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Scoop School: Why you shouldn't put ice cream mix in a soft serve machine.

Posted by Destini Miller on

 In this segment of Scoop School, Mr. C addresses the importance of knowing the butter to fat ratio in your ice cream mix. Understanding the fat content will help to eliminate waste and eliminate you from making a sub-standard product. Your standard ice cream mix probably has anywhere from 2% to 12% fat content. When this mix is ran through your used soft serve ice cream machine, the barrel churns, freezes, and scrapes the contents to create the wonderful soft serve you dispense. But what happens when you use a premium mix (with about 14% fat content) in a traditional...

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Scoop School: Rosette Caps

Posted by Destini Miller on

  In this segment of Scoop School, Mr. C introduces Rosette Caps. What are they? They're the small plastic, often star-shaped, caps that attach onto the bottom of the spigot. When product is dispensed from the soft serve ice cream machine, it come out in a tube shape that you would have to manually layer and swirl before serving (similar to Dairy Queen's soft serve). Rosette Caps give it a more traditional rigged soft serve look your customers are likely used to.  Does it need to cleaned? Yes! Although its small, its a very important piece that can very easily...

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Scoop School: Are "child's cups" necessary?

Posted by Destini Miller on

In this segment of Scoop School, Mr. C addresses the pros and cons of having a child's-size cone.  What are the pros? A lot of the time you'll run into customers with kids and families, and their children won't be able to finish the regular portion "small" size. For instances like this, a kid's cone is crucial. Providing your customers with kid's cones will gives parent's ease that their child won't waste their money and it gives business owners ease that they're not wasting product.  What are the cons? More often that not, adults will try to order the kid's...

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Scoop School: Is weighing your ice cream really better?

Posted by Destini Miller on

What makes a good scoop of ice cream? Is it the amount of ice cream or the amount of toppings? Neither is that important in the grand scheme of things. What makes a good scoop is a friendly employee correctly portioning how much ice cream to give you without giving you too little or too much. The greatest challenge with this is the risk of portion complications. Mr. C of scoop school suggests that portioning and weighing the ice cream before serving takes the novelty away from the experience. Sure, customers are there to buy delicious ice cream, but what...

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Common Pitfalls When Installing Ice-Cream Machines on a Food Truck

Posted by Slices Concession on

Thinking about starting a mobile ice cream business? While the ice cream truck has become a fixture of American summertimes for decades there are important considerations frequently overlooked when it comes to installing ice cream truck equipment. Common pitfalls when installing an ice cream machine can be the lack of electrical power inside the vehicle, insufficient storage, or simply the lack of space to operate comfortably. Q & A With Jeremy Adams (Prestige Food Trucks) In an effort to help you avoid these common mistakes we reached out to Jeremy Adams, Founding Partner & Creator of Opportunities at Prestige Food...

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