# USDA recalls Home Run Inn frozen pizzas **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [August 15, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711 "2022-08-15T20:15:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/1 "2022-08-15T20:15:14Z")
> **[Frozen pizza recall: USDA recalls 13,000 pounds of pizza over possible metal...](https://www.al.com/news/2022/08/frozen-pizza-recall-usda-recalls-13000-pounds-of-pizza-over-possible-metal-pieces.html)** > > More than 13,000 pounds of frozen meat pizza is being recalled due to the possibility of contamination with metal pieces. That’s 13,000 pounds of toppings, not the pizzas themselves. > The recall covers Home Run Inn Frozen Foods pizza produced on June 6 and includes 33.5-ounce cartons containing “Home Run Inn Chicago’s Premium Pizzeria Deluxe Sausage Classic Pizza” with a “best by” date of Dec. 3. > > The recalled products bear the establishment number “EST. 18498-A” inside the USDA inspection mark. They were shipped to a distributor in Illinois then sent to retailers nationwide. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/2 "2022-08-15T21:16:06Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > That’s 13,000 pounds of toppings, not the pizzas themselves. Where are you seeing that? [![](https://external-preview.redd.it/yb6zHsTTw_mp3ZOOIpQcorgOyV-H2G8PzSVGvfT52Ys.jpg?auto=webp&s=cd1d1a0150a01c989ee01e7fe61bcdac17f6b18b) ](https://external-preview.redd.it/yb6zHsTTw_mp3ZOOIpQcorgOyV-H2G8PzSVGvfT52Ys.jpg?auto=webp&s=cd1d1a0150a01c989ee01e7fe61bcdac17f6b18b) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/3 "2022-08-15T21:17:49Z")
If they package 13,000 pounds of pizza in a day, then Home Run Inn frozen pie business is bigger that I had thought. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/4 "2022-08-15T21:18:58Z")
As it turned out, I had a Home Run Inn Sausage Pizza in my freezer, and was planning to have it for lunch today. I heard about the recall on the news this morning, and checked the package – my pizza wasn’t in the recall, as it was made on a different day. I didn’t find any metal in my pizza when I ate it, either. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/5 "2022-08-15T21:19:47Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > If they package 13,000 pounds of pizza in a day, then Home Run Inn frozen pie business is bigger that I had thought. They’re quite popular here in the Chicago area (their home city); I’ve read, in the past, that Home Run Inn is the #1 selling frozen pizza brand in the market. The Wikpedia entry on [Home Run Inn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Run_Inn) indicates that their frozen pizzas are sold in 30 states (though the cites seem to be on the old side). ---
**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:** [August 15, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/6 "2022-08-15T22:47:28Z")
From 2021: (I do not have a subscription to read the article, but the headline should do.) > **[Home Run Inn’s current frozen pizza count: 80,000 per day](https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/home-run-inns-current-frozen-pizza-count-80000-day)** > > The Chicago-area company saw demand soar during the height of pandemic pizza buying and is working to keep new customers. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/7 "2022-08-15T22:57:34Z")
I don’t know why that makes me smile, but it does. Every day. Damn, that’s a lotta pizza! I guess it’s because I think of them as local? I mean if you told me Tombstone moved a million pizzas a day I’d just accept that. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/8 "2022-08-16T12:15:09Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > [@Skywatcher](#): > > > > That’s 13,000 pounds of toppings, not the pizzas themselves. > > Where are you seeing that? I guess it is 13,000 pounds of pizza. The article isn’t clear to me, makes it sound like the problem is 13,000 pounds of pizza meat. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/9 "2022-08-16T12:19:28Z")
As an alternative, they could relabel the pizza as containing 100% of the RDA for iron, zinc, copper and chromium. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/10 "2022-08-16T12:39:10Z")
Just need a little [rebranding.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zZQQijocRI) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/11 "2022-08-16T15:31:45Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I mean if you told me Tombstone moved a million pizzas a day I’d just accept that. Ironically, once upon a time, Tombstone was a little local brand, too. It started out, in the 1960s, as a pizza that a couple of brothers, who owned a bar (The Tombstone Tavern) in central Wisconsin, made for their patrons. They then started distributing their pizzas to other local taverns, and then to area grocery stores. They slowly expanded (though Wisconsin was always their “home market”); when Kraft bought Tombstone in the late '80s, it became a national brand. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/12 "2022-08-16T15:37:01Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Ironically, once upon a time, Tombstone was a little local brand, too. > > It started out, in the 1960s, as a pizza that a couple of brothers, who owned a bar (The Tombstone Tavern) in central Wisconsin, made for their patrons. They then started distributing their pizzas to other local taverns, and then to area grocery stores. > > They slowly expanded (though Wisconsin was always their “home market”); when Kraft bought Tombstone in the late '80s, it became a national brand. I wonder if it was any good before Kraft took over. Probably. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/13 "2022-08-16T15:42:08Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I wonder if it was any good before Kraft took over. I ate Tomstone pizza a lot back then. Yes, they were. A few years later, Kraft bought another local Wisconsin frozen pizza brand, Jack’s, which I also liked; they turned Jack’s into their “value brand,” and the quality dropped significantly. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/14 "2022-08-16T17:00:05Z")
The only place I know of to buy that brand is at Sprouts, which always surprised me as it doesn’t really seem to be in that store’s identity. I don’t particularly care for the pizza, as I found it overly greasy. In any case, I wonder what happened. Equipment failure at their supplier? ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/15 "2022-08-16T17:58:27Z")
When I was in grade school, we’d have a few pizza days a year instead of the usual brown bag from home. It was always Home Run Inn for some reason which was strange because there weren’t (and aren’t) any locations close at all. I wonder what that was about. I think I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been to a large frozen pizza factory. In the quality lab, they had a poster board with all the stuff the metal detectors had caught. It was mostly buckshot. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/16 "2022-08-16T18:23:57Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > It was mostly buckshot. That’s the trouble with hunting your own pizza in the wild. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usda-recalls-home-run-inn-frozen-pizzas/969711/17 "2022-08-17T00:14:36Z")
‘Home Run Pizza! Now with FREE spikes! Just like real ball players wear!’