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

By Arthur Smith

Summer is hot! Clich. Since summer is here, it is time to cool down while enjoying the sun. One way to enjoy the sunshine is to eat frozen foods. And the best frozen food is no less than.. ice cream!

Another type of ice cream that's become more popular nowadays is the soft serve ice cream. Does it mean that the regular ice cream is hard? You can read up and learn more about this soft serve ice cream machine:

A soft serve ice cream is yogurt, custard or simply ice cream that is not frozen too hard. You can make one with the use of a soft serve machine that allows air to add volume to the ice cream for about 45%. If you can add 25% of air to a gallon of ice cream, that makes it 1.25 gallons of ice cream. What makes up for its creamy consistency is the high temperature and air. Air allows for soft serve machines to use not much 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.

Soft serve machines have safety mechanism that guards against compressor burnout. This mechanism allows the compressor to shut down if you don't detect the low-mix alarm within few minutes. But the compressor will cycle after each 10 minutes to keep the ice cream cold until another is added to the mix. Other mechanism includes shooting hot refrigerant gas from the condenser to the barrel to avoid the ice cream from freezing 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.

As to energy consumption, a soft ice cream machine with small capacity generally use up 115 volts while the larger ones consume 208-230 volts.

Once you have the soft ice cream ready, you can serve it in a cone or a bowl. Soft serve ice cream can go with root beer or banana split for a refreshing dessert. You can have any flavor you have for soft ice cream as you walk under the summer heat. Enjoy eating.

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