I like to check in with the mainstream frozen pizza choices once a year or so. See if they’ve improved, changed at all.
For the most part, I don’t care for any of them, with the exception of hyperlocal brands like Vito and Nicks in Chicago (absolute #1 favorite), and for the pies at Trader Joes that are made in Italy and France and actually taste like they came from a pizzeria.
Why can’t US manufacturers do that?
So I saw Red Baron Deep Dish Singles the other day at a dollar store. For a dollar. Thought I’d give one a whirl. Red Baron is a brand of Minnesota’s Schwan Food Enterprises and was introduced in 1975. It’s made in a plant in Marshall, MN (pictured below).
I am dubious about almost any food that says it can be cooked in EITHER a microwave or conventional oven, and 99.9 % of the time I’d opt for the oven. But since they market these as microwaveable, thoughtt I’d give that a shot.
Spoiler alert: it was horrid. In appearance, taste, and texture. I suppose they’re acceptable for kids for a quick after school snack (except for the nutritional value part), and especially for a buck. But if I was looking for a quick snack for a buck at the dollar store, I’d rather have White Castle burgers, which actually DO microwave well and are done in one minute.
That’s all I learned that Red Baron frozen pizzas are every bit as awful as the last 5-10x I tried them. I see no need to try again. (Right now, I’m eating a Screamin’ Sicilian All Meat Pie, and they aren’t so bad). One of a half dozen brands from Palermo, in Milwaukee.
Out of the box
Colonel Kurtz: “The horror, the horror.”
Marshall, MN Factory
Red Baron Deep Dish Singles Review
Red Baron Deep Dish Singles Review