{"product_id":"lbc-bakery-km-120p-120-kg-spiral-pizza-dough-mixer-264-lb-dough-capacity-with-reversible-bowl-and-hook","title":"LBC Bakery KM-120P 120 kg Spiral Pizza Dough Mixer, 264 lb Dough Capacity with Reversible Bowl and Hook","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe LBC Bakery KM-120P is a fixed-bowl spiral mixer purpose-built for low-moisture doughs: pizza and bagel formulas stiff enough to strain a general-purpose machine. That focus is the point. Stiff dough fights the hook on every rotation, so LBC built this mixer around torque, rigidity, and drive redundancy instead of versatility. It is not suited for bread or pastry doughs; run it on what it was made for and it will turn out triple-bag pizza batches year after year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHook Geometry That Works Stiff Dough\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cylindrical dough hook ends in a \"J\" profile that reaches the center of the bowl, holding an average clearance of 5\/16 inch without ever touching stainless. That close pass is what develops a tight dough quickly: the hook keeps folding the mass against the breaker bar instead of spinning it in place. The breaker bar itself is wrought stainless steel rather than cast, fixed to the head with four stainless bolts, a distinction that matters the first time a full batch loads it up. Polyethylene guide rollers on sealed ball bearings steady the bowl rim from above, so the hook-to-bowl geometry stays true under load.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIndependent, Reversible Drives\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBowl and hook run on separate reversible motors. Reversing direction during incorporation pulls dry flour down into the mass instead of letting it ride on top, which is where stiff batches usually waste their first minutes. The hook gives you two forward speeds through a dual-reduction drive, and the timer changes speed automatically mid-cycle, so a batch can start slow for incorporation and finish fast for development with nobody standing over it. Power moves through a dual-stage, non-slip belt system that keeps the torque high and the noise low.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eControls Built For a Production Floor\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything the operator touches sits at eye level on the front panel: digital timer and speed indicator, emergency stop, and a manual back-up control that keeps the mixer running even if the digital side fails, which is the difference between a service call and a lost production day. The interlocked bowl cover and hook guard stop the machine the moment they open, while the fill opening at the front of the cover lets ingredients go in mid-mix without lifting the guard at all. Automatic over-current protection backs up the motors, so an overloaded batch trips a breaker instead of cooking a winding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFrame, Feet, And Wheels\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA welded heavy-gauge steel frame box with a torsion-tube design keeps the head section and bearing box rigid against the twisting loads a spiral mixer generates at full capacity. When cleaning day comes, the three-point caster system, one forward swivel caster and two rear fixed wheels, lets one person roll a machine this heavy away from the wall; four screw-down cushioned feet, mounted external to the base where they are easy to reach, plant it back in place for production. The mixer connects through a 6-foot supply cord with a NEMA cap, so repositioning it is a matter of unplugging, not rewiring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LBC Bakery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51993803030813,"sku":"KM-120P","price":17390.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0699\/4716\/2909\/files\/63871_KM-120P_cad9a3ac-124a-44f0-8da8-6055314d7974.jpg?v=1783501330","url":"https:\/\/thechefstore.com\/products\/lbc-bakery-km-120p-120-kg-spiral-pizza-dough-mixer-264-lb-dough-capacity-with-reversible-bowl-and-hook","provider":"TheChefStore.Com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}