Pro Breeze EasyFreezy
Seven programmes, five texture levels and granita as well as ice cream. It is the most “counter machine” of all the ones we have had: tall and narrow, with the bowl on top and a vertical mixing action that works in air.
The one that also makes granitas and milkshakes
Pro Breeze does not sell it as just an ice cream maker, but as a frozen dessert machine: creamy ice cream, granita, milkshake, frappé and frozen. The seven programmes are not decoration, because a granita and an ice cream ask for neither the same cold nor the same churning.
Our score, after reading the reviews one by one.
Vertical churning works in more air than a classic paddle, so it comes out lighter. For a dense gelato you have to lower the air from the recipe.
Touchscreen and pick a programme. It also has a self-cleaning mode, which is welcome on a tall machine.
800 ml: dos raciones largas por tanda.
That it makes real granita, not just ice cream, and that it takes up very little width.
Four things you notice
in use, not on the box
How the ice cream comes out
Creamy and airy. That is its character: anyone after a dense gelato-shop ice cream will have to compensate by lowering the air in the recipe.
How long it really takes
Pro Breeze quotes 20 minutes per batch, one of the shortest times in the whole comparison.
Day to day
No pre-chilling, with an opening for adding ingredients while it churns and a self-cleaning cycle at the end.
Footprint
34.2 × 15.3 × 38.5 centimetres and 7.5 kilos: fifteen centimetres wide, but almost forty tall.
Por qué es alta y estrecha
Almost every domestic ice cream maker has the bowl lying down and a paddle that turns horizontally. This one stands it up and churns from top to bottom, folding the mix over itself. It gains air and loses worktop width; in exchange, the height means you have to think about where it is stored.
Bowl capacity
Programas, granizado incluido
Niveles de textura
Lo que ocupa de ancho
What it wins and what you have to accept
- Its own compressor: no need to pre-freeze the bowl the night before
- The cheapest in the compressor range
- LCD screen with timer
- Removable steel bowl
- The one that takes least worktop space
- 135 W and 1.2 litres: the lowest rung of its brand
- It falls short as soon as you want more quantity or more flavours
- It does not make yoghurt
- The recipe booklet doesn't give balanced formulas; the recipe is up to you
Pro Breeze EasyFreezy specifications
The Pro Breeze EasyFreezy against its rivals
Sensio Home Icy Treats
400 ml more bowl and a window to watch the churning, in the same shop.
Severin EZ 7407
It ferments yoghurt, it does not just churn it, and it has more bowl.
Cuisinart ICE-100E
Two different paddles, one for ice cream and one for gelato.
Springlane ELLI
Without granita, but with more litres and available here.
Would we buy it? Yes, if granita interests you
It is the only one in the comparison that makes ice cream and granita seriously, and the 20 minutes per batch really are fast. It takes up fifteen centimetres of width, half what almost all the others do. Two warnings: it is not sold in Spain — we looked at it on the British Amazon — and the 22 reviews it has are still too few to speak of durability.
Frequently asked questions
Do you have to pre-freeze anything?
No. It has a built-in compressor and starts cooling on its own.
¿Hace granizado de verdad?
Yes. It has its own granita programme, plus milkshake, frappé and frozen. It is not a more weakly churned ice cream: it is another programme.
¿Qué es el mezclado vertical?
The paddle churns from top to bottom instead of turning horizontally. It works in more air and makes the machine narrower.
Is it sold in Spain?
No. We found it on the British Amazon, which ships to much of Europe.
¿800 ml para cuántos dan?
Two generous servings. And since there is no pre-chilling, you can run another batch straight after.
Which would we buy instead?
The Sensio Home Icy Treats if you want more bowl in the same shop, or the Springlane ELLI if you want to buy it in Spain.
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