Making ice-cream at home is not only extra convenient, but allows you to add a twist to any recipe and come with your own unique and super-delicious dessert. The variety of ice cream machines on the market is huge and you can easily find a machine that fits your needs and is well within your budget - the most affordable are the manually cranked ice-cream machines, while the self-freezing ice-cream machines are ice cream in bellingham ma professional and are capable of making high-quality ice cream and do not require pre-freezing.

If you are looking for an ice-cream maker that offers great value for money and will help you make tasty ice-cream at home, then the Kenwood IM200 Ice-Cream Maker is a model that should be on top of your list. Very affordable, yet able to produce well-aerated and delicious ice-cream or sorbet in 25 to 40 minutes time, the Kenwood IM200 Ice Cream Maker has a capacity of 0.8l and is extremely easy to use and clean. The double-insulated bowl should be kept in the freezer for at least 24 hours before it is ready to use.

Another great product that is also very affordable and produces high quality ice-cream is the Cuisinart 1-1/2-Quart Automatic Ice-Cream Maker. It can make up to 1.41l of delicious icecream, sorbet, or frozen yogurt in 20 minutes time and its powerful motor allows you to add chocolate chips, fruits, or nuts towards the end of the churning. This ice cream maker is also simple to operate and very easy to clean.

If you happen to already own a KitchenAid mixer, then you don't have to buy an expensive ice-cream machine: the KitchenAid KICA0WH Ice Cream Maker Attachment will save you money, while allowing you to make delicious ice cream for your family or guests. Apart from its stylish design, this is an extremely useful attachment that will let you make up to 1.9l of ice-cream in one go; the bowl has to be pre-frozen for 15 hours before use, but making the ice cream is a breeze and the attachment is very easy to clean as well.

Similar product is the Kenwood Chef Ice Cream Maker Attachment, which will turn your Kenwood Chef food processor into an ice-cream making machine. It is capable of producing up to 1l of ice cream, sorbet, or frozen yogurt and once the bowl has been frozen, making great desserts takes only 20 minutes from start to finish.

If you are serious about making the best quality ice-cream at home, then the Cuisinart ICE-50BC Supreme Ice-Cream Maker is just the machine for you. What sets this ice-cream-maker apart is its self-freezing unit, which eliminates the need for pre-freezing a bowl and waiting for 24 hours before making your desserts. With the Cuisinart ICE-50BC Supreme Ice-Cream Maker you can make ice-cream on a whim and the whole process takes less than one hour. The capacity of this machine is 1.41l and apart from ice-cream, it allows you to make sorbets and frozen yogurt as well.