Frozen Pizza.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (carolina bob)

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:46:59 GMT

I'm no fan of frozen pizza, but occasionally I'll pick up a Home Run Inn or Stouffer's French Bread for dinner. These are the only two decent brands of frozen pizza I've found so far.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (Twinwillow)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:05:07 GMT

big g in joisey

I used to love the Celentano's frozen pizza,that square pie with a little extra olive oil on top baked till the crust was a golden brown,was always a favorite,it's a shame that they left Verona,NJ.

I used to love Celentano products. Haven't seen them on the store shelves in years, though.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (gostillerz)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:28:00 GMT

I had coupons for Digorno's, so I got 2. They are absolutely terrible. Regular price is about $7. I can get 10 slices of Ohio Valley style for that! That said, I love Tombstone pizzas. When I was a kid, my grandmother would make me a whole pie for a snack before dinner. You have to make the crust crunchy, but not burn the cheese. The Stouffer's French bread white pizzas are good too.

There's a local pizza shop here (Augustines) who sells frozen pizza in grocery stores and supposedly Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. Sweet sauce, and it's pretty good. Odd crust, as its thick and flaky kind of like a deep dish, but not the same.

Weirdest cooking instructions I've ever seen though. I'm doing this by cooking it once, so it's probably a bit off. Thaw pizza, preheat oven to 400, put pizza on cookie sheet, pour olive oil on top, bake for 10 min, cut into slices, bake for 10 minutes longer.

One other thing. I was at a bar once where they made pizza burgers. Big deal right? Burger with mozzarella, sauce and pepperoni. This place used those frozen square slices as the bun for a plain burger. Toppings were added to the burger. It was very, very good!

RE: Frozen Pizza. (ynotryme)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:33:24 GMT

Try Corky's in Arlington. I'm from Rome NY, an Italian American community and Corky's is better than any I had there.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (Sundancer7)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:17:11 GMT

Believe it or not, my 9 and 11 year old grandsons like a plain cheese pizza from Food City for $1.00. I have bought them more expensive pizza's before but they would not eat them. I buy them for their use but on occasion I use one and I kick them up a bunch of notches with a little more pizza sauce, green and jalapeno peppers, onions, mozzerella cheese and pepperoni on top. I have to bake them almost twice as long with a preheated oven at 425F. I oil the bottom and they brown and get crispy very good. They are not very big but two slices with a evening cocktail ain't bad. The slices are not very large but they sorta make a great horse derver.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

RE: Frozen Pizza. (Twinwillow)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:27:55 GMT

Lately, I've been enjoying Wholefoods' "365" brand of frozen pizza. They're very good!
I like the Pepperoni and their Quattro Formaggi the best. Only, $4.99 each!

RE: Frozen Pizza. (leethebard)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:58:00 GMT

I've never met a frozen "pizza" i could love, or even say was "good" I agree with the food guy, for what you pay for some frozen fast food "pizza"...add a few bucks and get the real thing(from a real Italian Pizzeria(not a chain). Or like twinwillow said...get real pizza dough...and do it yourself. I guess it takes all kinds. They make(and I presume sell) pre made frozen pancakes and egg sandwiches, and even pre cooked bacon slices...so I guess people will buy pre made and flash frozen pizza....don't get it...unless you live where real pizza isn't sold. My sister's nearest pizza is 20 miles away...and it's a Dominos(God!!). I understand,then, buying a frozen Pie. Here in the NorthEast, you're never far from the real thing!!!!!

RE: Frozen Pizza. (ann peeples)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:04:35 GMT

Believe it or not, Target brand pizza is pretty good.......

RE: Frozen Pizza. (ScreamingChicken)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:43:29 GMT

I haven't had Home Run Inn for years but I remember it being pretty good. It's been a long time since I've seen it in the store, but that could just be related to which stores I shop at.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (rumaki)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:40:52 GMT

I don't really like frozen pizza, BUT, the best I've found is Home Run Inn. No preservatives, and the crust has that "buttery" quality that you sometimes find in Chicago pizzas. http://www.homeruninnpizza.com/frozen-pizza/

I used to love the Stouffer's French bread "pizzas," but they've changed the sauce and I don't care for it as much now. My favorite version was the pepperoni and mushroom, which is not distributed in Minnesota, but which I could buy in South Carolina when I visited my father there. All I can find here is Deluxe and Pepperoni.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (Joisey)

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:18:48 GMT

Anyone know if Betzios is still around? I have not sen them or the local store brands they made (shop rite, foodtown) in my area in some time. Hoping they did not go out of business.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (Twinwillow)

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:02:02 GMT

Easiest, best pizza: I buy fresh pizza dough rounds from my local pizza shop. They have already "risen" and are cheap! $2.00 bucks each! I add my own cheeses and toppings and bake at 500 on a stone in my oven.
They come out just as good and crusty as the ones I would have to pay $12-15.00 for at the pizza shop.
And, I control the amount and type of cheeses and toppings. No more paying $1.00 each for additional toppings.
I usually buy 3-4 fresh dough rounds at a time. what I don't make right away, I freeze for another time.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (big g in joisey)

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:18:41 GMT

I used to love the Celentano's frozen pizza,that square pie with a little extra olive oil on top baked till the crust was a golden brown,was always a favorite,it's a shame that they left Verona,NJ.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (xannie_01)

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:42:12 GMT

we have a pizzaz pizza cooker that works
really well on frozen pizzas.
we get the california pizza ovens
thin white pizza.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (thefoodguy)

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:29:48 GMT

IMHO, for the money you spend on a frozen pizza, ya may as well go get a real pizza.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (Sonny Funzio)

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:42:40 GMT

Some years ago I made my own frozen pizza's.

The trick is to use Compressed Yeast ("fresh" yeast) ... this would be the little yeast cakes found in the refrigerated section at supermarkets.
The compressed yeast rather than the foil packed "instant active dry yeast" (fast rise yeast) or regular "active dry" yeast ... works better to preserve the dough's ability to rise after it has been frozen.

A tip with fresh (compressed) yeast ... don't let fresh yeast come in contact with salt. Make sure you put the salt in your mixing bowl first and then put the flour on top - that way the moisture from the liquid you add does not create a salt-solution which will inundate the yeast culture. As you mix in the water which has the yeast dissolved in it (no sugar in that water), the liquid combines from the top down and becomes incorporated before the the salt is brought up into the mix from the bottom of the bowl and is kneeded through.
Also, use Kosher salt - the larger crystals will resist becoming as incorporated with the yeast as well.

When you are ready to do the final bake on one of these frozen pizzas, let the pizza come to room temperature so the yeast can get re-established and rise before going in the oven.

It's possible to make some *real* nice "rising crust" frozen pizzas when you make em yourself.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (CajunKing)

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:14:52 GMT

I like totino's party pizza's

small enough for one person, easy enough for a quick snack.

Add some extras to it and it is not too bad.

We have tried all the various brands, none of them really stand out as the best. I just wish we had a real pizza place locally.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (Xu)

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:47:37 GMT

Wow, eating pizza right out of the freezer, that's tough.

I'd like to see somebody doing that. Frozen pizza, all of them, seems to me to be "off". I agree that most brands are better slightly burnt.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (Peggy Fair)

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:41:06 GMT

I'm in DC and there is a brand called "Fox Deluxe" that makes a good pepperoni pizza.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (hatteras04)

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:39:49 GMT

I actually like Tombstone. I just view it as a different food group than regular pizza. I usually just go get a real pizza but sometimes a Tombstone just sounds good to me. They are best when cooked quite a bit longer than the recommended time so they get really brown. And for some reason I like to have them with a glass of milk.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (UncleVic)

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:28:07 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by NYNM

Has anyone tried frozen pizza when it is still frozen? Wierd as I can be, I actually like the taste (well a few bites anyway) Something about the frozen cheese and tomato sauce....O well....

Ummm.. Ya..

RE: Frozen Pizza. (SassyGritsAL)

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:12:02 GMT

I have never eaten a frozen pizza that I liked. They always look great in the froz. food section, but after cooking them and then after the first bite I'm mad at myself for buying one. I have tried adding extra cheese and other ingredients, but still no good.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (NYNM)

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:37:27 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by MBFDFyre

how can you eat it? it would break your teeth.

Molars

RE: Frozen Pizza. (MBFDFyre)

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:35:27 GMT

how can you eat it? it would break your teeth.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (NYNM)

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:22:30 GMT

Has anyone tried frozen pizza when it is still frozen? Wierd as I can be, I actually like the taste (well a few bites anyway) Something about the frozen cheese and tomato sauce....O well....

RE: Frozen Pizza. (porkbeaks)

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:36:37 GMT

I just received the new issue (Feb/Mar) of Cook's Country which is a first cousin of Cook's Illustrated. In it they have a short article on frozen pizza. They taste tested 9 pies and stayed from any toppings so they wouldn't confuse the issue; just cheese and sauce. It read "while frozen pizza is not going to fool anybody it's fresh" the 4 recommended according to their testing panel were:

California Pizza Kitchen Crispy Thin Crust Margherita 12.8 oz. $5.99
Freschetta Ultra Thin Golden Baked 5-Cheese Pizza 12.8 oz. $6.29
Tombstone Extra Cheese Original 20.5 oz. $5.19
Amy's Cheese Pizza 13 oz. $3.99

They didn't much care for the DiGiorno. It finished in the 7 spot.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (Mosca)

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:13:04 GMT

I have no problems with the DiGiorno rising crust pizzas, either. They're not the same as that served by a pizzeria, but they taste OK to me. It does take a few tries to get the time/temp right for your particular oven, but once that's sorted out I've been fairly consistent.

Tom

RE: Frozen Pizza. (MBFDFyre)

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:54:15 GMT

I grew up eating Tonys frozen pizzas. I used think it was the cats a$$. Then Digiorno came along and changed all that. I get the Supreme with the cheese in the crust. mmmm mmmmm mmmmm, aint nothing better. Well, for frozen that is.

RE: Frozen Pizza. (UncleVic)

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:45:02 GMT

Frozen pizza used to be good. (For what it's worth). Years and years ago there was a brand around here called Mr. Chef which was almost like a pizzeria pizza. Then Tombstone USED to have the best sauce, and Red Baron USED to be the best in toppings. No more.. Toppings are about as thin as the crust now. If I have a pizza craving, and no time to doctor one up or toss my own, I go with the $1 Totinos. Seems like they're the best buy for the buck. As for the Self Rising pizzas, Freschetta has to be about the nastiest one out there (IMHO). Then DiGiorno is more crust then anything (And also thin on toppings now).

RE: Frozen Pizza. (caratzas)

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:40:05 GMT

Never mind, found the site you were referencing. It turns out Betzios makes private label pizza for BOTH Shaw's and Stop-and-Shop, as well as several others: http://www.betzios.com/privatelabelproducts.html