Food & Kitchen
Pizza Dough Ball Weight Calculator
Pizza dough weight scales with surface area, not diameter alone. A 14-inch pizza has about 36% more area than a 12-inch pizza. Use an area-based dough loading to keep thickness consistent, then add a small crust allowance if you prefer a larger rim.
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Your results
Dough per pizza
293 g
Scale each dough ball to this weight.
Total dough batch
1,196 g
Includes the mixing-loss allowance.
Pizza surface area
113.1 in²
Area drives the dough requirement.
How the calculation works
The calculator applies this relationship to the inputs above. Keep every measurement in the unit shown.
Worked example
Use this example to check the calculator by hand before relying on a result.
Assumptions behind the result
- • Pizza is circular.
- • Thickness is represented by dough loading.
- • Every pizza uses the same diameter.
- • Crust allowance is applied to the whole ball.
- • Toppings are not included.
Mistakes that change the answer
- • Scaling dough directly by diameter.
- • Using pan diameter instead of finished pizza diameter.
- • Forgetting bowl and bench loss on large batches.