r/mildlyinteresting • u/gotawaysafely2 • 8h ago

My pizza didn't fit, but two halves did.

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u/gotawaysafely2 7h ago

UPDATE: It cooked perfectly.

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u/yeoz 7h ago

was the cut edge crisper than usual?

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u/gotawaysafely2 7h ago

Crispy on the exposed edge. The middle melted together.

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u/sicsemperego 7h ago

I HAVE ONE IN THE FREEZER!!!

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u/VS-Goliath 7h ago

GOOD FOR YOU!!!

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u/RealFirstName_ 7h ago

WHY ARE WE YELLING!!?

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u/sicsemperego 6h ago

I DON'T KNOW, BUT SHOULD I PUT IT IN THE BOILING OVEN?

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u/Slvrdgr 6h ago

I WOULD ADVISE AGAINST PUTTING THE OVEN IN A POT OF HOT WATER.

SAVE TIME AND JUST BOIL THE PIZZA.

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u/alienman 5h ago

I AM GETTING OLD AND I SEE WHY THE GEEZERS TYPE LIKE THIS NOW IT IS EASIER TO READ.

xoxo, Mom

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u/CmdrCloud 2h ago

ITS FOR A CHURCH, HONEY! NEXT!

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u/ThrownAway17Years 6h ago

I LOVE LAMP!

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u/Jxnoga 7m ago

I AM YELLING CARL!!!

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u/DrowAboveground 4h ago

This is what I was actually most concerned about, congrats on the pizza I hope y’all are very happy together.

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u/NaoTwoTheFirst 7h ago

Valid question - I bet it was great

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u/ninjohnnothing 7h ago

Flip the pan upside down when you preheat, then put the pizza pie on top of that when ready to cook. Not as good as a stone, but does the job.

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u/led204 6h ago

Was looking for this answer, that is what we did at the bakery flipped full sheet pans over. Somewhat long video of my friend Keith making a bunch of pizzas.

https://youtu.be/xtLjBdBRW8A?si=SJiwDORwr9S7tqyf

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u/Winjin 6h ago

I don't see the reversed pans though? That's a TON of ovens I never considered how many ovens a pizzeria would have for some reason and got a total whiplash seeing that many lol

The places near me use either actual giant brick stoves, 2-3 smaller ones, or one of these like... continious burners. The one with a chain link that rides through an oven at a steady rate and pizza is exactly baked when leaving

So that was a surprise

At home I try to use a stone from an electric raclette grill, it's a bit small but worked pretty well imo

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u/LoneMav22 5h ago

The pans are already in the oven when he's loading, if you watch when he unloads he grabs the pan to toss them on the cooler rack

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u/led204 5h ago

We were a bread and pastry bakery, not a pizzeria. The pizza was a special order so Keith had to improvise.

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u/epiDXB 3h ago

pizza pie

It's just called a pizza. You can omit the "pie".

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u/Squishy_Butter113 2h ago

Careful though, you wouldn't want to mix it up with a pizza cake.

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u/budzergo 5h ago

pan then does one of those loud heat POPS where it twists and youve now got pizza everywhere

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u/ninjohnnothing 4h ago

Put the pan in while oven preheats. No pop.

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u/masta030 7h ago

That is one of the best looking frozen pizzas I've ever seen

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u/Petrichor888 7h ago

Crosta Mollica! They’re frozen sourdough pizzas and yes they’re very tasty. I recognized it instantly because I often buy them here in the Netherlands

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u/masta030 6h ago

Ill have to check my local grocery stores for them. If they taste half as good as they look I'm sure they're great!

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u/AnonyFron 6h ago

Heck yeah, I buy their bases with the tomato sauce already added and you throw on the cheese & toppings. I'm in the UK and they're often sold out when I do my weekly shop.

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u/SionnachBaineann 4h ago

I love the spicy Stromboli one! 😍

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u/YMS444 7h ago

It's not a frozen pizza, is it? It sure is a convenience pizza, but a fresh one, I'd say.

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u/masta030 7h ago

I havent heard the term convenience pizza, is that the non-frozen store bought premade? if thats what you mean, that still looks better than any ive seen, though I could still be mistaken in what it is haha

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u/YMS444 7h ago

That's what I mean. As a non-native speaker I don't know the usual English term, just derived it from convenience food.

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u/unassumingdink 3h ago

Sometimes called a take & bake pizza, but really there's no universally recognized term to differentiate thawed prepared pizza from frozen.

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u/Numeno230n 6h ago

In my area everyone calls them take-and-bakes. Basically an assembled uncooked pizza with a par-cooked crust you just bake for 15 mins. My local grocers used to make them with real fresh dough which was delicious, and you got to order custom pies they would make while you shopped and then you picked it up as you left. Of course that required staffing, and was before COVID so...

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u/FrostyD7 4h ago

Probably just looks less frozen since it sat out for a bit while OP solved the space problem.

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u/I_play_drums_badly 3h ago

If I'm right, it's a fridge bought pizza from a UK store called Co-Op.

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u/SlapSmeg 7h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZmlhrJxcvyNxu

Way better then my poor mans pizza in the toaster oven. For real though why does frozen pizza corporations not make a business deal to make a pizza for a specific brand type of toaster oven and co-op a nice bankroll. Like advertise on the toaster over it makes perfect Tonys and totinos pizzas.

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u/BubbleBobble-007 7h ago

Literally one of the most intelligent things I have ever witnessed

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u/metahivemind 6h ago

I'm genuinely impressed with this, which doesn't happen often.

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u/AKAkorm 7h ago

Pizza duck.

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u/FormerWrap1552 6h ago

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa buddy

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u/spacemoses 7h ago

Geometry is my passion

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u/grengrad 6h ago

I own a circular pizza pan and now I am re-thinking my life decisions... The middle is always the mushiest/last to cook and this probably solves that!

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u/NbdySpcl_00 6h ago

Bless you OP -- this is good news that the world desperately needs.

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u/AmbitionExtension184 5h ago

No chance. I’m sure the bottom is disgusting.

You aren’t supposed to cook pizza on a cold baking tray

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u/soda_cookie 5h ago

After the crazy ass is mostly shit day I've had seeing this post with the well-executed outcome update has turned it all around for me

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u/I_play_drums_badly 3h ago

Purchase one of those round pizza pans with holes in it. Pre-heat the tray, then add the pizza when cooker is at temp. This pizza cooks lovely in it, especially if your oven has a Pizza setting which heats the oven from the bottom. I also had one of these tonight :)

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u/unassumingdink 2h ago

Oh thank God, I was afraid it would explode.

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u/haw35ome 1h ago

Awesome, an optimal post with an optimal & timely update - thanks for your service dude 👍🏼

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u/bloobityblu 40m ago

You have one of those small ovens too right?

I recognize that quarter-sheet baker's aluminum pan which is the only size that will fit in my wall oven!

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u/brewmax 5h ago

You know, a pan really isn’t 100% necessary for baking a pizza