Which Urban Slicer Pizza Dough Should You Use?
Urban Slicer makes four pizza dough mixes, and the right one depends on how you plan to cook. Neapolitan for classic thin crust in a home oven or pizza oven. Epic Deep Dish for thick Detroit style pan pizza. Outdoor Grilling for cooking straight on the grates. Gluten Free if you need Big 9 allergen free.
All four are made the same way at the start: add water, mix, let it rise. Where they differ is how you shape them and how you bake them. Here is the whole lineup side by side, with full instructions for each.
Compare all four doughs
Neapolitan Style
Best seller. Start here if you are new.
- Crust
- Thin, airy, bubbly
- Makes
- Two 13 to 14 inch pizzas
- You need
- Pizza stone or steel ideal, not required
- Bake
- 500F for 8 to 10 min, or 700 to 900F for 2 to 4 min in a pizza oven
- Rise
- 2 to 4 hours
Epic Deep Dish
Detroit style, crispy cheese edges.
- Crust
- Thick pan pizza
- Makes
- Two 8x8 inch pans, or one 10x14 inch
- You need
- Baking pans
- Bake
- 500F for 15 to 20 min
- Rise
- 2 to 4 hours, plus 1 hour resting in the pan
Outdoor Grilling
Cooks straight on the grates.
- Crust
- Crisp and charred
- Makes
- Two 13 to 14 inch pizzas
- You need
- A grill that holds 450 to 550F
- Bake
- 450 to 550F for 6 to 8 min
- Rise
- 2 to 4 hours
Gluten Free
Free of all Big 9 allergens.
- Crust
- Thin and crisp
- Makes
- Two crusts, pressed to 1/4 inch
- You need
- Stand mixer, parchment, sheet pans, olive oil
- Bake
- 500F for 6 min, then 7 min more with toppings
- Rise
- 2 hours
Neapolitan Style
Pick this if you want classic pizzeria thin crust. It is our best seller and our highest gluten blend, which gives you an airy, bubbly crust. It works in a home oven at 500F on a stone, and it really shines in a pizza oven at 700 to 900F where it cooks in 2 to 4 minutes. The most forgiving of the four if it is your first time.
Neapolitan pizza dough instructions
Epic Deep Dish
Pick this if you want thick Detroit style pan pizza with crispy cheese edges. Cheese and toppings go straight on the dough with no sauce, and the sauce goes on in stripes after it comes out. It needs one extra hour of rest once it is stretched into the pan, so plan a little more time.
Detroit deep dish instructions
Outdoor Grilling
Pick this if you cook outside. The dough goes directly on hot grill grates, not on a pan. You grill one side, flip it, then top the grilled side and finish it. Fastest bake of the four at 6 to 8 minutes, but have every topping prepped before you start because it moves quickly.
Grilled pizza dough instructions
Gluten Free
Pick this if you need gluten free. It is free of all Big 9 allergens. This is the one that behaves differently: it takes olive oil as well as water, needs a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, and gets pressed between two sheets of parchment instead of tossed. It also gets par-baked for 6 minutes before toppings go on.
Gluten free pizza dough instructions
Common questions
Which dough is easiest for a beginner?
Neapolitan. It is the most forgiving, needs the least equipment, and the technique is the most familiar. Deep dish is a close second since it is pressed into a pan rather than stretched by hand.
Which one is fastest?
Outdoor Grilling once the dough is risen, at 6 to 8 minutes on the grate. Gluten Free has the shortest rise at 2 hours, so it is fastest start to finish.
Do I need a pizza stone?
Not required, but it makes a real difference for Neapolitan. A stone or steel gives you the hot surface that crisps the bottom. Deep dish uses pans, grilling uses the grates, and gluten free uses sheet pans, so those three need no stone at all.
What water temperature should I use?
Between 75 and 80 degrees for all of them. Anything over 100 degrees kills the yeast and the dough will not rise. This is the single most common first-timer mistake.
Can I cold ferment any of them?
Yes. Mix with cold water instead of warm and refrigerate the dough balls. 24 hours is good, 48 is better, 72 is best. Time is a flavor in dough making.