Andris Lagsdin
Founder, inventor, cook, and educator. Exploring pizza, heat, steel, product invention, and the ideas behind Baking Steel.
Read Andris's storyThe idea behind Baking Steel
Andris Lagsdin grew up around steel manufacturing and worked in professional kitchens before combining those worlds to solve a simple problem: how to make better pizza at home. His experiments with steel led to the invention and launch of Baking Steel. Today, he continues to teach, experiment, develop products, and explore the science and craft of cooking with heat and steel.
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Pizza & Dough
Ideas, techniques, fermentation, and experiments for making better pizza at home.
Heat & Steel
The science of heat transfer, thermal mass, steel, ovens, and why the materials matter.
Invention & Entrepreneurship
Lessons from inventing Baking Steel, manufacturing products, launching on Kickstarter, and building a food brand.
A story built at the intersection of food and steel
The timeline that connects Andris's culinary background, family manufacturing heritage, and the invention of Baking Steel.
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How to Stop Pizza Dough From Sticking to the Peel
A practical guide to preventing pizza dough from sticking to the peel, covering flour, timing, toppings, shaping, and la
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Why Home Oven Pizza Is Really a Heat Management Problem
Andris Lagsdin explains why better home pizza starts with understanding stored heat, recovery, launch temperature, and t
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What Pizza Dough Hydration Actually Changes
Andris Lagsdin explains what higher and lower hydration change in pizza dough, including handling, fermentation, texture
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Why the Bottom of My Pizza Burns Before the Top Is Done
Andris Lagsdin explains how to fix a pizza that burns on the bottom before the top finishes by balancing surface heat, r
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What Manufacturing Taught Me About Inventing Kitchen Products
Andris Lagsdin reflects on how manufacturing changes product invention: tolerances, weight, finish, repeatability, packa
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