How do you like your Pizza??

[GrandSportC3]

What is your favorite style Pizza?

See options in poll.

Bonus question: What is your favorite Pizza anywhere?


I like thin and crispy NY style with slightly burnt crust.
Favorite Pizza (by a huge margin): Johnny's Pizzeria, Mount Vernon/NY

[StudleyJames]

Thin crust pepperoni with extra cheese and lite onion please

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[Yadkin]

Left in the kitchen. I prefer a nice baked pasta, some calamari, and antipasto.

[Louie Detroit]

I picked other - hand tossed. My most favorite pizza was DeLuca's in Lansing, MI, but unfortunately they closed a couple of years ago.

[lrobe22]

Hand tossed but I recently had a Detroit style and thought it was pretty darn good.

[Onebadcad]

I like thin, BUT NOT paper thin.
I will accept a thicker crust than thin, BUT NOT much thicker.
Pan crusts and fat crusts are not my thing.

I waited over an hour once in shitcargo for their deep dish, terrible, rip-off, would not do again.

[04 commemorative]

The Columbia Inn in Montville NJ has the best thin crust pizza I have ever had so far.

[GrandSportC3]

I do my own Grandma Pizza from time to time.. (made from scratch)

[Tikiman]

Medium crust, hand rolled, slight char on the crust from the oven. For toppings, I will consider all of the following - pepperoni, sausage, ham, onion, red bell pepper, anchovies, cheese (of course), home made marinara sauce. We bought an Ooni Koda a couple of years ago and really enjoy making our own pies right at home. At 700 degrees, you can cook a pizza in a minute and a half.

[GrandSportC3]

Medium crust, hand rolled, slight char on the crust from the oven. For toppings, I will consider all of the following - pepperoni, sausage, ham, onion, red bell pepper, anchovies, cheese (of course), home made marinara sauce. We bought an Ooni Koda a couple of years ago and really enjoy making our own pies right at home. At 700 degrees, you can cook a pizza in a minute and a half.

That crust looks nice! Home made dough?? What ingredients in dough?
My Pizza dough is usually just flour, salt, yeast and a little bit sugar.

[Tikiman]

That crust looks nice! Home made dough?? What ingredients in dough?
My Pizza dough is usually just flour, salt, yeast and a little bit sugar.


Nah. Too lazy for all of that. Grocery store sells bags of dough in the deli section. It's made fresh and it turns out fine.

Oh, sure, I could pull out my Kitchen Aid and slap the dough blade on it, but it seems a lot of work when the bags of dough are sitting right there already made.


It's really hard to screw up a pizza with the Ooni.

[zeek]

I chose "other" because I love NY style but not thin and crispy. NY pizza is NOT thin and crispy. :slap:

[dvarapala]

Chicago Style stuffed. :drool:

[04 commemorative]

looks like a bread bowl of tomato soup :eek:

[Don Rickles]

Medium crust, hand rolled, slight char on the crust from the oven. For toppings, I will consider all of the following - pepperoni, sausage, ham, onion, red bell pepper, anchovies, cheese (of course), home made marinara sauce. We bought an Ooni Koda a couple of years ago and really enjoy making our own pies right at home. At 700 degrees, you can cook a pizza in a minute and a half.

Nice!

I’ve wondered how they taste in those ovens? Not like wood fired???



A pizza oven is a recent topic at our place. I’ve been considering building a wood oven, on our back patio. I have piles of stone, river rock, bricks, Belgium block, slates….etc.

I’d need the fire brick and a chimney flue.

Or

Like yours! 😂

No back breaking!

[dvarapala]

looks like a bread bowl of tomato soup :eek:

Don't knock it until you've tried it, Heathen. :D

[Don Rickles]

Poll should have included; All the above.

[Louie Detroit]

looks like a bread bowl of tomato soup :eek:

I think the Chicago style "Pizza" has wandered too far off the reservation and requires a new food type category designation. When I think of pizza I think of something you can safely carry in an old style 1960's pizza box made from paperboard.

:yaddy:

[GTOguy]

NY style, thin crust. I like a combination of everything except Pineapple. And it's gotta have anchovies.

[Kevin68]

That crust looks nice! Home made dough?? What ingredients in dough?
My Pizza dough is usually just flour, salt, yeast and a little bit sugar.

You might consider adding water too!:rofl:

I do a cold rise in the fridge for 2-3 days. You might have to raise the fridge temp a few degrees if you keep it super cold. Definitely gives the crust some flavor. Sugar is completely unnecessary.

[Tikiman]

Nice!

I’ve wondered how they taste in those ovens? Not like wood fired???



A pizza oven is a recent topic at our place. I’ve been considering building a wood oven, on our back patio. I have piles of stone, river rock, bricks, Belgium block, slates….etc.

I’d need the fire brick and a chimney flue.

Or

Like yours! 😂

No back breaking!


I thought about building a wood-fired oven. Lord knows I have the space. I even looked at some plans online. In the end, I realized that it would take hours to get a wood-fired oven heat soaked enough for good results and that, after all that work, I probably wouldn't feel like pizza anyway. In the end, turning the valve on and hitting the ignite button and waiting 15 minutes is much easier and less mess. Get an infrared temperature gun while you're at it so you can monitor the temp of the stone.

[Unsuspicious]

It's so hard to decide, probably a toss up between bagel bites, hot pockets, and totinos pizza rolls.

[Don Rickles]

I thought about building a wood-fired oven. Lord knows I have the space. I even looked at some plans online. In the end, I realized that it would take hours to get a wood-fired oven heat soaked enough for good results and that, after all that work, I probably wouldn't feel like pizza anyway. In the end, turning the valve on and hitting the ignite button and waiting 15 minutes is much easier and less mess. Get an infrared temperature gun while you're at it so you can monitor the temp of the stone.

That’s good advice…. How often would I use it….

These leftover materials I’ve stacked around the place are just looking to be used up!

[Tikiman]

That’s good advice…. How often would I use it….

These leftover materials I’ve stacked around the place are just looking to be used up!


So build yourself a nice stone pizza oven and make sure you build a flat level work area adjacent to it. That's where you put the Ooni.

[Torqaholic]

I'm not too particular. Corner gas station had some good pizza for a few years but then it went to hell when they changed owners. I was so sad about that but started shopping around. Apparently making good pizza isn't as easy as you'd think, WTF? :rofl: Finally found a place that makes fantastic "philly steak" pizza so those are what I eat these days.

[Don Rickles]

So build yourself a nice stone pizza oven and make sure you build a flat level work area adjacent to it. That's where you put the Ooni.

But thing is, my Mexican mason got old and went back home….true story :yesnod::yesnod:

[DJ_Critterus]

What is your favorite style Pizza?

See options in poll.

Bonus question: What is your favorite Pizza anywhere?


I like thin and crispy NY style with slightly burnt crust.
Favorite Pizza (by a huge margin): Johnny's Pizzeria, Mount Vernon/NY

<----- raised in Napoli so I'm partial to Neapolitan style pizza...the real stuff... wood fired oven...mozarella cheese made from water buffalo milk.

Can't stand this dominoes, pizzahut, and other craptastic shit being passed off as pizza. :ack:

Here's my favorite: Pizza Margherita :drool:
https://www.ruokaonvalmis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/pizza-1.jpg

[Tikiman]

But thing is, my Mexican mason got old and went back home….true story :yesnod::yesnod:


Mine is sitting on a picnic table that the river brought me last time it flooded. No mason needed.

[Kevin68]

<----- ...mozarella cheese made from water buffalo milk.

Here in our rinky dink town, Some retired lawyer who spent time in Italy working at a cheese place opened a shop selling water buffalo cheeses, cured meats and water buffalo gelato. All amazing stuff and crazy expensive.

https://www.orobiancomilk.com/

[Tikiman]

Here in our rinky dink town, Some retired lawyer who spent time in Italy working at a cheese place opened a shop selling water buffalo cheeses, cured meats and water buffalo gelato. All amazing stuff and crazy expensive.

https://www.orobiancomilk.com/

I've seen water buffalo up close. I would charge a fortune as well if I had to milk one.

[Raazor]

Thin, slightly burned, w/ pepperoni, red onion, jalapeño, sauerkraut, & rutabaga :fastguy:

[Tikiman]

Thin, slightly burned, w/ pepperoni, red onion, jalapeño, sauerkraut, & rutabaga :fastguy:



Who are you? Shaggy Rogers?

[Raazor]

Who are you? Shaggy Rogers?

That's a solid Za combo right there!

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[Louie Detroit]

<----- raised in Napoli so I'm partial to Neapolitan style pizza...the real stuff... wood fired oven...mozarella cheese made from water buffalo milk.

Can't stand this dominoes, pizzahut, and other craptastic shit being passed off as pizza. :ack:

Here's my favorite: Pizza Margherita :drool:
https://www.ruokaonvalmis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/pizza-1.jpg

pizza for wops too poor to afford meat accoutrements.

[Vandelay Industries]

Hawaiian style, extra pineapple and washed down with a Bud Light!

[Vandelay Industries]

<----- raised in Napoli so I'm partial to Neapolitan style pizza...the real stuff... wood fired oven...mozarella cheese made from water buffalo milk.

Can't stand this dominoes, pizzahut, and other craptastic shit being passed off as pizza. :ack:

Here's my favorite: Pizza Margherita :drool:
https://www.ruokaonvalmis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/pizza-1.jpg

Damn that looks good.:drool:

I had this in Florence last year. :yum:

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[dvarapala]

Thin, slightly burned, w/ pepperoni, red onion, jalapeño, sauerkraut, & rutabaga :fastguy:

Don't forget the Heinz 57 sauce.

[DJ_Critterus]

Who are you? Shaggy Rogers?

Buzz is a godless heathen :yesnod:

[DJ_Critterus]

pizza for wops too poor to afford meat accoutrements.

:nono: It was simply my favorite growing up. :yesnod:

[04 commemorative]

Don't knock it until you've tried it, Heathen. :D

I have been known to try just about anything but that sir is not pizza ....to me :ack:

[04 commemorative]

But thing is, my Mexican mason got old and went back home….true story :yesnod::yesnod:

With the millions of illegals coming into our country I'm sure you could find some to build a nice outdoor fireplace to sit around

[kingpin]

Thick crust, extra sauce.
I've been experimenting with Detroit style lately and I'm really liking it.

[Mick]

Thick crust, extra sauce.
I've been experimenting with Detroit style lately and I'm really liking it.

Is that thing on the right a liver removed from a 70 year old alcoholic?

[Unsuspicious]

I'm guessing attempted calzone with leftover dough

[GrandSportC3]

Poll should have included; All the above.

I like all the above but everyone got to have a favorite.

[kingpin]

I'm guessing attempted calzone with leftover dough

Yup. Deep fried. Fried dough is so tasty and bad for you hence why I only make them once in a blue moon.

[kingpin]

Oh and French Bread pizzas are totally awesome as well.

[GrandSportC3]

<----- raised in Napoli so I'm partial to Neapolitan style pizza...the real stuff... wood fired oven...mozarella cheese made from water buffalo milk.

Can't stand this dominoes, pizzahut, and other craptastic shit being passed off as pizza. :ack:

Here's my favorite: Pizza Margherita :drool:
https://www.ruokaonvalmis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/pizza-1.jpg
Just had a Margherita Pizza yesterday at Grimaldi's in Tampa which is the closest to real NY thin crust Pizza in the area. Very few places here in FL have a decent crust.

[Aerovette]

My favorite pizza is far from the best. As a 15 year old, I worked at a pizza joint/bar and their pizza was the greasiest, cheapest in town. Simple ingredients and it left puddles of yellow grease/oil in its wake. It was soft and thin so you had to fold it over to eat it. Amazingly unhealthy and the best eats a teenager could ask for.

They'd let me drink beer after hours too.

[GrandSportC3]

Thick crust, extra sauce.
I've been experimenting with Detroit style lately and I'm really liking it.
I can't stand onion on Pizza or in a burger but other than that, looks great.
On Sunday, I had a 5 guys burger and ordered all the way less onions.
They ended up adding onions. That ruined the burger for me.

[zsr22]

<----- raised in Napoli so I'm partial to Neapolitan style pizza...the real stuff... wood fired oven...mozarella cheese made from water buffalo milk.

Can't stand this dominoes, pizzahut, and other craptastic shit being passed off as pizza. :ack:

Here's my favorite: Pizza Margherita :drool:
https://www.ruokaonvalmis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/pizza-1.jpg






Not gonna lie, I enjoyed the old 80s-90s Pizza Hut pan pizzas. Now I wouldn't touch them.

[Anjdog2003]

Yup. Deep fried. Fried dough is so tasty and bad for you hence why I only make them once in a blue moon.




Canucks. :shrug:

[kingpin]

I can't stand onion on Pizza or in a burger but other than that, looks great.
On Sunday, I had a 5 guys burger and ordered all the way less onions.
They ended up adding onions. That ruined the burger for me.

I don't like the sting of onion.
So what you do is after slicing them is put them in a cold water bath for 10-15 minutes and it takes that away.

[sublime1996525]

It's between the pizza I had in Rome and Chicago. They were both delicious but I think Italy's pulls ahead.

[dvarapala]

Yup. Deep fried. Fried dough is so tasty and bad for you hence why I only make them once in a blue moon.

Canucks. :shrug:

As opposed to Southerners who deep fry Snickers bars? :shrug:

[Unsuspicious]

Sometimes a greasy bar pizza is the best thing in the world that very moment

[NotSlo]

Make my own. Use Red Label Caputo 00 flour with a touch of Diastatic Malt Powder mixed in. I have a pizza steel which is amazing for perfectly cooked crust. Comes out great, family destroys it.

[LilRedCorvette]

<----- raised in Napoli so I'm partial to Neapolitan style pizza...the real stuff... wood fired oven...mozarella cheese made from water buffalo milk.

Can't stand this dominoes, pizzahut, and other craptastic shit being passed off as pizza. :ack:

Here's my favorite: Pizza Margherita :drool:
https://www.ruokaonvalmis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/pizza-1.jpg

That’s how I make it as well…gotta have the 00 grade flour, buffalo milk mozzarella, san marzano tomatoes, fresh basil leaves :yesnod: if I want extra protein, I marinate chicken or steak in Italian herbs/balsamic vin/olive oil, grill, then rough-chop and throw it on. :yum: Not a fan of pepperoni, sausage, onions, anchovies, etc… :nonod:

I taught a yeast breads class years ago in NY which was several hours long…and we would make pizzas for our lunch break while waiting for the other dough recipes to proof/rise/etc. Good times :seasix:

If I’m feeling lazy, or just want someone else to make it for me for a change :Jeff '79: , I thankfully have an authentic Neapolitan place that is just 5 minutes away…they have the VPN certification as well :cool:

https://www.ciao-osteria.com/certification.html

Not gonna lie, I enjoyed the old 80s-90s Pizza Hut pan pizzas. Now I wouldn't touch them.

Admittedly, I have some fond memories of those old 80s-90s PH pan pizzas also…back when they took like 30-45 minutes to come out to the table :Jeff '79:

[Vandelay Industries]

Just had a Margherita Pizza yesterday at Grimaldi's in Tampa which is the closest to real NY thin crust Pizza in the area. Very few places here in FL have a decent crust.

There was a place in Tampa that I liked a lot. I can't remember the name, but they claimed to make their dough with NYC water.

Damn, it must be 10 years ago...

[NotSlo]

Same dough recipe I use for pizza dough is what I use for bread, but I add some semolina flour as well. Bread is amazing.

[99 pewtercoupe]

Same dough recipe I use for pizza dough is what I use for bread, but I add some semolina flour as well. Bread is amazing.

That looks amazing

[kingpin]

That’s how I make it as well…gotta have the 00 grade flour, buffalo milk mozzarella, san marzano tomatoes, fresh basil leaves :yesnod: if I want extra protein, I marinate chicken or steak in Italian herbs/balsamic vin/olive oil, grill, then rough-chop and throw it on. :yum: Not a fan of pepperoni, sausage, onions, anchovies, etc… :nonod:

I taught a yeast breads class years ago in NY which was several hours long…and we would make pizzas for our lunch break while waiting for the other dough recipes to proof/rise/etc. Good times :seasix:

If I’m feeling lazy, or just want someone else to make it for me for a change :Jeff '79: , I thankfully have an authentic Neapolitan place that is just 5 minutes away…they have the VPN certification as well :cool:



I use to buy 00 Caputo but the price up here has got out of hand about twice the cost of regular flour. Luckily our AP flour has a high protein of 12% and bread flour almost 13%. Buffalo Mozza and Basil impossible to find in the sticks. Dried Basil taste disgusting and I'll never use it.
San Marzano are pretty much standard but after watching a lot of videos on comparisons I've started trying others again at half the price ($3 compared to $6) here.

[kingpin]

Same dough recipe I use for pizza dough is what I use for bread, but I add some semolina flour as well. Bread is amazing.

Looks awesome but unless I'm cutting up bread to put on top of a stew I just don't enjoy such hard crusts. I prefer a softer crust.

[NotSlo]

Looks awesome but unless I'm cutting up bread to put on top of a stew I just don't enjoy such hard crusts. I prefer a softer crust.

Crust wasn't hard, egg wash darkened it up a bit but not hard.

[LATB]

I gotta tell yawl the truth…

I’ve never met a pizza that I didn’t like.

[Unsuspicious]

I've never had a good taco pizza

[Torqaholic]

Not gonna lie, I enjoyed the old 80s-90s Pizza Hut pan pizzas. Now I wouldn't touch them.

Yup, not even served on a pan anymore. Apparently the only reason it's called a pan pizza these days is so they can charge more. Ta hell with that.

[OnPoint]

Other - hand tossed. Pepperoni, Italian sausage, plenty of cheese and sauce.

[higgyburners]

The sauce makes the pizza...you have shit sauce...you have shit pizza....you have good sauce ...you got a great pizza pie. I could eat thick style dough but prefer thin...as long it isn't to thin

[GrandSportC3]

That’s how I make it as well…gotta have the 00 grade flour, buffalo milk mozzarella, san marzano tomatoes, fresh basil leaves :yesnod: if I want extra protein, I marinate chicken or steak in Italian herbs/balsamic vin/olive oil, grill, then rough-chop and throw it on. :yum: Not a fan of pepperoni, sausage, onions, anchovies, etc… :nonod:

I taught a yeast breads class years ago in NY which was several hours long…and we would make pizzas for our lunch break while waiting for the other dough recipes to proof/rise/etc. Good times :seasix:

If I’m feeling lazy, or just want someone else to make it for me for a change :Jeff '79: , I thankfully have an authentic Neapolitan place that is just 5 minutes away…they have the VPN certification as well :cool:

https://www.ciao-osteria.com/certification.html



Admittedly, I have some fond memories of those old 80s-90s PH pan pizzas also…back when they took like 30-45 minutes to come out to the table :Jeff '79:

San Marzano Tomatoes make the best sauce, no doubt. That's all I use for my Pizza sauce..

[GrandSportC3]

There was a place in Tampa that I liked a lot. I can't remember the name, but they claimed to make their dough with NYC water.

Damn, it must be 10 years ago...

Eddie & Sams at Downtown.. Good Pizza but I like Grimaldi's Pizza better..
Crust at Grimaldi's is crispier and thinner than Eddie & Sam's. Eddie & Sam's make good Pizza, just not as good as Grimaldi's. Grimaldi's is the same Grimaldi's that is right in front of the Brooklyn bridge in NYC.

[GrandSportC3]

The sauce makes the pizza...you have shit sauce...you have shit pizza....you have good sauce ...you got a great pizza pie. I could eat thick style dough but prefer thin...as long it isn't to thin

in the order of importance for me

1) Thin, no flop crust, well done
2) sauce
3) cheese

It's all about the crust and the cheese.. Any decent Mozzarella works fine BUT the best Mozzarella for Pizza is WHOLE MILK Mozzarella.

[Don Rickles]

With the millions of illegals coming into our country I'm sure you could find some to build a nice outdoor fireplace to sit around

Least someone got it:seasix:.......you boys are a bit dense sometimes.......

[Raazor]

The sauce makes the pizza...you have shit sauce...you have shit pizza....you have good sauce ...you got a great pizza pie. I could eat thick style dough but prefer thin...as long it isn't to thin

thanks

[DJ_Critterus]

San Marzano Tomatoes make the best sauce, no doubt. That's all I use for my Pizza sauce..

I make my own sauce for pizza and spaghetti, but also let it sit in the jars for a few months with fresh, uncooked, unheated basil in them. roma 'maters work just fine, too.

[Jughead]

I like pizza like my women, thin and sizzling.

[GrandSportC3]

I make my own sauce for pizza and spaghetti, but also let it sit in the jars for a few months with fresh, uncooked, unheated basil in them. roma 'maters work just fine, too.

Never tried ROMA tomatoes for Pizza.. Will give them a try to see how it tastes compared to San Marzano. Would save a bunch of money if they are just as good as San Marzano tomatoes are quite pricey.

[MadInNc]

Found your Pizza joint GS

[Anjdog2003]

thanks






*tahnks

[Mick]

Other - hand tossed. Pepperoni, Italian sausage, plenty of cheese and sauce.

I am IN!!!!

Anyone who thinks "Chicago-style pizza" is actually pizza, needs to figure some life-shit out. It's kind of like folks who think "Pizza Hut" serves pizza, they don't. It's just a salty, greasy, sloppy mess, that if you are at the appropriate level of drunkeness at the time it is consumed, tastes OK. But is DEFINITELY NOT PIZZA!

[GTOguy]

Found your Pizza joint GS

"Florida Style Pizza"---topped with Traffic Rocks, perhaps?

[Mick]

"Florida Style Pizza"---topped with Traffic Rocks, perhaps?

Maybe it's "Florida Man Pizza"? Totally ****ed up, definitely contains methamphetamines, and no matter who orders it, it ends up at the local police station. :yesnod:

[MadInNc]

I am IN!!!!

Anyone who thinks "Chicago-style pizza" is actually pizza, needs to figure some life-shit out. It's kind of like folks who think "Pizza Hut" serves pizza, they don't. It's just a salty, greasy, sloppy mess, that if you are at the appropriate level of drunkeness at the time it is consumed, tastes OK. But is DEFINITELY NOT PIZZA!

Hey Mick

[GrandSportC3]

I gotta tell yawl the truth…

I’ve never met a pizza that I didn’t like.

Try McDonalds Pizza. The world's largest McDonalds in Orlando serves Pizza. I'm a Pizza lover and I would recommend anyone who likes Pizza to stay away from that Pizza.

[lrobe22]

I gotta tell yawl the truth…

I’ve never met a pizza that I didn’t like.

New Iberia pizza is disgusting just like the town.

[09CTSV]

Would love to find a Calzone cooked in a wood fired pizza stove, lightly dusted with Olive oil. Some of the best I've ever had was in Sigonella Sicily outside NAS 2. I'd fly back there just to get another Calzone one day. The pepperoni and cheese were amazing with the sauce in the Calzone.

[Rob]

95973

New Haven style pizza. Local place that recently opened. Went there yesterday and this was amazing.

[GrandSportC3]

95973

New Haven style pizza. Local place that recently opened. Went there yesterday and this was amazing.

looks great!
I'm going to have Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza for dinner today.. Great Pizza for a franchise.

[GrandSportC3]

just made Grandma Pizza.. Changed my recipe slightly and it turned out great. Best Pizza I ever made. I need Portnoy to come and judge my Pizza..

[04 commemorative]

Grandma pie is good :seasix: