Pizza Dough Ball Planner
Plan dough quantities for a chosen number of equal pizza balls.
Your inputs
Calculation results
Formula & assumptions
Flour = total dough / (1 + hydration + salt + yeast fractions).
Values use the specified units. Calculations use floating-point arithmetic. Check input measurements and formula assumptions before applying the result.
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Using Pizza Dough Ball Planner
Plan dough quantities for a chosen number of equal pizza balls.
- Enter number of pizzas, ball mass, hydration, salt, yeast using the units printed under each field.
- Choose Calculate, or enable live updates. Review the result labels and formula assumptions.
- Save scenarios to compare up to five variations, then copy the report or download JSON or CSV.
Example
Number of pizzas: 4 pizzas Ball mass: 250 grams Hydration: 65 percent Salt: 2.5 percent Yeast: 0.5 percent Total dough · grams: 1000 Flour · grams: 595.2381 Water · grams: 386.90476 Salt · grams: 14.880952 Yeast · grams: 2.9761905
Questions & answers
What does Pizza Dough Ball Planner calculate?
Plan dough quantities for a chosen number of equal pizza balls.
Which units should I enter?
Number of pizzas uses pizzas. Ball mass uses grams. Hydration uses percent. Salt uses percent. Yeast uses percent. Convert values to these units before calculating.
Which formula does it use?
Flour = total dough / (1 + hydration + salt + yeast fractions).
What does the included example show?
Number of pizzas: 4 pizzas; Ball mass: 250 grams; Hydration: 65 percent; Salt: 2.5 percent; Yeast: 0.5 percent. Result: Total dough · grams = 1000; Flour · grams = 595.2381; Water · grams = 386.90476; Salt · grams = 14.880952; Yeast · grams = 2.9761905.
Can I compare different settings?
Yes. Save a scenario, change the inputs and save another result. Up to five scenarios are compared in this tab; they disappear when you reload or leave.
Can I export the calculation?
Copy the JSON report or download JSON and CSV with inputs, result labels and numeric values. Processing uses local JavaScript; no calculation request is sent to our server. Displayed values use up to 10 significant digits; exports retain JavaScript numeric precision.
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