What is gravity ice cream equipment?
A Gravity soft serve machine is technology where you pour your mix in the top hoppers of the machine. It flows down into the freezing chamber by gravity flow. It pulls air into the chamber through a mix feed tube. This technology is used in soft serve units for ice cream and/or yogurt. You can also feature gravity for milkshake and smoothie machines.
Gravity equipment will maintain a lower amount of overrun (typically 30%) than pressurized equipment. Therefore you will have a higher food cost than you would with a pressurized machine. You will also have inconsistencies with your overrun and subsequently your finished product
Where do I use gravity ice cream machines?
Gravity machines are typically used in stores that don’t primarily focus on ice cream sales. For example, buffets, restaurants with a small ice cream menu, cafeterias, convenience stores, etc. These operations don’t make a living off the ice cream side so a less than perfect product is acceptable. Additionally if a store starts to sell and succeed with ice cream, gravity equipment has a capacity ceiling much lower than it’s pressurized counterpart. Stores that use ice cream or yogurt as an additive for smoothies and/or shakes also will use gravity machines.
Why use gravity equipment?
Gravity machines do cost less than the pressurized machines and, because they do not have pumps, are easier to clean. Therefore they are more appealing to operations who feature ice cream as a secondary product.
Electro Freeze gravity machines?
We have a variety of different machines that feature different capacities. For soft serve ice cream or yogurt ourSLX400E is perfect for a medium volume operation while our SLX500 is more for a higher user. Our countertop models CS600 is perfect for those looking for a medium to high volume single flavor machine. Our milkshake line features flavor injected gravity equipment along with countertop units with mixers right into the head to display shakes in seconds. Whatever your need, we have the perfect machine for you.
You do not have to be an ice cream store to create an ice cream profit center in your operation. As the industry grows, we at Sentry have worked with a variety of operations to do just that. A few feet of floor or counterspace can make it happen. And when ice cream is not your “main” business, gravity equipment –whether it be shake or soft serve- may be the answer.
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