Pizza Dough Calculator
Calculate pizza dough for your recipe.
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What this tool does
Calculate pizza dough for your recipe. Poolish is 100% hydration. Divide total yeast between stages according to the recipe and fermentation schedule.
How to use the Pizza Dough Calculator
- Enter or select dough balls.
- Enter or select each dough ball (grams).
- Enter or select hydration (%).
- Enter or select salt baker's percentage.
- Enter or select oil baker's percentage.
- Enter or select yeast baker's percentage.
- Enter or select flour prefermented in 100%-hydration poolish (%).
- Read the calculated result; change any measurement to compare alternatives.
Formula
total flour=total dough/(1+(hydration+salt+oil+yeast)/100); poolish flour=flour×preferment%; poolish water=poolish flour; deduct poolish flour/water from final additions
- balls
- Dough balls
- mass
- Each dough ball (grams)
- hydration
- Hydration (%)
- salt
- Salt baker's percentage
- oil
- Oil baker's percentage
- yeast
- Yeast baker's percentage
- poolish
- Flour prefermented in 100%-hydration poolish (%)
Poolish is 100% hydration. Divide total yeast between stages according to the recipe and fermentation schedule.
Worked example
For pizza dough calculator, the following measurements illustrate the exact method: Dough balls: 4; Each dough ball (grams): 250; Hydration (%): 65; Salt baker's percentage: 2.5; Oil baker's percentage: 2; Yeast baker's percentage: 0.2; Flour prefermented in 100%-hydration poolish (%): 20.
Inputs
- Dough balls4
- Each dough ball (grams)250
- Hydration (%)65
- Salt baker's percentage2.5
- Oil baker's percentage2
- Yeast baker's percentage0.2
- Flour prefermented in 100%-hydration poolish (%)20
Result
- Total dough (grams)1,000
- Total flour (grams)589.28
- Poolish flour (grams)117.86
- Poolish water (grams)117.86
- Final added flour (grams)471.42
- Final added water (grams)265.17
- Salt (grams)14.73
- Oil (grams)11.79
- Total yeast (grams)1.18
Results explained
- Total dough (grams)
- Total dough (grams) from the formula above. Poolish is 100% hydration. Divide total yeast between stages according to the recipe and fermentation schedule.
- Total flour (grams)
- Total flour (grams) from the formula above. Poolish is 100% hydration. Divide total yeast between stages according to the recipe and fermentation schedule.
- Poolish flour (grams)
- Poolish flour (grams) from the formula above. Poolish is 100% hydration. Divide total yeast between stages according to the recipe and fermentation schedule.
- Poolish water (grams)
- Poolish water (grams) from the formula above. Poolish is 100% hydration. Divide total yeast between stages according to the recipe and fermentation schedule.
- Final added flour (grams)
- Final added flour (grams) from the formula above. Poolish is 100% hydration. Divide total yeast between stages according to the recipe and fermentation schedule.
- Final added water (grams)
- Final added water (grams) from the formula above. Poolish is 100% hydration. Divide total yeast between stages according to the recipe and fermentation schedule.
- Salt (grams)
- Salt (grams) from the formula above. Poolish is 100% hydration. Divide total yeast between stages according to the recipe and fermentation schedule.
- Oil (grams)
- Oil (grams) from the formula above. Poolish is 100% hydration. Divide total yeast between stages according to the recipe and fermentation schedule.
- Total yeast (grams)
- Total yeast (grams) from the formula above. Poolish is 100% hydration. Divide total yeast between stages according to the recipe and fermentation schedule.
Frequently asked questions
total flour=total dough/(1+(hydration+salt+oil+yeast)/100); poolish flour=flour×preferment%; poolish water=poolish flour; deduct poolish flour/water from final additions
Poolish is 100% hydration. Divide total yeast between stages according to the recipe and fermentation schedule.
No. Cooking time is a planning estimate only. Verify internal temperature with a thermometer and follow official food-safety instructions.
Weigh ingredients when possible, use the correct measuring-cup standard, and check recipe and equipment specifications.
No. Every input and calculation stays in your browser.