Re: ice cream maker - recommendation?

"James Powell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Greetings -
>
> I am in the market for a home ice cream maker. There are really two parts
to
> the inquiry:
>
> 1) Is it better to have one with a built-in chiller, or is that extra cost
> for no real benefit?
>
> 2) Any recommendations as to Brand/Model is best?

I use a cheap Rival that will make about fifty batches before dying.  It
gets abused and neglected but cost less than fifteen dollars.  I buy a new
one when they are on sale and just wait for the current one to give up the
ghost.

I've got a White Mountain hand crank I use every once in a while.  It's a
work of art so mostly it just gets looked at.