Pandough
Estella SM20

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

  • 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.

How the calculator uses this mixer

  • Water temperature. Pandough uses the typical friction factor for its type, 11. To reach 24°C dough in a 22°C kitchen, the calculator asks for water at 10°C, against 24°C when mixing by hand.
  • Batch size check. At 60% hydration, the calculator flags batches over 12.7 kg. For a 50% biga, the limit drops to 8.9 kg. Under 1 kg, it warns that the batch is too small.

Formulas this mixer handles

The largest single batch for each formula at its own hydration. The limit is the same one the calculator checks your batch against.

Estella SM20 dough capacity and hydration

a dough range of 1 kg to 12.7 kg

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.

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

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.

estella, spiral, commercial

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