GREG’S FREE PIZZA TOOLS · 04

Bake-day timeline.

Pick your first bake time. Work backward to know when to start.

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01 Your pizza day

First pizza goes into the oven

Dough schedule

Replace these example durations with your recipe’s times. The planner schedules your steps; dough readiness depends on your recipe, temperature, and fermentation.

02 Dough timings

Mix & knead

min

Room-temp bulk

Divide & ball

min

Cold fermentation

Warm-up & final proof

Stretch & top

min

Hours can be decimals: 1.5 = 1 hour 30 minutes. Set bulk or final proof to 0 to skip. Include folds within bulk time. All times round to the nearest minute.

Make a preferment first?

03 Oven & preparation

Oven & surface preheat

min

Toppings & setup

min

First pizza bake time

min

Preheating and toppings run alongside the dough schedule. Set toppings to 0 to skip. This plans the first pizza; allow extra time for later pizzas.

How do I choose the durations?

Use a proven recipe’s timings for your yeast dose or starter, flour, dough size, and temperatures. The values shown when you open this planner are examples, not a tested fermentation schedule. Preheat and bake times also depend on your oven and baking surface.

King Arthur Baking explains how temperature, yeast amount, and maturation time affect preferments in its guide to preferments.

What order does the planner use?

Dough-ball cold fermentation: mix → room-temperature bulk → divide and ball → fridge → warm-up and final proof → stretch and top → bake.

Whole-dough cold fermentation moves the fridge stage before dividing and balling. The no-fridge option skips cold fermentation. An optional preferment build and maturation come before mixing. Choose the sequence that matches your recipe; add any extra rests to the appropriate duration.

Which time zone is used, and is my plan saved?

All dates and times use this device’s time zone, shown above the timeline. The target is when your first pizza goes into the oven. The estimated finish adds the first pizza’s bake time.

Changes update immediately on this page. Copy or print your schedule to keep it; reloading starts a new example plan. This planner does not send reminders.