Planetary Mixers

Planetary Mixers: For a Celestial Taste

Planetary mixers are practical and multi-purpose commercial kitchen equipment which is designed to provide a robust and efficient dough, batter, and ingredient mixing tool. These units are also called vertical mixers because of their structure and offer versatile use to enable your business to carry out various mixing tasks with one kitchen piece of equipment.

Planetary mixers are designed to blend ingredients, knead the dough, whisk cream, slice vegetables, chop meat or even grate cheese. So, these industrial planetary mixers are a perfect addition to any commercial setting, whether a restaurant, café, pizzeria, or deli store.

What is a Planetary Mixer?

A planetary mixer is a commercial mixer that comprises a rotating agitator in a stationary bowl. The agitator also moves around the bowl like a planet while rotating around itself. Hence, planetary mixer machines are perfect for making cakes, cookie dough, toppings, meatballs, sauces, sausage, and bread.

Features of Planetary Mixers

Planetary mixers boast a multifunctional design to address the needs of carrying out various tasks in a commercial kitchen:

• Planetary mixers are made of stainless steel, making them durable and resistant to rigorous and frequent use.
• Commercial planetary mixers allow you to change the agitator with whips, whisks, beaters, dough hooks, pastry knives, and mixing paddles.
• Multifunctional planetary mixers also present variable speeds to have a consistent texture and mixture of ingredients.
• All planetary mixers have safety guards to prevent injuries and a suitable hole to add ingredients.

Advantages of Planetary Mixers

Planetary mixers are configured to perform with the maximum benefit for the business with the features they have and operator and thus, offer remarkable advantages:

• Planetary mixers will not leave any unmixed ingredients with the rotating mixing agitator that reaches every part of the bowl.
• You can use the planetary mixers to blend ingredients, whip topping, or whisk cream in addition to dough mixing with the additional attachments.
• Planetaria mixers are available in different sizes, so you can find a suitable one to handle your small or large batches.

What are The Differences Between Spiral Mixer and Planetary Mixer

Spiral or dough mixers and planetary mixers are pretty similar but have significant differences, which make each type best for specific tasks. Spiral mixers feature a rotating bowl, stationary, and fixed hook to knead the dough even in large amounts. Thus, these units can only be used for dough mixing and efficiently and quickly mix dough for the perfect pizza, bread, bagel, and other bakery products.

Planetary mixers, however, have a stationary bowl while the agitator rotates around itself and also around the bowl like a planet. Additionally, these units have interchangeable attachments to handle different tasks.

Chef's Deal is a reliable restaurant equipment supply store with high-quality equipment from more than 200 brands. We also carry a large selection of commercial planetary mixers from leading vendors like Alfa International, BakeMax, Blakeslee, Doyon, Globe, Omcan USA, Univex, Varimixer, and other manufacturers.