Breville BCI600XL Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker Review

With the Breville BCI600XL Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker, you can create frozen desserts, from sorbet to ice cream to gelato in under 60 minutes.

It’s simple and easy to use. Just make your base, put it into the container, select the hardness level and push a button. When it’s time to add in additional toppings, the machine makes a sound. And makes another sound to signal when the ice cream is done.

Check out videos below for demonstrations.

Quick Summary

  • Easy to use Automatic Hardness Settings
  • Keeps Ice Cream ready until it’s time to serve. Self refridgerating compressor in-built.
  • Create Smooth Frozen treats without prefrozen bowls
  • Has Dual Mode: Manual or fully automatic functionality for preset chilling time and consistency.
  • 12 hardness settings; sorbet, frozen yogurt, gelato, and ice cream
  • Includes child lock feature


 

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Breville BCI600XL Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker Review

Breville BCI600XL Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker Review

Breville BCI600XL Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker Review

Breville BCI600XL Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker Review

Breville BCI600XL Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker Review

 

 

Specifications & Review

Breville BCI600XL Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker
Shipping Weight 33.4 pounds
Price Range
Weight of Ice Cream Maker 30 pounds
Available Colors Silver
Prefreezing Necessary? No. Comes with Electric Compressor to lower temperature while churning.
Breville BCI600XL Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker
 Pros
  • Easy to use
  • Quiet
  • Don’t have to wait to make the next batch of ice-cream
  • No need to wait till the bowl is frozen in the freezer
  • Cleaning up is easy
  • There are various “hardness” settings that makes it easy to choose between making ice-cream or sorbet
  • Sleek design that looks great on the counter
  • “Stay cold” setting is really helpful
  • Better quality and taste of ice cream
  • Healthy ice cream is always at hand and just a snap away
 Cons
  • Expensive.
  • Heavy and bulky, hence taking space on the countertop.
  • The bowl is not dishwasher safe, though the paddle, lid, and accessories are.
  • Small percentage of the reviewers reveal that their machine malfunctions after a certain period of usage or during shipping. We believe that they have received a defective machine.
  • You’re likely going to put on weight with the amount of ice-cream you’ll be consuming!
  • Made in China.
Breville BCI600XL Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker
Our Score 8.2 out of 10
Our Verdict The Breville Ice Cream Maker is easy to use, simple to clean up and you can be assured of churning out great tasting creamy ice-cream! You can set it and forget it. Too good to be true, we say.

However, we had to take into consideration of the number of drawbacks such as it’s heavy weight, bulkiness. And most alarmingly, the number of malfunctioned machines that seems to have reached buyers. But on the good note, you can reach out to Breville to get a replacement machine that works.

Seems like you’ll either love it or hate it on this one. You’ll love it when you receive the working machine and hate it when you get the malfunctioned machine.

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*Information is based on Amazon Content at time of publishing article. Subject to updates and changes periodically. (Last Updated: August 2015)

Review overview
Our Score - 8.2

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