Hobart Mixers
Hobart mixers are available in floor and countertop models for foodservice operations. Multipurpose planetary mixers handle various ingredients, and heavy-duty spiral mixers knead airy, high-quality doughs. More
Hobart Commercial Mixers: What You Need to Know
Hobart stand mixers streamline preparation of pasta, bread, and pizza dough in addition to other foodservice applications. Use a 170-quart spiral mixer to mix large batches of artisan bread dough at a busy bakery or use a single 12-quart mixer to whip mashed potatoes, slice vegetables, or prepare cookie dough for your small restaurant.
Common Questions About Hobart Mixers
How does a Hobart dough mixer work?
Hobart industrial mixers consist of an electric belt- or gear-driven motor that powers an arm, or agitator, to whip, beat, and mix dough or other ingredients in a mixing bowl. Operators may use a lever to pull the mixing bowl down for access, or the machine may accomplish this function automatically.
What kinds of Hobart mixers are available?
Hobart planetary mixers include a single gear-driven motor that rotates the agitator around a fixed bowl. They can mix batter, cream, and eggs in addition to dough.
Hobart Legacy mixers come in countertop and floor models and offer the most flexibility with interchangeable attachments and optional accessories.
Hobart Centerline mixers sit on a counter, offer a 20-quart bowl capacity, and can tackle multiple applications, but they're designed for limited use.
Hobart 5-quart mixers are small countertop machines designed for heavy use.
Hobart spiral mixers are floor models that are designed exclusively to mix dough and produce large, high-quality batches. They include two belt-driven motors: one to rotate the agitator and one to rotate the bowl, with the capability to change directions. This dual motion mimics hand-kneading and keeps dough at low temperatures ideal for slow yeast fermentation.
What kind of mixer should I choose?
Research each mixer's functionality and capacity and consider your current and potential needs. If mixing dough and batter is a secondary function of your operation, you might choose a countertop mixer for flexibility and space conservation. For a high-volume operation that requires multipurpose use, consider a planetary Hobart floor mixer, and for high-volume bakeries, a spiral Hobart dough mixer would be best.
What attachments are available?
Hobart Legacy mixers offer the following interchangeable agitator attachments that rotate around the mixing bowl:
- Flat beaters can be used on low or medium speeds to whip mashed potatoes, cake mixes, and icing.
- Wire whips can be used at high speed settings to efficiently blend air into light products, such as whipping cream, egg whites, sponge cakes, and marshmallow.
- Dough arms mix and fold bread and pizza dough and can be used at all but the highest speed settings.
- Pastry knives can be used to stir at slow speeds and to cut butter and other ingredients into pastry and pie dough at medium speeds.
- Scrapers are used in conjunction with beaters or wire whips to keep ingredients from sticking to the side of the bowl when mixing.
The following attachments hook up to the mixer's motor for additional functionality not related to beating and mixing:
- Vegetable slicers use attachable plates to slice, grate, and shred vegetables and cheeses.
- Meat and food choppers turn meats and other foods into sausages and patties.
Is bowl capacity the same as motor capacity?
No, the capacity that a Hobart commercial mixer's motor can handle varies based on the thickness and weight of the product that's being mixed, and it's not always the same as bowl capacity. Check each product's specifications to determine the capacity of various products you might mix with the unit.