If you experience problems with your dough as the seasons change, the solution is to establish a targeted finished-dough temperature.
Tom Lehmann: In Lehmann's Terms
Here’s How to Prevent Pizzas from Sticking to the Peel
You might be using the wrong type of pizza peel, or maybe you need to take a closer look at your peel dust.
Tom Lehmann: In Lehmann's Terms
How to Solve the Problem of Wet, Sticky Pizza Dough
Cross-stacking the dough boxes in the cooler before nesting them is a crucial step in ensuring that your dough is easy to handle.
Tom Lehmann: In Lehmann's Terms
Alternatives to the Standard Dough Box
There’s more than one way to store your pizza restaurant's dough balls, including sheet pans and plastic bags, says Tom "The Dough Doctor" Lehmann.
Tom Lehmann: In Lehmann's Terms
In Lehmann’s Terms: Thinking Inside the Dough Box
Tom “The Dough Doctor” Lehmann delves into the dos and don’ts of pizza dough storage.
Tom Lehmann: In Lehmann's Terms
The Secrets of Instant Dry Yeast
How to add IDY to your dough formulation—and take full advantage of its long shelf life.
Tom Lehmann: In Lehmann's Terms
The Dough Doctor Offers 5 Tips for a Better DELCO Pizza
Q: We are a dine-in pizzeria forced to offer delivery and carryout (DELCO) for the first time due to the pandemic. How can we make our pizzas suitable for DELCO without changing our dough formulation? A: There are a number of changes that can be easily implemented to improve the … More
Tom Lehmann: In Lehmann's Terms
In Lehmann’s Terms: How to Provide a Better Carryout Pizza
Because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, many pizzerias have had to change the way they do business to conform to the mandated public health regulations intended to control its spread. This month I will share some of the related questions I have received from operators across the country. Q: We’re … More
Food & Ingredients
In Lehmann’s Terms: How to Choose a Cutting Surface
Q: Do you have any suggestions about the best type of cutting top we should use at our pizza restaurant’s cutting/boxing station? A: While wood is a kind and gentle surface to your slicers and knives, it is also a real pain to work with as a cutting surface, because … More
Tom Lehmann: In Lehmann's Terms
In Lehmann’s Terms: Put a Little Spring in Your Dough
The Dough Doctor shares 7 tips for increasing your pizza crust's oven rise without using additives.
Tom Lehmann: In Lehmann's Terms
Tom Lehmann Explains the Various Dough Forming Methods
Every crust-forming method or procedure imparts its own unique traits to the dough, which affects the finished crust.
Tom Lehmann: In Lehmann's Terms
Oil vs. Shortening: Solving a Slippery, Sticky Dilemma
Adding oil or shortening to your pan can affect your pizza in a variety of ways—not all of them good.