A bake log beats a perfect Instagram arc.

Coke’s Pizza Info — Experimente mit Protokoll.

Red line: Mystery dough that even you can’t repeat.

A bake log beats a perfect arc—repeatability is the only flex.

Case note: Three equal dough balls, three different bases: oven recovery was the variable, not the dough.

Example: three pies back-to-back without recovery—the stone cools, not ‘the recipe’.

Setup check (concrete)

Phone photos lie on colour—note time and temp instead.

Sauce too wet? Reduce on the stove for three minutes—cheap win.

The failure mode we see constantly

Opening the oven ‘just to check’ and killing spring.

Copying a hydration % from a different flour brand.

A mini protocol to try

One step: Sauce too wet? Reduce on the stove for three minutes—cheap win.

Write the outcome—or you’re repeating luck.

Stone heat vs air heat

Stone: contact crisp and bottom colour.

Air/broiler: top finish—easy to run away from you.

If tops burn and bottoms lag, you’re solving the wrong half of the problem.

Route by symptom, not aesthetic: log-first; camera lies.

Topic routing

• Dough → fermentation and hydration first
• Oven → contact heat and recovery
• Sauce → water control before spice shopping