Ice Crusher

An ice crusher is a really ‘cool’ device to make instant crushed ice for all your cold drinks and chilled meals - and we’ve tracked down the best prices around for manual and electric ice crushers.

A cheap manual ice crusher will cost you less than £10 - but we also feature an impressive range of top quality hand and electric ice crushers from major UK store including Drinkstuff, John Lewis, Barmans, Argos, Tesco and Amazon.

An ice crusher keeps your alcoholic and soft drinks extra cool on a hot’s summer’s day and it’s also ideal for chilling cold meals and snacks - start using your ice crusher and you’ll have all the crushed ice you need in minutes.

We also feature an extensive range of electric ice machines, cocktail shakers and other home bar accessories.

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An ice crusher is the easy way to prepare crushed ice for cocktails and other drinks

An ice crusher is a super accessory to have in your home bar or kitchen - it's the perfect device for providing instant crushed ice for all your alcoholic and soft cold drinks and is also great for keeping seafood and other cold meals chilled.

Once you own an ice crusher you'll wonder why you never had one before - they provide the ideal opportunity to keep food and drinks really chilled, especially in the hot summer months. They are available in various sizes from small worktop crusher to large commercial crushers.

Ice crushers are available from many UK online kitchen and bar accessories stores and we've tracked down the best prices around from leading companies including Argos, Tesco, John Lewis, Amazon, Ebay, Drinkstuff, Barmans, Marks & Spencer, Woolworths, and Heal and Son.

We feature many brands of ice crusher including Dualit, NScessity, Retro, Moha, Philips, Winware, KitchenAid, Fusion Brands, Bar Craft, Ceado Bevanda, Russell Hobbs,Wine Essentials and Andrew James - we have most brands covered when it comes to ice crushers and ice makers.

Manual and battery-operated ice crushers are great if you're looking for a cheap device - many of these come with a rotary action manual crank which require very little effort to produce crushed ice. However, it’s probably worth spending a bit more in buying an electric ice crusher if you want something more powerful and capable of providing finely crushed ice every time. An innovative manual ice crusher idea is the Lekue silicone cocktail ice crusher - this looks similar to a standard rubber ice cube tray, but it can be rolled up after freezing for an hour in the fridge. Then you simply twist the mould and pour the crushed ice into your cocktail or other drink.

We also have some extra large ice crushers which are perfect for business owners of bars and restaurants who need large quantities of crushed ice - some of these are capable of crushing up to 25 kg of ice per hour.

We also feature a few blender and smoothie maker products which include an ice crusher blade, including blenders from the Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsey kitchen accessories ranges. We also bring you a range of home bar accessories for making cocktails and other drinks including the ice bucket, cocktail shaker, cocktail muddler, jigger and umbrellas.

If you like entertaining at home and holding cocktail parties for your relatives and friends a cheap ice crusher is an essential part of your home bar armoury. Adding crushed ice to your cocktail shaker creates a much more successful alcoholic or non-alcoholic cocktail than simply adding ice cubes. Retro ice crushers look very impressive in any home bar.

When buying an ice crusher - sometimes called a hand ice shaver - you should purchase the best model you can afford as more expensive ice crushers are built to a higher standard and come with better crushing and grinding blades.

When you plan to use your ice crusher it is best to take your ice cubes out of your freezer about 10 minutes earlier as this will make it easier to crush the ice. Then you just set your ice crusher to work and you’ll have plenty of crispy crushed ice in a couple of minutes.

We also feature an impressive range of ice makers - an icemaker is a clever device for making ice cubes which you can serve in your cold drinks in your home or garden in the hot summer months.

Nothing could be more simple than operating an ice crusher - he simply add your ice cubes to the upper container, place the lid on tightly and pushed the main button which activates the blades which begin to crush the ice - at the touch of a button you have crushed ice on tap. Many ice crushers come with a handy scoop for tipping crushed ice into drinks glasses or cold food containers.

An ice crusher is certainly worth its weight in gold when you are hosting a dinner party, birthday party, garden party, Christmas party or other occasion at your home - your crusher will and the extras you require to all your cold drinks and chilled foods.

If you're serving seafood such as crabs, prawns, lobster oysters you can really add the finishing touch to the dishes by placing crushed ice on a platter, sprinkled with salt. And if you're serving up a cold buffet a liberal sprinkling of crushed ice will keep your foodstuff perfectly chilled and more appealing to the taste buds in warm weather. An ice crusher is also excellent in the preparation of cold desserts.

Whatever your favourite tipple may be, it will taste out much better served on a base of crushed ice - whisky, gin, vodka and rum all taste great when they the crushed ice treatment. If you're dining outdoors on a sunny day at a patio set or bistro set your cold drinks become warm in no time at all - but it doesn't have to be that way any longer if you buy yourself an ice crusher.

Ice crushers are easy to clean and require very little maintenance - simply unplug your ice crusher before cleaning, pour some hot water into its dispenser chute and reservoir and then wipe the device dry. You must never immerse an ice crusher in water as you will most likely damage its electrical components.

Our ice crusher range is second to none and the perfect range to find a cheap manual ice crusher or a better quality electric ice crusher for all your food and drink needs. Ice crushers make great birthday and Christmas gifts for friends and family.

- compare BEST prices for electric or manual ice crushers and ice makers from UK stores

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Electric Ice Crusher - makes finely crushed ice for your drinks and seafood meals