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Ace Ventura. Hot Shots (my dad fast-forwarded the egg-frying scene). Then home to cook. Pizza is endlessly variable; you can make everybody happy. We didn’t have fancy tools but it didn’t matter; it was the best. That said, a few tweaks can take your pizza from pretty good to wow—you made this?! In my 12 years at ATK, the recipe I’ve made the most is our [Thin-Crust Pizza]( by my pal Andrew Janjigian. It proofs in the fridge for at least 24 hours, but I think it’s best on day five when the flavor has really developed. It calls for [a food processor]( but I double the recipe and freeze the extra, so I use [a stand mixer]( instead. [A pizza stone]( or [steel]( will make a huge difference in how your crust bakes. Preheating them for [a full hour is key]( for browning and heat transfer. A pro-tip from my dad: Serve pizza on a Twister mat on the floor to contain the mess. [A Pizza Steel]( Must-Have of the week A Pizza Steel Both a pizza stone and a pizza steel will help you make much better pizza at home, but after testing we have a slight preference for steels. Steel is a better heat conductor than ceramic, so baking steels “throw” their heat into doughs faster, causing them to rise higher and bake and brown more quickly. The crusts produced on the steels were just a bit better: supermoist, with a tender, chewy interior and a crisped, charred, flavorful exterior. 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