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It’s the hottest time of the year! That’s common knowledge. It is high time to get away from the heat and cool down. For you to do that, you seek for help from some frozen delicacies. There’s no better cold refreshment than ice cream.

There’s one kind of ice cream that has been getting popular votes: soft serve ice cream. Does that mean there’s hard ice cream? To better understand it, we should get to know more the machine which makes this type of ice cream: the soft serve ice cream machine. Find out more about its features here:

Soft serve is a kind of ice cream, yogurt, custard and the like which are not hard frozen. To achieve this, there are soft serve machines that add air to the ice cream, adding to its volume up to 45%. If 25% of air is added to one gallon of ice cream, that means 1.25 gallons of ice cream. The combination of higher temperature and more air creates creamier consistency to the mix. Because of air, soft serve machines will minimize the use of ingredients.

These machines are indeed so cool, and so there features are. These machines are self-contained units that store mix, churn, and freeze it into soft ice cream, and then dispense it. Other models are incorporated with touchpad LED displays that will let you set the time or consistency of the finish product. When this is set, the machines automatically adapt to whatever mix is used. Moreover, there is a low-mix light that tells when to fill again the mix hopper. Some models possess audible signal that tells when to add more mix.

These soft serve machines have a safety guard that will protect you against any compressor burn out. This feature would shut down the compressor if a low-mix alarm doesn’t signal off in a few minutes. This great feature would automatically shut down the compressor once the low-mix indicator doesn’t function. The compressor then runs in a cycle after every 10 minutes to keep the ice cream cold. Another important function is sealing off the compressor from hot refrigerant gas to avoid the ice cream to freeze as a solid.

It’s wise to choose a soft serve machine that can accommodate the needs of your family in one setting. You can measure the capacity of this machine in volume. The high volume can make up to 7 servings while the medium volume can serve up to 4-5 servings and the low volume can take care of 2-3 servings.

As to energy consumption, a soft ice cream machine with small capacity generally use up 115 volts while the larger ones consume 208-230 volts.

When the soft ice cream is ready you can choose it to be served in a cone or a bowl. You can use have the soft ice cream with root beer or banana split. No matter what favorite flavor you have for soft serve ice cream, you can be cool while being under the scorching sun. Have fun eating.