1:58 Alessio liking a deep-dish pizza. 2 minutes later - "Hello, this Italian embassy. We regret to inform, your Italian passport is cancelled! Ciao!" 😆
I wish yall would have reviewed Motor City pizza! (all the meats) its soo good (I cook mine longer tho for extra crunchy crust) And I heard Target has some really good pizzas too...specifically a mushroom pizza.
I also did this experiment and tried every brand of pizza. I landed on three meat Motor City Pizza. Croissant Crust Digiorno was 2nd. Red Baron was the best tasting lower calorie pizza that isn't marketed as a healthy pizza. And for the budget option, Totinos. Love the flaky crust and the taste of the sauce on the totinos, but they definitely skimp on toppings. Add your own for best effect.
I found using a cast iron pizza pan gets the proper crispy crust. Must heat the cast iron pan prior to sliding the pizza on the cast iron. Just keep the cast iron in the oven while you preheat the oven. Cast iron holds the heat better. Use cast iron pans to bake bread too. No cook ware made is superior to cast iron.
The instructions on the box are just a guide, every oven is different. Cook it until it's done, for me, sometimes twice as long as the box says. Most of your pies looked under cooked. Plus, many say to cook right on the oven rack, no pan.
They didn't give enough forethought, interest other than tasting which could be off because they failed to read the box, rack only, 25-28 minutes, no pizza cutter/wheel, no experience eating frozen pizza at all! They would know to tear open the box, and fold it in half for the cutting board. Instead, they us a plate, and a knife!?? Also, they included obscure, or specialty pizzas some I've of never heard of, should've stuck to name brands!
@TOM-C. Yes that's why they designed pans for frozen pizza so you don't have to cook on the rack.You get the same results without the mess when done. I guess I always had a mess because I get supreme.
There's a HUGELY beloved budget pizza brand called "Jack's" that's very thin and cooks astonishingly fast. The directions tell you to try it grilled, and they are spot on. It tastes MUCH better grilled than cooked on any pan. If you don't have access to a grill, cook it directly on the rack with a pan directly underneath to give it some extra radiant heat for a crispier bottom. It's not AMAZING pizza, but it certainly kept me happy as a poor kid in the rural south.
For the Screaming Sicilian, take all of the pepperoni off and pan fry it while the pizza bakes. That will get the worst of the grease out of the pepperoni. You can put it back on the pizza for the last few minutes of cooking.
For Cauliflower pizza, the best advice I ever got is to cook it a little longer than the instructions say for a crisper crust. Once the crust crisps up nicely, it feels much more like a regular pizza.
My favorite frozen pizza is Motor City. I do like the Red Baron brick oven a lot. The crust is pretty darn good for a frozen pizza and the price is excellent. Edited to add, I don’t like the rising crust pizzas. The crusts are not good imo.
How can you forget Tombstone? It's not good but it's so ubiquitous. I grew up eating Red Baron and Tombstone pretty much weekly, and while I can't say they are good, I can say that they are a good template for adding your own toppings.
I think I was in hs or college when tombstone pizza started advertising in our area. Our mom made this for us several times. Around Oct 2012, I bought tombstone pizza. I never made it because Sandy storm happened and I had to throw out because I had no electricity.
We (Netherlands) have trader joe pizza's at Aldi these days, way different from the one you guys had there, but the ones Aldi has here are very nice, for being frozen pizzas. Wondering if you guys have "fresh" pizza's at the stores, not frozen but from the cooler section, pre made with fresh ingredients. Would be nice to do a series about those as well 😁
It's how the ingredients are prepared not how fresh they are. If the sauce takes anything less than 4 hours to cook ; it's bad. If the dough used is under 1 day or 2 days prepped it's bad. Any type of manufactured meat product is horrible and veggies are veggies.
Yeah that is the biggest issue here. Grocery store pizza is generally not good, but you have to at least cook directly on the rack to get a proper crust.
You are missing my personal favorite frozen pizza. I highly recommend giving it a try: Motor City Pizza Co Detroit-Style deep dish pizza. I personally love their supreme pizza. Mmmmm 🤤 😋
The French "flatbread" you had is not trying to be a Pizza. Its Flammkuchen/tarte flambee, a traditional dish from Alsace region. It is really misplaced here, as it is its own thing and not based on Pizza.
@LearnToRefine I love French bread pizza! Red Baron made a good one too... and believe it or not...Lean cuisines French bread pizzas were pretty decent too!
As someone who has eaten 100s of pizzas in USA and Italy, California Pizza Co. margherita is my go-to frozen. Its not like traditional or like a brick oven style (which is my restaurant setting favorite), but it is pleasant. Would have liked to see it in this video and with this title I'm surprised its not in here. Thats my thin go-to. I've baked 100s of pizzas from scratch as well. Motor City is one of the nicer thick crust options. Cauliflower crust winner goes to HEB's veggie, but I often take the onions off. DiGiorno is so bad, the crust is like a super dense muffin or something and has no flavor at all.
As a deep dish loving born and raised Illinoian, I was crossing my fingers that the frozen Pizzeria Uno would be as delectable frozen as it is from the restaurant. Your reactions made me smile with delight ❤
Actually the best deep dish pizza in Chicago is Gino's. Gino's & Uno's (also owns Due's at a different address) have been huge competitors for a long time. I like the crust at Gino's better. It has a bit of corn meal on the bottom & I love what it does to the texture. There is a 3rd Pizza--Chicago Pizza & Oven Grinders. It is very different. They put all of the "toppings" in a bowl & cover the the bowl with a crust. They turn the bowl upside down when it is served & the crust is the "container" with the toppings now on top. They claim this is the original way pizza was first made in Italy as it was a very portable lunch carried by shepherds.
My wife was very excited when our area got a Pizzeria Uno and I was too (I realize the franchises are not identical to the Chicago originals). To my dismay they had the kind of crust which greatly resembles a biscuit, which I found I don't care for one bit. I am a big fan of deep dish pizza but I like best varieties that have more typical pizza dough crusts.
Add Home Run Inn, Aurelio’s in Homewood (not a franchise location), and Palermo’s on 63rd for Chicago. If you go, you need to sample both North side pizza and South side pizza, they’re quite different. HRI makes a frozen, too, but it’s not nearly as good as the restaurant pizza. (I miss their place on 31st near Pulaski, it was beyond excellent at that original location.)
I'm glad you picked Uno as your favorite! People usually diss it for not being "real pizza." I'm not usually a "bread" person. In fact, I find DiGiorno "too bready," but whatever it is Uno does to its crust, I love it. The tomato sauce is top-notch as well.
Watching Jessi and Alessio's videos is like visiting with friends and sharing our love of food and their quirky sweet sense of humour :) Keep up all the good work and fun!
I’ve tried that pretty recently and yeah it’s very good I even like the pepperoni which I’m not usually a pepperoni pizza fan. For the same reason that they said pepperoni pizza is always greasy and I don’t like that. I also had MotorCity with sausage and that’s awesome. I was thinking the crust was going to be really doughy and Bready, but it was really amazingly light, and sort of like a short crust.
If you tried walmart bettergoods brand pizza, Alessio would have a spiritual experience. It is made in veneto italy, it's the closest thing to an Italian pizza you can get in the frozen department. I lived in Italy 32vyears so trust me.
deep dish is great in Chicago got to try Lou Malnati's if you go to Chicago. also if you can in Chicago there,s a frozen pizza called home run inn you got to try it
We will never eat anything besides PORTA again. It is absolutely gorgeous for a frozen pizza. Super tasty. It didn't look anything like yours, it really had a delicious crust and the sauce and cheese were so good. We had a pepperoni one and an onion one. From Sprouts.
I love Red Baron brick oven pepperoni! It's way better than their classic crust. My other go-to frozen pizzas are Totinos pepperoni square pizza (super cheap and not authentic at all but really tasty), California Pizza Co. margherita pizza, and Motor City Pizza Co. Detroit style deep dish pepperoni
If you are going to Chicago from Nashville, stop in Carbondale IL and try Quatros Their deep dish “Challenge “ is a very good deep dish with supreme pizza toppings. They do have other popular deep dish pizzas as well. It is definitely in my Top 10 Bites of Southern Illinois.
Quattros 'deep dish' is like a half inch thick. If Dimaggios still exists, they made a stuffed pizza that was the real deal, could compare it to the best in chicago. Quattros is a joke.
@ I don’t disagree with DiMaggio. It’s good too. The Challenge is a very good deep dish pizza but you are correct it doesn’t compete in the same category with a true Chicago DDP. But IMO is still worth a stop to try a different approach to DDP.
Totinos Party Pizzas since 1951. My go to Friday night pizza. They say “real cheese” because a Vegan would not eat it then. Trader Joe’s pizza’s from France which are nice and light and thin. I love them. I also like those cauliflower pizzas as well.
@@TheBrandonnnn really no meat on them at all….just dots of something. Not the best pizza in the world of course. But they’ve succeeded in staying around for many years. I add lots of pepperoni, olives - maybe why I like them. Smothered with real food. lol. And they cook crispy and just enough for one person.
I grew up with tomato paste on a half English muffin. 3 pepperonis and parmesan cheese from the green cardboard box. If we had company and Mom wanted to be fancy she’d get the Chef Boyardee pizza box kit. As a result no matter how bad pizza is it’s ALL good to me because it’s an improvement.
I like the Trader Joes flatbreads. They aren't pizza, but they have one with caramelized onions and ham that is really nice. It's more like a tart than a pizza, but it's good.
Love you two SO MUCH!! This content is always so wonderful!! SUch a great variety throughout your channel! Highly requesting you review various Trader Joes snacks/meals/products/ bakery etc whatever you desire as they have such a great selection!!
We get the pepperoni DiGiorno with thin crust or sicilian style (square), but prefer to get a fresh pizza from a local shop. Your crusts are dot getting crispy when cooked on a cookie sheet. Most instructions say cook on the rack, that's why they are doughy. I saw you did that with Rao's.
I think you guys would really like new haven ct pizza its super thin and light. Next time your in the northeast or NY drive up to new haven i really think you guys would love it
My MIL asks me to cook her local favorite frozen Butch's "thin" pizza on the grill. The outdoor grill for some reason finishes the crust so much better to our tastes than the oven. If you try the grill, which I totally recommend, turn it often 1/4 turn ( every 2 -3 min depending on size of grill), the back will burn if you leave it in one place to cook. I have cooked Tombstone and Jacks as well, but they have become so expensive now. They turned out well also.
I haven't had Butch's pizza in a couple decades since I moved away, but I'll pick up some when I'm in the area soon and try it. I have an outdoors pizza oven, so maybe it would turn out well on that. I see they are testing shipping, so I'm going to sign up for that too
I ate Red Baron Supreme pizza growing up. Now a few years ago, I had my first Cauliflower crust pizza in Las Vegas and loved it. Now I prefer anything with a Cauliflower crust.
I prefer Red Baron 4 cheese pizza thin crust and I add extra cheese to it because I just love cheese. I also put it on the rack so it gets good and crispy. Much Love and Many Blessings 🙏❤️
I love your honest opinions!! Since a lot of people shop at Costco (90%of the groceries for us) or Sam’s Club.. please do a review with their frozen pizzas🍕
Walmart has a new line called Better Goods and they have frozen italian wood fired pizzas. I would love to see your opinion on these!! I tried the mushroom truffle one and thought it was really good. Much better than the brands you tried today. I have never had pizza in Italy so I would like to know if it compares in any way.
I've finally realized why people think modern frozen pizza all sucks. They follow the instructions and never cook it right on the oven rack. ALWAYS cook it right on the oven rack. Even when I get a Detroit style Motor City that needs to cook in an included pan, start it in the pan, then take it out and put on the oven rack for the last few minutes to crisp the bottom. Motor City is delicious BTW.
You guys are the best to watch! My husband is Cuban and I am from Georgia. Always thinking of you guys with infertility ❤️ We know that life! I see you! I Love seeing these taste test videos ( my grandfather was from Italy and I dream of visiting) will you guys try some thin crust frozen pizzas - I am curious if you guys would like those more? I do like Kroger, Target, and Kroger Brand speciality pizzas - but NOW with all the comments we are trying Motor City and Uno :) Keep spreading Joy!
Can confirm. For my tastes, the Pizzaria Uno is by far the best. Most frozen pizzas are pretty horrible, but the Uno one is delicious... to me, anyway.
I just picked up some Di Fara's frozen pizzas from our local grocery store. DiFara is a small Brooklyn pizzeria that makes a thin crust "tomato pie".... I have not tried the frozen pies out yet....
Even better Chicago Deep Dish style pizzas are getting it shipped from Giordano’s or Lou Malnatti’s. It is super ridiculously expensive, but oh so good! If you DO go to Chicago, also try the tavern thin crust style. The locals like it just as much but in an entirely different way. I don’t live there, but I am watching at 4 am and wanting to call my family and tell them I’m flying over for the weekend lol!
You MUST try Milton’s Pepperoni Pizza (cauliflower crust)! Cook it directly on the rack in your oven (not on a cookie sheet), until golden brown & crispy. It’s even better than regular flour crust frozen pizzas.
You aren't supposed to put some of those pizzas on a pan. If you put it straight on the grate you get a much crispier crust. You guys are sooo cute! Love y'all!
Dejurno pizza is best as a thin crust and you add more your own cheese. Thin crust they dont add to much cheese. Actually some pizzas i take off their toppings and add my own. But i also like to buy pizza crust and make my own. I grew up eating frozen pizzas @ teen yrs fridays became fast food nite so i learned what take out pizza was like. Back then it was pizza hut 1980s. Basically i never been happy as an American with any frozen pizza from grocery store, yet i cannot go without. Lol
Regarding 100% Real Cheese, growing up in the 80s I remember people were shocked to find out the chain Pizza Inn used imitation cheese - whatever that is. But it was a pretty big deal at the time. I don’t know if that’s why a frozen pizza would have that on the box, but it reminded me of that.
I totally agree with your choice of best pizza. We had a UNOS pizzeria in my hometown, but in 1991 when I went to HAWAII, we ended up one night going to the UNOS in Honolulu. Needless to say, the pizza was exactly the same and very good. Deep Dish is my favorite with that extra sauce and cheese that doesn't exist in a regular pizza. I enjoyed your vlog and subscribed also.
Yes! UNO’s it is! This has been my favorite since I first had it at Pizzeria UNO at Kenmore Square in Boston. Whether from the frozen section at the grocery store or at Pizzeria UNO restaurant, it is always my favorite. In fact you have reminded me to go look for it where I live now. Thanks guys.
Pop your frozen pizza on a plate and cook on high setting in the microwave for 2 minutes then cook in the oven on a pizza dish with holes until crusty and cheese is melted 🍕😋 Thank you guys ❤️
I always do that too with my frozen food. First put it in the microwave to get it almost cooked. Then finish it off in the toaster oven or oven to give it better texture.
I also do this, microwave it till it's nearly done but I like to crisp mine up in a hot skillet with a little bit of melted butter, it can really take a cheap frozen pizza to a better more acceptable level :) Jack's Pizza actually has directions for doing it directly on the grill, and they also happen to fit very well in a skillet.
Walmart's has a new upgraded producteeee line that recently came out called Better Goods... They have several types of pizza that are all made in Italy price around $7.00. I tried the Carne Pizza. This was the closest I have ever had to a high end pizza shop. The crust was perfect and looked like it was cooked in a brick oven. Best frozen pizza. Can't wait to try the others
If you go to Chicago try Gino's East Deep Dish. Traditionally our family also ordered thin crust sausage, and spinach deep dish. Also the environment in the downtown setting can't be beat. If you like this choice PM me and I'll give you some of the Ultimate Pizza places that tourists don't get to try.
I agree. I like pizzeria Unos, which is from Chicago. For thiner crust, I like the sausage frozen pizza named Home Run Inn pizza. It's also from Chicago.
IL has a regional frozen pizza called Butch's, made in Morton, IL. Their top seller is their "Butch's White" it's a thin crust with garlic sauce, sausage, and cheese.
Lou Malnati's has the best tomatoes on a pizza. They just hand crush whole canned from a farm where they buy the entire annual output. It's amazing. But my favorite is standard thin Chicago "tavern" style, cut in squares like pizza was intended to be. 😀
I love your videos! All the pizzas I think could’ve been cooked longer and straight on the rack and they would’ve been better. Sometimes depending on your oven you it can be less time or take more.
Love your content and you are both so cute together ❤️. If you ever make it to Chicago, in addition to trying Chicago Stuffed "deep dish" pizza, you should try Spacca Napoli for their Neapolitan-style pizza.
Need a part 2 with tombstone, jacks, totinos, tonys, california pizza kitchen
@@kevinking3394 AND MOTOR CITY!! 😆
and Thin Home Run Inn
@@JuannyRum23 second that, Home Run Inn. Chicago pizza for the win
And Newman pizza
Tombstone won when they had 3 Italian chefs try these.
You two sweethearts are so fun to watch. Keep loving each other and eating together.
Jessi is legit the nicest person I’ve ever seen on the internet.
the guy is annoying....
1:58 Alessio liking a deep-dish pizza.
2 minutes later - "Hello, this Italian embassy. We regret to inform, your Italian passport is cancelled! Ciao!" 😆
He STILL have American citizenship from his mom. LOL 😅
I wish yall would have reviewed Motor City pizza! (all the meats) its soo good (I cook mine longer tho for extra crunchy crust) And I heard Target has some really good pizzas too...specifically a mushroom pizza.
Agreed. I can only find them at Walmart or Costco. This is my go to for frozen pizza.
Yes! Motor city is amazing. The only place I have seen them is Costco
I agree...have seen Motor City pizza at Hy Vee, Jewel Osco, and Wal Mart here
I also did this experiment and tried every brand of pizza. I landed on three meat Motor City Pizza. Croissant Crust Digiorno was 2nd.
Red Baron was the best tasting lower calorie pizza that isn't marketed as a healthy pizza. And for the budget option, Totinos. Love the flaky crust and the taste of the sauce on the totinos, but they definitely skimp on toppings. Add your own for best effect.
@@pmg-1 well done pizzas is the best! 🍕🍕
I found using a cast iron pizza pan gets the proper crispy crust. Must heat the cast iron pan prior to sliding the pizza on the cast iron. Just keep the cast iron in the oven while you preheat the oven. Cast iron holds the heat better. Use cast iron pans to bake bread too. No cook ware made is superior to cast iron.
For an even BETTER bottom/crust, oil the cast iron pan with evoo before heating in the oven. A much crispier crust- CRUNCH!!!!!
When I saw you had Uno's in there, I knew you would pick that one for your #1. The sauce alone is better than any frozen pizza.
Me too.
100%
The instructions on the box are just a guide, every oven is different. Cook it until it's done, for me, sometimes twice as long as the box says. Most of your pies looked under cooked. Plus, many say to cook right on the oven rack, no pan.
They didn't give enough forethought, interest other than tasting which could be off because they failed to read the box, rack only, 25-28 minutes, no pizza cutter/wheel, no experience eating frozen pizza at all! They would know to tear open the box, and fold it in half for the cutting board. Instead, they us a plate, and a knife!?? Also, they included obscure, or specialty pizzas some I've of never heard of, should've stuck to name brands!
I agreeee stop cooking on a baking sheet put foil at the bottom of stove it’ll crisp
Cooking on the rack is messy and not needed when they make stone pans or pizza pans with holes
@@redmoon08 We're talking frozen pizzas, very hard so they never spill over into the oven while baking, and some are designed to cook on the rack.
@TOM-C. Yes that's why they designed pans for frozen pizza so you don't have to cook on the rack.You get the same results without the mess when done. I guess I always had a mess because I get supreme.
There's a HUGELY beloved budget pizza brand called "Jack's" that's very thin and cooks astonishingly fast. The directions tell you to try it grilled, and they are spot on. It tastes MUCH better grilled than cooked on any pan. If you don't have access to a grill, cook it directly on the rack with a pan directly underneath to give it some extra radiant heat for a crispier bottom. It's not AMAZING pizza, but it certainly kept me happy as a poor kid in the rural south.
Jacks thin is amazing!💯
For the Screaming Sicilian, take all of the pepperoni off and pan fry it while the pizza bakes. That will get the worst of the grease out of the pepperoni. You can put it back on the pizza for the last few minutes of cooking.
Interesting take. I recently tried the pepperoni when my normal wasn't available. The Supremus Maximus is much better!
@@talononeguyI agree
Grease means flavor!🤔
For Cauliflower pizza, the best advice I ever got is to cook it a little longer than the instructions say for a crisper crust. Once the crust crisps up nicely, it feels much more like a regular pizza.
yep, and never put it on a baking sheet. Directly on the rack, well done. This is how to make cauliflower pizza snap.
Trying to recreate something to taste like something else is why we all have cancer!
My favorite frozen pizza is Motor City. I do like the Red Baron brick oven a lot. The crust is pretty darn good for a frozen pizza and the price is excellent. Edited to add, I don’t like the rising crust pizzas. The crusts are not good imo.
Crust is better if it is baked directly on the rack!
How can you forget Tombstone? It's not good but it's so ubiquitous. I grew up eating Red Baron and Tombstone pretty much weekly, and while I can't say they are good, I can say that they are a good template for adding your own toppings.
They are cheap. I grew up with Tombstone too.
I think I was in hs or college when tombstone pizza started advertising in our area. Our mom made this for us several times.
Around Oct 2012, I bought tombstone pizza. I never made it because Sandy storm happened and I had to throw out because I had no electricity.
I just ate a piece. Lol
I mean tombstone checks alot of boxes. Cheese is good. Crust is made correctly. Sauce is good. The only negative is the crust flavor.
I grew up on Elios. Cheaper an gross. Lol
We (Netherlands) have trader joe pizza's at Aldi these days, way different from the one you guys had there, but the ones Aldi has here are very nice, for being frozen pizzas. Wondering if you guys have "fresh" pizza's at the stores, not frozen but from the cooler section, pre made with fresh ingredients. Would be nice to do a series about those as well 😁
It's how the ingredients are prepared not how fresh they are. If the sauce takes anything less than 4 hours to cook ; it's bad. If the dough used is under 1 day or 2 days prepped it's bad. Any type of manufactured meat product is horrible and veggies are veggies.
Pizzas taste best when cooked directly on the oven rack.
On oven rack to crisp crust or use a pre-heated pizza stone.
Yeah that is the biggest issue here. Grocery store pizza is generally not good, but you have to at least cook directly on the rack to get a proper crust.
Out of the probably thousands that I have made a baking stone has always been the best for me
Everyone's oven cooks differently.😊🍕🍍
And maximum temperature
You are missing my personal favorite frozen pizza. I highly recommend giving it a try: Motor City Pizza Co Detroit-Style deep dish pizza. I personally love their supreme pizza. Mmmmm 🤤 😋
100% agree! 1/2 the time we go to pick one up the store is sold out, so we’re not the only ones that like it.
I like to get the cheese one and put my own toppings on, but it has gotten really hard to find in stores too.
@@XitSt4geLeft The one with all the meats from Costco is 🔥
@ I haven’t had it but thanks ☺️
@@XitSt4geLeftit's a really good pizza. Part 2!!!
The French "flatbread" you had is not trying to be a Pizza. Its Flammkuchen/tarte flambee, a traditional dish from Alsace region. It is really misplaced here, as it is its own thing and not based on Pizza.
That's why they said that it's not a pizza
I was surprised how nice the first one (deep dish) looked once baked. It actually looked good.
Stouffer's french bread pizza.. Not traditional, but Amazing!
Yes!! They are underrated. My Mama and I used to eat them together many years ago. So good!!
Did ya have to remind me?.Now I'm going back to the store asap!😇
@LearnToRefine I love French bread pizza! Red Baron made a good one too... and believe it or not...Lean cuisines French bread pizzas were pretty decent too!
Nasty!
Love this pizza! Grew up on it. Much better than Red Baron French bread pizza
As someone who has eaten 100s of pizzas in USA and Italy, California Pizza Co. margherita is my go-to frozen. Its not like traditional or like a brick oven style (which is my restaurant setting favorite), but it is pleasant. Would have liked to see it in this video and with this title I'm surprised its not in here. Thats my thin go-to. I've baked 100s of pizzas from scratch as well. Motor City is one of the nicer thick crust options. Cauliflower crust winner goes to HEB's veggie, but I often take the onions off. DiGiorno is so bad, the crust is like a super dense muffin or something and has no flavor at all.
As a deep dish loving born and raised Illinoian, I was crossing my fingers that the frozen Pizzeria Uno would be as delectable frozen as it is from the restaurant. Your reactions made me smile with delight ❤
Actually the best deep dish pizza in Chicago is Gino's. Gino's & Uno's (also owns Due's at a different address) have been huge competitors for a long time. I like the crust at Gino's better. It has a bit of corn meal on the bottom & I love what it does to the texture. There is a 3rd Pizza--Chicago Pizza & Oven Grinders. It is very different. They put all of the "toppings" in a bowl & cover the the bowl with a crust. They turn the bowl upside down when it is served & the crust is the "container" with the toppings now on top. They claim this is the original way pizza was first made in Italy as it was a very portable lunch carried by shepherds.
My wife was very excited when our area got a Pizzeria Uno and I was too (I realize the franchises are not identical to the Chicago originals). To my dismay they had the kind of crust which greatly resembles a biscuit, which I found I don't care for one bit. I am a big fan of deep dish pizza but I like best varieties that have more typical pizza dough crusts.
@@AlewortUno's outside of Chicago is a totally different pizza. Someone bought the name to franchise it and then completely changed the recipe.
Add Home Run Inn, Aurelio’s in Homewood (not a franchise location), and Palermo’s on 63rd for Chicago. If you go, you need to sample both North side pizza and South side pizza, they’re quite different.
HRI makes a frozen, too, but it’s not nearly as good as the restaurant pizza. (I miss their place on 31st near Pulaski, it was beyond excellent at that original location.)
@@ownyourdreams I tried the HRI frozen pizza, it was really bland.
Gino's is my favorite.. I live in Indiana almost 4 hours away from Chicago.. I've made the trip just to eat pizza more times than I care to admit..
I'm glad you picked Uno as your favorite! People usually diss it for not being "real pizza." I'm not usually a "bread" person. In fact, I find DiGiorno "too bready," but whatever it is Uno does to its crust, I love it. The tomato sauce is top-notch as well.
Deep dish sssssssshoulln't be bread!! 20% bread, 70% cheese, 5% sauce, 5% meat!! DiGiorno is 80% bread 7% heartburn, 7% tree, 3% mechanically separated and 1% undergrowth.
Watching Jessi and Alessio's videos is like visiting with friends and sharing our love of food and their quirky sweet sense of humour :) Keep up all the good work and fun!
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Try the Motor City Detroit Style. It’s my favorite!
I’ve tried that pretty recently and yeah it’s very good I even like the pepperoni which I’m not usually a pepperoni pizza fan. For the same reason that they said pepperoni pizza is always greasy and I don’t like that. I also had MotorCity with sausage and that’s awesome. I was thinking the crust was going to be really doughy and Bready, but it was really amazingly light, and sort of like a short crust.
Their cheese bread is awesome!😊
@@CHERIEBLAIRWITCH I like that also but not as much as the pizza.
Yes please go to Chicago and try a fresh unos! Can’t wait for that video!
If you tried walmart bettergoods brand pizza, Alessio would have a spiritual experience. It is made in veneto italy, it's the closest thing to an Italian pizza you can get in the frozen department. I lived in Italy 32vyears so trust me.
Thank you for sharing, can’t wait to try these!!
deep dish is great in Chicago got to try Lou Malnati's if you go to Chicago. also if you can in Chicago there,s a frozen pizza called home run inn you got to try it
Home run inn, and Lou malnatis are both trash, there are so many better pizzas.
no, its Pequod's, Giordano's, or Gino's East in a pinch
@@santoshNarayana Yes to Pequods and Gino's East, but Giordano's is soooo over rated. Blandest sauce in Chicago.
Our store has imported pizzas from Italy. Also UNO pizza is one of my favorites. Newmans own is also amazing and profits go to charity.
We will never eat anything besides PORTA again. It is absolutely gorgeous for a frozen pizza. Super tasty. It didn't look anything like yours, it really had a delicious crust and the sauce and cheese were so good. We had a pepperoni one and an onion one. From Sprouts.
Would love to see a testing of less than $5 pizzas. They are some of my favorite frozen pizzas!
For some of the "cauliflower crust" pizza's, check the ingredients because some of them contain flour in the crust
We need a part two with Totinos, California Pizza Kitchen, One Bite & Tombstone.
I had the privilege and honor of eating at Uno's in Chicago many years ago. That's where the deep dish all began, and it was fantastic.
I had authentic Uno's in Chicago but it's a casserole, not a pizza. More like a lasagna than a pizza.
I love Red Baron brick oven pepperoni! It's way better than their classic crust. My other go-to frozen pizzas are Totinos pepperoni square pizza (super cheap and not authentic at all but really tasty), California Pizza Co. margherita pizza, and Motor City Pizza Co. Detroit style deep dish pepperoni
California Pizza Co. margherita is currently my favorite.
If you are going to Chicago from Nashville, stop in Carbondale IL and try Quatros Their deep dish “Challenge “ is a very good deep dish with supreme pizza toppings. They do have other popular deep dish pizzas as well. It is definitely in my Top 10 Bites of Southern Illinois.
Quattros 'deep dish' is like a half inch thick. If Dimaggios still exists, they made a stuffed pizza that was the real deal, could compare it to the best in chicago. Quattros is a joke.
@ I don’t disagree with DiMaggio. It’s good too. The Challenge is a very good deep dish pizza but you are correct it doesn’t compete in the same category with a true Chicago DDP. But IMO is still worth a stop to try a different approach to DDP.
haha I will be at Quatros in two weeks for some pizza...one of the few pizzas outside of Chicagoland that I consider very good.
Home run inn is my family’s favorite frozen 🍕.
Followed closely by Connie’s.
Totinos Party Pizzas since 1951. My go to Friday night pizza. They say “real cheese” because a Vegan would not eat it then. Trader Joe’s pizza’s from France which are nice and light and thin. I love them. I also like those cauliflower pizzas as well.
I don't eat Totinos pizza anymore because they got rid of Mexican pizza.
They say real cheese because there are some low budget pizzas that use an artificial mozzarella cheese substitute instead of the real thing
Totinos doesn't really count as pizza, but its still delicious
@@jetnut89 yeah... totinos lol. Their cheese and their meats are both artificial
@@TheBrandonnnn really no meat on them at all….just dots of something. Not the best pizza in the world of course. But they’ve succeeded in staying around for many years. I add lots of pepperoni, olives - maybe why I like them. Smothered with real food. lol. And they cook crispy and just enough for one person.
Wow sounds like you have an amazing singing voice at 5:12 !
Chicago during Christmas is a must! 🎄🎁🎅🏼
We we have like a 10% chance of actually having snow around that time (these days)
Agree! The pop up Christmas
Bars are so fun!
@@pauldunecat that’s okay! The last 3 times we’ve went there’s hasn’t been any snow & we still come back anyways. However it is a nice touch ❄️✨
@@lisastankiewicz1926 We also enjoy the christkindl markets!!
I think you are both adorable! Thank you for your content. xoxo
Jack's is low key the jamm session.. probably the most underated frozen pizza of all time.
I grew up with tomato paste on a half English muffin. 3 pepperonis and parmesan cheese from the green cardboard box. If we had company and Mom wanted to be fancy she’d get the Chef Boyardee pizza box kit. As a result no matter how bad pizza is it’s ALL good to me because it’s an improvement.
When I lived in Fort Worth I went to a pizzeria Uno restaurant and they had the best tomato feta and spinach pizza.
I like the Trader Joes flatbreads. They aren't pizza, but they have one with caramelized onions and ham that is really nice. It's more like a tart than a pizza, but it's good.
So happy your baking sheets look like mine!!😂😂😂 Love your taste testing videos❤
Love you two SO MUCH!! This content is always so wonderful!! SUch a great variety throughout your channel! Highly requesting you review various Trader Joes snacks/meals/products/ bakery etc whatever you desire as they have such a great selection!!
We get the pepperoni DiGiorno with thin crust or sicilian style (square), but prefer to get a fresh pizza from a local shop.
Your crusts are dot getting crispy when cooked on a cookie sheet. Most instructions say cook on the rack, that's why they are doughy. I saw you did that with Rao's.
For Screaming Sicilian, I prefer their Bessie’s Revenge cheese pizza. In my opinion is delicious for a frozen pizza.
I think you guys would really like new haven ct pizza its super thin and light. Next time your in the northeast or NY drive up to new haven i really think you guys would love it
My MIL asks me to cook her local favorite frozen Butch's "thin" pizza on the grill. The outdoor grill for some reason finishes the crust so much better to our tastes than the oven. If you try the grill, which I totally recommend, turn it often 1/4 turn ( every 2 -3 min depending on size of grill), the back will burn if you leave it in one place to cook. I have cooked Tombstone and Jacks as well, but they have become so expensive now. They turned out well also.
I haven't had Butch's pizza in a couple decades since I moved away, but I'll pick up some when I'm in the area soon and try it. I have an outdoors pizza oven, so maybe it would turn out well on that. I see they are testing shipping, so I'm going to sign up for that too
You need to cook them on the oven rack not in a pan. You get a dryer crust and a better crisp.
Screaming is my favorite. In California they used to have a brand called picalo pizza.
You should have cooked them right on the rack. No pan.
Yup. That's why they ended up with soft floppy crust. Can't judge properly if you don't cook it correctly.
Agreed!! Cooking on the rack makes a huge difference in a frozen pizza.
Should have used a pizza steel.
Yes! Especially the red barron
Great value thin and crispy crust is the absolute best!!!!
You should have tried Amy's Margherita pizza. It's my favorite frozen pizza. ❤❤❤
Next, I want to see y'all's reaction to a Chef Boyardee Pizza Kit!
I ate Red Baron Supreme pizza growing up. Now a few years ago, I had my first Cauliflower crust pizza in Las Vegas and loved it. Now I prefer anything with a Cauliflower crust.
I prefer Red Baron 4 cheese pizza thin crust and I add extra cheese to it because I just love cheese. I also put it on the rack so it gets good and crispy. Much Love and Many Blessings 🙏❤️
9:42 Some frozen pizza used to be made with cheese product (similar to velveeta or cheese alices) because they wanted the extra meltiness
I love your honest opinions!! Since a lot of people shop at Costco (90%of the groceries for us) or Sam’s Club.. please do a review with their frozen pizzas🍕
Walmart has a new line called Better Goods and they have frozen italian wood fired pizzas. I would love to see your opinion on these!! I tried the mushroom truffle one and thought it was really good. Much better than the brands you tried today. I have never had pizza in Italy so I would like to know if it compares in any way.
I love the mushroom one as well! So good
I've finally realized why people think modern frozen pizza all sucks. They follow the instructions and never cook it right on the oven rack. ALWAYS cook it right on the oven rack. Even when I get a Detroit style Motor City that needs to cook in an included pan, start it in the pan, then take it out and put on the oven rack for the last few minutes to crisp the bottom. Motor City is delicious BTW.
You didn't even try every frozen pizza in Walmart let alone America.
Only Dollar store pizzas as far as I can tell
You guys are the best to watch! My husband is Cuban and I am from Georgia. Always thinking of you guys with infertility ❤️ We know that life! I see you! I Love seeing these taste test videos ( my grandfather was from Italy and I dream of visiting) will you guys try some thin crust frozen pizzas - I am curious if you guys would like those more? I do like Kroger, Target, and Kroger Brand speciality pizzas - but NOW with all the comments we are trying Motor City and Uno :) Keep spreading Joy!
Can confirm. For my tastes, the Pizzaria Uno is by far the best. Most frozen pizzas are pretty horrible, but the Uno one is delicious... to me, anyway.
I love micia cameos. She’s so cute 🥰 you guys didn’t even see her behind you while she was in the hallway. ❤ our little Stella ⭐️
The ones like red baron go directly on the rack. Then you get to figure out how to slide it onto the tray once it is done.
My favorite frozen pizza is Motor City Pizza.
I just picked up some Di Fara's frozen pizzas from our local grocery store. DiFara is a small Brooklyn pizzeria that makes a thin crust "tomato pie".... I have not tried the frozen pies out yet....
Even better Chicago Deep Dish style pizzas are getting it shipped from Giordano’s or Lou Malnatti’s. It is super ridiculously expensive, but oh so good! If you DO go to Chicago, also try the tavern thin crust style. The locals like it just as much but in an entirely different way. I don’t live there, but I am watching at 4 am and wanting to call my family and tell them I’m flying over for the weekend lol!
Oh, I’d forgotten about Giordano’s! Yep, they were good, but I’ll say during my last Chicago trip, the quality didn’t seen the same.
I’m not spending that much for their frozen pizzas, I’d rather drive the 4 1/2 hrs from Cleveland. That’s just my opinion though.
You MUST try Milton’s Pepperoni Pizza (cauliflower crust)! Cook it directly on the rack in your oven (not on a cookie sheet), until golden brown & crispy. It’s even better than regular flour crust frozen pizzas.
You aren't supposed to put some of those pizzas on a pan. If you put it straight on the grate you get a much crispier crust. You guys are sooo cute! Love y'all!
Dejurno pizza is best as a thin crust and you add more your own cheese. Thin crust they dont add to much cheese. Actually some pizzas i take off their toppings and add my own. But i also like to buy pizza crust and make my own. I grew up eating frozen pizzas @ teen yrs fridays became fast food nite so i learned what take out pizza was like. Back then it was pizza hut 1980s. Basically i never been happy as an American with any frozen pizza from grocery store, yet i cannot go without. Lol
Regarding 100% Real Cheese, growing up in the 80s I remember people were shocked to find out the chain Pizza Inn used imitation cheese - whatever that is. But it was a pretty big deal at the time. I don’t know if that’s why a frozen pizza would have that on the box, but it reminded me of that.
I totally agree with your choice of best pizza. We had a UNOS pizzeria in my hometown, but in 1991 when I went to HAWAII, we ended up one night going to the UNOS in Honolulu. Needless to say, the pizza was exactly the same and very good. Deep Dish is my favorite with that extra sauce and cheese that doesn't exist in a regular pizza. I enjoyed your vlog and subscribed also.
Yes! UNO’s it is! This has been my favorite since I first had it at Pizzeria UNO at Kenmore Square in Boston. Whether from the frozen section at the grocery store or at Pizzeria UNO restaurant, it is always my favorite. In fact you have reminded me to go look for it where I live now. Thanks guys.
Pop your frozen pizza on a plate and cook on high setting in the microwave for 2 minutes then cook in the oven on a pizza dish with holes until crusty and cheese is melted 🍕😋 Thank you guys ❤️
I always do that too with my frozen food. First put it in the microwave to get it almost cooked. Then finish it off in the toaster oven or oven to give it better texture.
I also do this, microwave it till it's nearly done but I like to crisp mine up in a hot skillet with a little bit of melted butter, it can really take a cheap frozen pizza to a better more acceptable level :)
Jack's Pizza actually has directions for doing it directly on the grill, and they also happen to fit very well in a skillet.
My favorite frozen pizza is Totino's Party Pizza. Those are soooo good.
I usually don’t like to watch people put food in their mouth and eat, but for some reason, I never mind when you guys do it. You do it really well.😁🍴
Part 2: Motor City Pizza, Freschetta, Palermo's, California Kitchen (Margarita), Newman's Own thin and crispy or Fired Margherita, and Amy's
Walmart's has a new upgraded producteeee line that recently came out called Better Goods... They have several types of pizza that are all made in Italy price around $7.00. I tried the Carne Pizza. This was the closest I have ever had to a high end pizza shop. The crust was perfect and looked like it was cooked in a brick oven. Best frozen pizza. Can't wait to try the others
You're braver than I. I'm not Italian and I wouldn't touch a single one of those. 😅
If you go to Chicago try Gino's East Deep Dish. Traditionally our family also ordered thin crust sausage, and spinach deep dish. Also the environment in the downtown setting can't be beat. If you like this choice PM me and I'll give you some of the Ultimate Pizza places that tourists don't get to try.
Chicagoland resident here. If you're coming for deep dish I recommend
Lou Malnatis
Ginos East
Unos
Giordanos
Peaquods
If there is a part 2 ,you have to try Tree Tavern Pizza.the very first frozen pizza ever! The best!
I agree. I like pizzeria Unos, which is from Chicago. For thiner crust, I like the sausage frozen pizza named Home Run Inn pizza. It's also from Chicago.
Before even watching, I'm predicting 10/10 for all of them. Can't go wrong.
With all of the frozen pizza suggestions in the comment section, you guys need to do a part 2!
IL has a regional frozen pizza called Butch's, made in Morton, IL. Their top seller is their "Butch's White" it's a thin crust with garlic sauce, sausage, and cheese.
Yes! Has the perfect spice to the sausage too! Love it!
What we’ve all have been waiting for!!!! ❤
Or in a pizza pan there’s so many better ways. This is the first time I’ve ever seen anybody cook a pizza on a sheet pan.
Home Run Inn frozen pizza is my favorite. They have resturants in Chicago... its the closest to resturant pizza imo
Lou Malnati's has the best tomatoes on a pizza. They just hand crush whole canned from a farm where they buy the entire annual output. It's amazing.
But my favorite is standard thin Chicago "tavern" style, cut in squares like pizza was intended to be. 😀
thanks for the content... if you haven't tried it before but I recommend butter the bottom of it before you cook it
I love your videos! All the pizzas I think could’ve been cooked longer and straight on the rack and they would’ve been better. Sometimes depending on your oven you it can be less time or take more.
Love your content and you are both so cute together ❤️.
If you ever make it to Chicago, in addition to trying Chicago Stuffed "deep dish" pizza, you should try Spacca Napoli for their Neapolitan-style pizza.
Let me know when you come out here to Chicago so you can treat me to a spinach and garlic deep dish🤤😁😉
Yes cook directly on oven rack will get crisper crust all the pizzas were to soft
Personally I think baking stones work best but they have to be preheated in the oven to make a difference over a pan
Y'all should take trips to Chicago for the deep dish and NY for authentic NY pizza. I'd love to see his reaction to them.
Jessi you did detect mustard in the pizza I had to look and it took a while being in the UK trader Joe's is a bit of a pain to find what you want 😂.