![]() Typically, this allows us to bake pizzas with one to three toppings on one conveyor, regardless of size, and those pizzas with four or more toppings on another conveyor, again, regardless of size. Multiply this times the cheese density number to find the amount of cheese to add on our 16-inch pizza - 200.96 x 0.0530785 = 10.66 ounces of cheese should be used on our 16-inch pizza.īy calculating your dough, sauce and cheese weights for each of your pizza sizes, you will find that your pizzas will bake in a more similar manner, regardless of size, this is especially true if you are baking in any of the conveyor ovens, in which the baking time is fixed, and you want to be able to bake all of your pizza sizes at similar baking times. Multiply this times the cheese density number to find the amount of cheese to add on our 14-inch pizza - 153.86 x 0.0530785 = 8.16 ounces of cheese should be used on our 14-inch pizza.Ī 16-inch pizza has 200.96 square inches of surface area. Our cheese density number is 0.0530785.Ī 14-inch pizza has 153.86 square inches of surface area. six-ounces divided by 113.04 = 0.0530785 ounce of cheese per square inch of surface area. Let’s say that we found six ounces of cheese to work well in our application. Then divide this amount by the surface area of our test pizza (a 12-inch, which has 113.04 inches of surface area). To calculate the amount of cheese to use, again, we will use the 12-inch pizza and experiment with applying different amounts of cheese until we find the amount that works best for us. So, all we need to do is multiply this times the sauce density factor - 200.96 x 0.0442321 = 8.88 ounces of sauce should be used on our 16-inch pizza. So, all we need to do is to multiply 153.86 times the sauce density number to find the correct amount of sauce to use on our 14-inch pizza - 153.86 x 0.0442321 = 6.80 ounces of sauce should be used on our 14-inch pizza.įor the 16-inch pizza, we know that it has 200.96 square inches of surface area. We know that the 14-inch pizza has a surface area of 153.86 square inches. We already know that a 12-inch pizza has a surface area of 113.04 square inches, so we divide five-ounces by 113.04 = 0.0442321 ounces of sauce per square inch of surface area. This will provide you with a specific sauce or cheese weight, which can then be used in exactly the same manner to calculate the amount of sauce or cheese required for any other size pizza you wish to make.Īs an example, going back to that 12-inch pizza, let’s say we really like the pizza when it has five ounces of sauce on it. In these applications, all you need to do is to substitute the dough weight with the sauce or cheese weight found to make the best pizza for you. In addition to being used to calculate dough weights for different size pizzas, this same calculation can be used to find the weights for both sauce and cheese, too. Calculating how much sauce and cheese to put on different sized pizzas ![]() In summary, the following dough weights will be needed to make our 12-, 14-, and 16-inch pizza crusts: 12-inch (11 ounces) 14-inch (15 ounces): and 16-inch (19.5 ounces). Round that off to 19.5 ounces of dough needed to make the 16-inch pizza crust. Multiply this times the dough density factor to get the dough weight required to make our 16-inch crusts - 200.96 X 0.0973106 = 19.555538 ounces of dough. Round that off to 15 ounces of dough needed to make the 14-inch pizza crust.įor the 16-inch pizza we multiply 3.14 X 64 (8 x 8 = 64) = 200.96 square inches of surface area. All we need to do now is to multiply the surface area of the 14-inch pizza by the dough density number (0.0973106) to find the dough scaling weight for the 14-inch pizza - 153.86 x 0.0973106 = 14.972208 ounces of dough. The surface area of a 14-inch pizza is 3.14 x 49 (7 x 7 = 49) = 153.86 square inches of surface area. In this case we want to make 14- and 16-inch pizzas in addition to the 12-inch pizza. ![]() Our next step is to calculate the number of square inches of surface area in each of the other sizes we want to make. ![]() This number is referred to as the “dough density number.” So, now we have 11 ounces divided by 113.04 = 0.0973106 ounces of dough per square inch of surface area on our 12-inch pizza. To calculate the dough density number, we will need to divide the dough weight by the number of square inches. To square it we simply multiply it times itself.ģ.14 x 6 x 6 (or 36) = 113.04 square inches Pi equals 3.14, and R is half of the diameter. The formula for finding the surface area of a circle is pi x R squared. Begin by calculating the surface area of the size of pizza you elected to find the dough weight for. We’re now going to find the dough density number that is all-important in determining the dough weights for the other sizes.
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