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Gelato & Ice Cream Dipping Freezers

Commercial Ice Cream Dipping Cabinets & Gelato Freezers in Toronto & Canada

Scoop and serve without losing your cold hold with Phoenix Food Equipment's Gelato & Ice Cream Dipping Freezers collection. Choose a tub-style ice cream dipping cabinet sized by round tub count, or a pan-style gelato freezer sized by flat gelato pan count, both built to hold product at a consistent scooping temperature through a busy shift. Most of our lineup comes from Duracold, our proprietary line, with 4 to 12-tub or pan DIPC models available with or without a sneeze guard. Nordic Air adds both self-contained and remote-condenser gelato freezers across a wide pan-count range, while Excellence Refrigeration rounds out the collection with gelato, ice cream, and flip-top lid models built for higher volume. We also carry dipper wells from Nemco and All Points, along with gelato pans, to round out a full scooping station. Whether you're opening a gelato shop in Toronto, an ice cream counter in Mississauga, or a cafe right here in Vaughan, we ship dipping freezers and scooping accessories across the GTA — Markham and Hamilton included — and nationwide across Canada.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions from operators buying this kind of equipment.

What's the difference between an ice cream dipping cabinet and a gelato freezer?

An ice cream dipping cabinet holds round tubs of ice cream, sized by tub count — our Duracold DIPC series runs from 4 up to 12 tubs. A gelato freezer instead holds flat rectangular pans, which suit gelato's denser, less-aerated texture and let you display more surface area per flavor. Phoenix Food Equipment carries both tub and pan-style dipping freezers from Duracold, Nordic Air, and Excellence Refrigeration, so you can match the case to what you're actually scooping.

What's the difference between a self-contained and remote condenser gelato freezer?

A self-contained gelato freezer has its compressor built into the cabinet itself, so it's ready to plug in and run with no extra installation. A remote condenser unit has the compressor located elsewhere — often in a back room or outside — which keeps heat and noise off the shop floor but adds installation cost and complexity. Our Nordic Air NGEL-COMP series is self-contained, while the standard NGEL series ships remote-ready, so you can pick based on your space and installation budget.

What is a dipper well and do I need one?

A dipper well is a small sink, usually mounted right next to a dipping cabinet, that runs a continuous trickle of water to rinse and store the ice cream scoop between customers — it keeps the scoop clean and easier to dig into hard-frozen product. Phoenix Food Equipment carries dipper wells from Nemco and All Points, in countertop and drop-in styles, as a simple add-on for any scooping station.