kitchen aide panning machine

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Stern on September 22, 2011 at 5:33pm

I´ve got this one ...http://www.dr.ca/confectionery-coating-pan-attachment.html It´s abou $75 cheaper. Use it all the time and it works well. It´s cost effective if you are going to regularly sell panned items. Panning is a blend of art and science. The more you can control your environment the better. Takes some practice and time to figure out what makes it work, what doesn´t work. It´s not something you can just put on your machine and go. But the more you do it, the more you develop a feel/intuition for what works and doesn't work.

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Permalink Reply by Gap on September 22, 2011 at 6:42pm

Must agree with what Jeff has to say about panning. Really is something you need to have someone show you tips and tricks for and spend a lot of time getting right. Environment is incredibly important to the finished product so being in a humidity/temperature controlled room is very important.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Carter on September 22, 2011 at 6:42pm

thanks for the reply.

that looks like the same machine, but the best price I have seen so far.

 

from what I understand, you put in your coffee beans or nuts, and slowly pour in tempered chocolate as it turns?

 

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Permalink Reply by Matt Carter on September 22, 2011 at 11:31pm

here is a good conversation that I found on the topic.  **

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?/topic/121548-panning/

 

apparantly it does take a lot of temp control, and it seems that each batch takes a considerable amount of time.

It is hard to imagine that much investment in equipment and labor paying off.

 

 

 

** Jeff, I just notice that you are involved in that conversation, and that you know MIchael Recchiuti. That's great!

As I was starting out, I was told by a mutual friend of mine and MIchael's that I should look him up, so I went to his shop at the Fisherman's Terminal and of course I was very impressed. Love what he does. 

I did not get to meet him though. 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Kerry on September 23, 2011 at 11:01pm

Yup - all about the temperature control.  I've got the DeBuyer panner that goes on the Kitchen Aid and also a slightly larger pilot pan.  In the demo linked to above on eGullet I use dry ice to cool the pan, but I've bought a dedicated air conditioner that I'm waiting for my hubby to adapt so I can blow cold air into the pan.  Using the warm exhaust from the air conditioner will probably work as a heat source for the polishing phase of the panning.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Carter on September 24, 2011 at 12:44am

we also have a hair dryer in the shop, maybe that will work for heating

to polish...  can we achieve shine with my regular couverture?

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Permalink Reply by Kerry on September 24, 2011 at 7:32am

You can - it's just a matter of heating until the couverature is 'plastic' then chilling to shine.

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