Figure 1.
Traditional ice cream makers in wooden buckets can be less reliable than more modern ice cream machines because they can be affected by ambient conditions. Also, you will need to track down rock salt at a hardware store. However, many models have a large capacity, and this type of ice cream maker does not require prefreezing of any parts. As long as you have a steady supply of ice and rock salt, successive batches of ice cream may be made in this kind of machine. We prefer models, like this one, with electric churning mechanisms.