# Favorite Brand of Frozen Pizza? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883 "2013-04-16T22:21:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/41 "2013-04-17T08:45:24Z")
Delissio/DiGiorno ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/42 "2013-04-17T10:45:10Z")
Right now I’m loving Amy’s spinach pizza. It’s the crust that kills the competition. It’s better than the normal pizzas I’d had in the past. Although it could use more tomato sauce. (I tried adding my own, but it didn’t mix well.) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/43 "2013-04-17T11:43:06Z")
Some other threads on the topic: [Frozen pizza that’s good](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=637652) [What’s your favorite frozen pizza?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=513721) My vote is for Delissio (a.k.a. DiGiorno). ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/44 "2013-04-17T12:05:13Z")
DiGiorno’s rising crust supreme. Or, if it’s been over two months without a pizza, I’ll take the small, stale, old cardboard-flavored ones. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/45 "2013-04-17T12:26:42Z")
The brood and I like Freschetta Brick Oven 5 cheese pizza. I put my own pepperoni and green peppers on it. I also say “Screw the directions,” and bake it at ~475º on a pizza stone that’s been preheated with the oven for about 20 minutes. That’s how you get a good crust. > [@kayaker](#): > > I say we take this to the pit so we can say what we really feel about some of these pizzas. I think you can say what you want about these pizzas in CS, as long as they’re not posters. If you’re eating other posters, OTOH, maybe the BBQ Pit is the place to go… ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/46 "2013-04-17T13:07:41Z")
I bought a Wegmans rising crust 5-cheese frozen pizza and while it was baking, there was this funny acrid yeasty odor. We took one bite and it tasted worse than the smell! It was as if someone spilled some beer on it. Or something. Really, it was so bad I put it back in the box and returned it to the store. Very disappointing. Their small size unbaked pizzas are thin and delicious, but their large size have declined in quality and need extra cheese. And sauce. And toppings…I like the little Red Baron deep crust pizzas myself. Aldis and Walmart sell in their deli case enormous pizzas in a brown cardboard box, cheap, different kinds, that are pretty good. One has like five meats on it (I don’t care for it, but if you like tons of hamburg, bacon, ham,sausage, and pepperoni on it, go for it.) … Sometimes I buy a box of cheapie Elio’s frozen bare basic rectangular slices and add extra toppings. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/47 "2013-04-17T13:35:04Z")
[Dr Oetker’s](http://www.oetker.co.uk/oetker_uk/our_product_range/pizza_ristorante_range.html) pizza ristorante range. My local shop does two for £3, and I’m addicted to them (sadly they don’t carry the chicken one though, which I’ve had once and is gorgeous too!) ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/48 "2013-04-17T13:36:42Z")
Stouffer’s French Bread Pizzas. So super good and totally addictive. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/49 "2013-04-17T13:37:50Z")
Home Run Inn Ultra Thin crust pizza if I’m watching calories, regular crust Home Run Inn if I don’t care. It might be a local to Chicago brand though. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/50 "2013-04-17T13:45:55Z")
Dr. Oetker. Interesting flavors and low in carbs. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/51 "2013-04-17T14:07:26Z")
Connie’s thin crust. I believe they’re out of Chicago. Everyone around here rave’s about Heggies. I’ve seen them at the store and they look pretty average and they want $11 for one. I haven’t brought myself to paying $11 for a frozen pizza yet. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/52 "2013-04-17T14:58:03Z")
Kroger store Deli pizza is very good. Its over in the Deli section with the cheeses. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/53 "2013-04-17T15:10:15Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > Home Run Inn Ultra Thin crust pizza if I’m watching calories, regular crust Home Run Inn if I don’t care. It might be a local to Chicago brand though. Yep. The funny thing is I don’t live too far from the original Home Run Inn on 31st, and I’m not a huge fan of their pizza. But their frozen pizza is one of the few I truly enjoy. I also like Palermo’s ultra thin crust and I was quite surprised to find Target’s Archer Farms wood-fired pizza to be not only palatable, but delicious. I only tried them because my wife bought them when two varieties were on clearance for $2.50 each, and I had her buy up the stock next time she was at Target. They may be my number 1 favorite now. So: 1) Archer Farms Wood Fired pizzas (I forget what they are called exactly), 2) Home Run Inn regular crust, 3) Palermo’s Ultra Thin Crust And I also don’t mind the California Pizza Kitchen pizzas. I never could get into DiGiorno or Freschetta or any of those. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/54 "2013-04-17T15:11:56Z")
Jewel’s Everyday Essentials Thin and Crispy Deluxe for me, the sausage version for my husband. When I want something I won’t have leftovers of or if they’re on sale, I’ll get a Totino’s Party Pizza and just pig out on that. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/55 "2013-04-17T23:01:01Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Stouffer’s French Bread Pizzas. So super good and totally addictive. This is what I go with. Part of the reason (besides them being good) is that I don’t know if I’ve ever seen what I would consider a frozen “real pizza.” So instead of trying bad imitations of pizza crust that don’t really even try to pretend to be pizza, I’d rather go in a completely different direction and get a French bread that’s not even sorta pretending to be regular crust. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/56 "2013-04-18T20:34:55Z")
DiGiornio’s Ultimate Pepperoni. Most other frozen pizzas tend to have an aftertaste… I associate it, rightly or wrongly, with the preservatives. I can eat just about any brand once or twice, but after that I start getting repulsed by the brand’s particular aftertaste and have to move on. DiGiornio’s doesn’t seem to have one. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/57 "2013-04-18T22:54:07Z")
Last year’s [frozen pizza thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=513721). Mine’s a discontinued store brand. ☹ DiGiorino is acceptable. But nothing probably can top a variety of local Wisconsin-based brands of my childhood. Some, like Tombstone, are still around, but a shell of their former quality. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883/58 "2013-04-19T03:25:33Z")
> [@Samantha\_Leigh](#): > > I love Totino’s! I am not a fan of thick crust pizza if they have been frozen. Mmmm, Totino’s Party Pizza! That is my really junky choice. For a higher-brow frozen pizza :dubious:, DiGiorno’s Stuffed Crust with pepperoni or three-meat (doctored up with extra cheese and pepperoni). Not four-cheese because the cheddar throws it off. I don’t like plain crust if I can help it, but sometimes I have to compromise because the frozen pizza section has shrunk at Price Chopper. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-frozen-pizza/655883.md?page=2)