The first six things
Pizza starter kit
00 flour, kosher salt, a kitchen scale, a baking steel, a peel, and a cutter. What to buy first — and what can wait.
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People buy gloves before they buy a scale. Pizza is baker’s math. If you are scooping cups, you are guessing.
Buy this order
| Thing | Day one | Week two | After the dough is good |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scale | Yes | No | No |
| 00 flour + salt | Yes | No | No |
| Steel (or stone) | Sometimes | Yes | No |
| Peel | No | Yes | No |
| Cutter | No | Yes | No |
| Outdoor oven | No | No | Yes |
Tick = yes. Dash = no or not the job. Bar = only sometimes.
What to buy
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What owners repeat
Not planted quotes and not five-star theatre. These are the two lines that keep showing up when people have paid: the reason they keep it, and the reason someone sends it back.
A scale
They keep it becausePizza is baker’s math. Water as a percent of flour.
They complain thatPeople buy gloves and infrared guns first. That is backwards.
The steel
They keep it becauseThe floor that makes a kitchen oven honest.
They complain thatAn Ooni in the hands of someone who has never fermented overnight is wasted fire.
Common questions
- What do I need to make pizza at home?
- Flour, salt, yeast, water, a scale, and a hot floor. Everything else is a nice-to-have.
- Do I need a pizza oven on day one?
- No. Buy fire when the dough is already stretching without tears.
Then bake
New YorkClassic Cheese Pizza
From New York
Sauce, mozzarella, that’s it. The pie Google still looks for every night.
DoughEditorNew York Pizza Dough
By The Slice Guy
High-gluten, overnight cold ferment. The dough behind a foldable slice.
DoughEditorNeapolitan 00 Dough
By The Slice Guy
Soft 00, long ferment, a rim that can leopard. The Naples dough.
Also read Best pizza oven for a home kitchen, Baking steel vs pizza stone, Caputo 00 vs King Arthur pizza flour, Best pizza peel: wood vs metal, How to make pizza dough, Best yeast for pizza dough.