Choosing The Right Equipment For Commercial Cake Baking
Outfitting a commercial-bakery with the correct combination of equipment may at first appear to be a task that is daunting, especially if you are just starting out. Whether you are interested in opening a new commercial business, or expanding your existing business, or even to replace aging or obsolete pieces, you want to ensure you invest in just the right equipment.
You should first consider what you plan to produce, along with how much, because these details will have an influence over the specific equipment pieces you should be buying. Here are a few suggestions and tips to assist you in getting high-quality bakery equipment that matches up to your needs to start your commercial cake baking business.
Dough Preparation
When producing baked goods and bread, it all begins with dough. Making sure the dough is mixed correctly is vital when it comes to the texture and quality of the end product. While an artisan-style or small operation might prefer to mix their dough by-hand, most of the commercial bakeries need at least 1 or a number of dough mixers.
Commercial Mixer
The commercial planetary-mixers come in numerus sizes, from the small countertop 5 qt. models up to the 100+ qt. floor units. Most of the medium sized onto large-sized bakeries have numerous large floor-units, and usually use the countertop units due to their portable nature. The portable units are ideal for mixing batches of fillings or icing. The more important factor when choosing a mixer is to match it up to what you intend to make.
Dough Dividers And Sheeters
The dough dividers are specialized commercial bakery-equipment that serves the purpose of taking large batches of dough, followed by portioning the dough out into equally weighted and sized dough balls, which offers consistent results when it comes to making cakes, pizza crusts, breads and even pies. The dough sheeters take dough balls and stretch and roll them out into a specified thickness and size. This piece of equipment will improve consistency when it comes to pizza dough and pie crusts.
The dough sheeters and dough dividers are fantastic labor savers and can greatly assist you improving consistency when it comes to your output. However, it is important to think about the overall return on such an investment, as this equipment is expensive and bulky to buy initially. For this reason, this is equipment is more commonly used in establishments that turn out high volumes of products.
Baking
The heart of all commercial bakeries is the oven or ovens, and there are various options to choose from when making a decision on an oven for your business. Similar to purchasing commercial mixers, you first need to consider the products types that you plan to produce and the quantities, as these factors will directly influence the oven type that matches up to your requirements. In the stages of planning, regardless of what oven type you decide on installing, you will always need the oven to be installed under a good-quality ventilation hood.