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Cost of Hobart mixer
Recently there have been several threads on this newsgroup which
discuss the relative price of "professional style" ranges versus home ranges. The threads discuss whether the price differential is primarily due to relative cost of materials or whether there are other factors. This prompts me to post a question about the cost of Hobart mixers. A 20 quart Hobart mixer costs several thousand dollars. This is substantially more than the cost of 5 to 8 quart home mixers such as Kitchen Aid or Electrolux Magic Mill. The application I'm interested in is kneading a large batch of whole wheat bread dough (8-12 loaves). Is the price differential primarily due to relative cost of materials or are there other factors? I've read on this newsgroup that Hobart mixers use a different type of motor (induction) than home mixers (brush). Hobart mixers have a transmission. And Hobart mixers are designed to function reliably under continuous use. Do factors like these account for the enormous price differential? (I imagine the market for Hobart mixers is much smaller than the market for home mixers.) |
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Cost of Hobart mixer
Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
>Do factors like these account for the enormous price differential? They absolutely do. Hobart 20 quart and larger are truly professional mixers and can be run for hours a day for years on end. They just don't break. You can find them on EBay for $500 and up. In the lower price range they are old and ugly but still going strong, sometimes they'll have no bowl, or only a dough hook. Parts are always available for machines as much as 50 years old. Usually one of the newer ones in good condition will go for $1200 - 1500 plus shipping. They weigh (IIRC) about 300# so don't plan on putting one on your counter, altho there are countertop and floor models 210 quart machines. You could look in the phone book for a used restaurant supply dealer in your area and go check them out. One near me in Pensacola usually has three or four in stock. I have an 80 quart job in my bagel shop. Strong little sucker. |
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Cost of Hobart mixer
"Allen Weiner" > wrote in message > > A 20 quart Hobart mixer costs several thousand dollars. This is > substantially more than the cost of 5 to 8 quart home mixers such as > Kitchen Aid or Electrolux Magic Mill. The application I'm interested > in is kneading a large batch of whole wheat bread dough (8-12 loaves). > Is the price differential primarily due to relative cost of materials > or are there other factors? > Do factors like these account for the enormous > price differential? (I imagine the market for Hobart mixers is much > smaller than the market for home mixers.) Huge differences in materials and tolerances. Cheap motors will run for a few years off and on as they get maybe an hours work in a week in many home kitchens. Industrial motors can run for longer times. Thinking about some of our industrial equipment at work, we turn of some motors Monday morning and they run until Saturday morning (120 hours) and repeat this for years. Better, larger bearings. Thicker castings, closer machining tolerances. More costly material, heat treating, etc. You get the idea. Most appliances today are bargains compared to what our parents would pay for the same functions, but commercial grade is still much better. Ed http://pages.cthome.net/edhome |
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