Does it crush ice cubes?
1311967
Yes! I have had mine for about a year and a half - my ice cubes still get crushed into a snowlike consistancy! We make smoothies all the time.
1311968
NO!!! It says it does but the first time I tried, the metal cutter in the center broke. Kitchen aid, send me another jug and it got loose and impossible to fix the way it is made. Even mashing bananas would loosen the "cutter" and leak all over. It ended in the bin. I had bought it because it said it has a ice cube setting. The base is really heavy and strong, too bad the top is not of the same quality.
1311969
Yes but you cannot fill it to the top with ice cubes only crushes about half way
522066
Yes, it does produces fine, smooth pieces of ice. I love this machine. Money well spent
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.
447732
although it says it does, I can't verify - I haven't tried it. Consumer Reports stated it did a nice job of turning ice into snow, but that's from them, not me. Sorry, I just haven't tried it yet.
567383
No!!!!! I hated this grinder. I actually gave it one star after trying to use it. It actually grinded metal into the food, so I threw it away pronto. I don't recommend it at all! A blender works perfectly. I make purées in large batches and freeze in ice cube trays. Keep in ziplock bags in the freezer, then u have individual servings to thaw.
1581361
It doesn't make ice cubes! It is just a freezer for packaged foods. Like a cooler only it freezes and it does a fantastic job of that! We are very happy with our purchase. The only negative is that it comes with a basket to put food in but there is no bottom to it. So you have to still remove or add piece by piece.
304433
The spout that feeds the ice to be crushed would hold about 12 cubes by itself. So yes, once you crush 12 ice cubes you can add more to be crushed into the box.
143541
Yes it does. It makes the best green smoothies and fruit smoothies and also crushes all kinds of frozen fruit and ice. Hope this helps.
1651606
It works on frozen fruit, so I suspect it will do okay with ice cubes -- if you take certain precautions. The motor is not as strong as a regular blender. You might have to "bounce" the hand blender a bit and make sure to have enough liquid in your container to help move things around. Otherwise the blade simply gets blocked and the blender gets hot.
703705
Yes it will crush ice but you have to be careful with it. It will easily burn out the motor as I found out with my first Cuzen. Don't know that I would recommend it for that purpose only on a daily basis.
1907889
It does not close. You are supposed to press down on the top to press the ice block onto the shaving blades. It does not close and do that job for you. I assume you are using frozen ice blocks you made in the plastic mold that came with it. It does not work with ice cubes.
447730
Mine crushes ice very well, but the first time I tried to make a smoothie with just powder and ice it didn't do so well. It took a long time to get it smooth and then there were still some tiny chips of ice in the drink. It works great if you have a bit of liquid or fruit in with the ice (like half a cup of something).
290068
Yes, however, I have this in my house in Ecuador and the ice cubes are very small, I don't know how this would work on large cubes.
1058926
I don't know if it crushes large ice cubes. I have only used things like frozen raspberries and strawberries and blueberries. They work great.
1364208
I looked at the metal drive from underneath and it looks identical. It should work, howver this blade is justna mixer. It will not cut strawberries or even bananas. It wont crush ice either. Just for milk, ice cream, powder shakes and anything that doesnt need to break down. So know that its limited to just mixing. I dont use it much since I like to add fruits and ice. Wish you well.
267778
Sorry cant answer your question since I only use it for crushed ice, go on line and google the product or ask the question in google and see if it can answer your question.
1008691
I would say yes, although I have not tried that but it will do shaved ice, so it makes sense to me that you could do that. It pulverizes frozen fruits for smoothies, so again, I would think that the system is quite efficient.