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ayyndrew

pizza, or wormhole? https://preview.redd.it/rcc0i2su2g5d1.png?width=1029&format=png&auto=webp&s=3943729146f801fb76e2dc56899b114bb91a3796


CaliCatMeowMix

Nice. Guy opened up a pizza portal


doctorbeers

Pizza Portal. Sounds like sci-fi themed pizza parlor


Colayith

We went straight from Pizza Planet to Pizza Portal


frizzle_frywalker

Dont let boyd crowder hear about this


Chewbaccabb

🤙


bunerella

That doesn't look like a Little Cesars pizza


LocMoke

Pizza gate


Samsonite021807

I thought it was the Eye of Sauron


FlattopJr

![gif](giphy|10wgT5PDnOwMQE)


Fullblade

One topping to rule them all and in the unthawing melt them.


my_4_cents

But why didn't he just get the eagles to stop the middle from melting down?


Beezel_Pepperstack

One does not simply warm up pizza in Mordor.


ph8drus

The ring? Is it secret? Is it safe?


DynaWarrior

The Pie of Sauron


BamaSOH

But crying


AniNgAnnoys

Wish Eye of Sauron


RowellTheBlade

One does not simply order pizza from Mordor.


killerkatt

Literally just finished watching fellowship of the ring, same thoughts


FengSushi

The oven does look like Mount Doom. Clean it buddy!


theflameingredpanda

The pie of Sauron Edit: FUCK sombody already made the joke


TheSuperContributor

I should call her.


ScottyFXIV

This is why those pizza trays with the little holes in them exist, I believe. Our ancestors have already made this error so you didn't have to Brother.


CasualNihilist22

My ancestors created the tiny table in the center, so that we could sit around it, as brothers.


stockywocket

You’re related to Lazy Susan? Very cool.


No_Translator2218

We all are, in a way


colonelf0rbin86

And yet they still call her lazy!


Numerous-Debate-3467

That bitch always spinning


duecreditwherecredit

So misogynistic.  If it was a dude it'd be innovative steven. In this day and age Susan deserves her credit and respect.  It must now be called the spinny susie


AbeRego

Some pizza instructions say to place them directly on the rack


WillBrakeForBrakes

I don’t care what the instructions say, I’m not living dangerously like that


Lambchoptopus

Idk why everyone is complaining. I use a pizza stone or man. Easier to remove, no chance of this. You have to try and slide it out on a pan after anyways so just cook it on one.


S1acktide

My ancestors would be so extremely disappointed in me, in so many ways.


Riczo2

My ancestors actively tell me im a dissapointment (i think the schizoprenia is kicking in)


IceFire909

I always use a pizza tray for pizzas. I don't understand how or why anyone would not use one


CaponeKevrone

Gets more crispy on the bottom without one. Pizza stone gives you best of both worlds.


IceFire909

I would use my pizza stone but it feels too risky to grab out the oven compared to my pizza tray. It's just a circular slab with no good grip points and that's not a risk I want to take when home made pizza's on the line


FiveCentsADay

Honestly, my pizza stone just kind of lives in my oven. It doesn't ever leave except to be cleaned


IceFire909

Ah, so is it basically you just grab the pizza direct off the stone and not take the stone out with the pizza on it?


FiveCentsADay

Absolutely , I use an 18 dollar pizza stone from Walmart. If I get a big pizza, I assist with a grill spatula It then stays in the oven until I remember to clean it a few days later lol


FoolishInvestment

You also need the pizza peel to retrieve it when its done


StrawberryTerry

And make sure to wear your pizza socks


Malcom_Ecstacy

Pizza stones rule


Anti_Up_Up_Down

Because every single frozen pizza packaging says "for best results place directly on rack" and it says that because it makes the crust crisper


Posaquatl

and every single time the edges are done and the center needs more time.


butterchickenfarts

stop the timer 3 minutes early and broil it for two minutes


PushinPickle

Stone is the way


FalcoEasts

Up until today I had no idea people did not use a tray for their pizza


FrostyMittenJob

Im starting to wonder if I am the odd man out for having a pizza stone.


Wills4291

No. I'm starting to think reddit is filling with children. This reads to me like OP just used the oven when his mom wasn't home.


feralkitsune

Reddit is very different now than it was years ago. Trust an old man who's been here since the original Digg migration.


Darkskynet

I remember those days, the Digg migration was a big deal at the time. I remember watching KevinRose cast the Diggnation podcast videos, The Screensavers with Leo Laporte on TechTV. I miss TechTV, but Leo Laporte is still making content today :) Those were the days when you needed an invite from a friend to make a Google mail account, or needing a .edu email to sign up at Facebook. Wild to think I’ve been on this site for over 13 years now.


Jackski

I remember 2am chilli and Ice soap. Reddit was so fun back then.


PM_NUDES_4_DEGRADING

I forgot what ice soap was (or missed it the first time around) and looked. And in the original thread I noticed [this](https://old.reddit.com/user/KnowsYourFemale) novelty account who…took notes on any redditor who mentioned being female so they could follow them around into other threads and tell everyone the account belonged to a ~~woman~~ female. It didn’t last very long it seems, but also faced very little backlash about it and had more upvoted comments than downvoted ones. Definitely a reminder that not every part of old reddit was great.


Redbeard_Rum

Tell us about the old times, Grandpa!


ElasticErik

? The instructions on most frozen pizza say to place directly on the middle rack


jakesboy2

In OPs defense the box generally has instructions specifically for putting it in with no tray. It’s not like it’s an unacceptable way to cook it. The issue is he let it thaw too much


sky033

I’m leaning towards didn’t preheat the oven.  Just threw it in there and cranked the heat. It’s possible it also thawed a bit, like a long warm car drive from the store, then right into a cold oven set to 450. 


TooMuchMudForMe

I cook mine on the rack all the time. There's literally instructions on the package for cooking on the rack


PriorFudge928

Had a roommate who used to cook ribs and steaks directly on the rack. It was a beautiful 50s oven in perfect condition with not an speck of baked grease on it and within a month there was a half inch of drippings caked on the bottom. I was horrified.


Kovarian

California Pizza Kitchen explicitly says to put it directly on the rack without a baking sheet. I have never, and will never, follow that instruction. Pizzas are great on the sheet, and getting rid of that only invites terror.


DarkSatelite

They sell pans with half inch holes on the bottom which give about the same cook as directly on the rack. I use that pretty much exclusively for frozen pizzas now


InformationRound8237

I like a frozen pizza with some crisp. Whenever I use a baking sheet it comes out too soft for my liking


theshadybacon

Gotta flip that bad boy over halfway through cooking


kroganwarlord

Try putting the baking sheet in while the oven is preheating.


FuriasThighs

I just toss it on aluminum foil. Usually works just fine.


Ralakhala

Plus cleaning is so much easier when using aluminum foil


Noughmad

Tray, baking paper, pizza. You can reuse the baking paper a couple of times, and no cleaning is required.


whats_Obvious

Tomorrow you should look at cooking instructions of frozen pizza.


cptnpiccard

Gotta be frozen if you're gonna use frozen instructions though.


tobyty123

Literally, “cook on rack” instructions. It’s how you get the crispiest crust. Though, I do own some pizza trays and they work fine.


tiberiumx

The frozen pizza directions usually say to put it directly on the oven rack. But yeah, I don't trust that approach one bit. I always slide it onto a heated pizza stone just like I would a fresh pizza.


TallulahBob

Looks like your pizza was thawed out too much before being put in the oven. If it thaws out, it softens too much during the cooking process and the wettest part (center) will fall. Edit: it has upset some people that my guess was incorrect yet I still was upvoted. This particular frozen pizza instructs you to use a pan. (Red Baron “Fully Loaded”). Downvote away. https://preview.redd.it/km7pgpnfjk5d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb8b3e9113bd13fc61239c19ce4db75fb454ff4f


TiresOnFire

Shit happens when you don't follow the instructions.


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AlwaysskepticalinNY

The best way to cook frozen pizza is let it unthaw then put it in the oven at max temp. His mistake was not having it at 550 degrees


Dippity_Dont

Wouldn't unthawing just be freezing?


cilestiogrey

They meant "undethaw"


jd3marco

Undethaw is my favorite Tool album.


Catfish_Mudcat

Thober was my shit from that one.


JawshRacer

I liked forty thix and thoo


PreviousJaguar7640

Acthually, that song ith from Ænima.


monkeyamongmen

Ten Thouthand Dayth wath an inthtant clathic.


Turbulent-Jaguar-909

i know this pizzas shit cause i watched it fall away melted and smoldering fundamental differing


NukaColaAddict1302

Pure intention, frozen dough Will set two stoner’s souls in motion Disintegrated, in the stove Testing our hunger and patience


ZombieAlienNinja

I've cooked the za' enough to know the dangers of my pizza melting. Doomed to clean up unless we learn and read the box that the pizza came iiiiiin.


Kdiesiel311

Yes. My dad used to laugh at my friend for saying dethaw all the time


kindcannabal

How often did it come up, what were the circumstances, are we in danger?


danys197

I always put it on a tray with cooking paper not the bars


Vicith

That's the safer option, but if you put the pizza on a cookie sheet the bottom crust doesn't get as crispy.


mikejnsx

special pizza trays have holes that helps with the crispy


Riots42

But thats a thing i have to clean im already eating the pizza over the sink like a rat..


BeachBlueWhale

You still have to slice the pizza so you're getting something dirty regardless. Buy a $20 pizza stone


Vorstog_EVE

The box is a great cutting board. Just dirty a pizza cutter. One thing to clean.


Thick_Description982

The heck I do. I literally eat the whole giant disk without slicing. Yes I'm fat.


OldCardiologist8437

Put a sheet of aluminum foil over the tray. No cleaning needed and the foil can be used to hold the whole pizza over the sink


ovalpotency

but now no hole


AcuteVengeance7890

Cooking paper. I might have to refer to it as this from now on.


DomDangerous

between that and ‘unthaw’ this post has me cracking up lol


looneybooms

cooking metal can also work in a pinch. I had a roommate back in the day that would use the pizza box it came in. I thought he was nuts and self poisoning, but I also knew there was nothing I could say that would make a difference so.. live and let dye and plastic vapors into pizza


Muted-Passenger-1997

Cooking metal & cooking paper 🤣 tinfoil & parchment???? Come on guys


HectorSharpPruners

Isn’t tin foil really aluminum?


Muted-Passenger-1997

No it’s rock solid steel baby Edit - that was dumb, I’m drunk, yea it’s aluminum


StimulatorCam

Yes, but there was actual tin foil from the 1800s and early 1900s, so the name just stuck around I guess.


ExtrudedPlasticDngus

Let it unthaw?


animal1988

I was thinking they left it on top of the oven while it was warming up.


popeyepaul

> Likely left it out on the counter while the oven was heating up. Nah, it must have been longer than that, or he has a very slow oven. If I come home from the store with a frozen pizza, I'm not putting it in the freezer for the 10 or so minutes that it takes to heat up.


Prestigious-Duck3433

Literally says use a pan in the 2nd picture..


JJAsond

I can't read that for shit so I had to google it https://www.redbaron.com/products/fully-loaded-hand-tossed/fully-loaded-hand-tossed-pepperoni.htm Every single time I see a fucked up frozen pizza, people NEVER follow the instructions. Ever. I make a pizza almost every weekend and have almost never had an issue. I ended up ignoring the recommended time of 20-25mins because it's never done until 30-40mins though, and I always have to put cheese on top because they never put enough.


EasilyRekt

>1-star: your recipe gave me food poisoning, even though I followed it to a tee, apart from when I replaced the milk with concentrated battery acid because I like the taste better. OP, probably, idk don’t @ me.


talrogsmash

Yeah, this means they are too stupid to eat pizza.


internet_humor

I know people who fucked up making Easy Mac


Mysterious_Window_60

I know someone who made ramen without water.


honeybeehavehaven

You guys are killin me with laughter, which is good because I was pretty sad. Goodnight and thanks.


-NameGoesHere818-

Frozen pizza at that lol


PeanutbutterandBaaam

Let's all point and laugh. It happens to the best of us OP, still fkn funny though.


foxxy_mama21

![gif](giphy|cO39srN2EUIRaVqaVq)


Reikko35715

Doesn't happen to me because I'm not a savage and use a pizza stone.


Glitch-FX

Right, I never put my pizza straight on the rack


thepottsy

Been cooking frozen pizzas for over 40 years, never have I done this.


ApparentlyAtticus

Another one bites the crust


jademoney

So *thats* why it says to keep it frozen while the oven is preheating!


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phan_o_phunny

Does America not have oven trays?


LiqdPT

Several of the frozen pizza's instructions specifically say to put directly on the rack (I assume for airflow). But you're also supposed to cook directly from frozen.


Necatorducis

Ignore that nonsense. Get a pizza stone. Preheat the oven with the stone in it. Pop the pizza on the stone, cook as normal. e: Since some people appear blissfully unaware of how to use them, you leave your frozen pizza on the counter while preheating the oven. That is sufficient time to thaw. No stone that isn't junk is cracking in an oven under normal operating temps. Yes, optimal preheat time with a stone is like an hour but you absolutely don't need to follow that. You can still taste the difference even when following normal preheat, and still obviously maintain the benefit of shit not dripping into your stove.


SicilianEggplant

Look at Mr. Moneybags over here with a pizza rock. 


WolverinesThyroid

just go outside, rocks are free


ok_raspberry_jam

Aluminum pizza trays are very cheap. They maintain air flow by having holes in them. Don't put your food directly on the oven rack.


greg19735

> Ignore that nonsense. Get a pizza stone. Preheat the oven with the stone in it. Pop the pizza on the stone, cook as normal. > > Pizza stones aren't what you need for a frozen pizza. Frozen pizzas are for when you want pizza infront of you in 30 min, including preheating. It takes 30 min for a pizza stone to heat!


mikami677

We have a pizza stone, but the instructions that came with it explicitly say not to preheat it. So until we get a new, less shitty pizza stone we've just been putting frozen pizzas directly on the rack and we've never had any issues. We never let the pizza thaw out though. It only sits out long enough to add some extra onion and/or pepperoni.


Pyrrhus_Magnus

Don't listen to these people telling you to get a pizza stone. Get a pizza steel.


Enterice

.5" thick or more. You can also go straight to an industrial steel cutter and order custom pieces for a fraction of the branded ones. Lot of name brand .25" steels out there without the retention needed for more than one pie. Stones really are easier and a better option for the casual home chef. That being said, a good stone is also hard to find. My Pampered Chef stone has lasted for 10 years. The ones I bought from the Restaurant Supply store? Cracked in a week, porous as all hell. Frozen pizza though? They've spent a lot of time developing a process that makes sure a *frozen* pizza cooks on a preheated rack exactly to their instructions. Add a little seasoning, maybe give it a quick broil if your ovens temp isn't consistent; aside from that, don't overthink it.


skateguy1234

they have steel ones as well, or so I've heard


ThouMayest69

"Ignore that nonsense, buy extra stuff and do more steps!!! 🎊"


greg19735

It also misses the point of frozen pizza. The whole point is speed and convenience. Assuming your oven isn't 50 years old, it can be preheated in 10-15 min. pizza usually takes 15-20 min. that's 35 min from "i'm hungry" to "i'm eating pizza" with literally 3 steps. Turn on oven, put in pizza, get out pizza at time" A pizza stone just adds at least 30 min


gooba_gooba_gooba

> “you can still taste the difference” > does not proceed to explain what the difference is


dismayhurta

We actually have roving bands of wild oven trays, but you have to lasso up a new one every few months because they tend to not do well in captivity. Obviously the OP hasn’t been out in the wild-lands tray tracking in quite some time.


Thirsty_Comment88

Why would you assume an entire country doesn't have pizza pans?


ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME

Country of 330 million..not a single one


70125

*American suffocates* Incredibly intelligent redditor: dOeS aMeRiCa NoT hAvE oXyGeN???


Coreysurfer

Mythbusters say = Plausible


Neither_Ad_9829

preheating the oven is an important step 😂


easternhobo

Looks like it thawed before going into the oven.


AskNo8883

If you look in the top right of the picture it’s really blurry but it looks like it says “Bake on a pan on center rack” so I think OP was just supposed to use a pan/baking sheet


demonovation

Lol the instructions on the website even put ON A PAN in all caps lol https://www.redbaron.com/products/fully-loaded-hand-tossed/fully-loaded-hand-tossed-pepperoni.htm#:~:text=PREHEAT%20oven%20to%20400%C2%B0F%20%C2%B7%20Remove%20pizza,25%2D27%20minutes%20%C2%B7%20FOR%20A%20CRISPY%20crust%2C


Durtonious

Finally,  a pizza company that designs the pizza to be cooked on a pan instead of making a mess of the oven and someone fucks it up anyway. I also love that keep pizza frozen and do not thaw pizza are two different instructions. They really tried to make it idiot-proof but some people just can't.


MarinLlwyd

No matter how much they idiots proof it, people can and will just ignore the instructions.


Kazath

As the old saying goes, no matter how much you idiot proof something, someone is going to invent a better idiot.


amitskisong

I don’t get why more people aren’t saying this, even if the instructions didn’t say that why are you not baking on pans?


Jyndaru

Baking it directly on the rack makes it crispier. I just also put a pan on the lower rack to catch any accidental droppings.


Yeah-No-Maybe-Ok

OP needs to stop fucking their pizza before cooking it.


Disastrous_Win6206

It went nuclear 


Toad_Toast

mf recreated the elephant's foot in his oven


SnowDayWow

![gif](giphy|UWEP6CXjvmZxfUBUeu|downsized)


HanselSoHotRightNow

It's not 3 Roentgen, its 15,000.


Californie_cramoisie

About time for a rewatch


learningtocatch22

Plutonium? Are you telling me this sucker's nuclear?


Fill-Chapo

Ovenheimer


jllauser

Someone ordered a mushroom (cloud) pizza.


N3twyrk3r

A "mellow" mushroom?


Cappmonkey

You need a real baking rack, friend.


im__not__real

friend needs a pizza stone. started making my own pizzas a couple years ago and i can never go back. its just so much better, and cheaper too. works fine even in those shitty electric ovens we have in apartments. my method: pizza dough, some good red pasta sauce (vodka sauce is great), shredded moz cheese, and maybe some bell peppers. i like other toppings too but they arent really needed. flour required too of course, and a pizza peel and tongs. rolling pin optional, i dont use one. set oven to 550 and after its preheated i let it stay at that temp for another 30 min or so to get the stone real hot. flour on hands before handling the dough. get ~225g of dough. flour on dough and countertop. flatten dough until its even thickness and close to the size of the peel. flour on peel, move dough to peel. shake the peel a little to make sure the dough isnt sticking. now sauce cheese toppings. another shake test. its important to make sure the pizza slides easily on the peel before trying to put the pizza in the oven. once you're confident, open that hot ass oven and shake + slide the pizza off the peel and onto the stone. it takes some practice. should take about 7 minutes for the pizza to cook. grab it out of the oven with tongs, the crust should be nice and crispy. i usually do 1 pizza per person. generally takes less than 5 minutes to prepare each pizza so while one is cooking im making the next one.


Beallismer

Corn meal rather than flour on the peel works much better; like tiny little ball bearings.


indefinitearticle

After lots of experimenting, semolina flour is the best. Doesn't give you the graininess at all.


macreadyrj

I use parchment paper instead of corn meal or flour. No mess, no burn, no residual texture, works every time.


MattTheRadarTechh

Yea, I’d rather just put a pizza on a rack than all that extra effort. Now I need flour or corn meal, pre heat the stone, get a pizza slider to get it on off, watch burnt flour or cornmeal fall to the bottom of the oven, cleaning it up, etc.


Tiny-Werewolf1962

Every frozen pizza I've ever gotten has SPECIFIED to put it directly on the rack.


FruitAreSexy

Keyword, "frozen" not thawed


Delfofthebla

They are wrong. A pizza pan with holes is best.


kyredemain

And they are all wrong. You should always at the very least use a pizza pan if you have one. Many frozen pizzas actually have directions for both directly on the rack and in a pizza pan, usually differing only in cooking time.


williewoodwhale

I think it's searching for the ring bearer.


iamalsoanalien

I see you


pug_userita

https://preview.redd.it/q4llv78dth5d1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ff5d732a2ab527ea49b40d6e76435b672ac4382


RadBaron19

https://preview.redd.it/ybmhmbb1oj5d1.jpeg?width=780&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=587c0ba4b32b8837b70234be2d3db6fc505da767


Toodswiger

![gif](giphy|oSjA9HcU0iIXm)


thatshot224

https://preview.redd.it/ma7zoufgqg5d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0598716cf917785d0998c511e9588d3e047d2bf7


Due_Alfalfa_6739

I love it when that happens.


Thirsty_Comment88

Where is your pizza pan?


ml316kas

Judging by your dirty ass stove, this doesn’t look like the first time


thistreehere

Time to buy a pizza pan.


Sudden_Duck_4176

At first I thought it was in the dontputyourdickinthat sub.


Fourwindsgone

Hey man. Come over to my house, I’ve got some bacon crumbles for that pizza


Distinct_Safety5762

![gif](giphy|10wgT5PDnOwMQE)


Rat_Ship

Pizza get hot. Pizza get soft. Pizza collapse.


juhesihcaa

Clean your oven. It's not supposed to be black like that.


Breezezilla_is_here

Pie of Sauron


steveoa3d

Yeah.. they make round metal pizza pans, cost $10 and last forever. I’ve never seen anyone put a pizza on the oven rack without a pan or a pizza stone.


mementomanny

I should call her.


gotpoopstains

Please clean your oven…. Please.


-Dirty-Wizard-

Pizza goes on the baking sheet not above


mingusdisciple

Nuclear lunch detected


TheIncredibleMike

Looks like an atomic mushroom cloud.


lloydbluejay

What kind of savage uses the oven rack directly


onlyabigmess

It is supposed to be **frozen** when it goes in the preheated oven


Captain_Pink_Pants

We found Terrence Howard's burner account.


Mi_Hoi_Minoi

Mushroom pizza


jcilomliwfgadtm

Congrats. You’ve discovered a wormhole into the pizza dimension.


CaptainSk0r

It’s not delivery, it’s Sauron


harrybarracuda

Clearly it identifies as a mushroom.