The Truth About Frozen Pizza

On days when you want nothing to do with your kitchen, you know it's time to heat up your oven and pop in a frozen pizza. It’s not going to be the best-tasting pizza in the world, but it beats chopping, stirring, and doing the dishes for a day.

Frozen pizzas have been part of American kitchens for close to 70 years. Today, there are seemingly countless frozen pizza brands to choose from, and some of them come pretty close to tasting like fresh oven-baked pizza.

Before you bake another frozen pizza, take a look at these facts about them that you might find interesting.

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Refrigerated pizza came first | 0:00
First frozen pizza company - 1951 | 1:17
First patent in 1954 | 2:21
Totinos started the craze | 3:13
Federal cheese regulations | 4:29
Red Baron launched in 1976 | 5:40
Bagel Bites launched in 1985 | 6:37
Pillsbury invented the microwave crisper | 7:24
DiGiorno’s rising crust frozen pizza | 8:12
North Americans buy the most | 9:07
Thin and cauliflower crusts | 9:55

[craigoroni]

There are some decent frozen pizzas, but they can never replace the experience of a great local pizza shop

[WealthbuilderzTV]

Frozen pizza is only good when your hungry at 3 am and high to the sky.

[averagejoey]

Why is my guilty pleasure "video essays about food corporation history?"

[andrewiannelli]

Signature select is hands down the best

[Dontreadme]

Fun fact: totinos doesn't use real cheese but potato starch plus other fillers

[dougmorissette]

I saw the ad for DiGornio frozen Deep Dish Pan Pizza during your video. I tried a pepperoni one once and never again. Unless you are looking for a thick piece of bread with an almost transparent amount of sauce lightly coating the top almost no pepperoni or cheese then this is for you. I was very disappointed in it. I find that with frozen pizza it is best to have a squeeze bottle of spicy pizza sauce, a green or red pepper diced, some yellow onion diced (and/or some sliced mushrooms), a package of 3 pizza sliced meats and shredded mozzarella on hand to add to the frozen pizza. Adding the extra sauce and brushing some on the bare edge of the crust, filling in the large spaces of no meat or toppings, and adding another layer of cheese turns a frozen pizza that tastes like baked dough with ketchup into a tasty pizza with lots of toppings. It only takes a few minutes to prep everything you want to add to the pizza, then take it out of the freezer and remove the packaging, add your toppings and put it into your preheated oven. I find that lowering the recommended oven temperature by 25F and cooking a few minutes longer gives you a nice golden crust, the dough, sauce and toppings are properly cooked, and the mozzarella added is hot and nicely melted. I check the crust with an instant read thermometer and take the pizza out once 180F internal temperature has been reach. Be sure to let the pizza cool for 2 or 3 minutes before you even think about slicing it. Try it, you'll like it. 😁

[savageknive]

Honestly my favorite is totinos call me disgusting all you want but I’ve loved it since i was a kid although i remember the circle ones being much better

[ItsaRomethingeveryday]

Brew Pub Lotzza Motzza pizzas are the new best frozen pizzas around now, Liked the vid, Thumbs up

[MsPants]

Frozen Pizza Friday was born at my house during lockdown in 2020 when we couldn’t do take out !! Lol

[carlbowles]

My favorite is freshetta especially brick oven style. The best frozen crust in the industry.

[shane]

“lou malnati’s” is a local pizza chain in chicago, and makes delicious deep dish pizza! They will also deliver fresh frozen pizzas to anywhere in the U.S!

[cardboardcandyland]

No, frozen doesn't taste as good as fresh. that's true for basically all foods. But its convenient, relatively cheap and, depending on your personal taste, still tasty in it's own right.

[TIGERCAT]

Awesome video. I love you Mashed. I love all of your videos. Thank you.

[dragonrana]

honestly atm the only frozen pizza i like is Red Baron French Bread Pizzas.

[UrboyJDH]

DiGiorno is the GOAT. Their stuffed crust is my absolute favorite.

[crash]

The one category that's come leaps & bounds in the past 10 years or so

[Kikester]

I’ll rather pay a min of $6 on a fresh pizza than a frozen one, which averagely cost $4-$6

[amf]

A good quality frozen pizza is awsome for a quick bite.

[tcbobb]

From being from Minneapolis I did not know that Totino's got started in Minneapolis.

[tonyjr]

DiGiorno is my absolute favorite frozen pizza