William;
If I remember correctly, Domino’s cheese applicator is specially built for them, but you might look around on the I-net to see if you can find one there. Otherwise, I am not aware of any other manufacturers, and I would question the ROI (return on investment) if you did find one since it is so easy to use a cheese cup and apply the cheese manually. As for the amount of cheese to use, that is an issue of personal preference.I will use anything from 3 to as much as 7-ounces of cheese on a 12-inch pizza, with most coming in at about 6-ounces. This figures out to 0.05309-ounces per square inch of surface area. To find the equivalent weight for other sizes, just multiply the surface area of any size pizza by 0.05309. The formula for finding the surface area of a circle is 3.14 X R squared. R = half of the diameter, and to square it, just multiply it t5imes itself. So, for a 14-inch pizza it would look like this: 3.14 X 49 = 153.86 (call it 154-square inches) 154 X 0.05309 = 8.175-ounces (call it 8-ounces of cheese). Repeat this for any size pizza.
Rather than looking for “the best” cheese, I’d suggest using the type of cheese that the people in your area are accomstomed to, as my main cheese, then introduce a special cheese option, say, either a whole milk mozzarella, or a provalone, as a requested topping.
Tom Lehmann/The Dough Doctor