VEVOR Commercial Soft Ice Cream Machine Review

You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream!

Most people love ice cream! An ice cream maker is an excellent addition to any business and necessary for any restaurant, cafe, or bakery.

I recently tested the VEVOR Commercial Soft Ice Cream Machine to see if it’s a fit for a small business or even if it makes sense for your home. I always thought having a soft-serve ice cream bar at my house would be cool. With VEVOR, that’s now a reality.

In this review, we want to break down the PROS and CONS of owning a VEVOR soft-serve ice cream maker and see if it’s something that you should invest in.

First of all, the VEVOR soft-serve ice cream maker comes in a variety of sizes. The size of the ice cream maker you should purchase would depend on how many liters of soft serve mix it can hold, the size of the unit itself, and how many pieces it can produce at one time.

In this review, I will list several VEVOR machines and give you the best VEVOR soft-serve ice cream machine for your home. I will also add links to the best price for each unit.

How Large of an Ice Cream Maker Do You Need?

Before we continue, how big of an ice cream maker do you need? Let’s break it all down using the easy-to-follow chart below.

The capacity of a soft-serve ice cream maker is often determined by how many servings you’ll be dispensing per day. Different types of businesses will have different needs, so here’s a basic chart based on the type of business and projected daily servings.

Let’s assume one serving of soft serve ice cream is approximately 100 ml (0.1 liters).

Type of Business	Projected Daily Servings	Liters of Soft Serve Needed	Recommended Machine Capacity (Liters)
Small Café	50 servings	5 liters	6-8 liters
Medium Café	100 servings	10 liters	12-15 liters
Large Café/Small Restaurant	250 servings	25 liters	30-35 liters
Ice Cream Parlor (small)	500 servings	50 liters	55-60 liters
Ice Cream Parlor (large)	1000 servings	100 liters	110-120 liters
Event/Festival Stand	2000 servings	200 liters	220-240 liters
Large Event or Venue	5000+ servings	500+ liters	550+ liters (multiple machines)

1. This is a general guideline, and actual needs may vary based on factors like portion sizes, machine efficiency, and additional features like twin flavors or mix-in capabilities.
2. The “Recommended Machine Capacity” accounts for a bit of buffer, ensuring that the machine isn’t operating at its maximum all the time, which can reduce wear and improve its lifespan.
3. For businesses expecting large fluctuations in demand (like festival stands or event venues), consider renting additional machines for the peak days or having backup machines in place.
4. Always check with the manufacturer’s recommendations and specifications when purchasing a soft serve machine.

Different VEVOR Soft-Served Ice Maker Features

There are several different sizes of VEVOR soft-serve ice cream makers, but they all generally have the same features. I will highlight the most common VEVOR soft-serve ice cream maker features below.

1. Capacity: VEVOR machines often have a specified capacity, generally suitable for commercial uses, such as cafes, dessert shops, and restaurants.
2. Dual Hoppers: Many of their commercial models come with two hoppers, allowing for the independent production of two flavors and a mixed flavor.
3. Digital Control Panel: Their machines typically feature a digital control panel that allows users to easily manage the machine’s operations, including hardness settings and self-cleaning functions.
4. Stainless Steel Body: To ensure durability and hygiene, many VEVOR machines come with a stainless steel body.
5. Air Compressor: Some models might include an air compressor for aerating the mix, which results in a smoother and creamier texture.
6. Cone Counting System: This feature helps businesses keep track of the number of servings dispensed, which is beneficial for inventory and sales tracking.
7. Self-cleaning Function: Some models have a feature that allows the machine to clean itself, reducing the manual labor involved in its maintenance.
8. Overload Protection: Many of their machines have a system to detect and protect against motor overload.
9. Temperature Control: Ensures the mix remains optimal for serving and storage.
10. Safety Features: These could include low-mix indicators to show when the mix is running low and prevent the machine from running dry.
11. Efficient Cooling System: Many commercial models include a fast and efficient cooling system to quickly bring the mixture to the desired serving temperature.
12. Agitator in the Hopper: Some models include an agitator to keep the mix in the hopper from separating, ensuring consistent quality.

#1. VEVOR Commercial Ice Cream Maker (10-20L/H Yield)

This is the smallest VEVOR Commercial Ice Cream Maker available which makes it perfect for your home. It has a 1.2-gallon single hopper and is very stylish: get it in pink or white. The hopper is made from stainless steel and can provide 200 servings in an hour.

I absolutely love the touch screen on this compact VEVOR soft-serve ice cream maker. It lists the current temperature of the hopper and cylinder, the quantity, hardness level, and voltage.

• 21.7″x8.3″x26.8″
• Pre-Cooling
• Puffing for Better Tasting Ice Cream
• High-Quality Design
• 1.2 Gallon Hopper
• Extra Large Touch Screen
• 1000W Power
• One Click Cleaning

This soft-serve ice maker has 1000 watts of continual power, and the worm gear provides a quieter experience and more stable performance, ensuring your soft-serve ice maker will have a longer lifespan.

This unit has a puffing tube, making the ice cream look and taste delicious.

I found that this soft-serve ice maker was totally stylish. It looked great in a smaller business but also our home. If you want to add a soft-serve ice cream maker to your family room, game room, or even kitchen, this soft-serve ice cream maker will do the trick.

#2. VEVOR Commercial Ice Cream Maker (22-30L/H Yield)

This is a great ice cream maker for your small and medium business.

It produces just shy of eight gallons of soft-serve ice cream each hour. This ice cream maker gives you two 1.6-gallon mixing hoppers and a half-gallon freezing cylinder. This translates into 150-200 (100 grams per serving) servings of ice cream per hour.

This ice cream maker has a powerful 2200W motor. This ice cream maker provides both fast freezing and efficiency.

• 29.3″x21.3″x34″
• Powerful 2200W Compressor
• Smart LCD Control Panel
• 1.6 Gallon Hoppers
• Built-in Puffing Tubes
• One-Click Cleaning

I love that this ice cream maker provides an auto-cleaning feature. It’s so hard to maintain an ice cream machine; cleaning an ice cream maker has to be the worst job, ever. Many times, ice cream makers don’t get cleaned properly because it takes so much time to do it correctly. This VEVOR ice cream maker helps you properly maintain your ice cream maker with an auto-clean function.

The LCD screen gives you more control of your ice cream machine. You can use the LCD screen to control your quantity, ice cream hardness, and temperature at any time.

I believe this ice cream maker would work perfectly for cafes, dessert shops, restaurants, or even bakeries. Its stainless steel design and removable tray make cleaning and operation a breeze.

It operates quietly and works quickly to provide ice cream for your customers.

Related: A Great Portable Ice Cream Maker for Your Home is the Cuisinart Ice-70

The two hoppers allow you to mix two ice cream flavors. You have one flavor per handle, and the middle handle mixes both flavors together. This means you can have chocolate and vanilla and then the middle handle to create a blended chocolate and vanilla flavor.

This medium-sized VEVOR ice cream maker will provide a high-quality, efficient ice cream maker for your business.

#3. VEVOR Commercial Ice Cream Machine with Two 12L Hoppers

This VEVOR ice cream maker has a larger capacity of 10.6 gallons of soft-serve per hour. It’s designed with two stainless steel hoppers, each with a 3.2-gallon capacity.

• 21.7 x 25.6 x 52.8
• High-Quality
• Make 10 Gallons of Ice Cream an Hour
• Two Hoppers
• 2500W Powerful Compressor
• Intelligent Panel Control
• Stainless Steel

The three-handle design allows you to have two separate flavors and then mix them using the middle handle.

The 2500W compressor makes this ice cream maker truly a commercial-grade machine. This compressor is quieter, has faster cooling, less noise, and lower power consumption.

I love the intelligent panel control. This panel allows you to set the time, temperature, and hardness of your ice cream, and with just a click, you can begin the auto-clean process.

With all of the features a VEVOR ice cream maker offers, this VEVOR Ice Cream Maker is a great choice for restaurants and other larger businesses.

What I Like About a VEVOR Soft-Serve Ice Cream Maker

The price is the biggest reason someone would purchase a VEVOR Ice Cream Maker. You cannot beat the price of a VEVOR ice cream maker. It’s 30% plus cheaper than other brands.

VEVOR makes ice cream makers far more affordable for any small business. The ice cream makers by VEVOR are durable, high-quality, and feature-packed machines.

What I Don’t Like About a VEVOR Ice Cream Maker

Vevor doesn’t manufacture their ice cream makers; they just stick their label on them. If something goes wrong, it’s tough to have your VEVOR ice cream ice maker repaired. Getting support when you have an issue is also more challenging because they don’t know much about their own units. Remember, they don’t manufacture them; they just sell them.

Also, finding parts for your VEVOR ice cream maker or commerical ice maker is very difficult to almost impossible.

How to Make Ice Cream With a Vevor Ice Cream Maker

The process of making ice cream is simple. When you purchase an ice cream maker, it should be simple to operate. You shouldn’t need to take an online class or go to school over again to be able to make ice cream for your business or home.

Prepare all the tools you will need for making ice cream: the ice cream powder, measuring cup, eggbeater, and scrapper.

Add 0.6-0.8 gallons of water into 1 kg of ice cream powder. Stir well with an eggbeater and let it sit for 15 minutes.

Pour the mixture into the ice cream maker hopper, one flavor for each hopper (2 hoppers total), and press the AUTO button.

That’s all there is to it.

When the ice cream reaches the set hardness, the machine will stop and enter the auto standby mode.

When the stopping time reaches the set time, the ice maker will begin to work again and repeat the same cycle.

If you want to stop the ice maker, press the “Stop” key.

Maintenance For Your VEVOR Ice Cream Maker

Daily maintenance on your VEVOR Ice Cream Maker is easy. With the auto-cleaning feature, it makes cleaning the unit a breeze.

The pulp will discharge from inside the cylinder by hitting the cleaning button. Add an appropriate amount of cleaning solution to some warm water and then pour it into the material cylinders (both cylinders should get the same amount).

Press the cleaning button again, and let the machine stir for about 5 minutes, and then press down on the handle to discharge all of the cleaning solution.

You will want to clean the machine with clean water a couple of times before making ice cream again to ensure the cleaning solution is rinsed.

The process does take some time, but it’s not strenuous or complicated. These simple maintenance steps ensure that your unit is clean and that you can serve the best ice cream, giving your customers or family a great experience.

Keeping the outside of the unit is very easy to clean as well. Just use a damp cloth and some stainless steel cleaner to clean the exterior of your ice cream maker.

Our Conclusion

If you are looking for a commercial ice cream maker that makes beautiful, soft, creamy ice cream, then I recommend you try a VEVOR commercial ice cream maker.

The price of a VEVOR ice cream is always right and will help your small to large business serve delicious ice cream.