I’m trying to recreate those XL pizza you can get at most American pizza chains. Also, do I have to increase the measurements of the other ingredients (yeast and salt)? Thanks in advance.

  • @[email protected]
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    710 months ago

    If we’re just trying to make a proportional change, then the area formula is all you need, since we can assume the height should be roughly the same between them.

    It really should be a simple calculation. In fact, you don’t even need pi, since that’s a common factor. All you need is the ratio between diameters squared.

    If you want to go from 12" to 16" recipes, you take (16/12)^2 ~= 1.8

    So just multiply all the amounts by that factor and it should be about right. If it’s not, adjust it a bit for next time.

    • FuglyDuck
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      310 months ago

      Good point. I prefer working with tau anyhow- 2 pi is always better than one,

      (Sorry sorry, couldn’t a resist a math and food pun,)