Can you dock a pizza with a fork?

Darnoc

I am ashamed to say that I have never done this before.But can you use a fork to do this and how far do penetrate the dough?Not quite through or use a heavy hand and puncture the dough till the fork hits the peel?I have seen a roller type docker at some of the restaurant supply stores and did not know if it was worth the money to buy one.On the other hand I make pizza from scratch probably every other week.

fishlessman

the only time ive ever done that was with a prebake on a thick crust deep dish. i did it with a fork

Darnoc

Thanks for the reply.The dough that I will use today has been in the fridge for 36 hours.So when I bring it out and let it come to room temp then start to form it on the peel I am not sure how to attack the dough with the fork.

Slotmercenary

Having never done a pizza on the egg before please excuse my ignorance but what is "docking" i have docked my boat thousands of times but never a pizza...

Darnoc

A pizza docker is a device that will when you roll it over the dough it will make indentations in the dough which will remove air pockets in the dough.Kinda like a fork in the top of a apple pie to let the steam escape.

fishlessman

my regular pizza is too thin to do that with, i have some problems with the sauce already bleeding thru the crust if i move too slow. if the piza is thick more like a pan style i see no problems docking it, just stabb it everywhere, might be easier to do this on the parchment paper if your going to try this so it doesnt force it to stick to the peel.

The Naked Whiz

Darnoc

Thanks you guys. I tend to have a thin crust pie and going at it with the picture of the Whiz photo of the docker that would be a demolition derby to the dough with all of the cheese and toppings daring you to catch them before the thing you do not want to see happen.Destruction of the pie with all of the goop that you need a snow shovel to pick it up with then it becomes a pizza by another name-don't know what that is but you don't want to throw it into the can because you are hungry and have to many great ingredients to go down the drain.