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Cooking & Food Talk => Pizza Forum => Topic started by: Troy on April 10, 2018, 07:36:46 PM

Title: Crust preferences
Post by: Troy on April 10, 2018, 07:36:46 PM
I am almost always shooting for a thin crust with a mix of crisp and chew, but lately a few guests "strongly preferred thick crust" pies.

Clearly I need to learn some new techniques this summer.

How do YOU like your crust?

Are you able to achieve the results you're looking for at home?
Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: pbe gummi bear on April 10, 2018, 07:52:43 PM
I always like my pizza to have a crispy bottom. Sicilian style is the best- thicker crust, golden brown crispy at the bottom but doughy in the middle. Soggy NY style pizza sucks. Fight me. I've made sicilian style pizza a few times but had to parbake the crust. Otherwise it gets soggy.
Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: kettlebb on April 10, 2018, 07:55:32 PM
Deep dish Chicago style is best and I still haven’t tried it at home. It’s way overdue.


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Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: pbe gummi bear on April 10, 2018, 08:14:00 PM
Deep dish Chicago style is best and I still haven’t tried it at home. It’s way overdue.


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I really like the thick, doughy but crispy crust of Chicago style pizza but there are differences in how the different chains make their crust. I like the flakier and crispier Giordano's crust. The drawback to Chicago style pizza is that the crust gets so soggy from all the stuff on it.
Title: Crust preferences
Post by: HoosierKettle on April 10, 2018, 08:17:09 PM
Detroit style is my favorite I’ve made.


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Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: kettlebb on April 10, 2018, 08:53:09 PM
Deep dish Chicago style is best and I still haven’t tried it at home. It’s way overdue.


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I really like the thick, doughy but crispy crust of Chicago style pizza but there are differences in how the different chains make their crust. I like the flakier and crispier Giordano's crust. The drawback to Chicago style pizza is that the crust gets so soggy from all the stuff on it.

Giordano’s is amazing stuff.


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Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: Troy on April 10, 2018, 11:30:53 PM
I always like my pizza to have a crispy bottom. Sicilian style is the best- thicker crust, golden brown crispy at the bottom but doughy in the middle. Soggy NY style pizza sucks. Fight me. I've made sicilian style pizza a few times but had to parbake the crust. Otherwise it gets soggy.

This is why we're friends.

Have you had good sicilian homemade results on your weber?
Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: Troy on April 10, 2018, 11:32:16 PM
Detroit style is my favorite I’ve made.


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I really liked the detroit style when little caesars had it!
Hmmmmm
Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: Schaefd2 on April 11, 2018, 03:26:04 AM
I guess my favorite is Columbus style. Thin, crispy crust with toppings piled edge to edge. But I agree, doughy, squishy crust sucks (Ahem.....Papa Johns!)

But, Pizza is like sex. Even when it is bad, it is still pretty good!


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Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: Schaefd2 on April 11, 2018, 03:28:19 AM

Detroit style is my favorite I’ve made.


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I really liked the detroit style when little caesars had it!
Hmmmmm
i google Detroit style. First, I thought I had to steal it, but I learned that it is just what Jet’s Pizza serves. This style is really tasty too! And even though it is thick crust, the exterior of the crust is crispy and the interior is fluffy. I approve of this style.


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Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: Kneab on April 11, 2018, 04:42:40 AM
In Chicago, deep dish Due's or Lou Malnati's.
I have tried to make neither of these at home in an oven or kettle. It would be too difficult to match the combination of crust, sausage patty and sauce. Much better just to go there.[emoji487][emoji39]
Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: pbe gummi bear on April 11, 2018, 09:21:57 PM
I always like my pizza to have a crispy bottom. Sicilian style is the best- thicker crust, golden brown crispy at the bottom but doughy in the middle. Soggy NY style pizza sucks. Fight me. I've made sicilian style pizza a few times but had to parbake the crust. Otherwise it gets soggy.

This is why we're friends.

Have you had good sicilian homemade results on your weber?




I haven’t recreated this cook below on a Weber but oven parbake works just fine.



This pizza was delicious. My wife did a good job. She made a simple sauce from canned tomatoes and covered the crust with mozzarella, basil, 2 kinds of pepperoni, and parmigiano reggiano. The cooking pan was a think aluminum griddle pan we bought from the restaurant supply store.  Grill setup was 2 full chimneys on the sides of the 26, Dough Joe pizza stones elevated via charcoal baskets. Temp was ~500F at the lid thermometer.

The pizza crisped up nicely over 20+ minutes. I think it would have been better to partially bake the crust and let the whole thing rise. The middle crust was a little flat but still tasty and crispy.

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Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: BertVentures on April 12, 2018, 04:13:38 AM
My preference is thin crust when I make it, I did make deep dish few times on my gas grill, which I enjoyed too.

@pbe gummi bear that Sicilian pizza looks awesome.

 
Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: michaelmilitello on April 12, 2018, 03:20:11 PM
Lou Malnati’s is the best I’ve ever had.   


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Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: Darko on April 12, 2018, 06:48:20 PM
I've always preferred thin and crispy. But, having said that, I've never said no to any other style of pizza. It is pizza after all.
Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: Davescprktl on April 14, 2018, 09:11:22 AM
I prefer a thicker crust.  When I lived in NE Ohio that was the norm and what I'm used to.  My fave pizza place first cooked the pies in a semi deep pan then towards the end took it out of the pan to brown the bottom.  Wedgewood Pizza the best!
Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: blksabbath on April 15, 2018, 03:04:20 AM
My kids prefer St. Louis style “cracker” crust which is quick to throw together and comes out great.  Since its yeastless, it’s pretty hard to screw up.  Lately I’ve been messing around with deep dish pies.  I used one of the America’s test kitchen provincial style crusts, add cornmeal, then press it into a deep dish pan.  Sauce top or bottom, cheese top or bottom, it’s frickin good.


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Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: Hofy on April 22, 2018, 07:27:26 PM
I like thin and chewy unless it is Chicago Deep Dish.

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Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: MikeRocksTheRed on April 25, 2018, 12:34:04 PM
Wow @pbe gummi bear that pizza from a few years ago is EPIC!!!!!
Title: Re: Crust preferences
Post by: Easy on April 27, 2018, 01:14:01 PM
I like thin crispy, but when we are in Chicago,  it is a deep pan in hand.
We lived in southern IL. East of St Louis and really liked God Fathers, now that was a belt buster. But i have never made a really good pizza at home yet.

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