Apparatus and method with individual preparation and hybrid heating for making generally flat dough based products

摘要

An apparatus for making generally flat dough based products includes a supply station having at least two hoppers for holding different ingredients and respective valve mechanisms disposed below outlets of the hoppers and being operable to control the quantities of ingredients separately dispensed from the hoppers, a mixing bowl disposed below the hoppers in a position to receive the different ingredients in the predetermined quantities wherein the mixing bowl is adapted to open for releasing a dough based product prepared therein toward a conveyor, and a heating station having first and second heating zones arranged along the conveyor between entry and exit ends thereof and being operable to produce infra-red and electric resistance heating respectively in the first and second heating zones so as to cap and cook the prepared dough based product by the time the product is moved by the conveyor to its exit end.