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title: "PMQ Pizza Magazine: How Mici Italian’s Co-Founder Invented His Own Pizza Press"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5efec669-29e2-4c61-967c-ebd5ca94b5a8
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/pmq-pizza-magazine-how-mici-italians-co-founder-invented-his-own-pizza-press-2719192
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
published: 2022-07-22T20:15:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:11:57.211Z
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# PMQ Pizza Magazine: How Mici Italian’s Co-Founder Invented His Own Pizza Press

**TL;DR:** Jeff Miceli, co-founder and president of Mici Italian, invented a unique dough press to simplify the process of forming fresh dough into the perfect pizza shape. The dough press is the foundation of Mici Italian's proprietary pizza-making process.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2022-07-22. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/pmq-pizza-magazine-how-mici-italians-co-founder-invented-his-own-pizza-press-2719192).*

## Story

Co-founder and president of Mici Italian, a fast-casual franchise, Jeff Miceli’s desire to simplify complex family recipes led to creating a unique dough press. He was motivated by the challenging and time-consuming problem of forming fresh dough into the perfect pizza shape.

“I was determined to find a tool that would aid with shaping the dough and simplify the process so that anyone in the kitchen could do it,” says Mici Italian Co-founder Jeff Miceli. “The goal was to cut down on the time we spent making pizzas. It was an endless search to find the right technology that would do what we wanted without sacrificing how good the dough is, and it took a great deal of trial and error.”

After struggling to find equipment that operated to the standards of Mici Italian, Miceli decided to invent his own tool — an artisan dough press. Miceli says this press is the foundation of Mici Italian’s proprietary pizza-making process and has allowed the brand to make artisan, New York-style pizza consistently and efficiently.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- fast-casual franchise (topic)
- pizza making (topic)
- dough press (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/pmq-pizza-magazine-how-mici-italians-co-founder-invented-his-own-pizza-press-2719192). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5efec669-29e2-4c61-967c-ebd5ca94b5a8).