“If that McFlurry machine is broken, I’m coming through that drive-thru window,” wrote one person under a post on X about the new treat. “Given the number of broken ice cream machines, I have a better ...

2025 is set to be a huge year for ice cream makers. We've already been introduced to the new Ninja Creami Swirl soft serve ice cream maker, as well as ColdSnap, a soft serve competitor that caused a ...

Six months ago, a tiny startup called Kytch sued Taylor, the billion-dollar manufacturer of McDonald's notoriously broken ice cream machines. For years Kytch had sold a small device that hacks those ...

Ninja just announced a new ice cream maker that does something its existing Creami model can’t: make soft serve. The Ninja Swirl packs the option to create both regular scooped ice cream and softer ...

McDonald’s soft-serve ice cream machines are regularly broken, and it’s not just your perception. When repair vendor and advocate iFixit was filming a video about the topic, it checked tracking map ...

David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a decade covering all things edible, including meal kit services, food subscriptions, kitchen tools and cooking tips. David earned his BA from ...

Having an ice cream maker at home gives you the freedom to mix and match as you create your favorite flavor variety. Yes, you can buy a pint at the store, but sometimes making it yourself from scratch ...

An alleged store manager has shown the lengthy process involved in setting up a McDonald's ice cream machine after cleaning, which he described as the main reason they're so often not working.

Want to know why the ice cream machine always seems to be broken at McDonald's? NPR's Kelsey Snell talks with Andy Greenberg, of Wired, who has investigated this long-standing and vexing issue. DAME ...