Baker’s Math
Pizza dough recipes often use baker’s math (baker’s percentages) to express ingredient proportions relative to the flour’s weight, which is invaluable for accuracy, consistency, and scalability. For more on Baker’s Math, Pizza Today’s article on baker’s percentages is a helpful resource.
Thickness factor, sometimes called dough loading factor, is how you control the thickness of your pizza. It’s expressed in grams of dough per square inch. A typical New York style pie falls between 0.075 and 0.1, and I personally prefer 0.083 to 0.085. For a deeper dive into how this works in practice, Tom Lehmann published a solid article on the subject.
Dough Calculator
The Pizza Dough Calculator is a go-to tool for customizing dough recipes based on pizza size and thickness. By inputting values like diameter and thickness factor, the calculator provides precise measurements for each ingredient, helping to achieve consistent results every time. There are many calculators available both online and inapp stores. Pick one you like, such as this one.