Patent ID: 7610837

Claim:
A dough cutting system, comprising: a pizza pan including a base portion and a generally vertical wall portion, the pizza pan configured to receive a pizza dough extending across the base portion and along the generally vertical wall portion; a cutting tool having an outer cutting edge; and a guide having a generally circular shape with a diameter generally corresponding to a diameter of the pizza pan, and including a central dome and an outer ledge extending from a circumferential edge of the central dome; wherein the guide is configured for placement within the pizza pan with the circumferential edge of the central dome contacting pizza dough at the base portion of the pizza pan while an interior surface of the central dome remains vertically spaced from the pizza dough and the base portion of the pizza pan, and wherein the outer ledge of the guide is positioned adjacent the generally vertical wall portion of the pizza pan to enable moving the cutting tool along the outer ledge to cause the outer cutting edge of the cutting tool to form a plurality of openings in the pizza dough about a periphery of the pizza dough.