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|  | Brand: Margaritaville
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $299.99
Buy New: $244.99
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Rating:  104 reviews
Sales Rank: 3207
Color: Pearl white, green
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 16
Dimensions (in): 14 x 10 x 18
MPN: DM1000
Model: DM1000
UPC: 027045668897
EAN: 0027045668897
ASIN: B000CR3YHM
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 It helps me hang on... September 3, 2009
Mark J. Fowler (Okinawa, Japan)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Inspired by the Jimmy Buffet song and the mega-successful restaurant chain that followed - the Margaritaville Frozen Concoction Maker not only inspires awe-struck looks from those who see it's shiny components and just plain "cool" operation, it also makes the best frozen drinks you can imagine right at home.
If you see one in a store it just plain catches your eye - be warned that it's not a teeny-tiny blender. It takes up 3 times as much counter space, which means we zip it up in it's also attractive carrying canvas case between sessions. (After all - we're not downing pitchers of mixed drinks every night, are we?)
Then your eye catches the price - Yikes! Can a $200 blender possibly be worth it?
My honey caught the gleam in my eye when we'd pass one on display (plus she likes a good margarita as much as the next or last Parrothead), and put her money down for a gift.
We're both glad she did. I saw a one star review claiming that it does no better job than a $30 blender....
P-shaw!
Just not possible.
What makes it better? It doesn't just BLEND (although it would be more than happy and capable to do that...) No - this delectable device shaves the ice first. (Sometimes we use it just to make shaved-ice treats for sweltering summer evenings...)
You pour a bowlful of ice cubes up into the hopper.
You put the desired amount and type of mix into the pitcher. (For margaritas we use Jose Cuervo Top Shelf - already has the Grand Marnier mixed in!)
You set the can-be-read-in-any-language dial to quantity.
You push the start button.
Sit back and enjoy the brief show: the machine springs to life, shaving your ice cubes into beautiful snow that falls delicately into your mix. After a few seconds the blender starts up. It stops automatically. Pour yourself a salt-rimmed glass of heaven.
You can experiment with quantities of mix and shaved ice: if your margarita is too runny (and I love the suggestion of another reviewer that you chill the pitcher first since the shaved ice melts faster than cubes), you can simply manually activate the shaver (a different easily marked button) to put more snow into your mix, then hit a quick blend.
The parts that touch mix are definitely as easy to disassemble and clean as any blender you ever saw. You may wonder "hey, what happens to the ice cubes up on the top that are NOT shaved?" Easy my pop-top avoiding friend: as they melt the resultant water is redirected to an easy to empty reservoir on the back of the machine.
Okay - it's expensive. But how much would you love a REALLY dreamy and creamy margarita to go with those tacos you're cooking up?
When I go through our list of "life's little luxuries" this thing is right up there with our 52 inch plasma.
 reasonably happy August 26, 2009
M. S. Butch (Katonah, New York USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was not really looking for a margarita maker - I wanted something to make fruit smoothies. Since I already have a blender, I tried buying a budget ice shaver for $30. It broke in under a week. So I went ahead and bought this monster. I have had it for about 6 weeks, and have not had trouble with breaking parts.
On the "good" side, the ice shaver works very well (so far). The downside is that the blender portion is no better than the other blenders I have used in the past, meaning, if you put in pieces of fruit, even soft fruits like strawberries and peaches, the blade spins around a couple of times and leaves all the fruit stuck to the sides of the pitcher or else lying on top of the blade. The only way to avoid this is to add liquid.
The problem with adding ENOUGH liquid to get the blender to blend is that it then becomes a challenge to avoid a watery smoothie. Basically, you need to add a LOT of ice. In summary, the machine does work, if not quite as well as I had hoped.
There is one other frustrating aspect of this item: I cannot clean it. Not surprisingly, it collects food spatters, especially in the spout through which the ice shavings fall into the pitcher. I don't know whether this piece comes out (since I have not managed to get it out) but it should. Also, the blade and spinning mechanism for the ice are supposed to come out, but both I and my husband tried to take it apart following the instructions, and we ultimately gave up. This is a significant issue, since black mold will grow on the parts that are not cleaned.
Makes the BEST Maragaritas!!! August 10, 2009
AvidBook Reader (Peru, IL USA)
If you like frozen drinks this is the drink blender for you!! We have used our Margaritaville Frozen Concoction Maker for over two years and it works like a dream.
 Over priced crappy blender July 28, 2009
B. L. Roach
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I had wanted this for a long time. My husband gave it to me for my birthday. We played around with it for hours. All the settings, different recipes etc all we could get were runny drinks. My regular 30.00 blender does just as good of a job. Took this back the next day. Very disappointed.
I would buy again July 27, 2009
P. Jenkins (Germantown, MD)
Prior to purchasing I had been to several parties of friends that claimed they had a great blender for frozen drinks. There were several that were knock offs from the Margaritaville Frozen Concoction Maker. Then I tried the Margaritaville machine. The shaved ice feature makes all the difference in the world. I did purchase from Kohl's at a bigger discount with my preferred customer card which made the price around $203. Such a huge savings that I didn't mind spending the money to have the best drink maker that provided the right consistency.
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