--- title: "Pizza Dough Calculator — Hydration… — Festa Pizza Co." description: "Free pizza dough calculator for Neapolitan, New York, Detroit and Sicilian styles — dial in hydration, flour, salt and yeast for the Festa oven." lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Organization", "name": "Festa Pizza Co.", "url": "https://www.festapizzaco.com", "logo": "https://www.festapizzaco.com/favicon.ico", "sameAs": [ "https://www.instagram.com/festapizzaco", "https://www.tiktok.com/@festapizzaco" ], "contactPoint": { "@type": "ContactPoint", "telephone": "+1-866-792-7789", "email": "support@festapizzaco.com", "contactType": "customer support" } }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "WebSite", "name": "Festa Pizza Co.", "url": "https://www.festapizzaco.com", "potentialAction": { "@type": "SearchAction", "target": "https://www.festapizzaco.com/recipes?q={search_term_string}", "query-input": "required name=search_term_string" } }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Organization", "name": "Festa Pizza Co.", "url": "https://www.festapizzaco.com", "logo": "https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0712/9766/3228/files/FESTA_Studio-23.jpg?v=1747685098", "email": "support@festapizzaco.com", "telephone": "+1-866-792-7789", "sameAs": [ "https://www.facebook.com/festapizzaco", "https://www.instagram.com/festapizzaco", "https://www.tiktok.com/@festapizzaco", "https://www.youtube.com/@festapizzaco", "https://x.com/festapizzaco", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/festapizzaco" ], "contactPoint": [ { "@type": "ContactPoint", "telephone": "+1-866-792-7789", "email": "support@festapizzaco.com", "contactType": "customer support", "areaServed": "US", "availableLanguage": [ "en" ] } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "WebSite", "name": "Festa Pizza Co.", "url": "https://www.festapizzaco.com", "potentialAction": { "@type": "SearchAction", "target": "https://www.festapizzaco.com/recipes?q={search_term_string}", "query-input": "required name=search_term_string" } } ] --- [Skip to main content](#main-content) [![Festa Pizza Co. logo](/assets/festa-logo-BHdwRcvZ.png)](/) [Pizza Oven](/products/festa-oven)[Accessories](/accessories)[Recipes](/recipes)[Explore](/dough-calculator)[Support](/support) [](/account/login) # Pizza Dough Calculator Dial in the perfect dough for your Festa pizza oven — every style, every time. simpleexpert ### Pick your style New York The foldable slice. Crisp bottom, chewy bite. Neapolitan Soft, puffy, leopard-spotted. 60–90 second bake. Premium New York Three-flour artisan blend. The $65-pie recipe. Detroit Airy crumb, crispy frico cheese edges. Pan pizza royalty. Sicilian / Grandma Olive-oil pan pizza. Golden bottom, tender crumb. Chicago Deep Dish Buttery, biscuit-like crust. A knife-and-fork pizza. Tavern / Thin & Crispy Cracker-thin, party-cut squares. Chicago's everyday pizza. Gluten-Free Crisp, sturdy GF crust that doesn't apologize. ### Your batch Dough balls (pizzas) −3 + Size 12″ round 14″ round 15″ round 16″ round Thickness Thin Regular Thick Leavening Instant Yeast Fast, reliable, foolproof. Ready in as little as 4–6 hrs. Active Dry Yeast Classic and forgiving. A quick bloom in warm water before mixing. Sourdough Starter Naturally leavened. Deeper flavor, longer timeline — needs an active starter. Baking in Festa Oven up to 950°F Home Oven ~550°F max When are you baking? Today 4–6 hrs Tomorrow ~24 hrs 2–3 Days ★ Best flavor The sweet spot. 48–72 hrs cold builds the flavor and texture pizzerias are built on. Festa Pizza Co. New York · 3 × 14″ 9/19/2026 ## New York · 3 × 14″ Per ball 434 g Total dough 1303 g Hydration 62% Above ~650°F we cut the sugar back so the crust doesn't burn before the center bakes. ### Ingredients gramsounces Ingredient Baker's % Amount Bread flour 100.0% 782 g Water 62.0% 485 g Salt 2.0% 16 g≈ 2.75 tsp Olive oil 2.0% 16 g≈ 1.2 tbsp Sugar 0.50% 3.9 g≈ 1 tsp Instant dry yeast 0.10% 0.8 g≈ 0.25 tsp Total dough 1303 g ### Your schedule — if you start now 1. Sat 12:32 PM Mix & knead Bring the dough together and knead until smooth. 2. Sat 2:32 PM Room-temp ferment ends (2 hrs @ 72°F) Covered, out on the counter. Ball it up at the end of this phase. 3. Tue 12:32 AM Cold ferment ends (58 hrs in the fridge) Balled and covered in the fridge — this is where flavor is built. 4. Tue 2:32 AM Pull & warm up (2 hrs) Take the dough out of the fridge so it relaxes and stretches without tearing. 5. Tue 2:32 AM Bake Fire the oven while the dough finishes warming. ### Method 1. Mise en place (French for "everything in its place") — weigh out bread flour, water, salt, olive oil, sugar and instant dry yeast. Grams, not cups: that's the whole secret of consistent dough. 2. Combine the dry ingredients — whisk the instant yeast directly into the flour and salt. No need to dissolve it separately. 3. Add the water and mix until a shaggy dough forms. Aim for a finished dough temperature of 75–78°F — cool water for long cold ferments. 4. Knead 8–10 min by hand (5–6 min in a mixer on low-medium) until smooth, elastic, and it passes the windowpane test — stretch a small piece thin enough to see light through without tearing. 5. Add the olive oil about halfway through kneading, once the gluten has started developing. 6. Cover and bulk ferment per your schedule below. 7. Divide into 3 balls at 434 g each. Shape tight, seal the bottom, rest covered. 8. Take the dough out of the fridge about 2 hrs before baking so it relaxes and stretches without tearing. 9. Bake mise en place — while the dough finishes warming: preheat the oven and stone, portion sauce, cheese and toppings, and have your peel, bench flour and cutter ready. 10. Fire the oven (if not already at temp) and launch. ### In the Festa Oven — 550–650°F Bake time: 5–7 min 1. Heat the Festa oven to 550–650°F, stone fully saturated (~25 min). 2. Stretch or toss to 14–16″ — thin center, defined rim. 3. Sauce generously, low-moisture mozzarella, toppings. 4. Bake 5–7 min, rotating halfway. 5. Slice and fold. If it droops just enough, you nailed it. ### Know your dough **America's slice.** NY dough is Neapolitan's big cousin: bread flour for chew, a little oil for tenderness, a little sugar for color at lower oven temps, and a long cold ferment (2–3 days) for that unmistakable flavor. 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