Neapolitan.

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  1. 01Explainer · ~10 min readHow Much Dough Per Pizza: The Weight Table, With the Arithmetic ShownRoughly 1.2 to 1.7 g of dough per square inch of finished pizza, which puts a 12 inch pizza at about 137 to 190 g. That band is our own arithmetic, derived from Commission Regulation (EU) No 97/2010, which specifies dough balls of 180 to 250 g for a pizza of no more than 35 cm. Below: the full table by size with the area column visible so you can check the working, plus the disagreement between the EU regulation and the AVPN's own recipe.
  2. 02Explainer · ~11 min readPizza Dough Hydration Explained: The Sourced Numbers, and What Each Band DoesNeapolitan dough runs 55.6 to 62.5 percent hydration, a figure derived from the AVPN's specified ratio of 1 litre of water to 1,600 to 1,800 g of flour, while Commission Regulation (EU) No 97/2010 fixes a single 55.6 percent by specifying 1 litre of water to 1.8 kg of flour. Hydration is nothing more mysterious than water weight divided by flour weight. Below: the division itself, a sourced hydration table by style, and the part that actually helps, which is what each band does to your bake.
  3. 03Explainer · 17 minPizza Oven Temperature and Cook Time Chart: The Sourced ReferenceThe two documents that formally define Neapolitan pizza state the floor and dome temperatures in opposite order. The AVPN puts the cooking surface at 380 to 430°C and the dome at 485°C. The EU regulation puts the floor at 485°C and the dome at 430°C. Below: the full temperature and cook-time chart by style with every figure attributed, plus why your infrared thermometer and your oven's gauge will never agree.
  4. 04Buyer's Guide · ~12 min readBest Pizza Oven for Neapolitan Pizza (2026): Ranked & ComparedTrue Neapolitan pizza is a 60-to-90-second bake on a screaming-hot floor, the one style that needs every degree a backyard oven can make. We ranked the field on verified stone temps, ordering the seven ovens that actually leopard a pie the way Naples intended.
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