Unboxing Primera’s new Freddie the Frosting Machine

We got a Freddie for our bakery! In this post we unbox him and give our first impressions.

I’m excited to share that I just got a Freddie for my bakery! When Primera announced Freddie the Frosting Machine last year, I was immediately interested in it, and was excited to get on the waitlist for the first 100 units. Freddie is brand new and there aren't too many videos or information from users yet, so I'm going share my experiences here on the blog and on Cookie Design Lab’s YouTube channel. First up, an unboxing video!

Right off the bat, if you own an Eddie, you’ll notice some similarities. Obviously, they look very similar, and Eddie and Freddie are about the same length with and without the carousel. Freddie is wider and taller though. I measured him and he’s about an 18 inch cube before adding the carousel, which increased the length to 32 inches. Additionally, it appears to me that Eddie and Freddie use the same carousel base and carousel.  

The cord for the carousel base is short, just like Eddie, so the Freddie set-up video instructs you to place the cord under Freddie. The carousel has the same removable triangles to accommodate cookies of various sizes.

There were several things I was pleasantly surprised to have included in my Freddie purchase. I know many Eddie owners, including myself, have purchased at least one set of trays (if not many, I own both the Milton tray for manual mode and the Sassy trays for carousel mode). I was so pleased to see that Freddie included trays! The trays can be used on both manual and carousel modes. They are very sturdy and even dishwasher safe. They have a grove that Freddie’s tongue goes into, making for a nice and stable surface. I imagine this is necessary because Freddie does a little dance after icing a cookie to help the icing settle, but it made me wish my Eddie carousel trays had a tongue grove too! Also, the trays have a slightly sticky surface so cookies don’t easily move on them. I even shook a tray with a freshly iced cookie on it and the cookie stayed on the tray (it moved a little, but didn’t go flying off like it would with my Eddie trays). I expect I’ll only use these trays, but Freddie also came with a tongue cover made of similar material to the tray tops, so it would probably keep a cookie in place better than the tongue without it. 

Primera also included two icing bottles with Freddie, when honestly I only expected one. I think this will be very helpful for large orders and keeping cookies moving through Freddie. I haven’t had my training yet, but I’m hoping that also means I won’t need to clean Freddie between bottles. Freddie also came with an icing bottle stand. It holds the bottles in place when you fill them and then also stores them until you need to place them into Freddie. Primera doesn’t have extra stands listed for sale on their website yet, but you can purchase a 2 pack of additional icing bottles for $99.50.

The final surprise feature is a base mat. It’s the black piece that you see lining Freddie in the video. This mat comes out and then there’s the same stainless steel underneath. It does a nice job of catching crumbs and making them very visible, so I’m hoping that will mean easier clean up.

So there you go! My first impressions and thoughts on Freddie the Frosting Machine! I think he’s going to be a great addition to my bakery. While Freddie is definitely an investment, I decided to purchase him because I:

• Am not ready to hire someone, 

• Am experiencing pain in my dominant hand after icing large orders, and

• Don’t like the icing to cookie ratio when I dip cookies.

It’s too soon to tell how much time Freddie might save me, but if he does, I’ll consider it a bonus! Also, after setting him up, I realized I could see myself wanting to run Eddie and Freddie simultaneously, so I purchased a second laptop.