HAND CRAFTED WOOD PIZZA AND BREAD DOUGH MIXING BOX MADIA

Description

Have you ever watched Vito Iacopelli on Youtube make pizza and bread? If so you have seen him use a large wooden dough box at times to make the dough. It is called a Madia. I have a larger sized box listed very similar to the one he uses, but it simply takes longer and costs more to produce and some of you may not want to spend that much on a wooden dough box. So, I have created this version to reach that audience.
This is my economy dough box version- no tricky angles and no fancy wood makes the price cheaper than my other dough boxes that are listed. Wood is 3/4" thick- it is not flimsy.
This has a working surface that measures about 16"X11" with an inside height of about 3". Weighs about 6 lbs.
Dimensional pine lumber is used, so that means there will be knots and other variations in the wood. Joints are all tight, glued and nailed and you will see the heads of the small brad nails that were used. Wood is sanded well and finished with a beeswax on the outside surfaces so everything is nice and smooth. This is not a piece of fine furniture- it's a tool that you will use for many years, so no complaining of any cosmetic issues with the wood. A knot or color variation will not affect how the box works for your dough making.
A baking sheet can be used to cover the top, so you can let your dough rise in the box or place it on something  and then use the box to cover it. The wood acts as an insulator so your dough will rise nicely as it keeps in the heat that the dough generates.
This box offers many advantages to making dough out on a counter:
You can make your dough anywhere without making a mess or needing a large flat work surface- bring it outside on a nice day and make your dough.
The dough has a hard time sticking fast to the wood, so it makes it easy to form your dough into a ball using a bench scraper without adding a lot of flour to it and changing the hydration. Sticky doughs will no longer be your enemy.
You can mix everything in this from start to finish. The box makes the whole process of making dough much less messy than doing it on an open surface as hardly anything comes over the sides of the box. You can proof 6 balls of dough that make 12" pizzas in this.
The very bottom that contacts your work surface is perfectly smooth and safe to use on any surface. You can move it with little effort. You can easily add rubber feet to it if you want it to stay in place or place it on a damp towel.
Clean up is easy- just scrape off the damp surfaces with  a bench scraper and give it a wipe with a damp cloth. Stop wasting time wastimg water by washing bowls and cleaning flour bits off your countertop.
I make these to order so there will be slight variations in appearance from the listing picture as wood of course varies.  I avoid the use of filler as much as possible, but wood will have imperfections that sometimes need a touch of it to fill cracks and voids. Wood is too expensive to waste just because of a cosmetic imperfection.
Items shown were made from dough that was mixed and proofed in the box. I use an Ooni pizza oven so that is how the crust has some char on it. It was really good. You can have the same results too and it will be hard for you to get pizza and bread from any establishment that beats what you can make at home.
Ships via ground carrier and rate is good only for the continental US and Ebays' global shipping program. Contact me for cost if going elsewhere.