But also I start the base while the pan is on the hob. Goes like this, oven on full, pan on hob heating up. Roll out the base and put in the pan, 30 sec or so. Then add the sauce and topping. Bit more time on the hob then put pan straight into the oven.
The result is the closest I’ve got to proper pizza oven pizza yet. Got the technique from a book by Franco Manca (or at least they endorse it)
My method is:
Stone in the oven at max (260C, ish, it’s a gas oven ), it just needs to be as hot as you can possibly get it.
Have pizza ready to go on a floured chopping board (so it slides off).
Scatter more flour on pizza stone to stop it sticking and transfer pizza to stone quickly so it doesn’t cool too much.
Switch the oven to grill and put pizza just below the top, slightly lower than you would toast.
A couple of minutes later you have proper pizza.