Electro Freeze Ice Cream Machine Cleaning
Electro Freeze is a leader in commercial ice cream machines. With a user-friendly design, their soft serve, shake and slush machines are easy to operate and maintain. If you want your unit to perform optimally and comply with hygiene standards, routine cleaning is a must. For instructions on Electro Freeze ice cream machine cleaning, see the guide below.
This guide is for popular models, including 88RMT and GEN-101 machines.
Supplies List
- Approved Sanitizer (Stera-Sheen)
- Dish Detergent
- Warm Water
- Cylinder Brush
- Hose & Opening Brush (7/16" DIA, 12" L)
- Tube Brush (9/16" DIA, 30" L)
- Plunger Opening & Shaft Seal Brush (1" DIA, 12" L)
Cleaning the Ice Cream Machine Parts
- Step 1. Disassemble the machine - Refer to the operator’s manual for specific instructions in regards to depressurizing, draining and disassembling your unit before cleaning.
- Step 2. Prepare a three-compartment sink - Use warm water between 100°-110°F (38°-40° C) to fill a three-compartment sink for washing, rinsing and sanitizing.
- Wash: Warm water and dish detergent
- Rinse: Warm water only
- Sanitize: Warm water and approved sanitizer (mix approved sanitizer per manufacturer’s instructions to yield 100PPM available chlorine solution)
- Step 3. Clean the removed machine parts - Use warm water, dish detergent and the appropriate brush to wash the parts removed from the machine during disassembly. The parts to be cleaned include:
- Mix container, pickup tube assemblies, hoses and probes
- Head plunger openings, center plunger openings, o-ring grooves, dispense nozzle mounting rings and mix ports
- Shaft cup seals, washers, o-rings, plunger o-ring grooves and nozzles
- Air bleed plug o-ring grooves
- Beater shaft and beater blade pin holes
- Step 4. Rinse parts - After thoroughly cleaning the parts, rinse them in warm water.
- Step 5. Sanitize parts - For proper sanitizing, parts must be fully submerged in the warm water and approved sanitizer mix for 5 minutes. Do not leave parts in the sanitizing mix for more than 15 minutes.
- Step 6. Air dry parts - Allow parts to air dry before reassembling the unit.
Cleaning the Ice Cream Machine Interior
- Step 1. Brush the machine interior - Using a warm dish detergent solution, brush:
- Mix feed tubes
- Inside the cylinders
- Inside the drain tube
- Step 2. Clean the drip tray and insert - After removing the drip tray and insert, wash them with warm water and dish detergent. Rinse with clear water.
- Step 3. Clean the exterior of the freezer and interior of the cabinet - Wash with warm water and dish detergent, then rinse with warm, clear water.
For more information on Electro Freeze ice cream machine preventative maintenance, check out our extensive library of Electro Freeze manuals online.