Donuts love everything. Yes, it’s harmful, but so delicious! You can make good money on this attachment. How to turn donuts into a profitable business? First of all, to establish their production and hone the recipe. We will talk about the specifics of choosing donut cooking equipment in this article.
Donuts?
According to the general definition, donuts are a dish of soft dough fried in a large amount of oil. They can be made both from yeast dough, and with the use of baking powder. The main charm of these products is the contrast of crisp and soft, tender center. The choice of the recipe for making donuts directly depends on whether you plan to fill them with all kinds of creams and fillers after cooking. If so, then it is worth stopping at a mixture using yeast. It is the yeast that will provide you with larger pores in the dough, which are convenient to start. If the sauce is served separately for treats (or you restrict yourself with powdered sugar), then you can take a mixture with baking powder - the donut machine can handle it without any problems.
From a commercial point of view, the following types of donuts are distinguished:
- Donuts - those same donuts in the form of a ring, covered with a variety of glazes and sprinkles. If desired, they can additionally begin with jams, cream, chocolate.
- Berliners - whole donuts in the form of a bun. Always pre-start with mixes of your choice.
- Churros is a rather rare type of donut. Represented in deep-fried rings from custard dough, served with a thick chocolate sauce. Spanish national dish.
We will indicate the most popular types of
machines for making donuts of the first two types.
Donut maker Atesy
The Russian brand Atesy is engaged in industrial equipment in all its diversity - it is both thermal and neutral equipment, and distribution lines, and devices for preparing "fast food". He offers his customers the simplest model for frying dough products - Gulfstream 1/1. This donut machine is characterized by the following points:
- deep fryer bath;
- manual dispenser mounted above the deep fat fryer; the dispenser is equipped with a head of a special shape, which allows the user to form a donut of the correct annular shape, regardless of the density of the dough;
- a control unit that allows you to maintain the optimum temperature of the oil in the deep fat fryer for heat treatment of donuts;
- pallet for the calculation of finished products;
- connection type - 220 V;
- power - 3.1 kW;
- the Gulf Stream donut machine produces an average of about 200 items per hour (a more accurate amount depends on the density of the dough);
- the finished donut at the exit weighs 35-45 grams.
The average price for such a device is 25,000 rubles. According to owners, this is a good option for those whose assortment is not limited to donuts. It was also noted that a manual dispenser is a minus of the design, since it forces the cook to constantly be at the apparatus.
Donut machine "Sikom"
The most popular brand in Russia that offers equipment for making donuts. The models are as follows:
1. PR-7M. The model is very similar to the Gulf Stream apparatus described earlier. Perceived as a better and more productive older brother. The characteristics are as follows:
- 7 liter dispenser
- fryer working volume - 12 liters,
- productivity - 300 pieces per hour for donuts from yeast raw materials and 450 pieces per hour for a mixture on baking powder.
The dispenser allows you to adjust the weight of the workpiece in the range from 36 to 56 grams. The average price is 27,000 rubles. User reviews make it clear that this is a good starting model. Yes, not without drawbacks: the Sikom donut machine could have a more convenient temperature control system, but a couple of days of practice would be enough to learn how to work with the one that is.
2. PRF 11 / 300M. Similar to the model above, the main difference is that the 11 / 300M has three plunger pairs, and not one (36 and 40 mm were added to 30 mm). This allows you to cook donuts of different diameters. Moreover, from a 40-mm billet, the final product will have a size that will allow it to start with something. For such a luxury will have to pay 45,000 rubles. And yes, it is still mechanical.
3. PRF 11/900. Finally, automation! This apparatus does everything by itself: it heats the oil, and sits, and turns over, and separates the finished products. Donut maker PRF 11/900 has the following characteristics:
- dispenser working volume - 7 liters,
- fryer working volume - 16 liters,
- 3 plunger pairs - 30, 36, 40 mm,
- warming up to operating temperature in 20 minutes,
- productivity - 450 yeast products per hour, 600 mixed products per hour.
- price - 120 000 rubles.
According to reviews, we can conclude that this is a solid high-quality model for small production. Not without its drawbacks, of course: the apparatus should have at least one employee controlling the process, as the Sikom donut machine sometimes does not turn over all products.
Donut making equipment SHELDEM
The SHELDEM brand comes into play where Sikom can no longer cope. Models:
1. ACE 350/40. Compact apparatus, fully automatic - you just need to load the dough into the hopper, he will do the rest himself. Frying blanks - vertical. Built-in counter of finished donuts. Settings allow you to change the weight of the workpiece from 20 to 66 grams. Productivity - 200 pieces per hour. Connection type - 220 V. Desktop version. Economical oil consumption. The average price is 98,000 rubles. The donut machine APF 350/40 does not cause any complaints from the owners, except that the modest performance is confusing.
2. MP 2. Dispenser volume - 5 liters, bath displacement - 20 liters. Built-in counters of finished donuts. Ability to work 24 hours a day. The diameter of the finished product is 9 cm. Productivity is 600 pieces per hour. Type of connection - 220 V. Price - 180 000 rubles. Loved by those to whom the APF 350/40 models were few.
JUFEBA Donut Making Equipment
A German brand that creates excellent equipment for pastry shops and bakeries. Their heat lines outgrew the usual apparatus for molding and roasting donuts - they are equally able to produce independently a variety of pies and curly buns. Base models:
1. Donut machine JUFEBA WW-T 05. Prepares 360 donuts per hour. Connection type - 380 V. The execution is floor. The price is 600 000 rubles.
2. Donut maker JUFEBA WW-G 10. Cooks 480 donuts per hour. Connection type - 380 V. The execution is floor. The package includes a proofer, which is very popular where dense yeast dough is used - after proofing it will become softer and more magnificent.
Donuts making equipment Belshaw
This American brand is known in the Russian market for only one model - Donut Robot Mark 2, and it is impeccable. It’s about 700,000 rubles to donate a donut for this device, but it costs that money. Specifications:
- electric conveyor;
- productivity - 600 pieces per hour;
- the ability to work with yeast and mixed dough;
- fine adjustment of temperature and cooking time depending on the consistency of the test;
- equipped with a set of plungers, allows you to cook donuts of varying sizes and Berliners.
The owners working on it have no complaints. Easy to maintain, does not require special operating conditions.
Donut Making Equipment Rilling Systeme
The equipment of this German brand is assembled at the factory for the end consumer, as a designer. In this regard, we can not even voice the approximate cost, since it directly depends on what the customer wants to see. Upon request, the device can add:
- Proofing cabinet - indispensable where donut dough is used quite dense yeast (for greater airiness and splendor before frying, he needs to go a little after molding);
- separate containers for molding and frying donuts and Berliners;
- the possibility of frying in baskets immersed in oil;
- floor or table execution;
- the ability to understaff donut maker with neutral surfaces for laying out blanks or finished donuts.
Not a classic, but still: Enigma donut machine
Model IDM-6 is a budget small-sized device, capable of cooking 6 donuts at a time. A characteristic feature is that products are not fried, but baked. It is more useful and convenient, but, unfortunately, there will be no crisp oil crust. The average price is 12 500 rubles.
Optional equipment
To maximize the success of your products, we advise you to purchase a special dispenser that will evenly start the finished donut. Its price is not very budgetary - about 46,000 rubles for a mechanical unit, but judging by the reviews, it is reliable and will last for many years.