Yogourmet Multi Electric Yogurt Maker with CBA Starter

I have used this yogurmet to make the bifidus yogurt (CBA) for about 2 months. I really like it. It has worked just fine and I make the largest capacity possible which is 2 quarts. Be sure to have a 3 quart double boiler in order to boil the milk without scorching it. I cooked the milk in a regular 3 quart sauce pan and the milk stuck to the bottom because it takes a while to heat that much milk slowly, yet it still stuck. I used a strainer to remove any browned particle before putting it into the yogourmet. It came out tasting just fine. But a double boiler would be much much better to heat the milk in. Need large size, at least 2 quart size to heat 1 quart of milk or a 3 quart size to heat 2 quarts of milk. It does take about 12 hours to make 2 quarts. The only thing that a person might want to consider before deciding on what yogurt maker to buy is to decide if you want a glass container to see through while the yogurt is being made or not. This 2 quart size Yogourmet is not see through. So I have to guess and hope that the yogurt is thick enough before I open the lid to look at the yogurt. Also, this sounds crazy, but when I first used the thermometer that comes with the Yogourmet I thought it was broken! so when I sent in the product registration I asked for a new thermometer and told them my problem. The Yogourmet people were very polite and told me to take the clear sticker off the face of the thermometer then I could read it!! It has one of those see through stickers that have a fake number on it and I wondered why it never changed to register the degree temp of the milk!! Oh crazy me! anyways I took that sticker off and voila' it works just fine.One other thing I would like to mention is concerning the milk. I have used only dry milk and that is fine with me. I just bought some Organic Pastuerized milk and can't wait to try it. I even bought a yogourt recipe book and YUMMMMM>... I love to bake bread and use yogurt instead of milk in the recipes and it is yummy in hotcake (pancakes) too!I think that maybe now I will want to invest in an extra 2 quart container in order to have more yogurt on hand. I go through it so fast. Too, a person does not have to buy a new box of yogurt starter for every batch of yogourt that is made. I save about 1/4 to 1/3 cup of yogurt when I get near the bottom and that is enough to start my new batch. Can't wait to try the yougurt cheese recipe!! it is easy too!!Good Luck :>)PS: the yogurt book I bought is called THE BOOK OF YOGURT by SONIA UVEZIAN. This is an older book with many ymmy recipes in it. I need this because I am a beginner in using yogurt to cook with.

I never made yogurt before and wanted to give it a try. I looked at various other "machines" and decided on this one. I'm glad I did. The very first batch I made was PERFECT! More smooth and delicious than anything I've had before. REALLY smooth and creamy. This kit made it simple. Follow the simple instructions and you won't buy store-bought again. It would be nice if there were an actual heating element to bring the milk to the necessary temperature (you have to do that on the stove, but there is a perfect little thermometer included to help.), and a built-in timer would be nice. I didn't find a yogurt maker that did, so you won't lose getting this one.

I chose this particular yoghurt maker based on reviews and capacity. I make at least two quarts of probiotic yoghurt a week. It takes about eight hours to make probiotic yoghurt (it's faster to make regular yoghurt).Making yoghurt is easy. I heat two quarts of milk to about 182F. As I use skimmed milk I add two cups of fat free dried milk which adds more solids to replace the fat that has been removed. Then I cool it down (the provided thermometer has a green mark and a red mark for Probiotic or regular yoghurt). Then stir in some live yoghurt (You can use starters instead and this kit came with some) and put it in the maker. 8 hours later I have a batch of yoghurt... I usually strain it a little but the added milk powder makes it pretty thick to start with.So far I haven't had any issues with this yoghurt maker, it's simple, it works.Home made fat free greek yoghurt tastes better and is cheaper than the store bought variety.

I was quite excited to receive this yogurt maker. I have been making my own yogurt for years, but have gotten tired of the details of doing it the hard way (crock pot, heating pad, cooler etc). And I didn't want one of the yogurt makers with little jars, as we eat our yogurt too fast (family of 5). The first batch did not turn out well at all, so I ran it a second time with just water to check the temp. It is consistently running at least 126 degrees, which is too hot for the culture. But within a few hours of starting this trial, I noticed water all over the counter. It looks like it is coming out of the place where the cord attaches to the unit. So this unit is defective on two counts. Not a good experience.I can understand that there may be a crack somewhere in the unit to allow the leakage, but I am not going to try again given the temperature issue.