Did a lot of research and read a lot of product reviews in my quest for an authentic Italian Gelato machine. I've had the old Cuisinart home ice cream machine in the past, where you freeze the bowl first, and I didn't want to deal with having to freeze the bowl again, I wanted a self-contained refrigerated unit, of which there are really only 3 of that I considered (this one, the Breville and the Cuisinart). There are cheap Chinese knock-offs that Amazon is pushing of course, just like every other product, and I refuse to buy any of that garbage. So despite the outrageous price I decided to give this one a shot primarily based upon the Italian manufacturing (not China) since I've had great luck with other Italian appliances. As noted in many other reviews, this unit is robust, heavy and powerful.
To clarify on a couple of the most common "complaints" from other reviews I read - here's my perspective:
1) CLAIM: It's heavy, so you need to find a place to park this an never move it. Hogwash! It weighs 38 lbs. not 138 lbs. I have it stored in my pantry and when I want to use it I grab it and set it on my kitchen counter right next to the sink, when I'm done I put it back in the pantry. Perhaps if you're not capable of carrying 38 lbs. a few feet then it would be an issue (elderly, weak body type, etc.) but I'd say for most people it's not going to be an issue. My wife can carry it no problem.
2) CLAIM: It doesn't have a removable bowl so it's hard to clean. Hogwash! This is probably the easiest to clean appliance I own. The entire thing is stainless steel and the bowl and top are highly polished stainless steel, it doesn't get any easier to clean than that. Here's what I do to clean it. Make gelato. Scoop gelato out with a silicone spatula, leaving very little in the bowl. Leave the unit turned off and just sit for 10 minutes to let the bowl unfreeze. Take a paper towel and wipe out what's left. Wet another paper towel and wipe the bowl out. Take a dry paper towel and do a final wipe of the bowl. It literally takes 30 seconds to clean this and it looks brand new every time. Just don't try to clean it immediately when the bowl is still frozen, let it melt and then it's a piece of cake.
NOTE: You DO need to be careful when removing the blade to not get the threads of the bolt that holds the blade on full of gelato since it would be difficult to fully clean that off.
I don't have a long-term reliability perspective since I've only had it a short time, but I've made 10 batches of gelato in it now, and it's perfect every time. I pre-cool the unit for 10 minutes by turning on the compressor before making the gelato. I always use fully chilled base in the fridge for at least several hours. Using it in that manner, my churning time is 15 minutes every time, and it comes out very smooth and perfect. I set the timer for 20 minutes, and when it approaches 15 minutes in I just listen to the churning, as soon as I start to hear the motor start to work a little harder I know it's done and I stop there.
THE ONLY annoying thing about this unit is the old-fashioned ticking countdown timer can't be reset to 0 manually, once you turn it on you have to just let it count down, so even if you shut the unit off early before the timer is done it just sits there ticking and counting down until the time is up and then "ding" it lets you know the timer is done. It's just and old-fashioned design, but at the same time it will probably last forever since it's a very basic analog timer and not some fancy digital timer that relies on a computer chip.
So I think the bottom line is if you want to make gelato frequently, and you don't mind spending a few extra bucks on a premium appliance that you'll plan to own for decades, this is worth it. If you start doing the "I can make the same quality gelato in a unit that costs less....." comparison, then this isn't for you. Maybe you can or maybe you can't make the same quality gelato in the Cuisinart or Breville or the junky Amazon chinabdrand one, but you can FOR SURE make the highest quality gelato in this one and you'll enjoy owning something this nice (and Italian).
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Lello 4080 Musso Lussino
Easy to use, is the perfect ice cream maker to get professional results at home. Small, with a large bowl non-removable, stainless steel spatula and powerful and robust refrigeration system, the mini machine allows to reach professional performance without pre-cooling. Made of Stainless Steel, compact, attractive, it has a modern design and suitable for any room and kitchen.
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Max ingredients capacity (L) 0,75 Bowl capacity (L) 2 Preparation time (min) 30/40 Dimension height, width, depth (cm) 27x45x30 Net weight (kg) 18 Power (W) 200 Paddle iduction motor (RPM) 80 Mechanic timer (min) 60 Standard current single phase 110/60 – 230/50 Refrigerant R134A Body Stainless Steel
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| capacity | 0.75 liters | 1.28 quarts | 1.3 quarts | 2.2 quarts | 2.64 quarts | 1.5 quarts |
| material | Stainless Steel | Plastic | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel | Stainless Steel | Silicone |
| care instructions | Hand Wash | Hand Wash | Hand Wash | Hand Wash | Dishwasher Safe | Hand Wash |
| weight | 18 kilograms | 19.25 pounds | — | — | — | 31.31 pounds |
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A Stainless Steel Beast
This machine is a beast among kitchen appliances. All stainless outside, a stainless metal churning blade (dasher), and it weighs close to 40 pounds. It is built to last, and is truly a mini-industrial appliance, as well as being beautiful kitchen art (it IS Italian!), with every external part clad in shiny metal - the only plastics to be seen are the clear lid, legs, timer dial and the two function buttons (and the provided scoop). It also does what it was made to do, flawlessly - make ice cream. And not just "ice cream" - gelato, soft-serve, hard cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet - every type of frozen confection. And it does it in about 15 to 20 minutes, average.Ice cream is, basically, a pretty simple confection - water/milk/cream, sugar, and other "stuff." Mixed together and frozen. The "mix together" and "freezing" parts are where it gets complicated. The mixing and freezing make all the difference in the mouth feel, texture, workability (scooping, plopping on your ice cream cone, plate or cup), consistency, and overall perceived "quality" of the ice cream. No one likes ice cream with big chunks of ice in it, or hard in one spot, soft in another, or a titanium brick when you try to scoop it. This machine makes perfectly consistent ice cream, batch after batch, ready to serve out of the machine, or to put in your freezer. It does this by rapid churning and rapid cooling, making the smallest crystals perfectly blended, resulting in an even, smooth blend of ingredients, chilled to the perfect stage of completion.As far as the machine itself, in this age of Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity, digital readouts, iPhone and Android apps, it's an absolute evolutionary throwback. It has three controls - a twist dial 'click' timer (which doesn't go backwards - when you set it for 30 minutes, it will click down to 30 minutes until it stops), and two function buttons - one to turn on the churning blade and one to turn on the compressor (it's a compressor machine that chills internally - no freezing extra containers, no ice, no rock salt). That's it. The function of the timer is to power the buttons - when the timer is running, the buttons work. When the timer is off, pressing the buttons does nothing. The timer is actually probably redundant (there is no alarm), except as a reminder, or to make sure the machine is off when it stops, because you will be monitoring the final stages of your mix - ice cream mixes and freezes, as you probably know, at it's own pace - it's done when it's done, depending on a hundred variables, even with the same mix. You'll actually hear a change in the motor as the ice cream hardens, and the blades will move slower - in fact on this machine, when the ice cream is completely set, the blades will stop - time to take it out. For those who are particular about their ice cream and to reduce stress on the motor, most mixes are best removed when the mix reaches an optimum temp: 21F-23F (the "draw" temperature), which can be measured with a cheap IR thermometer. And I've never had a batch take more than 30 minutes, although I suppose there might be exotic ingredients that might take longer - but I can't imagine any mix taking the full 60 minute maximum on the timer. Adding ingredients at any time is as simple as lifting the plastic mixing cavity cover and dropping them in.Cleanup is actually a breeze, in spite of the non-removable mixing cavity - it's all stainless. Just scoop out the ice cream, remove the blade by lifting out after unscrewing the retaining nut (you do need to cover the exposed blade shaft to prevent liquid getting inside - I did it with a simple rubber spacer), and remove the remaining ice cream. You then just wipe out the bowl with soapy water after it warms up slightly, rinse with a damp towel and dry. Finished. You learn not to be messy (with any ice cream machine), and minimize drips on counter or self.The weak point of the machine is the 1 year warranty - and the cost. Well over $700, a 1 year warranty is nervous-making, although I don't know how many have had to use it - I consequently highly recommend Amazon's extended warranty, and I don't usually purchase add-on warranties. You may never need it (and likely won't - it's really an industrial quality build), but nice to have on such an expensive machine. The cost is worth it, to me, because I bought the machine to do one thing - make ice cream. And it does this superbly. Highly recommended.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2021
Did a lot of research and read a lot of product reviews in my quest for an authentic Italian Gelato machine. I've had the old Cuisinart home ice cream machine in the past, where you freeze the bowl first, and I didn't want to deal with having to freeze the bowl again, I wanted a self-contained refrigerated unit, of which there are really only 3 of that I considered (this one, the Breville and the Cuisinart). There are cheap Chinese knock-offs that Amazon is pushing of course, just like every other product, and I refuse to buy any of that garbage. So despite the outrageous price I decided to give this one a shot primarily based upon the Italian manufacturing (not China) since I've had great luck with other Italian appliances. As noted in many other reviews, this unit is robust, heavy and powerful.
To clarify on a couple of the most common "complaints" from other reviews I read - here's my perspective:
1) CLAIM: It's heavy, so you need to find a place to park this an never move it. Hogwash! It weighs 38 lbs. not 138 lbs. I have it stored in my pantry and when I want to use it I grab it and set it on my kitchen counter right next to the sink, when I'm done I put it back in the pantry. Perhaps if you're not capable of carrying 38 lbs. a few feet then it would be an issue (elderly, weak body type, etc.) but I'd say for most people it's not going to be an issue. My wife can carry it no problem.
2) CLAIM: It doesn't have a removable bowl so it's hard to clean. Hogwash! This is probably the easiest to clean appliance I own. The entire thing is stainless steel and the bowl and top are highly polished stainless steel, it doesn't get any easier to clean than that. Here's what I do to clean it. Make gelato. Scoop gelato out with a silicone spatula, leaving very little in the bowl. Leave the unit turned off and just sit for 10 minutes to let the bowl unfreeze. Take a paper towel and wipe out what's left. Wet another paper towel and wipe the bowl out. Take a dry paper towel and do a final wipe of the bowl. It literally takes 30 seconds to clean this and it looks brand new every time. Just don't try to clean it immediately when the bowl is still frozen, let it melt and then it's a piece of cake.
NOTE: You DO need to be careful when removing the blade to not get the threads of the bolt that holds the blade on full of gelato since it would be difficult to fully clean that off.
I don't have a long-term reliability perspective since I've only had it a short time, but I've made 10 batches of gelato in it now, and it's perfect every time. I pre-cool the unit for 10 minutes by turning on the compressor before making the gelato. I always use fully chilled base in the fridge for at least several hours. Using it in that manner, my churning time is 15 minutes every time, and it comes out very smooth and perfect. I set the timer for 20 minutes, and when it approaches 15 minutes in I just listen to the churning, as soon as I start to hear the motor start to work a little harder I know it's done and I stop there.
THE ONLY annoying thing about this unit is the old-fashioned ticking countdown timer can't be reset to 0 manually, once you turn it on you have to just let it count down, so even if you shut the unit off early before the timer is done it just sits there ticking and counting down until the time is up and then "ding" it lets you know the timer is done. It's just and old-fashioned design, but at the same time it will probably last forever since it's a very basic analog timer and not some fancy digital timer that relies on a computer chip.
So I think the bottom line is if you want to make gelato frequently, and you don't mind spending a few extra bucks on a premium appliance that you'll plan to own for decades, this is worth it. If you start doing the "I can make the same quality gelato in a unit that costs less....." comparison, then this isn't for you. Maybe you can or maybe you can't make the same quality gelato in the Cuisinart or Breville or the junky Amazon chinabdrand one, but you can FOR SURE make the highest quality gelato in this one and you'll enjoy owning something this nice (and Italian).
To clarify on a couple of the most common "complaints" from other reviews I read - here's my perspective:
1) CLAIM: It's heavy, so you need to find a place to park this an never move it. Hogwash! It weighs 38 lbs. not 138 lbs. I have it stored in my pantry and when I want to use it I grab it and set it on my kitchen counter right next to the sink, when I'm done I put it back in the pantry. Perhaps if you're not capable of carrying 38 lbs. a few feet then it would be an issue (elderly, weak body type, etc.) but I'd say for most people it's not going to be an issue. My wife can carry it no problem.
2) CLAIM: It doesn't have a removable bowl so it's hard to clean. Hogwash! This is probably the easiest to clean appliance I own. The entire thing is stainless steel and the bowl and top are highly polished stainless steel, it doesn't get any easier to clean than that. Here's what I do to clean it. Make gelato. Scoop gelato out with a silicone spatula, leaving very little in the bowl. Leave the unit turned off and just sit for 10 minutes to let the bowl unfreeze. Take a paper towel and wipe out what's left. Wet another paper towel and wipe the bowl out. Take a dry paper towel and do a final wipe of the bowl. It literally takes 30 seconds to clean this and it looks brand new every time. Just don't try to clean it immediately when the bowl is still frozen, let it melt and then it's a piece of cake.
NOTE: You DO need to be careful when removing the blade to not get the threads of the bolt that holds the blade on full of gelato since it would be difficult to fully clean that off.
I don't have a long-term reliability perspective since I've only had it a short time, but I've made 10 batches of gelato in it now, and it's perfect every time. I pre-cool the unit for 10 minutes by turning on the compressor before making the gelato. I always use fully chilled base in the fridge for at least several hours. Using it in that manner, my churning time is 15 minutes every time, and it comes out very smooth and perfect. I set the timer for 20 minutes, and when it approaches 15 minutes in I just listen to the churning, as soon as I start to hear the motor start to work a little harder I know it's done and I stop there.
THE ONLY annoying thing about this unit is the old-fashioned ticking countdown timer can't be reset to 0 manually, once you turn it on you have to just let it count down, so even if you shut the unit off early before the timer is done it just sits there ticking and counting down until the time is up and then "ding" it lets you know the timer is done. It's just and old-fashioned design, but at the same time it will probably last forever since it's a very basic analog timer and not some fancy digital timer that relies on a computer chip.
So I think the bottom line is if you want to make gelato frequently, and you don't mind spending a few extra bucks on a premium appliance that you'll plan to own for decades, this is worth it. If you start doing the "I can make the same quality gelato in a unit that costs less....." comparison, then this isn't for you. Maybe you can or maybe you can't make the same quality gelato in the Cuisinart or Breville or the junky Amazon chinabdrand one, but you can FOR SURE make the highest quality gelato in this one and you'll enjoy owning something this nice (and Italian).
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