CuisinArt Ice Cream Maker - ICE 20 Review

I received this Ice Cream maker as a gift last year from my in-laws. At first I wasn't too thrilled with it. It seem like it would be a hassle to freeze the canister every time you needed to use it (16 hours before!) BUT then I realized I could just keep the container in the freezer so as to be ready to make ice cream ALL the time! Since we bought it (and discovered how useful it REALLY is!) we have only bought store made ice cream twice - when we were having company - since this is sort of a smaller machine and really doesn't make enough for more than 6 people MAX. Overall, I have been nothing but amazed with this machine. It is FAST at making ice cream, much faster then our last version anyway, and I even discovered that you can make ice cream in it with out the motorized part just by manually spinning the canister yourself! This helps, if you are like me, and forget the motorized part when you take the machine to a party! Buy it! You will love it! ;)