Ooni’s first departure from pizza ovens is a $799 spiral mixer

Ooni, the Scottish firm recognized for its progressive outdoor pizza ovens, is increasing into a brand new product class — with out sacrificing the model’s pizza theme. The Halo Professional is a $799 mixer that tries to do the identical for pizza dough as the corporate did for pizza ovens: carry restaurant-quality baking to the house kitchen.

The Ooni Halo Pro makes use of spiral mixing expertise, which is better for dough (together with thicker ones, like for pizza). Their light, extra environment friendly strategy minimizes temperature will increase and optimizes hydration, combining to create stronger gluten strands.

Though you should buy commercial-grade spiral mixers for the house, they have a tendency to have industrial-chic designs (so, not stylish in any respect). And people from trusted manufacturers like Häussler and Famag price 1000’s of {dollars}. In the meantime, Ooni’s mannequin has a glossy design — extra eye-catching than an eyesore — that might look proper at residence within the fashionable kitchen. It is going to be out there in two colours: polar white and charcoal grey.

The Halo Professional has a detachable 7.3-quart bowl and a digital interface. Twisting a dial enables you to cycle by its 58 mixing speeds. Ooni says its bowl can combine 11 kilos of dough directly — sufficient for 20 pizzas or six loaves of bread.

The mixer makes a speciality of dough however is hardly restricted to it. It ships with a spiral hook, detachable breaker bar, geared whisk and versatile beater. That toolset opens the door to issues like whipped cream, egg whites or batters.

The Ooni Halo Professional will price loads of dough in comparison with conventional planetary mixers. (However not in comparison with many industrial spiral mixers.) It launches for $799 on April 8. You may sign up on Ooni’s website to be alerted when it’s out there.