Margaritaville Electric Frozen Concoction Maker DM1000

A frozen margarita? Call me a purist, but I like mine on the rocks. No fancy mix or secret ingredients. Just Tequila, triple sec/Cointreau, and freshly squeezed lime juice, with salt on the rim. Simple and perfect.

This margarita maker is like the fraternity boy of blending machines. It's large and loud. A little too raucous for my taste. I laughed at it when I first saw it. It's a pretty steep price to pay for margaritas. Clearly, the people who are buying this machine have already been drinking and shopping online.

But frozen margaritas have their own fan base. It's not easy to make shaved ice without a machine. It shaves ice as well as blends so you have two motors going in one unit so it makes sense that it is expensive. Those who love them will do anything to replicate the restaurant quality. My mother would shriek with joy if I bought her this machine. She would surely use it enough to make it worthwhile, too.

I wouldn't use it enough to make it worthwhile but if you entertain enough, it would be great for parties. Although it only makes a couple drinks at a time. So you would basically spend the entire party with your margarita machine.

This machine is okay, but not worth the price. I think you're paying way too much to have the Jimmy-Buffet-branded name. You can get "wasted away again in Margaritaville" for less money without a margarita machine.

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