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Question: whats the difference betweeen the YM 80 and YM100?
Document: Euro Cuisine Automatic Yogurt Maker - YM100.I wrote a negative review for the above, because I did not understand the electronic timer workings. Thought it did not work, when it was me who did not realize, how it works. Whas I surpriced, when a very nice fellow from Euro-Cuisine called me and explained it to me. A real treat in this day and age! After trying his suggestions, the YM-100 works flawlessly and I love it. I tried to delete my earlier review - but could not find it.
I bought this unit after I visited China several times and found their yogurt to be much creamier and tarter than any I could find here at home in the U.S. I was told by a friend that she uses the YM-80 model and eccuisine starter packets to make her own and it is just like wha tyu can find overseas. I have owned the machine long enough to have make four different batches of yogurt now and it is truly wonderful. The set up is simple, the preparation does not take long, and once you load the misture into the jars,load them into the unit, and set your timer - there is no effort at all.
The EURO CUISINE YM 100 was the only yogurt maker with automatic shut off when I bought it a couple of years ago. All other machines, including the $50 Sonoma one, didn't stop automatically. This means that if you forget to unplug it the next day before you go to work, it will stay on burning electricity until you return and remember to turn it off!How much electricity does the Euro Cuisine spend? Neither the box nor the small manual will give you this information! However, if you look under the machine itself, you will see that it only consumes 15 W which means that a whole batch of 7 homemade yogurts will cost you between 150 and 225 watts in power, that's less than a quarter kilowatt!Since I had two SEB yogurt makers that I bought when I was living in Paris (the first one in 1973 for the birth of my elder son and the second one in 1983 after I left the previous one to my ex-wife) which already had an automatic shut off, I really don't understand why couldn't they do in 2009 in the US what French technicians did already almost forty years ago, but that's the way it is!This YM100 has two advantages that my SEB yogurt makers didn't have back in 1973.FIRST, not only it turns off automatically, but it also has a timer, which the French ones didn't have.
Works great but I really don't think the extra cost for having a timer is worth the money. If I hadn't purchased it already I would go with the less expensive model. Setting a timer isn't really that hard and the yogurt maker stays fairly warm even when it shuts off so I really don't think it would make much of a difference in the flavor.
I used to make my yogurt using almost the same methods used by this machine. The only difference is that this yogurt maker will keep the temperature steady for hours to let the bacteria do their thing. That is crucial. The yogurt I make with this machine comes out nice and thick using 2% milk and keeping it heated for 8-9 hours. Well worth the purchase.
The first batch I did like this I cooked for about seven hours. I am trying ten right now. I want to see if I can get it the thickness of Greek yogurt. I have boiled the milk and it makes a little difference but not much. It's not worth it. Really, it can become such an easy part of your week and the yogurt is so much better and cheaper than what you buy in a store.
This is an Indian dish that I learned to cook in Paris, where Indian restaurants flourished once that British subjects were allowed to migrate throughout the EEC.I made my first batch the way I made it every week between 1973 and 2003, when I moved to Miami Beach and had to abandon my second SEB in France, after 20 years of faithful service because of the difference in voltage (you may run a 120 Volts/500 Watts machine in Europe with a tiny transformer that fits in your hand, reducing 220 volts to 120 but you need a huge transformer to do the opposite!
I did a lot of research before I bought the Euro Cuisine Automatic Yogurt maker from Amazon.com. One thing that was very important was to have glass jars instead of plastic. I found the Euro Cusiine with glass jars....perfect for my requirements. The booklet that came with complete directions has made the yogurt making so simple. There are recipes for adding fruit to make a tasty fruity yogurt. There are also recipes for different flavors of yogurt, preserved fruit, jam or jelly, and others. There are explanations of the different kinds of milk that make tasty yogurt and the difference in the consistency of the yogurt.
I have been using the Euro-Cuisine YM100 with different store bought yogurts. They turned out delicious, a bit more like drinking yoghurt, which works well for our morning cereal.
There is a new model available for the YM100 yogurt Maker . The EuroCuisine YMX650 Digital Yogurt Maker also sold by Amazon . Digital, timer , dated lids, better looking machine, and overall better Yogurt Machine.
Answer: The timer on the 100 is what I consider essential. It turns itself off during the night, so I don't have to worry about it.