Pizza Lab

4,993 recipes

Timeline

4,733 of 4,993 pizzas have a publication year from their source metadata (1998–2026). Counts mostly reflect when food blogs published, not when styles were invented — but the dough itself drifts: median hydration has risen ~6 points since 1999, the home-pizza renaissance in one number.

Median hydration by year (dough recipes)

59%68%76%1999201220251999: 65% (n=16)2000: 76% (n=8)2002: 63% (n=21)2003: 71% (n=29)2004: 63% (n=13)2006: 59% (n=11)2007: 63% (n=60)2008: 63% (n=44)2009: 69% (n=49)2010: 71% (n=33)2011: 68% (n=42)2012: 69% (n=35)2013: 65% (n=46)2014: 67% (n=15)2015: 63% (n=13)2016: 67% (n=13)2017: 71% (n=24)2018: 71% (n=53)2019: 71% (n=65)2020: 67% (n=75)2021: 66% (n=34)2022: 74% (n=45)2023: 63% (n=22)2024: 71% (n=21)2025: 71% (n=30)

Median bake temp by year

439°F470°F500°F1999201320261999: 500°F (n=29)2000: 450°F (n=23)2002: 500°F (n=92)2003: 500°F (n=109)2004: 500°F (n=74)2005: 500°F (n=50)2006: 500°F (n=203)2007: 500°F (n=282)2008: 500°F (n=268)2009: 446°F (n=445)2010: 500°F (n=161)2011: 500°F (n=171)2012: 500°F (n=141)2013: 500°F (n=216)2014: 500°F (n=158)2015: 500°F (n=150)2016: 500°F (n=168)2017: 500°F (n=148)2018: 500°F (n=419)2019: 439°F (n=308)2020: 475°F (n=314)2021: 500°F (n=172)2022: 500°F (n=181)2023: 500°F (n=118)2024: 500°F (n=132)2025: 500°F (n=128)2026: 500°F (n=40)

Recipes per publication year

2026
41
2025
129
2024
134
2023
119
2022
183
2021
173
2020
316
2019
308
2018
4221 iconic
2017
1492 iconic
2016
169
2015
150
2014
1591 iconic
2013
2163 iconic
2012
1433 iconic
2011
1721 iconic
2010
1613 iconic
2009
446
2008
268
2007
282
2006
204
2005
50
2004
76
2003
110
2002
92
2001
3
2000
23
1999
29
1998
6

Iconic pizzas by year

Easy At-Home Pizza Dough (from the Guys at Roberta's) Recipe

2010 · seriouseats.com · other

Hacker-Free Neapolitan Pizza for a Home Kitchen Recipe

2010 · seriouseats.com · neapolitan

New York-Style Pizza

2010 · seriouseats.com · ny

Thin-Crust Pizza

2011 · americastestkitchen.com · other

Basic Neapolitan Pizza Dough

2012 · seriouseats.com · neapolitan

Basic New York-Style Pizza Dough

2012 · seriouseats.com · ny

Jim Lahey's No-Knead Pizza Dough

2012 · seriouseats.com · other

Grandma Pizza

2013 · americastestkitchen.com · grandma

Foolproof Pan Pizza

2013 · seriouseats.com · grandma

Pizza With Fresh Clams, Garlic, Mozzarella, Romano, and Basil Recipe

2013 · seriouseats.com · new haven

Pizza Dough

2014 · cooking.nytimes.com · ny

Detroit-Style Pizza

2017 · americastestkitchen.com · detroit

Detroit-Style Pan Pizza

2017 · seriouseats.com · detroit

Chicago Thin-Crust Pizza

2018 · americastestkitchen.com · chicago tavern