DETROIT STYLE PIZZA
Dads That Cook · dadsthatcook.com · 2026 · Original
Detroitas labeled by the source
DietNot vegetarian: whole pepperoni stick. Reviewed: pepperoni; butter.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Detroit style, 60% hydration: drier than 71% of the 1,480 doughs that parse, baked at 550°F, hotter than 92% of recipes that state an oven.
Detroit (Detroit): Wisconsin brick cheese to the edges (frico crust), racing stripes of sauce applied after bake, 8x10 or 10x14 blue steel pan
Tradition: 65 to 75% hydration (this recipe: 60%) · 475 to 525°F bake (this recipe: 550°F)
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
212g
Water
128g
Hydration
60.4%
Salt
3.1%
Yeast
1.65%
Oil
0%
Sauce
794g
Cheese
284g
Dough weight
350g
Process
Bake temp
550°F / 288°C
Bake time
13 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
blue steel pan
Cold ferment
12h
Bulk
2h
Ingredients (7)
- sauce tomatocan of San Marzano Tomatoes794g
- cheese mozzarellashredded cheese10 oz · 284g
- cheese otherFreshly grated parmesann/a
- flourKing Arthur Bread Flour212g
- waterfiltered or bottled water128g
- yeastInstant or Active Dry Yeast3.5g
- saltkosher salt6.5g
Toppings (9)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheese1 Whole Pepperoni Stick1 stick
- over cheeseMelted butter
- over cheeseFinely chopped basil
- over cheeseBoar’s Night Out White Lightning Double Garlic Butter
- over cheeseCutting board
- over cheeseKnife
- over cheeseGrill/smoker
- over cheeseFood scale
- over cheeseStand mixer
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