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Estella SM20

Light-commercial 20 qt spiral. Up to about 12.7 kg dough and a flour range of roughly 1–8 kg. Two hook speeds around 112/198 RPM. The 1 kg flour floor is the working minimum: convert it through the recipe hydration rather than inventing a dough-gram number. No reverse.

Dough capacity
12.7 kg
Type
Spiral
Hydration window
Not published

Specifications

Type
Spiral
Dough capacity
1 kg - 12.7 kg
Reverse gear
No
Stiff biga
No

Pros and cons

Pros

  • A flour floor you can convert to dough grams per recipe.
  • Handles stiff bagel dough and wet sourdough at production volume.
  • An entry-level commercial spiral mixer rather than a consumer planetary.

Cons

  • No reverse function, so removing the finished dough takes more effort.
  • Too large, and underloaded, for a home pizza batch.

Estella SM20 dough capacity and hydration

Estella SM20 is a dough mixer with a Spiral, a dough range of 1 kg to 12.7 kg, and limited tolerance for stiff biga dough. Light-commercial 20 qt spiral. Up to about 12.7 kg dough and a flour range of roughly 1–8 kg. Two hook speeds around 112/198 RPM. The 1 kg flour floor is the working minimum: convert it through the recipe hydration rather than inventing a dough-gram number. No reverse. Bakers rate it for a flour floor you can convert to dough grams per recipe., handles stiff bagel dough and wet sourdough at production volume., an entry-level commercial spiral mixer rather than a consumer planetary.. Common drawbacks include no reverse function, so removing the finished dough takes more effort., too large, and underloaded, for a home pizza batch..

Can Estella SM20 mix biga?

Estella SM20 is not recommended for stiff biga dough. It has no reverse gear. Use a more suitable mixer or a softer preferment.

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