Gadgets »   Gadgets: Breville Smart Scoop Ice Cream Maker
[Photograph: Breville]  If you want to make ice cream, you've
got several options as far as the cooling method: a machine that
uses salt and ice, one that uses a bowl that needs to be chilled
in the freezer before churning, or a machine that has its own
compressor.  Note: If you aren't a serious ice-cream-making
fiend, you might want to stop reading right now.  The Breville
Smart Scoop Ice Cream Machine ($399) is the third type. The
upside is that you can make ice cream any time you want to, and
you can make one batch after another. The downside is that the
machine is quite large (footprint is about 11" x 16") and heavy.
This is the type of appliance that you'll want to park somewhere
and not move very often.  Unlike other types of ice cream
makers, this one stays cold—or gets colder—as the ice cream
chills and churns. With a freezer bowl, eventually the bowl
thaws and loses its chilling power. Keep churning, and the ice
cream starts melting. With th