We tried 11 brands of vanilla ice cream side-by-side to determine the ultimate best. Our top pick is great for pie, brownies, milkshakes, or eaten straight from the cone.

Using a food scale, the two hosts compare Trader Joe’s one-quart French Vanilla Ice Cream, which weighs one pound and 14.5 ounces, to another brand’s one-and-a-half quarts of vanilla ice cream ...