Limit loop output

Hi,
Really helpful plugin!

I am trying to display 3 products (custom post types) based on certain criteria and sort on best rating.

Could it somehow be possible to limit the output #number of posts from a [loop] when it is combined with [if] statements?

When I use the [count] argument it will only limit the iterations before the [if] statement, therefore the output #number of posts becomes various in length, hence unusable.

Or am I looking from the wrong perspective?

Example, something like:
[loop count=3 type=items orderby=field_num key=rating order=DESC clean=true taxonomy=item_type term=refrigerators]
[if field=content contains=’Refrigerator with freezer’ exact=true]
[content]
[/if]
[/loop]
Usually results in less then three items being displayed.