Yogourmet Multi Electric Yogurt Maker with CBA Starter
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Customer Reviews of Yogourmet Multi Electric Yogurt Maker with CBA Starter
Customer Review: Excellent Product and Price $$
Summary: 5 Stars
I have used this yogurmet to make the bifidus yogurt (CBA) for about 2 months. I really like it. It has worked just fine and I make the largest capacity possible which is 2 quarts. Be sure to have a 3 quart double boiler in order to boil the milk without scorching it. I cooked the milk in a regular 3 quart sauce pan and the milk stuck to the bottom because it takes a while to heat that much milk slowly, yet it still stuck. I used a strainer to remove any browned particle before putting it into the yogourmet. It came out tasting just fine. But a double boiler would be much much better to heat the milk in. Need large size, at least 2 quart size to heat 1 quart of milk or a 3 quart size to heat 2 quarts of milk. It does take about 12 hours to make 2 quarts.
The only thing that a person might want to consider before deciding on what yogurt maker to buy is to decide if you want a glass container to see through while the yogurt is being made or not. This 2 quart size Yogourmet is not see through. So I have to guess and hope that the yogurt is thick enough before I open the lid to look at the yogurt.
Also, this sounds crazy, but when I first used the thermometer that comes with the Yogourmet I thought it was broken! so when I sent in the product registration I asked for a new thermometer and told them my problem. The Yogourmet people were very polite and told me to take the clear sticker off the face of the thermometer then I could read it!! It has one of those see through stickers that have a fake number on it and I wondered why it never changed to register the degree temp of the milk!! Oh crazy me! anyways I took that sticker off and voila' it works just fine.
One other thing I would like to mention is concerning the milk. I have used only dry milk and that is fine with me. I just bought some Organic Pastuerized milk and can't wait to try it. I even bought a yogourt recipe book and YUMMMMM>... I love to bake bread and use yogurt instead of milk in the recipes and it is yummy in hotcake (pancakes) too!
I think that maybe now I will want to invest in an extra 2 quart container in order to have more yogurt on hand. I go through it so fast. Too, a person does not have to buy a new box of yogurt starter for every batch of yogourt that is made. I save about 1/4 to 1/3 cup of yogurt when I get near the bottom and that is enough to start my new batch. Can't wait to try the yougurt cheese recipe!! it is easy too!!
Good Luck :>)
PS: the yogurt book I bought is called THE BOOK OF YOGURT by SONIA UVEZIAN. This is an older book with many ymmy recipes in it. I need this because I am a beginner in using yogurt to cook with.
Customer Review: For the price it ought to have a thermostat
Summary: 3 Stars
I admit that I didn't try it. I bought it to replace a Salton yogurt maker that had worked well for about a year and then started to overheat and kill the yogurt culture. (Salton has apparently stopped making that product.) Imagine my frustration when I opened the box for this yogurt maker and found a note warning that it had to be used in an air-conditioned room in the summer or it would get too warm. This product is little more than a low-power heating element in a plastic tub. It "maintains the precise temperature necessary to allow the yogurt cultures to incubate fully and evenly," but only when the room is at the precise temperature necessary to keep the yogurt maker at the right temperature. If the room is five degrees too warm, the yogurt maker gets five degrees too warm. I returned it unused for that reason.
In addition, the product description claims that it can make yogurt in 4.5 hours. But the sample starter cultures included in the package are of a special variety that requires 12 to 15 hours, and must be added to milk that has been cooled to 75 degrees instead of the usual 110. So what happens when it gets to 110 degrees or warmer in the yogurt maker? Will it kill the more sensitive culture? I have always used some of the previous yogurt as the starter for my next batch, but this is just too confusing. I could avoid the problem if I followed the recommendation to use the powdered starter for every batch, but at $16.25 for six two-quart batches (plus shipping), the price advantage of making your own yogurt nearly disappears.
The one thing I do like about this product is that it makes a large batch of yogurt instead of individual servings. Don't be seduced by the cute little jars in other yogurt makers. I have had one of those yogurt makers for more than 30 years and I rarely used it because it was too much fuss to divide the milk among the jars. (And it was too easy to knock over a jar while trying to snap the lid on top.) Spooning some finished yogurt from a large container into a serving dish is far easier.
Customer Review: Excellent, consistently delicious yogurt!
Summary: 5 Stars
I travel to France for a month or so each year, and one of the things I miss greatly upon my return to the U.S. is the yogurt. After my first visit several years ago, I searched for yogurt that could compare with what I had been eating every day in France. I was consistently disappointed. This summer, whilst in France, I had the opportunity to eat homemade yogurt that my sister had made in her yogurt maker. I realized that there was in fact a way to have delicious yogurt on hand in the US. I ordered this yogurt maker the week after I returned and made yogurt the day I received it. The first batch was just ok (make sure you follow the instructions on the back of the box of CBA starter if you are using it instead of regular starter - the temperatures are different and the incubation time is different as well). However, subsequent batches have been heavenly. I eat a bowl of yogurt for breakfast every morning and I look forward to it each day. I know others have mentioned how much time it takes to prepare, however I heat the milk in 2 cup increments in the microwave. I then pour the heated milk into a large bowl that is sitting in a few inches of ice water. I find that it takes about 15 minutes to heat the milk (and it doesn't burn) and then up to an hour to cool it to 77 degrees (what it needs to be for the CBA starter). I'm busy doing other things during that time so it doesn't seem like a long time. I highly recommend this product to anyone who appreciates good yogurt!Customer Review: Watch out for the 1-qt boom
Summary: 5 Stars
We love our yogurt maker. I was too impatient to stick with using organic milk; it added a couple hours to my whole process, to heat it then cool it way down. So I've settled for using the UHT boxes, and they taste just as good, which surprised me. We've comforted ourselves knowing that even if we're not using organic, at least we're not adding any more plastic containers to the pile. Okay, the 1-Qt Boom. The only time I tried making a single quart instead of two, I was sitting out in the living room, minding my own business, when this BOOF sound came from the kitchen. The cat ran off. I had 70s flashbacks to my parent's old yogurt maker and some pressure cooker incidents I've heard about. I did not want to go into the kitchen. But after a few minutes I decided I had to do it, and when I did, it wasn't nearly as bad as I'd feared. Yogurt was NOT everywhere, but both lids had blown off, and water was splattered. I was afraid to put the lid back on tight, because the pressure seemed pretty heavy, so instead, I set the lid back on but didn't click it into place, then draped a clean dishtowel over it all. The yogurt came out fine, and I don't know what the problem was, but the subsequent double batches were normal. I'm kind of afraid to do a single batch again. We love the yogurt and maker, and I'm glad we bought it, but for those few moments, I was very afraid.Customer Review: Yogourmet Yogurt Maker
Summary: 5 Stars
I did a lot of research and read a lot of reviews before purchasing the Yogourmet Multi Electric Yogurt Maker with CBA Starter. I wanted to make my own yogurt so that I would know what was going into it. The store bought ones are full of sugar, which I do not eat. I decided to go with the Yogourmet Yogurt Maker, mainly because of how much you could make at one time, and the fact that you only had the one container to clean. Also, I liked the idea of the water bath. The only thing I don't like about the Yogourmet Yogurt Maker is that the yogurt container is hard to remove from the outer vessel. It would have been nice if they had added a handle to assist in removing the container full of yogurt. It can be a bit tricky to remove it when the yogurt is finished. The thermometer is very tiny and hard to read, but that is a minor problem, which I am going to purchase a digital thermometer to fix.
Other than that, I have no complaints about the Yogourmet Yogurt Maker. It is very well made, and is very easy to use. I have only used mine twice, because it makes so much yogurt, but I already love it. I like to experiment with different milks to see which one I like best. Next time, I will be trying soy milk.
I would highly recommend this product!