Frozen Dessert Industry & Machine Articles

The Taylor 161 is great for establishments that want to add frozen desserts to their menu but with a small footprint. Its small size, electrical requirements, and price make it versatile. Great for operators who want to see if this great profit maker will work for their concept. From gas stations to cafes, the Taylor 161 frozen yogurt machine is a great foot in the door. Machine Maintenance  The machine comes with three different types of flavors. Two single flavors are dispensed from the end spouts while a single "swirl" option of which both of the flavors from the end...

Whether you are cleaning your Taylor soft serve machine or you're about to put it back together, it is recommended that you lubricate the drive shaft & apply lube to the drive shaft. When doing this, avoid applying lube to the hexagon shaped end of the shaft. When done properly, you protect the mix from leaking into the wires & inner workings of the machine as well as allowing the beater frame to spin without any clogging or friction.  * Lubricate all of the O rings on the machine *If any product leaks through a boot seal that has been...

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 frequently get asked about what frozen dessert equipment we have to offer & how our machines help each individual business owner increase profits in their specific industry. The following are types of ice cream machines and more that we offer at Slices Concession: 1. Soft Serve / Frozen Yogurt Machines  Soft serve machines make a type of ice cream that is softer than regular ice cream due to the infusion of air in the freezing process. Frozen Yogurt is made yogurt & sometimes with other dairy based products. Frozen yogurt has no minimum fat requirement which can be made...

The C713 Taylor model is a soft serve ice cream machine with two flavors and a twist option. These machines serve all types of low fat ice cream, custard, frozen yogurt & sorbet. What Are The Features / Specifications Of This Machine? Freezing Cylinders & Mix Hoppers The C713 has two 3.4 quart freezing cylinder, two 20 quart mix hoppers & comes equipped with a separate hopper refrigeration which keeps the product mix below 41 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius). Controls & Indicator lights The control panel comes equipped with multiple languages to help you control viscosity & temperature as...