Who can cook good pizza at home and loves doing it?

[Kelly6]

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The main reason why people fail in making pizza at home is.

:Indoor over can only go high as 500F degree, which is still minimum heat to make pizza.

: Other reason is that dough, water and flour ratio is wrong. Best water ratio is 60% - 70%.

[Caroline91]

I've never been able to master it. I'm a pretty good cook, but it just goes right out the window when I try to do pizza at home. So I'd like to know the secret, especially about how to do a good crust, if anyone cares to share?

[Kelly6]

@Caroline91 so you fail in crust?
i can help in that

[Kelly6]

@Caroline91
hydration level needs to be between 60% and 65%.
and what is the heat temp you use?

[Caroline91]

@Kelly6 Boy Howdy do I!

[Caroline91]

@Kelly6 I don't understand what you mean by hydration level. I use 425F

[Kelly6]

@Caroline91 and temp has to be high as your oven can be.
high temp makes crusty pizza, Or krusty krab pizza lol

[Caroline91]

@Kelly6 So maybe it's mostly oven temperature...

[Kelly6]

@Caroline91
example: 100gram of flour + 65gram of water

[Caroline91]

@Kelly6 Ok, got it. I'm going to try again this weekend. Thanks for the tips, Kelly!

[Kelly6]

@Caroline91 if oven can go above 425F its good,
even if oven reaches high temp, best is to let it heat the pizza rack or stone for 10-20 minutes before you put pizza of the rock

[Caroline91]

@Kelly6 Mine goes up to 500F max. And I will be sure to heat the stone first.

[Kelly6]

@Caroline91 70% water would be ok too.
but high heat is the major issue.

[Kelly6]

@Caroline91
500F Is good.
pizza stone should stay in oven, not to be removed.
slide the pizza on oven as its done in brick oven.

[Kelly6]

@Caroline91
let me know how it goes.

[Caroline91]

@Kelly6. Wow, this has been super helpful. I can't wait to see how things turn out.

[malarkey]

You have to use bread flour to make your pizza dough not all purpose flour. Bread flour has higher protein content which makes it more stretchy/chewy and more structured. After you make it, you should put it in the fridge over night to make a pizza the next day. Another tip would be to brush olive oil on it to give it a better sheen and to keep the bread in the crust soft. Cook at high heat. At 480 F you cook a pizza for about 13 minutes at 500 F it's about 10-11 minutes. At 550 F it's about 7-8 minutes.

[Caroline91]

@malarkey Thank you!

[Nikki1989]

I make pizzas from scratch, the base included, and I don't mind saying, it blows away any shop-bought pizza.

[Kelly6]

@Nikki1989 Is it special type of pizza with special topping?

[Nikki1989]

My husband chooses his toppings. I rarely eat them myself.

[Kelly6]

@Nikki1989
Does your girlfriend make pizza too?

[Nikki1989]

Sometimes.

[Kelly6]

@Nikki1989
Nice to hear that

[Static_In_The_Attic]

As for me I love pizza & when it comes to pizza temperature is one of the keys & unfortunately my oven doesn’t go up to the temperature I would like it to go up to so I pick up the phone & call my local mom & pop pizza shop & order.

In the photo above is an Ooni pizza oven & it goes up to 900 degrees Fahrenheit & you can have a pizza in 50 seconds. Down the road I plan on getting one.

[sage2021]

Notice that only two pinks answered this question and all the rest were guys?
I believe that a man that knows how to cook is very masculine!!
I was married to a cook and I just loved him making masterpieces! He was a fantastic cook!
I loved his linguini in clam sauce the best! He was Italian 🙂 and very handsome on top of being a great cook. Yeeeya!!

[Kelly6]

@sage2021 maybe pizza is more of guys dish as bbq is.

[sage2021]

@Kelly6
Yep! They are "The Calm the Grill Masters" when it comes to Barbecuing.

[Kelly6]

@sage2021 exactly.
So far are happy now happy of trump?

[sage2021]

You have to know that I am very happy 😊

[purplepoppy]

I can but I haven't made one from scratch in years.

[Kelly6]

@purplepoppy
Did you ever use lamb meat as topping?

[purplepoppy]

Can't say I have but kebab houses often do kebab pizzas which of course is lamb. Shredded lamb belly could work if kept hot.

[Kelly6]

@purplepoppy
True and are awesome

[malarkey]

I do, that's actually probably what I will make today. I already have pizza dough in the fridge... Either that or some sort of potato soup because I have a bag of potatoes I have to get rid of before they rot...

[electromagnetic]

I hate cooking but if I really put myself into the craft and follow a recipe, I should be alright.

[llorando]

I can and do. I have a cast iron pizza pan I use, gives a nice crust that's crispy on the bottom and soft in the middle. Sometimes times I make pizza dough from scratch, but usually I use store bought since it's cheaper.

[Kaneki05]

No point Chicago town pizza is the best. The small ones are cheap, and taste great. And they take 4mins in a microwave convenient. Also they don't cheap out on toppings the pepperoni ones always have good amount if not to much actually lol.

[bolverk]

I make pizza at home regularly, and you do not need a pizza oven to make them, or a pizza stone, they would help but you don’t need one.

[Justneedtokno]

Haven’t done it in a while, but I’m pretty sure if I try I got it.

[MisfitsLover92]

I haven't made homemade pizza in a while, but i love to =)

[douride2]

From scratch at home is the only pizza I eat.

[Bklynbadboy12]

I make great pizza and my oven goes to 500 I think it has less to do with how high your oven goes and more about using fresh to quality ingredients

[RichA322]

🙋🏻‍♂️

But only when I have enough time to do it.

[Bricealan]

@Kelly6 Never tried, but would give it a try.

[AviatorTom]

My wife and I love pizza. But we leave its preparation to the experts.

[HungTexan]

I can. I have a great wood fired pizza oven that I use to achieve the desired result.

[Vickie06]

Well by the Crust from a Supermarket and ad our topping etc.

[FunkyMonkee]

I can! I can!! Except that I don't have an oven.

[LiamS95]

I make great pizza at home and I have a pizza oven that will use gas. Electric or wood to do the cooking I prefer Woodfired with a pizza stone.

[Stravoula96]

I do though I use pita bread use sauce, cheese grilled chicken.

[hello4433]

I can. It's my secret recipe. People love the pizza that I can make and wanna keep it that way.

[Tomisworthless]

I don't know but ill have one if anyone would like to feed me

[Tomisworthless]

Oh yeah I can only eat Gods word

[seeyounexttuesday]

I can. I haven't done it recently, but it used to be a weekly event for me.

[DrPepper12]

On the BBQ is the key!!

[Staximus]

I need to learn how to make the dough right

[Mrtcn01]

I m... Because i m italian :D

[RavVid]

Pretty good at it but was getting fat

[Lynx122]

I do sometimes :)

[BCRanger10]

I can. It's been a while though.

[XXblack88]

Never tried but I think it would be fun

[lucy901]

Me and I will cook to my taste

[ChicoFromThe305]

I can make a pasta to go with your pizza 🍝

[electromagnetic]

Pineapple belong on pizza but this is extreme. 😆

[llorando]

@electromagnetic Hold right there, the police are on there, no excuse for this despicable crime against pizza :P. Just kidding.

[ehatsham_hussain]

I can , and yes I enjoy

[krin_m]

I always make a pizza from scratch!

[Anonymous]

I can, and I love pizza.

[Celticwolf78]

It all depends on what type of pizza dough you use

[Awantika03]

I can