Belshaw Fryers and Proofers feature in Food Network "Donut Champions" Challenge
Belshaw's Cut-N-Fry fryers and Belshaw Adamatic's Truebake proofers were featured on the "Donut Champions" episode of the Food Network Challenge series, which aired throughout April on the Food Network.
The four finalists came from The Hole (Denver), Top Pot Donuts (Seattle), Mighty-O Donuts (Seattle), and Blue Collar Joe's (Daleville, VA). The guest judge was Mark Israel from the Doughnut Plant in New York City. The challenge required each contestant to create several donuts for the judges, as well as to make a sculpture of an animal entirely out of donuts.
The winner? Sara Beth Russert of Mighy-O Donuts, an all-vegan cafe and donut shop and an "ethical" donut eater’s dream come true. Besides keeping their donuts, glazes and icings free of animal products, Mighty-O also keeps out hydrogenated oils, artificial flavorings and colorings, and chemical preservatives. What goes into a Mighty-O donut? Ingredients like organic fruits, organic sugars, organic flours and organic oils in batches of Chocolate Raspberry, Good O’ Glazed, Pumpkin, Grasshopper, Glazed Chocolate, Lemon Poppy and more.
What's more, they regularly make their donuts, not on a Cut-N-Fry as in this competition, but on a Belshaw Donut Robot Mark 5. Congratulations to all the contestants who made some awesome donut creations under a lot of time pressure!
Belshaw Adamatic at IBIE
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The following equipment was on display at IBIE 2010 in Las Vegas, NV:
Booth #7807 - Industrial Equipment
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Booth #10601 - Retail Equipment
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Belshaw and Adamatic form Belshaw Adamatic Bakery Group
Belshaw
and Adamatic have combined to form Belshaw Adamatic
Bakery Group. The merged company is located in the new factory HQ in Auburn, Washington.
Adamatic was founded in the early 1960's and earned a reputation for making the best industrial roll dividers and roll makeup lines in North America - which Adamatic continues to do in the new factory.
The Belshaw Adamatic Bakery Group brand in the US, Canada and Mexico will incude former Adamatic Rack, Deck and Convection ovens, Proofers and the Omega Touch cookie depositor, as well as Belshaw donut equipment . 
See Belshaw Adamatic Bakery Group product listing
120,000 sq.ft HQ for Belshaw Adamatic Bakery Group
Belshaw has completed the move into a new 120,000 sq.ft. production facility in Auburn, WA, 20 miles south of Seattle. The custom-built plant is 40% larger than the former Seattle plant. This will provide greater capacity and increased efficiencies, thereby allowing better lead times for our valued customers. Roger Faw, President of Belshaw Bros., stated that "Belshaw has a long storied history in the baking industry, most of which lies in our previous facility where the Belshaw family started the business, but the time has come for us to spread our wings and grow as we strive to retain our prominence in the global sales environment we serve."
Belshaw's new address is 814 44th Street NW, Suite 103, Auburn, WA 98001. The company's phone numbers, 206-322-5474 / 800-578-2547, are unchanged.
Click any of the thumbnails below for images of the opening and of the new plant.
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Century upgrades with new 10 ft and 14 ft fryers
Belshaw
continues to upgrade its Century Donut Production system designed to fill the needs of
commissary and wholesale donut producers.
The new C14-24 is the longest fryer in the Century product line with a frying length of 14 feet (4.25m) and width of 24" (60cm) to accommodate 6 donuts per flight. This fryer, which produces approximately 620 dozen donuts/hour, was designed to provide extra frying capacity while still using a 24" proofer and glazing, cooling and screen loading line.
The C10-36 is the other new fryer in the Century system. (10 feet long x 36" wide). This fryer's capacity is 560 doz/hr and it uses a 36" auxiliary line.
Just about every component of Century's glazing, cooling and screen loading sections has now been completely redesigned with industrial-strength belting, wash-down motors, heavy-duty axles+bearings, variable speed controllers, and numerous features designed to facilitate production.
All Century auxiliary systems are modular and can be configured with 45°, 90° and 180° turns as well as straight-line, with glazers, cooling conveyors and screen loaders available.
New Sugar Tumbler for commissaries
Do you sugar-coat a large number of donuts each day? If you are dipping and rolling them in sugar manually, Belshaw's sugaring tumbler is made for you. It has an oversized chute so you can pour in an entire tray or screen at a time, without worrying about spills. Then the tumbler gives the donuts an even coating before gently feeding them out the other end.
If you would like to speed up your sugaring process, talk to your Belshaw Industrial Sales Manager about the Sugaring Tumbler!
Sugar Tumber spec sheet (200kb, pdf)
