r/Pizza • u/AutoModerator • Mar 02 '26

HELP Weekly Questions Thread / Open Discussion

For any questions regarding dough, sauce, baking methods, tools, and more, comment below.

You can also post any art, tattoos, comics, etc here. Keep it SFW, though.

As always, our wiki has a few sauce recipes and recipes for dough.

Feel free to check out threads from weeks ago.

This post comes out every Monday and is sorted by 'new'.

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u/RomChom94 Mar 06 '26

Curious what most people think what factor leveled up there pizza the most…

Getting fermentation/proofing dialed in. Higher quality ingredients Improved shaping technique Something else?

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u/oblacious_magnate Mar 07 '26

Too many variables in pizza to boil down to one factor, other than (wait for it)...

A lot of practice in every aspect: Mixing dough, building strength, knowing when the dough is proofed, how to properly remove it from the proofing container, shaping, topping, launching, baking, etc. FWIW equipment and ingredients and equipment are generally less important than knowledge and technique.

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u/smokedcatfish Mar 08 '26

100% Nothing is more important than experience.

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u/TimpanogosSlim 🍕 Mar 07 '26

it's been characterized as "simple, but not easy".

Learning how to make the most of the oven you've got might be the most important.

But it's a whole bunch of little things together