Can anyone here hand toss dough into a pizza pie?

[Louie Detroit]

And done it professionally?

[Bill]

Occasionally, I buy one of those "take and bake" pizzas from the grocery store. I'll add either spaghetti sauce, or cut up tomatoes, extra cheese, and other toppings I like, mushrooms, olives, onion, garlic, etc., then bake.

I should really just learn how to make the pizza dough and just do the whole thing from scratch.

[Tikiman]

Nope. I roll it out onto a large granite island before topping it and putting it into my Ooni. Ooni is French for "pie hole".

[Louie Detroit]

And so we're off to a slow start...

[Don Rickles]

I bet there’s a lot of hand tossing at DJs house

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Louie Detroit

Can anyone here hand toss dough into a pizza pie?

And done it professionally?

Yes.
Yes.

[NoOne]

Yes and Yes.

I worked at Amantea Italian restaurant in high school and made a shit ton of pizzas, all hand tosses.

[higgyburners]

Originally Posted by Don Rickles

I bet there’s a lot of hand tossing at DJs house

[Aerovette]

Yes, and yes. My first job was at a pizzeria and in order to work up front in the kitchen making pizza, you had to hand toss dough.

[higgyburners]

Originally Posted by Aerovette

Yes, and yes. My first job was at a pizzeria and in order to work up front in the kitchen making pizza, you had to hand toss dough.

I thought you were a Pepper Boy....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAFGEBdeDNk

[GrandSportC3]

I just stretch the dough. I make a pretty good Grandma pie from scratch but can't toss the dough. However, I eat at places that do. Just had wood fired Pizza today!

[Tikiman]

Used to be a place in Pittsburgh called Vincent's Pizzaria. We called it Sweaty Vinnies because the owner was always wearing stained white t-shirts while tossing the dough with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. Excellent pizza, but you never knew when the health department would shut him down. We were teenagers so we never cared.

[kingpin]

I can and have, not professionally but only on the extremely rare time that I want a thin New York style.
Otherwise it's the slap and turn method.

[ZipZap]

Throwing dough in the air makes a mess. Just hands and granite.

[Louie Detroit]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

Used to be a place in Pittsburgh called Vincent's Pizzaria. We called it Sweaty Vinnies because the owner was always wearing stained white t-shirts while tossing the dough with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. Excellent pizza, but you never knew when the health department would shut him down. We were teenagers so we never cared.

I'll bet his Pizza ruled!

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by Tikiman

Used to be a place in Pittsburgh called Vincent's Pizzaria. We called it Sweaty Vinnies because the owner was always wearing stained white t-shirts while tossing the dough with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. Excellent pizza, but you never knew when the health department would shut him down. We were teenagers so we never cared.

I learned to toss dough in Pittsburgh. I worked at a place called Bimbo's. Owned by a semi-known Pittsburgher named "Froggy" Morris.

The bouncer was a Mr Pittsburgh body builder champion. He looked a LOT like Lou Ferrigno.