, gelato, & frozen custard...chilled ingredients first, ice crystals formed in all 3 recipes but didn't solidify...i like soft ice cream but all 3 efforts had the consistency of frozen slushies. Maybe it was the unit, but wasn't willing to retry. My sense is that the compressor was fine, but the small paddle was plastic and not powerful enough to actual churn the mixture adequately.
1445700
It is quite fine and a little bit fluffy. Not quite shaved ice, but not nearly as coarse as some snowcones.