semi-professional heavy duty mixer -> your advice?

[whirlpolf]

hi guys,

a friend of mine will open up a small bakery business and is looking for a reasonable dough mixer.

the household units are too whimpy and will hold only 5-6 litres of bowl volume.

commercial units here seem to begin at 20 litres bowl volume and most of them come equipped with a 3-phase cable for 380 (400 V).

What we need is a good and reliable planetary mixer for 220 (230 V) single-phase household current and a volume of about 8-10 litres (this size seems to be right in between the two markets, this market segment being more than thin). The machine should not be too heavy, some 15-30 kg is ok, but a whooping 80 kg as of the commercial machines would be too much to lift out of a car and place in a sales tent. The machine must be able to handle yeast dough all day long from 9 am to 6 pm flawlessly, yet fitting a regular Euro plug.

So some sort of a "mega" Kitchenaid with all metal gears and an induction motor is needed, yet being a tabletop machine (at least to some extent, collapsible or capable of dissassembly would bei ok, too).

Ideas?

 

[maytagbear]

Joe-

hobartcorp.com

 

"Legacy" series.  In sizes from 12 quarts up to 28.  A quart is a few mL shy of a litre.

 

 

Hope this helps.  Should be available in Europe.

 

 

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[vacbear58]

Some ideas from the UK

The list below runs from about 5 litre to around 10 litre, model numbers may vary slightly between UK & Germany, and I am sure there will be many others on the German market.

What not start with Kitchenaid - 5KPM5 or 5KPM50
Kenwood Major KM020 or larger KMP77

Hobart A120-B1HE
Hobart HSM10-B1S

Chefquip SP100, SP500, SP800

Angelopo BE5, IMP5, IMP8

Metcalfe K1, M10

Electrolux 6015480, 601999

Also, specifically for dough mixing the Santos DK10

Al

 

[whirlpolf]

fantastic! thanks!

hey Lawrence, you hit the nail on the head, Legacy is THE model (in the long run).

The only drawback: Too heavy (some 80+ kg), you can do this a couple of times (out of the car, back to the car) - but then you get fed up. So we will probably go for the Hobart N 50. (about 20 kg).

Al, this is so right: Why not start with a KitchenAid (The Hobart N 50 being the commercial version of it). That business is in its early start-up phase anyhow.

My best friend uses the Ultra model, but only for household purposes so I was a bit insecure that it might be too flimsical for a continuous use. But then I talked to a restaurant owner here, who purchased the Artisan model to work in his kitchen for 10 hrs. daily (with interruptions) and he had no more than headshake for my doubts. He said "it'll live longer than I will- questions?", wiped his hands and went off to the counter leaving me there.

Interesting other brands there, I will check them as well.

Thanks so much, you two. Now I know where to steer the boat to. VERY good advice, offer queries have been sent out today. Thank you ;-))