Customer reviews from breville.com
Breville - the Smart Scoop 1.5 Quart Ice Cream Maker - Silver
Average customer rating
4.4
(71 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 71 reviews
5 Stars
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82%of customers recommend this product.
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46 out of
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Customer Reviews for Breville - the Smart Scoop 1.5 Quart Ice Cream Maker - Silver
Posted by: Nicole
Verified Purchase:Yes
We love this thing! Its quiet, fast and fully customizable.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting breville.com
Customer Rating
2
Not what I expected...
on December 1, 2020
Posted by: Brenda
I bought this almost two years ago and I am surprised it is still being sold. The machine has limitations about how frozen/creamy your ice cream can get. Recipes made with heavy cream never get to store-bought consistency because the churner is not strong enough to keep moving once the mixtures becomes a little thick, so it stops churning. Also the container ends up being too small for a family of four since you need to leave space in the bowl due to the churning blade pushing ice cream out to borders. There is also a loud squeaky noise coming constantly either from plastic lid or blade a few minutes into the process or when the mixture starts getting certain level of thickness. In summary, I just feel I spent too much money for that type of performance. Now I want to sell it but no one would buy it...
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from breville.comBy Consumer Support, December 2, 2020
Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience and allow us the opportunity to correct the situation. Since this is a public forum I would ask you to file a new Case through this Breville web link https://www.breville.com/us/en/support/breville-support.html with a subject line of BV201202MR. Also, make sure to add your contact details with phone and email and I will make sure to follow up personally. Alternatively you can send us an email to askus@brevilleusa.com and include the same information.
Written by a customer while visiting breville.com
Customer Rating
3
the different texture settings (sorbet, gelato, ice cream) don‘t work properly.
on November 18, 2020
Posted by: cbw
and when you fill in the liquid and spill a little bit, the bucket is stuck to the machine and it‘s impossible to take it out.
and ideally, the machine should be able to hold the temp after programme is done.
and ideally, the machine should be able to hold the temp after programme is done.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting breville.com
Customer Rating
5
Excellent Machine Excellent Results - Some Limitations...
on July 29, 2020
Posted by: Bigl L.
First off - well built machine highly recommended. I've heavily used this model with only a few issues. All my recipes up to now have been over a dozen variations of sorbet with the exception of a cashew butter coconut vegan "nondairy" ice cream. The machine for the most part will fill a
Tolovo 1 liter container. Some materials, specifically this evenings effort, a watermelon sorbet have a tendency to expand and overflow between the canister and machine housing causing a freeze between both elements and an inability to remove the canister from the machine. Not a big deal, but be aware some materials have higher expansion over others. I immediately after use cleaned the machine and made a 1.5 liter batch of grapefruit sorbet - slight overflow no canister stiction. The only issue - have to place finished material in freezer for a time and wait before serving. I don't consider this a deal breaker and continue to be very happy with my purchase. Buy with confidence.
Tolovo 1 liter container. Some materials, specifically this evenings effort, a watermelon sorbet have a tendency to expand and overflow between the canister and machine housing causing a freeze between both elements and an inability to remove the canister from the machine. Not a big deal, but be aware some materials have higher expansion over others. I immediately after use cleaned the machine and made a 1.5 liter batch of grapefruit sorbet - slight overflow no canister stiction. The only issue - have to place finished material in freezer for a time and wait before serving. I don't consider this a deal breaker and continue to be very happy with my purchase. Buy with confidence.
Written by a customer while visiting breville.com
Customer Rating
1
Defective
on February 14, 2020
Posted by: Rex
Unable to turn on the machine. Poor product quality
Written by a customer while visiting breville.com
Customer Rating
5
Love this ice cream maker for the working mom
on November 20, 2019
Posted by: A C.
I love to experiment with cooking and food all together to provide more homemade food for my kids. However as a working mom times and opportunities for specialty technique like ice cream or gelato take time of an opportunity that does not always stay open. In traditional ice core makers you can not make the ice cream unless the bowl has been cooled in the freezer which can be an over night thing. In my life, i need to fully utilize the open time in one chunk as i may not have it the following the day. The Breville ice cream maker was a splurge that i love because i can make the mixture that day and put it in the maker about 30 min after and push a button and leave it there to do its thing. The maker is easy to use with the dials from anything to sorbet to gelato. I have made a few recipes from the book and from the internet and found no issues in receipt conversion to the maker. I have mainly used teh gelato function and the ice cream comes out rich and soft for gelato. Its not the consistency of professionally made gelato but still has a great texture that i love beyond normal ice cream. Also, the texture depends on how you cuook it and what in gradients you use which ih ave not mastered myself. Depending not eh temperature of your ice cream the Breville can take a while to make it but once it pour the mixture in you leave it. I have used the precooled function to get things going faster. The ring tone for add in is convenient as well as the maker can take more then an hour to churn the ice cream/gelato sometimes. However, in the ends it come out working great and if you are stuck doing another chore in the house ice cream maker has a cooling function to keep the ice cream cool for about 2 hours after it has been made. The icecream maker does take up continuer space and is huge. I have set in a corner that i do not use much for cooking but it is a counter space hog. Make sure t place for that. Its not really convenient to take in and out of a pantry or cabinet for use as its bulky and you would not want to break it. I like it and use it weekly to 2 a month and it all dependent on time. It also can loud to have on consistently but you learn to ignore it and move on to the other things. The attachment are pretty durable but i have has one issue with the flip toppled for ad in. it has fallen off the hinges. However, i found the prices of replacement parts to be in expensive on teh website. Other then teh lid teh rest of the attachment and cleaning suppliers work well. Overall, i love this product and am happy with the machine as it was my own gift to myself.
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Customer Rating
5
Best ice cream ever !
on November 18, 2019
Posted by: Virginie T.
I got my machine last year at Christmas and have enjoyed countless hours of fun making ice cream with it. Very easy to use and cleaning is not so bad.
Written by a customer while visiting breville.com
Customer Rating
5
Ice Cream Shop at Home!
on July 27, 2019
Posted by: Kimberli
We read an article in Sunset Magazine about The Best Ice Cream Makers, and they rated this as the BEST! We decided to splurge and couldn't be happier! We made a few of the recipes that came with it and all were good, however we have since gone VEGAN! We now make THE BEST Vegan Ice Cream with coconut milk or almond milk! It's so nice not having to deal with ice and salt like our old machine, or with having to remember to pre-freeze something that never really works! With this machine, you can decide you want yummy ice cream in an hour or so, put the ingredients in, push the button and wait for the "Ice Cream Man" song to play and ENJOY! We highly recommend this product!
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