The DoughXpress D-TXM-2-18 Manual Dual-Heat Tortilla/Pizza Dough Press
Why Use DoughXpress Dual-Heat Press?
The D-TXM-2-18 commercial manual dual-heat dough press’s versatility in that it can be used with dual-heat, upper heat only or no heat, makes it the perfect choice for all types of products. The D-TXM-2-18 is press for medium to high volume production. It’s heavy duty stainless steel construction and cam over-lock make it the top manual press in the industry. The dough press is an easy, affordable way to improve your production time, as well as your finished product. The D-TXM-2-18 is a swing away design with upper and lower heated platens.
Dual Heated Platen
- Pizza/Tortilla Dough:
- Speeds up production (faster pressing times)
- Enables pressing thinner products
- Aids dough flow
- Allows dough to be pressed straight from refrigeration unit
- Helps keep dough from shrinking back
- Pizza Dough:
- Enables pressing thinner products
- Aids in pressing sticky dough
- Helps activate yeast for faster proofing if desired
- Enables par baking pizza crust
- Tortilla Dough: Initial grill off for tortillas
Labor & Production
- Presses require no skilled labor unlike hand tossing
- Presses are safe and have no age requirements unlike sheeters/rollers
- 18” platen allows for making variable crust sizes and thickness up to 18 inches – the size of the crust is determined by the weight of the dough ball and the thickness setting.
- Depends on the desired size of the crust…9” to 18” = 75-100/hr, 7” to 9” = 150-200/hr, 6” or under = 300-400/hr
- Pressed dough keeps air in the crust vs. sheeted dough where the air is forced out of the crust. Pressed dough is consistent in thickness and size vs. hand tossed where the thickness and size can be inconsistent
- Makes it possible to achieve desired thickness and ensures consistent thickness at the same dough ball weight
DoughXpress D-TXM-2-18 Features
- Cam over-lock linkage keeps upper platen in pressing position until handle is lifted by
- Digital temperature control displays current reading
- Digital timer (count down begins automatically when platen lowers and resets after the platen raises)
- Thickness adjustment for various product thicknesses
- Bottom swing out design saves space and is easier to use than top swinging models
- Illuminated On/Off switch
- Heat indicating light that turns off when set temperature is reached
- Flattens dough balls into pizzas up to 18” in diameter