I bought this a few weeks ago and I've made five batches of ice cream so far.  The last was a chocolate truffle recipe from The Ultimate Ice Cream Book. The custard  was quite thick and when I poured it in it only took about two minutes before the dasher completely froze.  I ended up having disturbed by hand and even use my hand mixer. It was a mess. I had chocolate all over my kitchen. Also the recipes in the owners manual make way too much ice cream for this maker