An auger type ice machine in which the load on a geared motor and an upper bearing is mitigated by detecting the load on an auger. A geared motor 9 is disposed below a cylinder 1. A rotor 12 of the geared motor has an output shaft 13. A pulse encoder 14 is provided on the output shaft 13. The geared motor 9is connected with a geared motor power supply 16 through a relay 15. Similarly, a compressor 3 is connected with a compressor power supply 18 through a relay 17. The relays 15 and 17 are controlled by a control portion 19. The control portion 19 controls the relays 15 and 17 according to a signal inputted from the pulse encoder 14.