Best ice cream makers that also make slushies and snow cones

Top pick: Cuisinart 6-in-1 Slushy & Soft-Serve Ice Cream Maker. It's the most versatile of the bunch — a self-cooling compressor (no pre-freezing a bowl), programmable, and it handles slushy drinks and soft-serve in one machine. Best all-rounder if you want one appliance doing most of the work.

Who the others suit:

• GreenPan Frost — bigger batches and soft serve, for families serving a crowd.
• Magnavox Ice Cream & Frozen Slush — simple two-mode machine if you mostly want slush drinks plus ice cream.
• KNDKO 3-in-1 — budget-friendly starter for slushies and soft serve.
• Porodo Glacee 2-in-1 — compact slushie-and-ice-cream combo, but check the voltage before buying.

One honest note: none of these makes true snow cones — that needs shaved-ice hardware. For snow cones, pair one of these with a separate ice shaver.