Anyone have a home margarita machine?

[Macanudo 12979]

Not one of industrial restaurant ones that cost $5,000.  But something you can do some frozens in on a Saturday.  I've seen the Margaritaville branded ones that run anywhere from about $150-500.

So?

[elfenix 34251]

$5

[Not that Bob 738]

I have a Margarittaville. Haven't used it enough to get the ratios right, but I used at one party and no one complained. I have made some good lemon freezes without the booze. Do let the ice sit out for several minutes before using it. I don't know why, but letting it "soften up" a little produces more snow and less shards. 

[RPM 26322]

I have an older tailgate one called The Margarator

It's made by Nostalgia and runs off 110 or 12v (whatever it takes). Makes 1 gallon at a time. Surprisingly durable.

They have a newer 110 only version on Amazon for $79. It's basically a blender on steroids.

 

 

Edited May 22, 2020 by RPM

[Grippe 310]

Have the Margaritaville and do recommend.  I don't drink them much but it has paid nice dividends with the wife when she's wanting a tequila drink.

[Your Mom 4806]

A lime squeezer and a shaker.  

The juice of one lime, 1 oz Cointreau,  2 oz tequila, a few ice cubes. Shake and serve. A dash of simple or agave syrup if you’re fancy.  

[NorthLoop 14208]

Your mom is a margarita machine

[Francisco 2.0 32395]

Wife received one as a bachelorette party gift 12 years ago; looks something like this.  It's a Margaritaville machine:

 

I'm not sure what exact model we have, but in regards to it's functionality and whatnot we break it out a couple of times a year and it does what it does with no issues.

We wouldn't have bought one ourselves, however.  Wife prefers vino and I like my whisky.

[dcbc 14486]

Wife's uncle has a Margaritaville at his lake house. They're a lot of fun at family reunions. Drinks are good, too.

[conVINCEd 21469]

If you really need frozen margaritas at home, a bag of sonic ice and a decent blender will get the job done.  If you’re surly elite, you probably already have a Sonic ice maker in the house.

[tx 3 putt 76975]

hmm, is this going to be the swinger thread ?

[StruggleBus 3922]

16 hours ago, Grippe said:

Have the Margaritaville and do recommend.  I don't drink them much but it has paid nice dividends with the wife when she's wanting a tequila drink.

Pooper?

[rage-a-holic 4402]

If you want to make actual frozen margaritas, avoid any machine that requires you to add ice. You're just adding water.

A real frozen margarita machine will freeze the rita mix you put in it.

[NorthLoop 14208]

6 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

If you want to make actual frozen margaritas, avoid any machine that requires you to add ice. You're just adding water.

A real frozen margarita machine will freeze the rita mix you put in it.

Hey remember when we drank margaritas in Oxford? 

[rage-a-holic 4402]

19 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Hey remember when we drank margaritas in Oxford? 

vaguely. Oxford University right?

[NorthLoop 14208]

Yeah something like that

[rage-a-holic 4402]

[rage-a-holic 4402]

8 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Yeah something like that

I think we had blown through my 2 gallon margarita jug by this point.

 

[NorthLoop 14208]

Always liked this one

[rage-a-holic 4402]

and this random fan offered to fellate me several times

 

[rage-a-holic 4402]

I still can't believe they let me on the sidelines. I could barely walk, speak coherently or hold my camera straight.

I think I said something smooth like "I'm with the UT athletic media department group of guys"

 

 

[NorthLoop 14208]

18 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

I still can't believe they let me on the sidelines. I could barely walk, speak coherently or hold my camera straight.

 

Yet I'm pretty sure you were one of the people who helped carry me INTO the stadium before the game. I had to have two of you on either side so it looked like I could walk straight. 

[DoobieWah 1445]

I expect there will be quite a few of those commercial margarita machines on the secondary market pretty soon.

Cheap.

[Buzzrock 14921]

What does the machine do that a blender won’t? I get that the best are made one a time in a shaker but that doesn’t scale for a party.

I’ve always just gone for the can of Bacardi lime and added ice and tequila and triple sec to taste for mass quantities.

[rage-a-holic 4402]

1 hour ago, Buzzrock said:

What does the machine do that a blender won’t? I get that the best are made one a time in a shaker but that doesn’t scale for a party.

I’ve always just gone for the can of Bacardi lime and added ice and tequila and triple sec to taste for mass quantities.

An real frozen drink machine freezes the mix you put in it.

Blender machines require you to add ice. They aren't freezing your drink mix, just adding ice (water) to it.

[luke duke 6413]

and this random fan offered to fellate me several times
 

That guy gives the best blow jobs.

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

Wtf is this thread about?  

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

and this random fan offered to fellate me several times
 

Scraps or the other guy?

[huge 3793]

Pretty sure I met NL at that game and he doesnt remember. I think he was hanging on to a pole for dear life.

We have the Margaritaville Bali at our beach house and it is the tits

Now it’s expensive but stop being a pussy and go buy one.

Cheers

[Flg8rfan 201]

Have the margaritaville key west model. It’s easy to use and can do 3 pitchers with one load of ice.

It’s easy enough my 15 year old is quite the bartender when we have people over, she keeps everyone’s drinks full and makes good daiquiris, pina coladas, and margaritas with it which means I don’t have to ;-)

[Pato del Muerto 52503]

Don’t need a machine for a rocks no salt marg so no. 
thank you for reading. 

[luke duke 6413]

Scraps or the other guy?

Yes

[deadshank 24653]

Had a Margaritaville machine at deer lease.  We got tore up on ranch water, then decided we didn’t like frozen ritas and proceeded to fill the glass Margaritaville pitcher with gasoline and then put 3 lbs of tannerite next to it.  Blew the thing to bits with a glorious fireball.  

[GreenspointTexas 9602]

Lol frozen margaritas

 

Average age of posters on this thread has gotta be over 50

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

23 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Average age of posters on this thread has gotta be over 50

Its not an insult if it's true.

[BabaYaga 15299]

I have a home margarita and sammich machine.  Usually a lot of fun, but consistently breaks and leaks once a month.  

[BabaYaga 15299]

On 5/24/2020 at 9:29 AM, deadshank said:

Had a Margaritaville machine at deer lease.  We got tore up on ranch water, then decided we didn’t like frozen ritas and proceeded to fill the glass Margaritaville pitcher with gasoline and then put 3 lbs of tannerite next to it.  Blew the thing to bits with a glorious fireball.  

This sounds fun.....;)

[deadshank 24653]

1 hour ago, BabaYaga said:

This sounds fun.....;)

It was a one trick pony.

 

[gyroprotagonist 2592]

check this out.  This is the smallest one I could find that would actually spin freeze a real frozen marg mix.

 

new on Amazon it's like ~$600

This place https://www.margaritaxpress.com/used-margarita-machine-sales.html, has refurbs for $349

 

[Deej 76797]

On 5/24/2020 at 10:54 AM, Flg8rfan said:

It’s easy enough my 15 year old is quite the bartender when we have people over, she keeps everyone’s drinks full and makes good daiquiris, pina coladas, and margaritas with it which means I don’t have to 😉

Started her too late.

 

[Sbbruin 21856]

Wait, I'm confused.  Do males actually drink frozen margaritas?  I haven't had a frozen margarita in 25 years.

[Deej 76797]

If you're not drinking tequila straight, you aren't doing it right. 

[Buzzrock 14921]

Frozen margaritas are awesome, especially on blast furnace days. So are rocks margaritas. And straight tequila. 

[elfenix 34251]

*neat

[gyroprotagonist 2592]

team frozen 'rita.  pour a generous floater of Cointreau or Mezcal on top and to take it to 11.

[Landomatic 3813]

6 minutes ago, gyroprotagonist said:

team frozen 'rita.  pour a generous floater of Cointreau or Mezcal on top and to take it to 11.

^ this shit right here

[GreenspointTexas 9602]

Love the way frozen margaritas numb your tongue so you cant taste the shit ingredients you put into “making” it

[Landomatic 3813]

12 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

Wait, I'm confused.  Do males actually drink frozen margaritas?  I haven't had a frozen margarita in 25 years.

Huh...always thought the opposite.  Whenever I'm out having Mexican with friends, the only ones drinking rocks are the womenz.  I just assumed it was mostly because they all get them "skinny" or some equivalent.

The frozen margarita is the great differentiator for Mexican food.  You can literally make every drink and food on every menu if you know what you're doing.  But a good frozen margarita (without a mostly impractical, expensive machine) is unattainable.  It's one of the main things that makes good TexMex so magical.

[Sbbruin 21856]

13 hours ago, Deej said:

If you're not drinking tequila straight, you aren't doing it right. 

Pretty much.  

[BabaYaga 15299]

6 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

Pretty much.  

This.  Drink your tequila straight, like a goddamn man.