Post #787632 by AceExplorer on Tue, Jun 12, 2018 8:56 AM

That IS the machine I have at my bar, but I have the earlier version, with the Waring name plate. I believe I posted my thoughts elsewhere a year or so back. But in a nutshell:

1. VERY quiet.
2. Decent sized crushed ice container for about 4 or 5 drinks. Less if you're shaking/straining with crushed ice and then also filling the drinkware with crushed ice. Making crushed ice can be a considerable chore no matter how you do it.
3. If you feed it too quickly, the hopper and throat tends to clog with ice when using the typical crescent-shaped ice from home fridges. If the cubes freeze together in the hopper, can take a bit of work to clear out. So I try to use different cube sizes and shapes.

Overall it works very well as long as you don't overfeed it, but that's typical for any crusher. (Except, maybe, for a giant Lewis Bag run over by a 4WD pickup.)

I bought at half-price a dented (at the rear where you don't see it) 50-60lb capacity Kitchenaid ice maker but haven't plumbed a water line to it yet. The Kitchenaid would solve many of my ice problems AND give me smaller and clearer cubes to feed into my crusher. Or in some cases the Kitchenaid cube size is small enough to eliminate the need for truly "crushed" ice, so I'm hoping for big convenience and time savings there. Really need to get the water line fished down the wall soon, but my attic is so hot this time of year...

Hope that helps.