Frozen Dessert Industry & Machine Articles — margarita

At an Ice Cream Social last Friday, we had the opportunity to participate in some great discussions at Starter Space. Providing a great location and connecting with a great community. As a local business, like Starter Space, we believe in fostering entrepreneurial spirit both at home in Gainesville and everywhere else we do business. Mami’s Foods We want to give a special shoutout to Mami’s Foods. They are a family-run company bringing indulgence & delight to their customers while upholding the highest ethical standards. They produce vegan treats, dessert mixes including gelato, soft serve, hot drinks and bubble tea! While at...

A 115Volt Ice Cream Machine is an easy to use, low maintenance, and universal machine great for your small businesses. Most businesses are equipped with 115V amp space. These machines are designed for small volume. However, they have a longer recovery time. Recovery time is the amount of time it takes the machine to chill the new product. For example, a 115V machine cannot do five, four oz servings back to back without recovery time. Here are some pro’s and con’s of the 115V Machine: Pros: Cheap and quick way to add another menu item Great way to see if...

In this post we will walk you through the steps necessary to clean your Taylor 340 and 390 frozen beverage / slushy machine parts. Notes: There are no tools necessary for the disassembly and reassembling of the machine, everything can be done by hand. Slush machine parts should not be placed into a dishwasher for cleaning, everything should be washed by hand. Disassembling The Machine Step 1 Make sure you drain the machine completely of its product mix. Press wash mode button on machine to eject product, then to flush the product pour a gallon of warm/ hot water into the hopper....

In both gravity and pump fed soft serve machines, there are hoppers or cabinets used to hold your product before traveling to the  freezing cylinder. Both gravity and pressurized machines use overrun. The gravity fed machine uses air tubes and the pressurized machine uses pumps. However a gravity fed machine can never reach the same volume and overrun of a pressurized machine.Gravity fed soft serve machines use gravity to feed the product mix into the cylinder while pump fed machines use pressurized pumps to push mix inside the freezing cylinders. With either option, you have pros & cons to each...

We have experience in helping hundreds of satisfied clients increase their profits by investing in our premium quality frozen dessert and ice cream machines for small businesses. We were interested in finding out how our satisfied customers were succeeding in their industries, so we decided to interview Jamie Lowe, Owner & Operator of Lake Catherine Blueberries. The following information is the result of a Q&A: 1. Who Are You & What Machines Did We Supply You With? We're a U-pick farm located off of Lake Catherine Road in Groveland, Florida. Our customers come to our farm to pick the freshest blueberries &...