Although the pairing may seem counterintuitive, bread machines are very good at stirring thick mixtures. In addition to mixing dough in a heated baking pan, Panasonic’s new multi-tasking but compact SD-PMC100 can churn ice cream ingredients in an included insulated bowl you freeze for at least eight hours ahead of time. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/panasonic1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/panasonic2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]