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Equipment Safety and Sanitation


Safety
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• Never use a piece of equipment until you are


thoroughly familiar with the operation and all its
features.
• Study the operating manual supplied with each item.
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Equipment Safety and Sanitation


Sanitation
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• When purchasing a piece of equipment look for


models that have been tested and certified by
recognized agencies.
• NSF International
• CSA International
• Underwriter’s Laboratory
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Large Equipment
Mixers
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• Vertical Mixers, planetary mixers, are the most


common types used in baking.

Courtesy of Hobart Corporation


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Mixers
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• Vertical mixers have 3 main mixing attachments:


• Paddle for general mixing.
• Wire whip for beating or whipping.
• Dough arm or dough hood for mixing and kneading yeast
doughs.

Courtesy of Hobart Corporation


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Mixers
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• Spiral mixers are designed for doughs and heavy


batters and are used primarily for making large
quantities of yeast doughs.

Courtesy of TMB Baking, Inc.


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Mixers
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• Horizontal Mixers are large, industrial-size mixers


capable of handling as much as several thousand
pounds of dough at a time.

Courtesy of The Peerless Group.


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Dough-Handling Equipment
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• Dough Fermentation Trough is used to hold mixed


yeast doughs during fermentation.
• Dividers cut scaled pieces of dough
into equal portions by means of a die
or cutter.

Courtesy of American Baking Systems and S.A. Jac NV.


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Dough-Handling Equipment
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• Divider-Rounder divides the dough and then


automatically rounds the individual portions.

Courtesy of TMB Baking, Inc.


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Dough-Handling Equipment
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• Dough Sheeter rolls out portions of dough into


sheets of uniform thickness.

Courtesy of American Baking Systems and S.A. Jac NV.


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Dough-Handling Equipment
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• Molder rolls and forms pieces of bread dough for


standard loaves, baguettes, and rolls.

Courtesy of American Baking Systems and S.A. Jac NV.


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Dough-Handling Equipment
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• Proofer is a special box in which the ideal conditions


for fermenting yeast doughs can be created.

Courtesy of Bevles.
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Dough-Handling Equipment
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• Retarder is a refrigerator that maintains a high level


of humidity to prevent the dough from drying out or
crusting.
• Retarder-Proofer is a combination retarder and
proofer.

Courtesy of TMB Baking, Inc.


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Ovens
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• Deck Oven are so called because the items to be


baked are placed directly on the bottom or deck of
the oven, no racks.

Courtesy of Macadams Baking Systems (Pty) Ltd.


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Ovens
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• Rack Oven is a large oven into which entire racks full


of sheet pans can be wheeled for baking.

Courtesy of Lang Manufacturing Company.


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Ovens
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• Mechanical oven is one in which the food is in


motion while it bakes. The most common type is the
revolving oven.

Courtesy of Baxter/ITW Food Equipment Group, LLC.


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Ovens
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• Convection ovens contain fans that circulate the air


and distribute the heat rapidly throughout the
interior.

Courtesy of Vulcan-Hart Company.


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Steam-Jacketed Kettle is useful in the bakeshop for
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making custards, creams, and fillings.

Courtesy of Vulcan-Hart Company.


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Fryers are needed in the bakeshop for doughnuts and
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other fried items.

Courtesy of Belshaw, Bros., Inc.


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Specialty Pans, Containers, and Molds


Baba Mold Barquette
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Banneton Charlotte mold


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Specialty Pans, Containers, and Molds


Loaf pan
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Pullman pan

Madeleine pan

Savarin mold
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Specialty Pans, Containers, and Molds


Springform pan
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Tart pan

Tube pan
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Hand Tools
Blowtorch
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Bench brush

Icing comb
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Hand Tools
Cookie cutters and pastry cutters
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Roller cutter

Peel

Roller docker
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Hand Tools
Rolling Pins
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Bench scraper

Bowl scraper

Sieve, drum sieve, or tamis


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Whips, whisks
Turntable
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Miscellaneous Tools
• Acetate: A type of clear plastic.
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• Couche: A sheet of heavy linen or canvas, used for


supporting certain breads.
• Hydrometer, sugar densimeter, saccharometer, Baumé
hydrometer used to test density of sugar syrups.

• Ice Cream Freezer


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Miscellaneous Tools
• Marble
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• Parchment paper, baking paper, silicone paper


• Rack, cooling
• Silicone mat
• Thermometers
• Chocolate Sugar

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