Does this make shaved ice or the more course snow cone ice?
1775568
It doesn't really shave the ice, it is more course like a regular snow cone would be.
1775569
shaved ice. and make sure the cutting blade is tight before you use it? it seems like that is a problem with them. after you do that it works fine. thank yiu
1775570
Shave ice. There's a blade in there that spins from the motor. as you press down on the handle on top, it pushes the ice cubes that you fill in at the top to the blade which shaves it into the bottom chamber.
1775571
The more coarse ice, and my machine has always leaked water out the bottom.
223914
No, it will adjust a little to depth of cut for shaved ice but not like real crushed ice. For that you need either a towel and a hammer or a powerful polycarbonate pitcher blender.
511926
It shaves it into snow for snow cones. I don't know why it says ice crusher because it doesn't crush. It only shaves. It works really well for snow cones. We have loved ours.
1220159
It definitely doesn't shave the ice. They are more like ice chips. But, the machine works really well. We bought it as a birthday present for my daughter and it has been worth every penny. We use it often because it is so quick and easy to use.
237473
hi, i normal use a butter contanier but you can use almost anything. i normally buy blocks of ice from a local snow cone stand and break it in half
29736
The ice block is the most important part of making your shaved ice come out very fast. I have tried a bunch of sizes and shapes of ice. The best for making shaved ice very quick is having a small 6-7 in round bucket and filling it up max about 5 inches. This will keep the ice spinning fast and the unit will not slow down like with large blocks. I have it set so that if you left it shaving on its own it will shave very slowly and if you pull down on the red handles it will shave a ton really quick, have your cup ready or catch it with your hand and drop it into your cup without compressing it.
2256617
The top shaves ice ONLY to really small pieces. Then the bottom blends. I like using frozen fruit for smoothies so this machine wasn't for me.
385074
There are little plastic "pucks" in the kit. You add water to these and freeze them solid. When frozen you take one ice puck out of the plastic and drop it into the ice shaver, turn it on and it shaves away at the ice puck and into the cone. That's it, easy, simple, add syrup flavoring and you have a wonderful snow cone. They are called ice pucks because they look like hockey pucks. I freeze them ahead, take them out of the plastic and put them in individual sandwich size baggies so I have a supply on hand when needed.
29737
I am not using mine commercially. I fell in love with shaved ice while vacationing in Hawaii. It shaves perfectly for me. We adjust our blade so it come out like fresh powdered snow. Any faster an we would not be able to keep up with our neighbor kids orders. It is supposed to do like 300 lb an hour and I believe it could. We use 1 gallon ice cream pails which fit the plate doze perfectly, the ice cannot be cracked at all and it needs to be level or it will throw the machine off balance. Hope this helps.
118147
It's like what comes out of refrigerator door ice crushers. It's not fine like a snow cone...it's perfect for mixed drinks.
1733377
I don't know the specifications (HP or whatever) because I gave this to my granddaughter for her birthday and don't have the box to look at, but it shaved the ice very easily and didn't have a problem at all. We made a lot of snow cones that day, and they have used it since with no problems. Great little machine.
511922
The machine I have only makes snow ice that is very fine. It doesn't make chunky crushed ice. If it does do it I don't know how to make it do it.
668274
This machine can shave a 10lb bag of cubed ice in about a minute and a half, counting loading and unloading the hopper. It makes about 3 gallons of a finer shaven "snowflake" kind of ice that can be packed down into a more condensed crystal "snowcone" type ice to fill approximately a 2 gallon container...i.e..10 lbs of cube/pellet ice appears to make about 2 gallons of snowcone type ice.
1550730
Once turned on the ice holder starts spinning which put the ice towards the cutter blades which gives you the start of a pile of shaved ice for the snow cone
112420
No. You can use regular ice cubes, or freeze ice in the supplied plastic containers. You put the ice in the machine and press down on the top, and shaved ice comes out the bottom into a bowl or the supplied paper cones.
1913087
if you shave the ice right from the freezer it is soft and light. If you let the ice set a bit in the shaver before you shave it it is more like a snow cone.
511921
This machine has a fixed spinning blade that shaves the ice. It does NOT crush ice at all. It produces a fine snow. I hope this helps you.