Ok- this isn’t what I would consider to be nugget ice, but it is very similar and for the price, it serves its purpose. It makes nugget-like ice but not actual nuggets. They’re small tiny cubes that are extruded through a metal hose freezing it as it goes and it then spits it out. I DO love that it recycles the melted water back in the reservoir and makes more ice. It is pretty loud and tends to build up ice where it comes out from the top signaling that it’s full but if you knock it down it goes back to making ice.