Euro Cuisine YM80 Electric Yogurt Maker Machine- Promote Gut Health with Probiotic Rich Homemade Yogurt -Home Yogurt Incubator with Glass Jars, White

Fabulous yogurt maker. It’s really fun heats up well works overnight for me and it looks good and makes yummy yogurt was a great buy.

I bought the Euro Cuisine YM80 yogurt maker about 9 months ago. I wanted to really try it out before leaving a review. Disclaimer – I never made yogurt before owning this yogurt maker so I can not compare it to other yogurt makers or making it in a oven or crock pot. I love this yogurt maker and have been using it once to twice a week since I got it. I find that whether or not homemade yogurt is cheaper than store bought depends on your ingredients that you are using ie: organic milk vs. regular store brand milk. I was eating brand name and store name yogurt daily and it was getting costly. This really cuts down on the cost and tastes a lot better. (Partly tastes better since I am not using skim milk – I use either whole milk or 2% and it is wonderful.)The instructions with the yogurt maker are not necessary perfectly clear for a beginner. The area I found to be a little confusing is how long to incubate the yogurt. Example - Softer yogurt without boiling times: 8 hours for whole milk, 10 hours for 2%, and up to 12 hours for skim milk. Then under instructions it states: set time for yogurt – 8 hours for whole milk, etc. They do not give any time difference for using boiled milk or non-boiled. So that being said, I decided to boil my milk and use the times listed: 8 hours whole, 10 hours 2% and 12 hours for skim. (Haven’t bothered making the skim so I can’t say if that is accurate.)The yogurt maker has a hours reminder on the device. It does not turn off the yogurt maker and I am not sure if it was supposed to move during the incubating process but mine never did anything. I don’t bother with it. I just put a little sticky note in front of the device of my shut off time and set an alarm on my phone.I have been making yogurt with a 6 oz container of plain yogurt from the store. Then I make the next batch with a jar of my plain yogurt. I tried using a probiotic capsule that was a disaster and I ended up throwing out that batch. I have not tried using the freeze dried yogurt starter yet. I just priced it out and bought some that would equal $0.70 a batch and I would be able to reuse my yogurt at least once and maybe twice. I will update my review later after using it.Now after having this for awhile I have noticed I could not find any recipes for Coconut Yogurt which was my favorite. I came up with a recipe that has consistently delivered great resultsCoconut yogurt• 1 13.5 ounce can of Coconut Milk (I have used Goya)• Whole milk or 2% milk ( 4 cup measuring cup filled with contents of coconut milk – add the milk so that it comes up to the 4 cup point)• 1 scoop (1/3 cup) of dried instant non-fat milk (I have used Carnation milk)• 6 oz container of plain yogurt or yogurt starter• ½ teaspoon of coconut extract• 8 packets of Stevia in the Raw (or sugar)Add coconut milk, regular milk and dried milk to the saucepan and heat till the milk starts boiling and climbing up the pot. I place the pot in the sink with an ice bath to cool down faster. Cool to 95 degrees F (stir a few times to reduce hotspots – use a thermometer to check the temp). Then pour some of the liquid in the 4 cup measuring cup and add your starter. Blend til smooth and add back to the pot. I then add the coconut extract and sweetner. I put in the Eurocuisine containers and place in the yogurt maker. Incubation times depend on milk used – Whole milk is 8 hours and 2% is 9 hours. (The fat content in the coconut milk is similar to whole milk so I used that as a judge when deciding the times.)Please let me know if my review was helpful or if you enjoyed my recipe. Click the button below if this helped you at all. Thanks

Made a wonderful batch of yogurt. I like the convenience of the individual glass jars. It makes taking single servings of yogurt to work for lunch simple. Easy to clean. Jars are reusable. Held temperature well. Made a creamy and thick yogurt. Beginner friendly.

Well thankfully i got a working mostly right unit (so far) and temperature never went past 114 degrees after 8hrs (decided to quit testing after 8hrs since temp stayed the same for last four hours).. Temps were however off in different areas of unit the first 3 hours, after that they evened out to 113-114 in all areas. I used three 1 cup pyrex glass containers filled with water at 107 degrees to test unit every hour. these were my results:after one hour; front left side 109 - back center area 110 - front right side 109after two; left 111 - back 111 - right 109after three; left 113 - back 114 - right 111after four; left 113 - back 114 - right 113hours five thru eight stayed at same temp as hour 4 (with exception of left side going up to 114 once)for me this unit is acceptable since i am using pasteurized milk and its still below 115 degrees but, if it gets hotter than 115 any time soon, its getting returned since i need a reliable unit that won't kill off the extra probiotic strains i add to my yogurt starter.Overall i like the unit, my first probiotic yogurt batch in it using jars (before testing unit because i was impatient and wanted to make yogurt right away) came out okay overall. i left it on for 8hrs, mixture came out looking thick with whey areas and solidified well overnight in fridge but, quickly liquified into a extra thin creamy mixture the next day after i stirred 2 drops of ezsweetz into one of the jars. it had a slight chalky taste (user error when adding probiotics powder, not unit error i believe), yet it tasted decent but, it tasted more like creamy milk than 'yogurt' to me. different taste and texture for sure than store bought and until i perfect a thicker creamier more yogurt tasting result, thinking i personally will continue buying my fage 2% plain yogurt for enjoyment and use this yogurt maker to make my needed daily extra probiotic filled yogurt while i learn to perfect a thicker yogurt without having to use dry milk or thickening agents.If you like fage/thick yogurt, thinking buying the strainer that goes with these euro cuisine makers is a good idea afterall.Oh and the unit did get a bit of condensation on cover, i ended up going ahead and cutting corners off a papertowel and lightly placing it over jars so no water would get into them, worked well and caught the drops that dripped when i was taking lid off.UPDATE: going ahead abnd buying the "Euro Cuisine GY50 Greek Yogurt Maker" aka strainer and straining chilled yogurt for almost 2 hrs (till 1 cup whey worth, which was 1/4 of my batch) made the best medium plus thick and creamy tasting yogurt ever! just as good as fage total, if not better! I did not use the jars this time to make yogurt, only to store finish yogurt in. Instead I used an Anchor Hocking 7-Cup Glass Round dish/bowl which fit perfectly in the unit and more evenly fermented the yogurt IMO..no grainy chalkiness whatsoever with this batch! highly recommend getting the strainer.