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: Terrific
Summary: 5 Stars
Easy to use. Makes a nice large batch. The probiotic yogurt tastes excellent. Mix it up at night and it's ready in the morning.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: LOOOVE it
Summary: 5 Stars
Very well built and super convenient. You have to try a couple of batch to figure out what your preferences are (I do use some light cream and whole milk for a texture identical to the greek strained yogurt). Anyway, I never missed a batch and the format is very handy for a family. Good and recommendedCustomer Review: Works well; make your own yogurt on the cheap!
Summary: 5 Stars
Love this yogurt maker! Makes great yogurt, very easy to do. Good price, and you are also able to buy extra batch jars if you need them. My only complaint(if you can call it one) is that I can only make 2 quarts at a time. I eat that much in 3 days or so usually so I am constantly making more, but this maker is great!Customer Review: great yogurt maker
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this maker! I don't usually write reviews but had to with this product. I tried unhomogenized organic milk with cream at the top and it was good but the cream came to the top of the yogurt too. It tasted fine but the texture wasn't what I wanted. I used homogenized organic milk the second time and it was perfect. I let it incubate for the full 15 hours. Just takes a little planning. I add raw blue agave syrup and fruit and it's great. My family loves it too and it saves me money. Great for summer smoothies. Have to get the extra batch jar because I hate waiting for the new batch. We'll never go back to store yogurt again.