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Ice machine for a smoothie / juice bar (blender ice)

Updated 2026-09-05. Independent guide — not a dealer quote.

A smoothie or juice bar is blender-body ice, not cafe iced-latte fill and not a cocktail rock. The ice is the drink: it goes into a jar, not a glass of coffee. Putting 200 Saturday cups on a 27 lb cubelet leftover, or expecting a gourmet undercounter to feed two Vita-Mix stations, is how the line buys bagged ice at 11 a.m.

This is a planning page from published application factors and current OEM sheets. It is not a dealer quote, not a review score, and not a health-code opinion. Confirm electrical, plumbing, clearance, and sanitation with the people who inspect the building.

Published smoothie and juice-bar factors

Application charts treat smoothie ice two different ways: pounds per person on a coffee/smoothie-bar line, or ounces of ice per cup on a QSR / fountain chart. Those are dealer/application rules of thumb, not a manufacturer warranty and not a lab measurement. Convert ounces to pounds as 16 oz = 1 lb and label the conversion.

Published line Factor What the source is talking about
The Kitchen Spot, coffee / smoothie bar 2.5 lbs per person Same application table already cited on the sizing page. Table marked +20% for a safe margin. This is a per-person / per-ticket line, not an iced-latte ounce fill.
Atlantic Store Equipment, café / coffee shop 0.35–0.6 lb per iced beverage Table says to count cold brew, iced tea, refreshers, smoothies, and employee drinks. The factor itself is café cup-fill math. A blender dump is usually heavier than 0.35–0.6 lb.
HoshizakiIceMaker (dealer), smoothie bars 0.5–1 lb per drink Live dealer article (retrieved 2026-09-05). Same page: a small smoothie bar 300–600 lb/day; busier stores can exceed 1,000 lb. Their form-factor bands put compact undercounters at 50–100 lb/day and mid-volume shops on modular heads with 200–300 lb bins.
Light Soda On Tap, coffee shops / cafés 1–1.5 lb per customer Iced-drink concepts. Same page: shops running blended and iced specialty drinks heavily sit on the high end.
The Kitchen Spot, QSR / drive-through beverage 5 oz ice / 10 oz drink; 6 / 12; 8 / 16; 10 / 20; 12 / 24; 16 / 32 Same ounce table already cited on the c-store and restaurant pages. Converted: 0.31 / 0.375 / 0.50 / 0.625 / 0.75 / 1.00 lb per drink. Table marked +20%. Use this when you know cup size and want a published oz-per-cup line — then weigh whether your blender actually takes that much.
Memphis Ice, quick service 5 oz / 7–10 oz drink; 8 / 12–16; 12 / 18–24 Live Memphis Ice sizing page (retrieved 2026-09-05). Converted: 0.31–0.50 / 0.50 / 0.75 lb per drink. Their convenience-store beverage line is 6 / 12, 10 / 20, 16 / 32 (0.375 / 0.625 / 1.00 lb) if the cup is a 32 oz juice.
Ice-O-Matic Global Product Guide (Part 6203, printed 07-12) Same 6 / 10 / 16 oz convenience-store beverage line 2012 OEM chart. Matches Memphis Ice’s 12 / 20 / 32 oz rows. Dated reprint — use it for the oz line, not for current model ratings.

The VenueIce sizing table already cites Kitchen Spot’s coffee/smoothie 2.5 lb/person in the sources list. It does not have its own smoothie row — the café row is Atlantic’s 0.35–0.6 lb iced-drink band. Use 2.5 lb per person when the source that matches the shop is Kitchen Spot’s coffee/smoothie-bar line. Use 0.5–1.0 lb per drink when the source is the HoshizakiIceMaker smoothie article or a Kitchen Spot / Memphis 16–32 oz ounce line. Use Atlantic’s 0.35–0.6 lb only for the iced-coffee / refresher cups on a mixed menu — do not copy it onto a blender-only ticket. Do not copy a cafe undercounter 0.5 lb iced-latte average into a 24 oz smoothie jar. Do not copy a cocktail-bar 3 lb/seat well factor into a juice counter.

Weigh a blender dump of each size you actually sell. A 16 oz juice pour-over and a 24 oz smoothie bowl are different rows.

Worked example (a): 80-cup juice bar

Eighty peak-day cups, blender or juice well, no bagged ice, no second location.

  • Kitchen Spot coffee/smoothie line (2.5 lb/person): 80 × 2.5 = 200 lb
  • Kitchen Spot +20%: 240 lb
  • HoshizakiIceMaker 0.5–1 lb/drink midpoint (0.75 lb): 80 × 0.75 = 60 lb; +20% → 72 lb
  • Kitchen Spot 16 oz cup / 8 oz ice (0.50 lb): 80 × 0.50 = 40 lb; +20% → 48 lb
  • Kitchen Spot 24 oz cup / 12 oz ice (0.75 lb): 80 × 0.75 = 60 lb; +20% → 72 lb
  • Kitchen Spot 32 oz cup / 16 oz ice (1.00 lb): 80 × 1.00 = 80 lb; +20% → 96 lb

The 2.5 lb/person line and the ounce-per-cup lines are not the same worksheet. 2.5 lb is a ticket/person factor that already sits above a single 32 oz dump (1.00 lb). It is the chart to use when you do not have a weighed jar and the source you trust is Kitchen Spot’s smoothie-bar row. The ounce lines are what you use after you weigh the jar. If 80 cups are all 24 oz blender dumps at 12 oz of ice, you are on the 72 lb band — a compact undercounter 24-hour column can cover it. If those 80 tickets are Kitchen Spot’s 2.5 lb people, you are on 240 lb after reserve — past every undercounter 90/70 column in this directory except sitting next to Manitowoc UYF-0190A (140 lb @ 90/70) and still past that bin.

HoshizakiIceMaker’s 50–100 lb/day “tiny juice spot” undercounter band matches the ounce-line 80-cup shop, not Kitchen Spot’s 240 lb person-line shop.

Worked example (b): 250-cup Saturday smoothie shop

Same method, busier door.

  • Kitchen Spot 2.5 lb/person: 250 × 2.5 = 625 lb; +20% → 750 lb
  • HoshizakiIceMaker 0.5 lb/drink: 250 × 0.5 = 125 lb; +20% → 150 lb
  • HoshizakiIceMaker 1.0 lb/drink: 250 × 1.0 = 250 lb; +20% → 300 lb
  • Kitchen Spot 24 oz / 12 oz ice: 250 × 0.75 = 187.5 lb; +20% → 225 lb
  • Kitchen Spot 32 oz / 16 oz ice: 250 × 1.00 = 250 lb; +20% → 300 lb

The 150–300 lb ounce-line Saturday is a large undercounter or a small modular nugget head. A Manitowoc RNP0320A is 308 / 236 lb — the 236 lb @ 90/70 cell covers the 225 lb (24 oz) target and sits under the 300 lb (32 oz) target. An Ice-O-Matic GEM0450A is 464 / 354 lb on the circulated GEM0450 PDF — 354 lb @ 90/70 covers the 300 lb ounce-line Saturday. Kitchen Spot’s 750 lb person-line Saturday is past every modular head in this directory on a 90/70 column. That is a larger nugget head than we carry, two heads, or their 2.5 lb factor with a weighed jar still to apply.

HoshizakiIceMaker’s 300–600 lb “small smoothie bar” daily band and 1,000+ lb busy-store band are their published ranges, not a POS count. Count the cups. Do not average Kitchen Spot’s 2.5 lb/person into the ounce line and call it one brochure number.

Atlantic’s seasonal-restaurant reserve band is 15–25%; their outdoor / highly variable band is 25–30%. Kitchen Spot’s table already used +20%. Light Soda tells iced-drink cafés that blended menus sit on the high end of 1–1.5 lb/customer. Pick the reserve the source that matches the patio uses. Do not stack every chart.

Worked example (c): the blender-rush window

A 24-hour rating is not a bucket. Smoothie ice is taken in a short window — morning gym traffic, lunch, then the after-work line — not as 8 lb every hour for 24 hours.

Take the 250-cup ounce-line shop on the 24 oz / 0.75 lb row (187.5 lb before reserve). If even half of that is dumped between 11:00 and 13:00:

  • Lunch pull: about 94 lb in two hours
  • Hoshizaki C-80BAK stored ice: 27 lb. The current HTML page does not print a 90/70 production cell. On stored ice alone the 27 lb bin is empty in the first half-hour of that pull.
  • Hoshizaki KM-161BAK stored ice: 78 lb. Still under a 94 lb two-hour pull unless the cabinet is making ice into the window. 90/70 production is not on that HTML page — we do not invent an hourly make.
  • Manitowoc UYF-0140A stored ice: 90 lb. Make during the window at the sheet’s 100 lb @ 90/70 is 100 ÷ 24 ≈ 4.2 lb/hour × 2 h ≈ 8 lb. On paper: ~98 lb against a 94 lb pull — full at 11:00, and no second blender station.
  • Scotsman HID525 hopper: 25 lb. It has to keep making ice (current product page 380 lb @ 90/70). That is a chute, not a dump bin you open with a scoop for two Vita-Mix jars.

That hourly split (24-hour rating ÷ 24) is arithmetic, not an OEM hourly guarantee. Harvest is cyclic. A boxed-in 115 V alcove next to two blenders will not even give you the 90/70 column. See how to size and air-cooled vs water-cooled.

Form factor: 115 V alcove vs modular blender plant

Atlantic, Kitchen Spot, Light Soda, and the HoshizakiIceMaker smoothie article draw the same split: undercounter when the built-in bin covers the rush; modular head + bin when production or storage has to be chosen separately.

Job Typical form Do not use it for
Tiny juice well, HoshizakiIceMaker 50–100 lb band, 115 V alcove Compact cubelet / crescent (C-80, KM-81) Kitchen Spot 2.5 lb × 80 people; two-blender Saturday
80–150 cup ounce-line shop that needs a 78–90 lb built-in bin Large undercounter (KM-161, UYF-0140/0190, ICEU150) 250-cup 32 oz Saturday; overnight bag-out
Chewable blender ice in a 115 V hole, still under ~140 lb @ 90/70 Large half-dice undercounter, or a cubelet cabinet whose bin covers the rush Treating “up to 193 lb” as afternoon scoop capacity
Self-serve ice-and-water at the register Ice-and-water dispenser (small hopper) — HID525 is the directory example Scooping 94 lb into blender jars from a 25 lb hopper
225–350 lb ounce-line Saturday, or Kitchen Spot 240 lb 80-person shop Modular nugget / Pearl / cubelet head + bin (RNP0320A, GEM0450A) A 27 lb C-80 leftover; a gourmet CU50
Hard-cube blender program (crescent / half-dice) at the same volume Modular cube head + bin (KM-520MAJ, IYT0450A, CIM0430A) Cocktail gourmet / sphere ice
Salad / açaí display ice Flake as its own cabinet Scooping drink cubes onto a bowl display

Undercounter / countertop is one 115 V cabinet with a built-in bin (or a small dispenser). HoshizakiIceMaker put compact smoothie undercounters at 50–100 lb/day. Light Soda’s published bands put under 300 lb/day in compact undercounter / countertop territory. GoFoodservice’s undercounter band (already cited on the restaurant page) is 50–500 lb/day make with 7–250 lb built-in storage. This directory’s largest undercounter bin is 90 lb. The bin, not the “up to 193 lb” headline, is the lunch blender constraint. Form-factor background: undercounter vs modular vs countertop.

Modular head + bin is how you get HoshizakiIceMaker’s mid-volume 200–300 lb storage band and Kitchen Spot’s 10–20% larger bin than daily make. Production and storage are separate SKUs. The smallest modular nugget heads in this directory are the 300–450 lb class (RNP0320A, GEM0450A). The smallest modular cube heads are the 400–550 lb class. That is a back-room plant, often hardwired, not a blender-alcove plug-in.

Nugget / cubelet for the blender, hard cube only if the recipe wants it. Manitowoc’s current RNP nugget sheet says the bite-sized nugget is “perfect for beverage applications, dispensing, smoothies, and cold therapy” and lists 85% ice / 15% water. Scotsman’s current nugget family page calls chewable nugget “a favorite for fountain beverages, smoothies, blended cocktails.” Ice-O-Matic’s circulated GEM0450 Pearl sheet: “soft, chewable ice crystals” that “cool beverages faster and longer while maintaining flavors better.” Half-dice and crescent still show up in blender shops because they pack a jar and a lot of cafés already run a KM or NEO — the cafe guide already says cube ice in a blender works and is louder. HoshizakiIceMaker’s own smoothie article prefers crescent for even breaks in a commercial blender. Confirm the blender manual. Gourmet and sphere are the wrong plant; that math lives on best ice for a cocktail bar. See cube vs half-dice vs nugget vs flake.

Flake (Hoshizaki F-330BAK) is a salad-bar / seafood cabinet on Hoshizaki’s own page. The same 08/28/25 family PDF lists a cubelet sibling F-330BAK-C at 300 lb in the same 24″ × 26″ × 39″, 80 lb bin cabinet. We listed the flake SKU. Treat F-330BAK-C as the labeled cubelet variant if you want chewable ice in that envelope — open that PDF before you order. Do not scoop flake into a smoothie recipe unless the recipe actually wants flake.

Current undercounters and a small dispenser (OEM sheets)

Figures are manufacturer ratings. Full citations live on each directory page. Street prices omitted. These cabinets are 115 V alcove and small-station tools unless you also have a dump bin or a second plant for the Saturday blender line.

Model Ice Cited make Bin Cabinet / power Smoothie / juice note
Hoshizaki C-80BAK Mini cubelet 92 lb “approximately” on the current product page. 90/70 not on that HTML page 27 lb 14.875″ × 22.625″ × 33.5″; 115/60/1, 2.8 A, 15 A max fuse, 6 ft NEMA 5-15P Chewable ice in a 15″, front-in / front-out, outdoor-rated cabinet. Hoshizaki copy on that page is hotel suite / office / kitchen. HoshizakiIceMaker 50–100 lb juice-spot band only. 27 lb bin is the lunch constraint. 1,400 BTU/h.
Hoshizaki KM-81BAK Crescent 98 lb “up to” on the current product page; 76 lb @ 90/70 on the KM-81/116 BAK sheet 38 lb (AHRI 820; 1.3 ft³ × 30 lb/ft³) 17.75″ × 24″ × 39″; 115/60/1, 2.4 A, 15 A max fuse, 6.5 ft NEMA 5-15P Hoshizaki copy: small bars / hotel lobbies / office break rooms. Hard crescent for a blender if that is the recipe. 39″ H will not fit a 36″ counter. 1,800 BTU/h into the alcove.
Hoshizaki KM-161BAK Crescent 156 lb on the current product page. 90/70 not on that HTML page 78 lb (2.6 ft³, AHRI 820 method) 23.75″ × 28″ × 39″; 115/60/1, 3.5 A, 15 A max fuse, 6.5 ft 5-15P Largest Hoshizaki built-in bin in this directory. Covers an 80-cup ounce-line lunch only if the 78 lb is actually full at 11:00. 2,800 BTU/h.
Manitowoc UYF-0140A Half-dice 137 / 100 lb (NEO 140/190 family sheet, 6/22) 90 lb 26″ × 28.50″ × 38.50″ (height includes 6″ legs on that sheet); 115 V, 5 A, 15 A max fuse, 6 ft 5-15P Biggest undercounter bin in this directory. Half-dice packs a blender jar. Family sheet lists R-404A — confirm the data plate.
Manitowoc UYF-0190A Half-dice 193 / 140 lb (same NEO sheet) 90 lb Same 26″ cabinet family; 115 V, 6 A, 15 A max fuse, 6 ft 5-15P More make, same 90 lb bin — overnight refill is faster; 11:00 scoop capacity does not grow. Closest undercounter 90/70 to a 150 lb ounce-line Saturday.
Ice-O-Matic ICEU150HA Half cube 185 / 130 lb on the circulated ICEU150 sheet 70 lb 24.54″ × 26.27″ × 39″; 115 V. 9.7 A on one distributor sheet — confirm the current OEM PDF Directory page already says verify the model has not been superseded. ENERGY STAR on the cited sheet.
Scotsman HID525 H² nugget (dispenser) 500 / 380 lb on the current Scotsman product page. Older 02/21 PDFs listed 365 lb air-cooled @ 90/70 — we used the current page 25 lb hopper, not a dump bin 21.25″ × 24.38″ × 35″; 115/60/1; cord, 15 A max fuse on spec PDFs Self-serve ice-and-water. Scotsman’s nugget family page lists smoothies as a nugget application; this SKU is still a 25 lb chute. Confirm HID525A vs newer HID525AX / R290 SKU.

A Scotsman CU50 (65 / 49 lb, 26 lb bin) is a gourmet cocktail cube. It is not a blender plant. Scotsman’s current nugget lineup also lists a UN324 undercounter (340 lb, 24″ × 28.5″ × 39″ on that family page) — not a directory SKU today. We do not invent a bin, voltage, or 90/70 cell for it.

Current modular heads (OEM sheets)

Pair the head with a bin from the compatibility list, not with an undercounter leftover. Nugget for the blender and hard cube for a second program are different SKUs if you run both.

Model Ice Cited make Cabinet / power Smoothie / juice note
Manitowoc RNP0320A Nugget 308 / 236 lb (RNP0320 sheet) 22″ wide head; 115 V, 7.5 A min. circuit, 15 A max fuse. Depth/height not cleanly extracted — read the drawing. Cited stack on a D-420: 22″ × 34″ × 76″ including 6″ legs Sheet language: smoothies, dispensing, beverage, cold therapy; 85% ice / 15% water. 236 lb @ 90/70 covers the 225 lb (24 oz × 250) ounce-line Saturday and sits under Kitchen Spot’s 240 lb 80-person shop after reserve. ENERGY STAR 3.0 and R290 on the cited sheet. Do not mix older RNF-0320A electrical numbers.
Ice-O-Matic GEM0450A Pearl (nugget) 464 / 354 lb air-cooled on the circulated GEM0450 PDF (retrieved 2026-09-05). Water-cooled GEM0450W lists 508 / 429 lb 21″ × 24″ × 27″ on that PDF. 115/60/1; 20 A max fuse. One reprint’s amp column reads 12.0 A; a GEM-series manual lists GEM0450A MCA 15.75 A. Treat amps as labeled / uncertain. 5,600 BTU/h; 6″ intake/exhaust clearance; 3/8″ FPT in, 3/4″ FPT out; R404A Soft Pearl (sheet: 1/2″ × 3/8″). 354 lb @ 90/70 covers the 300 lb (32 oz × 250) ounce-line Saturday. Head only; B42 is the 22″ / 351 lb bin on that PDF.
Hoshizaki KM-520MAJ Crescent ~556 lb (“approximately” / “up to 556” on the current product page). 90/70 not extracted from that HTML 22″ × 27.375″ × 28″; 115 V hardwire, 10.6 A, 20 A max fuse; 7,000 BTU/h Hard crescent for a blender program that wants cube, not chew. Compatible bins on the page include B-250 through B-1300. ENERGY STAR stated on the page.
Manitowoc IYT0450A Half-dice 490 lb/day on the URI listing we opened (no 90/70 cell on that HTML). Directory page already cites 378 lb AHRI @ 90/70 30″ × 24.5″ × 21.5″ on that URI page (some earlier copy 24″ D — use the current cut sheet); 115 V, MCA 11.9 A, 20 A max fuse. Cord vs hardwire: confirm the current sheet Half-dice packs a blender jar. URI copy suggests D400 / D570 bins and marks the head not stackable. R410A on that page.
Ice-O-Matic CIM0430A Half cube 435 / 320 lb on the Webstaurant CIM0430/0435/0436 PDF we opened. A 2025 reprint is already flagged on the directory page as 310 lb @ 90/70 30.25″ × 24.25″ × 21.25″; 115/60/1; min. circuit 11.0 A, 15 A fuse; 5,100 BTU/h on that PDF ENERGY STAR mark on the sheet. Head only; B25–B1660 on that PDF. Dual exhaust; 6″ intake/exhaust clearance. Water-cooled CIM0430W is a different water-use story (169 gal/100 lb condenser water on the same PDF).
Scotsman C0330MA-1 Medium cube 400 / 288 lb (70/50 and AHRI 90/70 on the Rewonline listing) 30″ × 24″ × 23″; 115/60/1, 14.3 A. Often hardwired on Prodigy Plus copy — confirm the current sheet ENERGY STAR on that listing. Medium cube for a hard-ice blender recipe; slower melt than half-dice. Not the chewable nugget Scotsman assigns to smoothies on the family page.

Hoshizaki bins we opened for earlier venue pages (application capacity = volume × 30 lb/ft³ on each page; height includes 6″ legs; top kits sold separately):

Bin (current OEM page) Application capacity Width × depth × height Why a smoothie bar looks at it
B-300SF 300 lb (11.51 ft³) 22″ × 32.5″ × 46″ Same width as KM-520MAJ / RNP0320A-class 22″ heads. HoshizakiIceMaker’s mid-volume smoothie bin band is 200–300 lb. 3/4″ FPT drain.
B-500SF 500 lb (16.33 ft³) 30″ × 32.5″ × 46″ Kitchen Spot’s “bin 10–20% larger than daily make” idea on a 400–450 lb cube head. 22″ head needs the top kit on the sheet.

A 200 lb-class head is not in this directory today. Do not assume a 22″ head drops onto a 30″ or 44″ lid without the top kit on the current sheet. Follow the clean/sanitize interval on the machine sheet. We are not writing a health-department letter.

Power, drain, air, filter (blender alcove realism)

Many juice bars are a hot hole: one 115 V receptacle behind the blender deck, two motors dumping heat, a door onto the lot, and a louver someone boxed in. Read the sheet before the quote.

  • 115 V cord-and-plug on the compact undercounters above (C-80, KM-81, KM-161, UYF-0140/0190). A KM-520MAJ is a hardwired 115 V / 20 A-class head. CIM0430A’s cited sheet is 115 V, 11.0 A min. circuit, 15 A fuse — confirm cord vs junction box on the current PDF. GEM0450A is 115/60/1 with a 20 A max fuse on the circulated PDF. HID525 is a corded 115 V dispenser on the cited PDFs. Two cabinets plus two blenders on one alcove circuit is an electrician question.
  • Drain. Gravity to a nearby floor drain or sink tail if the sheet’s fall and fitting work (KM-81 / KM-161 / KM-520: 3/4″ FPT on those current pages; C-80BAK: 1/2″ FPT outlet; NEO family sheet: 1/2″ FPT ice-making drain and 1/2″ FPT bin drain; GEM0450 PDF: 3/4″ FPT ice-maker out). Hoshizaki accessory HS-5061 is the listed drain pump on AM/C/KM compact units. Melt water is not optional. A blender rinse sink is not the machine drain.
  • Air / alcove. Front-in / front-out cabinets (C-80BAK, KM-81BAK, KM-161BAK, F-330BAK) exist for tight holes. Modular heads still need the clearance on the sheet (GEM0450A and CIM0430A PDFs: 6″ intake and exhaust; RNP0320 sheet: 8″ top/sides, 5″ back on the D-420 stack we opened). A boxed-in blender closet in August is not a 70/50 lab. Use the 90/70 column if you have it. See air-cooled vs water-cooled.
  • Seasonal summer derate. Kitchen Spot: a 90° room with ~70° water can cut make by 15% or more. GoFoodservice: listed capacities are under ideal conditions; “actual output may be 10–15% lower in hot environments.” Compare the 90/70 column to the July cup target, not the January 70/50 brochure number.
  • Heat into the alcove. Cited air-cooled rejection: C-80BAK 1,400 BTU/h; KM-81BAK 1,800; KM-161BAK 2,800; NEO U-140 / U-190 family sheet 2,150 average / 2,600 peak; F-330BAK 3,400; CIM0430A sheet 5,100; GEM0450A PDF 5,600; KM-520MAJ 7,000. Those BTUs sit next to two blender motors. Water-cooled CIM0430W on the same Ice-O-Matic PDF lists 169 gal/100 lb condenser water; GEM0450W lists 68.5 gal/100 lb condenser water on the GEM PDF. Many cities restrict once-through cooling.
  • Filter. Ice-machine filter, not “the building’s drinking-fountain cartridge” and not the espresso system. Smoothie ice is the drink body — scale and off-taste show up in the jar. See filters and descalers.
  • Water pressure. Hoshizaki compact and KM-520 pages list about 10–113 psig. Manitowoc NEO lists 20–80 psi. GEM0450 PDF: 20–120 psig. Too little pressure and harvest fails.
  • Do not use a household countertop nugget machine as if it were NSF commercial equipment unless the listing says it is.

Cited 70/50 → 90/70 drops on sheets we opened (air-cooled unless noted):

Model 70/50 90/70 Drop
Manitowoc UYF-0140A 137 lb 100 lb 27%
Manitowoc UYF-0190A 193 lb 140 lb 27%
Ice-O-Matic ICEU150HA 185 lb 130 lb 30%
Manitowoc RNP0320A 308 lb 236 lb 23%
Ice-O-Matic GEM0450A 464 lb 354 lb 24%
Scotsman HID525 500 lb 380 lb (current product page) 24%
Ice-O-Matic CIM0430A 435 lb 320 lb on the Webstaurant CIM0430 PDF. A 2025 depot reprint is already flagged on that directory page as 310 lb — treat 90/70 as labeled / uncertain until you open the current Ice-O-Matic PDF 26% on the 320 lb cell
Scotsman C0330MA-1 400 lb 288 lb AHRI (Rewonline listing) 28%
Hoshizaki KM-81BAK 98 lb (“up to” on the product page) 76 lb on the KM-81/116 BAK sheet already cited on that directory page 22%
Hoshizaki KM-161BAK 156 lb Not on the HTML product page — omitted —
Hoshizaki KM-520MAJ ~556 lb Not on the HTML product page — omitted —
Hoshizaki C-80BAK 92 lb Not on the HTML product page — omitted —

Compare the 90/70 column to the July target when the sheet has one. A 308 lb “up to” nugget head that makes 236 lb in a 90° alcove is a 236 lb machine that afternoon.

What this page is not

  • Not a code letter. NSF marks and manuals are on the sheets. We do not say an install “meets” a health department.
  • Not a review. No scores, no invented “we installed N of these.”
  • Not a price list.
  • Not a cafe, bar, restaurant, hotel, church, office, c-store, or food-truck guide. Those venues keep their own pages. Iced-latte math lives on best undercounter for a cafe. Cocktail rocks live on best ice for a cocktail bar.
  • Not a blender-manual substitute. Nugget vs crescent vs half-dice is an OEM application split plus whatever the blender maker printed. Weigh a dump; read the jar rating.
  • Not healthcare. Dispenser families sold into hospitals stay on their own spec. HID525 appears here only as a self-serve ice-and-water cabinet with a 25 lb hopper.

Sources

  1. The Kitchen Spot, Ice Machines: Sizing for Application — coffee / smoothie bar 2.5 lbs per person; QSR / drive-through 5 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 / 16 oz ice per 10 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24 / 32 oz drink; table marked +20% for safe margin; 90° kitchen / 70° water can cut make by 15% or more; bin usually 10–20% larger than daily make (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  2. Atlantic Store Equipment, Commercial Ice Machine Sizing Guide — café / coffee shop 0.35–0.6 lb per iced beverage; count cold brew, iced tea, refreshers, smoothies, and employee drinks; reserves 15–25% (seasonal) and 25–30% (outdoor / highly variable). Dated Jul 15, 2026 on the live article (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  3. HoshizakiIceMaker, Best Hoshizaki Ice Machines for Smoothie Bars — smoothie 0.5–1 lb per drink; small shop 300–600 lb/day; busy stores 1,000+ lb; compact undercounters 50–100 lb/day; mid-volume modular + 200–300 lb bins; crescent preferred on that page for commercial blenders (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  4. Light Soda On Tap, How Many Pounds of Ice Does a Restaurant Need Per Day? — coffee shops / cafés 1–1.5 lb per customer; blended and iced specialty drinks sit on the high end; form-factor bands under 300 / 300–600 / 600+ lb/day. Dated June 4, 2026 (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  5. Memphis Ice, What Size Ice Machine Do I Need for My Business? — QSR 5 oz / 7–10 oz, 8 / 12–16, 12 / 18–24; convenience-store beverage 6 / 12, 10 / 20, 16 / 32 (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  6. Ice-O-Matic, Global Product Guide, Part 6203, printed 07-12 — same 6 / 10 / 16 oz convenience-store beverage line. 2012 reprint (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  7. Manitowoc, RNP0320 spec — 308 / 236 lb; 22″; 115 V; 7.5 A min. circuit; 15 A max fuse; R290; ENERGY STAR 3.0; 85% ice / 15% water; “perfect for … smoothies” (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  8. Ice-O-Matic, GEM0450 spec PDF — GEM0450A 464 / 354 lb air; GEM0450W 508 / 429 lb; 21″ × 24″ × 27″; 115/60/1; 20 A max fuse; 5,600 BTU/h; 6″ clearance; Pearl 1/2″ × 3/8″; B42 351 lb / 22″ (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  9. Scotsman, Nugget family page — chewable nugget “a favorite for fountain beverages, smoothies, blended cocktails”; HID525 500 lb, 21.25″ × 24.38″ × 35″; UN324 listed at 340 lb, 24″ × 28.5″ × 39″ (not a directory SKU) (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  10. Scotsman, HID525 product page — 500 / 380 lb, 25 lb hopper, 21.25″ × 24.38″ × 35″ (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  11. Hoshizaki, C-80BAK product page — 92 lb cubelet, 27 lb bin, 14.875″ × 22.625″ × 33.5″, 115 V, 2.8 A, 1,400 BTU/h, 1/2″ FPT outlet (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  12. Hoshizaki, KM-161BAK product page — 156 lb, 78 lb bin, 23.75″ × 28″ × 39″, 115 V, 3.5 A, 2,800 BTU/h (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  13. Hoshizaki, KM-81BAK product page — 98 lb, 38 lb bin, 17.75″ × 24″ × 39″, 115 V, 2.4 A, 1,800 BTU/h (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  14. Hoshizaki, KM-520MAJ product page — ~556 lb, 22″ × 27.375″ × 28″, 115 V hardwire, 10.6 A, 20 A max fuse, 7,000 BTU/h, compatible B-250–B-1300 (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  15. Hoshizaki, F-330BAK product page and F-330BAK(-C) spec PDF — flake F-330BAK 331 lb / 80 lb bin; cubelet sibling F-330BAK-C 300 lb on that PDF (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  16. Hoshizaki, B-300SF and B-500SF product pages — 300 / 500 lb application capacity; 22″ / 30″; top kits sold separately (retrieved 2026-09-05).
  17. Manitowoc, NEO 140/190 family sheet — UYF-0140A 137 / 100 lb; UYF-0190A 193 / 140 lb; 90 lb bin; 26″ × 28.50″ × 38.50″ on 6″ legs; 115 V, 5 A / 6 A, 15 A max fuse, 6 ft 5-15P; 2,150 / 2,600 BTU/h (sheet 6501D 6/22).
  18. URI, IYT0450A listing — 490 lb/day, 30″ × 24.5″ × 21.5″, 115 V, MCA 11.9 A, 20 A max fuse, R410A, suggested D400 / D570, not stackable.
  19. Ice-O-Matic, CIM0430/0435/0436 spec PDF — CIM0430A 435 / 320 lb, 30.25″ × 24.25″ × 21.25″, 115/60/1, 11.0 A / 15 A, 5,100 BTU/h, 6″ clearance; CIM0430W condenser water 169 gal/100 lb.
  20. Rewonline, Scotsman C0330MA-1 listing — 400 lb @ 70/50, 288 lb AHRI @ 90/70, 30″ × 24″ × 23″, 115 V, 14.3 A.
  21. GoFoodservice, Commercial Ice Machine Guide — undercounter 50–500 lb/day, 7–250 lb built-in storage; actual output may be 10–15% lower in hot rooms. Last updated Aug 18, 2026 on the live article cited by the restaurant and c-store pages (Cloudflare blocked a fresh fetch on 2026-09-05 — figures are the same ones those pages already cite).
  22. Directory pages already citing the same OEM language: C-80BAK, KM-81BAK, KM-161BAK, UYF-0140A, UYF-0190A, ICEU150HA, HID525, RNP0320A, GEM0450A, KM-520MAJ, IYT0450A, CIM0430A, C0330MA-1, F-330BAK, CU50.

If two sheets disagree, we say so and prefer the latest OEM page or PDF.