About Dough Calculators

By Cedrick Reese, Ready Utilities

Dough Calculators is a small set of free tools for home bakers: sourdough hydration, pizza dough, starter feeding, and baker's percentage. No accounts, no paywalls, and no ads placed inside the calculator panels themselves.

How these tools are built and checked

Every formula on this site is checked against at least two independent, current baking references before it ships, and cross-referenced against professional sources like King Arthur Baking's own published methodology where one exists for that specific calculation. Where sources genuinely disagree, and in baking, they often do, that disagreement is stated plainly on the relevant page rather than papered over with a single confident-sounding number. Each calculator page links to a sourcing note explaining exactly how its numbers were verified.

Cedrick Reese

Ready Utilities was founded by Cedrick Reese, a retired veteran and web developer who enjoys building free, user-friendly online tools that simplify everyday tasks. My journey began in the early 2000s with affiliate marketing and niche site development, which grew into a passion for creating practical digital utilities and calculators. After retiring, I earned a Computer Systems Technician certificate from UEI College, completed Electro-Mechanical Technologies at Tulsa Welding School, and finished the Carpentry program at Florida State College at Jacksonville. Today, I combine my technical background and craftsmanship by building furniture using traditional woodworking methods, gardening, and developing helpful online tools for users worldwide.