Vital Wheat Gluten-a little explanation and one formula

VWG is Vital Wheat Gluten that can be added to regular bread flour to make the flour act more  high-gluten flour that pizza operators use.  These are some places that vital wheat gluten or VWG can be found.  VWG can be found in some supermarkets or grocery stores, too.  There are other places on the web that VWG can be purchased.  I am giving some examples where it can be found.

http://www.bobsredmill.com/vital-wheat-gluten.html
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/vital-wheat-gluten-16-oz
http://www.amazon.com/Hodgson-Mill-Gluten-Vitamin-6-5-Ounce/dp/B000FDMLVS
http://www.thebetterhealthstore.com/Arrowhead-Mills-Vital-Wheat-Gluten-Flour-1box-10-oz.


This is one formula using VWG to increase the protein of King Arthur Bread Flour.  This formula and others are posted on pizzamaking.com.  This formula was posted by Peter (Pete-zza)  This is a Lehmann dough.

14" Pizza

KABF/VWG Blend* (100%):
Water (62%):
IDY (0.375%):
Salt (1.75%):
Olive Oil (1%):
Total (165.125%):
241.43 g  |  8.52 oz | 0.53 lbs
149.69 g  |  5.28 oz | 0.33 lbs
0.91 g | 0.03 oz | 0 lbs | 0.3 tsp | 0.1 tbsp
4.23 g | 0.15 oz | 0.01 lbs | 0.76 tsp | 0.25 tbsp
2.41 g | 0.09 oz | 0.01 lbs | 0.54 tsp | 0.18 tbsp
398.66 g | 14.06 oz | 0.88 lbs | TF = 0.09135

* The KABF/VWG Blend comprises 234.71 grams (8.28 ounces) King Arthur bread flour and 6.72 grams (0.24 ounces) Hodgson Mill vital wheat gluten (about 1 ½ t.)

The closest arrangement that I could find that seemed to meet my requirements is the one that member Pete Waldman described at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,6585.msg56478.html#msg56478. In the Waldman arrangement, the pizza stone is placed at the top-third of the oven and preheated at an oven setting of 550 degrees F for about 45 minutes, followed by turning on the broiler element for about 10 minutes. The oven setting is then turned back to 550 degrees F

Peter was trying to find an oven arrangement to make a better looking pizza, in a home oven.  There are many ways to try to make a home oven bake a better pizza.  I will post about that later.
Peter’s pizza did turn out very artisan looking with using this oven configuration.

Norma