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This thing is AWESOME and works PERFECTLY. If you buy one, READ THIS REVIEW FIRST! :)

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2015

OMG this thing is the greatest!! I bought this for my girlfriend's daughter for xmas (and what I mean is, I bought it for me...) It works GREAT! Disregard every review that says it doesn't work well. They don't know how to use it and probably should just go buy doughnuts... and stay away from sharp implements. Batter consistency is the key. If you follow the recipe in the book EXACTLY (as you should any recipe), the batter will be *PERFECT*. Perfect batter, if you take a spoon and turn it sideways, will take about three seconds for the blob to drop an inch.... very slowly. I did find that in order to get the doughnuts to flip correctly on their own, you need to overfill the unit with oil by about 1/16 to 1/8" above the fill line. If you follow the recipe and make sure the oil is above the 'fill' line at all times, you can literally walk away from this thing and come back and find 40 mini doughnuts waiting for you! If you do so, put a plate on the end, as this thing will pump out so many doughnuts it will overflow the little bowl that comes with it.

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JpDriver01

... the right consistency in order to make it shaped like an actual donut

Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2017

It is very difficult to get the batter to be the right consistency in order to make it shaped like an actual donut. Its fun and neat to watch it come out but overall it doesn't really make donuts that look like donuts.

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John Tsouris

This thing is AWESOME and works PERFECTLY. If you buy one, READ THIS REVIEW FIRST! :)

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2015

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Anthony Maiello

Tons of family fun and easy to use!

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2016

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I cannot tell you how much fun this is! Not only does it make tasty little donuts, the kids have a ball using it, and its a lot of family fun! Very easy to use and its small and compact, easy to store.

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Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2016

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Fun product, but recipe makes too many donuts and takes forever!

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JpDriver01

... the right consistency in order to make it shaped like an actual donut

Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2017

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OnQ 4U

Not worth it anymore!

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2012

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Got this for Christmas. We have seen very similar ones of these working at fairs & some cafes. It takes a while to learn how to make the batter the right consistency to make good donut shapes, and some will scrunch a bit in the drop process if not properly mixed where there isn't really much of hole to where some may think it is just making blobs, but once you get past this learning curve, you can make very good donuts with this machine. The key is getting the right batter consistency (somewhat thicker than pancake batter) and helping the flipping process on some of the donuts. You do have to watch the donuts as they travel through the cooking process and flip some of them with an appropriate hot oil spatula to make sure they cook evenly on both sides. It is not a machine that you can just put the batter in and have donuts come out the other end like the description makes one believe. It does take a great deal of supervision and your own input into the process, for sure! Like I said, a learning curve that some may not be willing to put up with, but not really that bad for fresh mini bakery style donuts you can make at home. This machine is NOT a kid item due to the fact you really need to watch the process and somewhat multi-task to get the donuts to come through properly and working with the hot oil, and it takes longer than described as well to get the donuts to come out. Ours has worked fine as far as the conveyer pulling the donuts out, so far. Since we've only had it since Christmas, we haven't used it that much so an update will probably be coming later to this review if the conditions change, but for what it is, it is a fun weekend morning activity to make some fresh breakfast donuts and the aroma of such will definitely wake up the house.

Update, Christmas 2012: After a couple more uses, anything that did work on this machine stopped working. The only thing really going for this machine was the timing for the doughnuts being moved in the oil to the dispenser (sort of like the Krispy Kreme concept, but the conveyor stopped working totally and continually jammed in the dispensing process and the lumped "dough" is overcooked and/or too greasy. Even though at first they all didn't turn properly and some had to be done manually in the process--all turning stopped now and gets stuck. Like most all the other reviewers, I now say, don't bother, don't waste your money. Perhaps someone, someday will actually make a workable home version, but really if they do they will be biting into an easy independent as well as many franchise businesses. For now it is still, if you want a home doughnut maker and have the room & considerable more money, buy a low-end or used professional one.

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John D. Young

My mistake in buying it.

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2013

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I read where the reviews said for people like me not to buy this machine. I wanted donuts, now. The principle of how it works was simple enough for me, however, I was not prepared to deal with it malfunctioning. The belt came off it's track and would not flow the donuts thru the oil. I attempted to reach the company that manufactured this machine believing I could fix it myself. They never responded back to me. So, I dumped it in the garbage can.

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So much fun!

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2017

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First off, lower your expectations! This is a toy, not a $3000 high end machine! That being said it's just too fun! The doughnuts from the recipe included taste light funnel cakes! Some of the doughnut do fall in the machine and you have to fish them out, but who cares! It's a blast watching that little thing go!

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Hope Lee

Great gift for children if used with supervision.

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2018

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The donut maker performed as advertised. Makes tasty perfect little donuts. The quality of the machine was the quality expected of an item like this made 40 years ago.

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Louis Groth

You get what you pay for

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2013

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I was well aware that I wasn't purchasing a mini-donut machine that would compete with the $3000 machines at the fairs, what I was looking for was a functional toy of sorts that could make some edible treats and I could entertain the grand kids, and with that I was satisfied. I found the key to making the machine function properly was the proper batter consistency. If the batter is mixed too thin, the machine makes blobs (mini-funnel cakes)and if the batter is too thick, the machine won't drop a ring of dough consistently. After figuring out the right consistency, we were off and running, the trick I found was to add the milk last in small amounts until you can manually drop a ring by holding the dough dispenser in your hand over the mixing bowl and once you are satisfied, install the dispenser into the machine. All this sounds like a lot of work but it was entertaining for the kids and they enjoyed the treats and excitement of helping make the donuts. Basically I knew what I was purchasing and it was what I had expected for the money. The only draw back I could find was it was too slow, and the kids got excited waiting for the next donut to drop. When I made some donuts for adults one time I would manually press the dispenser to dispense dough so I had a string of donuts flowing through the machine continuously but I used a wood chopstick to flip the donuts because the machine has only two trays that cycle though the oil for cooking. Some suggestions: (1) Proper dough consistency,consistency,consistency (2)use a wood chopstick to correct mis-placed donuts and to flip ones that didn't flip over(3)place paper toweling in the catch tray to absorb excess oil from the donuts (4) Mix a half batch of dough each time, unless you are feeding a army and have all day to spend. Bottom line I was satisfied and got what I expected for the money and it was worth the fun factor.
Lou

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Great family in expense automated donut maker

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2014

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Happy with product and quailtly of the automated donut machine it's not a $4000 machine I guess their are expecting way to much from this machine it works just in small batches and my kids and I love watching it from when iit dumps the dough in the converter belt and travels down the line and flips it over ,,, for one hundred and eight dollars I'm happy , if your rich and I'm not going to spend that extra money for my purpose its a great family easy bake oven LOlL enjoy a great family donut maker ,,,, home made donuts every night just watch thst waste line it will grow

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