Ever wonder why some pizzas are perfect one time, but not the next? You can use the same ingredients and the same care, but the results are sometimes different. The real difference between one pizza and another may not be the ingredients or your employees who make the pizzas. The real difference may come down to portion control. Our selection of food service quality pizza scales includes a wide variety of choices for you including some that are NSF rated.
Be sure to choose a platform scale that is big enough for your largest pizza. This way, you can build a consistent pizza pie every time & your customer will frequent your restaurant. Our wide selection of pizza scales allows you to purchase the perfect pizza scale. We have scales that measure in ounces (oz) and we have wireless scales which include a digital weight indicator that can be placed on the wall with no wires connected.
However, if we're honest, we've all had our share of mediocre pizza too...
Usually, one of the biggest culprits is employees not building the pizza consistently. You can try to use certain size spoons or certain size scoops and that does work, sometimes. However, a pizza scale is one of the best choices for bringing overall consistency to your pizza making process.
You can use the same ingredients and the same care, but the results are sometimes different. The real difference between one pizza and another may not be the ingredients or your employees who make the pizzas. The real difference may come down to your portion control scale. How confident are you and your customers that every pizza you sell is exactly the same each time?
We see this a lot with certain customers looking to save money. It can work for awhile but often the scales don't last. The thought process is often the digital scales are cheap enough it's not a huge deal to replace if they break. The problem is that this tends to become a revolving door of replacement scales over and over.
But, you could just purchase a good quality stainless steel bench scale and it often will last for many years of reliable service. We know of a popular pizza restaurant chain that uses Doran Scales when adding ingredients to their pizza prep. Trust us, we've sampled the finished product (many times) and the quality and consistency of their pizzas is exceptional.
One of the common themes that we often hear from restaurant owners and managers is that the "expensive" digital ingredient scales don't last. Nobody wants to spend hundreds of dollars on ingredient scales just to have the item break after just a few months of use.
A few suggestions to consider... often these pizza scales are placed into service and the hourly employee(s) use the scale throughout the day, unsupervised. Damage to the scale occurs and nobody knows what happened! We've observed and heard stories of employees taking their frustrations out on the equipment. We have some pretty tough scales but they can only take so much...
Our suggestion is (1) talk with employees & explain the costs and how scales help us do the job easier and affect the store profitability and (2) to place a camera above the work space where the scale is located. These days it's not that expensive to place a camera in the kitchen area. Accountability and proof can make a big difference.
A lot of pizza shops go the easy way and use an electronic checkweigher to measure the pizza dough and that works great. Although you can use a kitchen scale, it's best to use a NSF certified portion control scale that will allow you to weigh the dry ingredients for precise measurements.
