Thursday, July 2, 2009

Get Cooled Down This Summer with a Soft Serve Ice Cream Machine

By Arthur Smith

It's the hottest time of the year! That's common knowledge. It is high time to get away from the heat and cool down. For you to do that, you seek for help from some frozen delicacies. There's no better cold refreshment than ice cream.

Talking about ice cream, there is a new one that is getting popular in ads- soft ice cream. So, the traditional one is hard? To find out more about soft ice cream, let us explore the machine through which it is made-soft serve ice cream machine. Read on and know its features.

Soft serve is a kind of ice cream, yogurt, custard and the like which are not hard frozen. To achieve this, there are soft serve machines that add air to the ice cream, adding to its volume up to 45%. If 25% of air is added to one gallon of ice cream, that means 1.25 gallons of ice cream. The combination of higher temperature and more air creates creamier consistency to the mix. Because of air, soft serve machines will minimize the use of ingredients.

The machines are not only cool; they too have cool features. This type of machine is self-contained units that churn, mix, and freeze soft ice cream, which it can dispense too. Some of these machines have LED displays which you can use to set time and monitor the finished product. Once done, this machine will adapt to the mix found in it. The machine has a low mix light which will tell you when to refill the mix hopper. Other machines also have an audible signal which will allow you to add another mix.

A great soft serve machine will have a safety feature that will protect you from any compressor burnout. The compressor goes in a cycle for every 10 minutes to keep the ice cream cold. A great function is also that of protecting the compressor from hot refrigerant gas that may make the ice cream freeze solidly.

When choosing soft serve machines, the capacity must be ensured depending on the desired volume of ice cream to be produced in every setting. Usually, machines are measured in volumes. Machines with high volume can produce ice cream suited for 7 servings, medium for 4-5 servings, and low volume for 2-3 servings.

The small soft serve ice cream machines can use up 115 volts while the large ones 208-230 volts.

Once the mix has turned into soft ice cream, it is now ready to be served in a cone or bowl. It can also be matched in root beers or banana split desserts. Whatever is your choice, walk under the sun and get cool down with soft ice cream. Happy eating.

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