I’ve resorted to both plenty of times, but those desperate moves have never been as rewarding as the frozen creations I’ve whipped up with the Hamilton Beach 4-Quart Ice Cream Maker.

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co-founder and head ice cream maker at Salt And Straw, recommends prioritizing size and speed. “Try to find machines that can handle at least one quart of ice cream,” Malek advises.

with an Airmsen 2.1-Quart Ice Cream Maker. This $400 frozen dessert beast has a powerful cooling compressor inside it, and Walmart is offering it at the Flash sale price of $160. This ice cream ...