Has nothing to do with the taste of the ice cream. That comes from the recipe. What you are seeking is some way to get the mixture as cold as possible and stir the mixture so the ice crystals that form are small and uniform in size (creamy).

There are machines that use a "prefrozen" bowl that contains blue-ice or such material; some machines with a built-in freezing unit; and the conventional rock salt & ice method. I guess it is a matter of convenience or preference what you use.

With big families, the old-fashioned hand-cranked maker is the most fun, but it takes a lot of slave labor to keep the cranking going for 20-30 minutes or longer.

I got my ice cream maker for $17 on clearance.
Just like this one but a different color.
I had one that used the pre-frozen bowl but it didnt work well for me.

I'm old - I've got the old super-powered hand crank (wanna arm wrestle??? you won't win) and the electric model.

(sure you don't wanna arm wrestle???)

(bet I beat all you guys at churning butter!)

LOL

I'm old - I've got the old super-powered hand crank (wanna arm wrestle??? you won't win) and the electric model.

(sure you don't wanna arm wrestle???)

(bet I beat all you guys at churning butter!)

LOL

When I was little my grandparents used one of those old fashioned hand-crank wooden makers. We grandkids would all fight to get our turn at cranking it. Grandpa would add fresh hulled strawberries to his rich vanilla- and grandma would make a delicious warm peanut-butter sauce on the stove-top to pour over chocolate and vanilla. Yummy!

Speaking of churning butter...when I was a kid our family volunteered down at Lincoln's New Salem State Park in the summer. If you've never been, LNSSP is a tiny village of log cabins, with a school, general store, cooper shop, black-smith shop, etc. Abe lived there for a period as a young man.

Folks volunteer to work various roles/positions within the village in full costume for shifts in summer-time. Often my Dad worked a team of horses or oxen, or split fence rails, sometimes Mom made soap or candles, and we kids basically got into trouble! I remember Mom churning butter though and it was sure hard work! I remember they would add carrot trimmings to the butter for special occasions to make it yellow-orange, instead of boring white. Cool memories!