DoughMate® Pizza Dough/Bread Proofing Box Kit – 2 Trays, Lid, and Dough Scraper – Made in USA, Food Contact Certified – Commercial Trays for Home, Mobile Use, or Pizzeria – Stackable and Durable

Love my dough box

Love them!!

I have been using these boxes for almost 18 months now. They are a perfect size for the home pizza maker. In my teens, I worked for a local big-chain franchisee in their central commissary. These are an improved version of the larger commercial dough boxes. Nearly airtight, fits in a standard fridge, great forgiving material, and easy to clean. It's kind of an esoteric item to be "excited" about, but this is one piece of my pizza accoutrement that I haven't second guessed the purchase of. Perfect for it's intended use, also great for storing beef balls for smash burgers in advance of large parties.

I purchased the product a few years back and use the trays for pizza and then, because they make such nice little vessels for raising pretty much any dough, I started using them for a variety of homemade breads. As per other comments, the size fits well in the fridge, and the lids and trays set reasonably well but are not air tight (and in fact can be incorrectly seated if you are not careful). So, they could be better but they do work well. They are not a cheap product, but if you do a fair amount of pizza or bread baking you can get your money's worth quickly enough.As something of a minor footnote, I recently moved to a high altitude desert environment (>5000 ft) and found that I was having trouble raising any type of bread dough that was directly exposed to air -- the greater the surface area, the greater the problem as the bread would dry out quickly during rises. These trays helped a bunch in preventing dry out, although some of the breads that I previously would never have used the trays for (e.g. rolls) required some extra effort to raise inside the trays--spacing is tighter than what you get with a half sheet pan, and then of course you have to get the dough in and out. One approach that worked for me was to use parchment paper for the rolls and simply invert the trays inverted (i.e. start by laying out an array of rolls on a sheet of parchment, then cover with an upside down tray, then lay another sheet of parchment on top of the inverted tray, and repeat).

I purchased my first set about 6 years ago and loved them. They’re not only extremely professional quality, they easily fit in my refrigerator, which is a smaller, apartment sized model. I do lightweight catering and travel with these frequently and they’re still looking like brand new, don’t scuff, scratch or dent easily, and most importantly…they’ve held their shape for airtight stacking and cover fit. They’re so great, I bought another set a few years later and these fit the originals like a glove!

This is a double stacked set of boxes so there is ONE lid. (The bottom of the top stacked box still keeps the contents below from drying out well.) I typically only use one box at a time so I don’t find this to be an issue. I use it to hold a batch of 12 English muffin boules, pizza dough portions or Shokupan boules and it isn’t too big to fit in the fridge for a slow overnight ferment.It is too big to fit inside the Brød Proofer in case you wondered.

These trays work perfect for my small mobile pizza needs. The smaller size is great for stowing the stacked trays in the refridgerator for long cold fermentations. The smooth surface along with a dusting of flour makes for easy removal of dough balls. Cleanup is easy as well.The ability to stack the trays is nice so you only need a couple lids at most. While not airtight, it's close enough to prevent any negative aspects on your dough. I have done all day room temperature, as well as 4-6 day cold fermentations using either stacked containers or the lids, and never had any issues such as dried out dough or skin development.As some have already negatively reviewed, these are a bit on the expensive side. You can buy larger dough boxes from a restaurant supply store for a lot less. BUT, those larger dough boxes won't usually fit in home refrigerators. The DoughMate Artisan trays are perfect for the fridge and in coolers when I do mobile pizza bakes.I typically have six 270g dough balls per each box and there's plenty of room for the entire fermentation. I have bought three of these kits already and likely will buy more.

When you work on something, you need the proper tools. Making pizza dough before I bought this was hell. Spend the money and do it properly and it will be more enjoyable.