I only recently tried Tombstone for the first time,
Local store had a BOGO offer,
The product to buy was something I like,
so I got the pizza, too.
I was very pleasantly surprised!
I wasn't expecting so good for that price!

As a rule, I like Digioranno (spelling?).
I always get the 'Supreme' regardless of brand.
And I like the rising crust,
But the Tombstone crust was pretty durned good!

Admittedly, pizza has never been a favorite in this house,
So 'from scratch' has never been worth the effort for me.

Rusty

Nope, I've never eaten frozen pizza and I'm never going to. I don't even like homemade pizza!

Annie

I have never bought frozen pizza (I don't even think it would fit in my freezer), but I have bought the Boboli crust, which I thought was a bit expensive but still very good. Lately, however, I am been buying cibatta bread for making pizza, and I slice the bread lengthwise to make two large pizzas.

It has really never occurred to me to buy frozen pizza, but I have bought frozen gyoza.

When I make pizzas on cibatta bread, I generally use sliced Mozzarella and sliced Provolone cheese and a sauce that I make myself plus oregano and basil from my back yard. I have very little basil left in my yard at this time and need to buy more plants, but the oregano is growing very nicely.

Lars

This reminds me of one of my favorite childhood cooking memories, being at my best friend/next door neighbors house 1976 or so, and because I was a year older, I made the frozen pizza for our lunch.
My friend was in complete awe over the pizza. "It's not burnt the way mom makes it". Her mother came in shortly, and was annoyed by her daughters reaction to the .50 cent Totino pizza. And bf thought I was a wonderful cook !

I don't eat frozen pizza because they are too expensive for what they are. If I do want a cheap pizza, I'll get a 5 buck Little Caesar's which is so much better.
But nothing compares to quality pizza restaurants ( I like Mellow Mushroom Kosmic Karma w/chicken) and homemade- which, isn't the fastest, or easiest in the world, for greatness.

I used to eat a lot of pizza but don't anymore.
(Nothing tastes as good as the way thin feels is my core cooking motto, but nobody likes hearing that.)

Bumblebeez, even worse than Totinos, I once had Appian Way from the box, if anyone remembers those. I think it may have scarred me forever. Ugh.

Annie

Although I haven't had frozen pizza in a long time, I like Target's brand, Archer Farms the best. They have the best selection of vegetarian pizzas. Lately, if we've wanted pizza and didn't have time to make it, we've gotten it from Papa Murphy's, a place that puts together your pizza, and you take it home to stick in the oven. They're kind of pricey, though.

Lars, I like your idea.

Sally

I keep one in the freezer, always good for a quick meal for the kids. Though now I also keep some Pillsbury pizza crusts in the fridge (the thin kind in a can) and some pizza sauce in the pantry. We always have cheese and other stuff, so it doesn't take long to make a pretty decent pizza. And the kids love to help.

Making it myself means I can control the fat, and still make it tasty.

One of the least expensive and (IMO) one of the best frozen pizza brands is Dr. Oetker Pizza Ristorante. I often get one of these when I'm doing a large grocery shop. They have six varieties: mushroom, vegetable, pepperoni, 4 cheese, mozzarella, and spinach. I prefer the crust style on this brand, not too thick, more cracker like, good flavor. I think they are less than $4 each.

I tried Boboli crusts once but found them too thick for my taste.

Teresa

Never had one...probably never will.

But when it comes to pizzas it's so hard to recommend as what people expect from a pizza is so different. DH likes his with a thicker sweeter crust whereas I like a thin crust with "bubbles". In the old days we used to get ours with just grated cheese...haven't had one of those in decades..do they even make them anymore?

We regularly buy the 3-pack DiGiorno Supreme frozen pizzas at Sam's Club and love them. They are better than any pizza you can buy ready made out here in the middle of nowhere. We were spoiled by Chicago pizzas and it amazes me that nobody can seem to make it right out here just 2 hours west of Chicago!

I can't remember the brand name, but Costco has a really decent plain cheese pizza that we often keep on hand. I like it because I can just add my own fresh toppings before I stick in the oven. It's perfect for those nights when the boys are out and I don't feel like cooking for myself.

I do it the way susytwo does -- get plain cheese and add toppings. My favorite topping combination is artichoke hearts and calamata olives. I've gotten good results with a few different brands of pizza.

Frozen pizzas are for times when I'm too lazy to cook and not motivated to go to a restaurant. It's an economical and acceptable solution.

Jim

Never ate one, never bought one. Don't expect to in the future either. Make it once a week or so in the winter. If it's too hot too cook or if I don't have dough in the fridge, I'd rather just have crackers and cheese than a frozen one.

OK, I'll admit...I have purchased Tombstones on sale for use in lunchboxes. One pizza makes two days worth of lunches for my teenagers, and they like them fine. That said, we do like our own home made pizzas better, and if we make them on Sunday night, they're good for lunches for a day or two the next week.

Cj

Never buy frozen pizza. At least not for myself or Moe. When Matt was young, I would buy them for him. But as he got older he wasn't into the frozen pizza either.

I made the mistake of introducing Moe and Matthew to homemade pizza and frozen pizza just doesn't cut it.

My favourite pizza is from a restaurant in Victoria. The pizzas are thin crust and baked in a wood burning oven.

~Ann

I occasionally buy frozen pizza for my ex. I have to read the labels very carefully for sodium content. I think the ones I usually buy for him are California Pizza Kitchen or Amy's. And of those I think there is a roasted vegetable one and a marguerita pizza that pass the test (sort of) for sodium content. And maybe one other flavor. I haven't tried them but they satisfy his urge for something mildly naughty to munch while watching a football game. He has to watch his sodium very carefully.

Eileen

I used to buy Annie's organic spinach pizza on occasion and doctor them up with huge handfuls of fresh spinach. Felt rather virtuous about it.

Every so often I'll buy one of the DiGiorno's rising crust. I'd rather get delivery but frozen is cheap, easy, and "ok" for those evenings when comfort food is needed.

A colleague highly recommended the BallPark brand (I think that's the name). I couldn't wait to try it because of his recommendation, but almost gagged at the amount of grease it generated. Yuck.

Sorry! Not Annie's, but Amy's. And not BallPark but HomeRunInn.

I used to basically live on frozen pizza and burgers when I first moved into the house. So much going on and not much time to cook, it was easy to just throw one in the oven and pop open a beer. I've tried most all of them out there. I can't stand Digornios. It's like a piece of Texas toast with sauce on it. I want a pizza crust or something unique. I do like Freshetta though. That's much closer to a pizzeria crust and the flavor of the pizza is good.

As long as I remember I've always liked Totinos for some reason. I really started to like them back when they put some sauce on them. Today it looks more like it's a dyed crust but I do like the crust on them. I doctor them up with cheese, bacon, sausage or whatever I have. Don't need to doctor up the Freshetta much except maybe some Romano.

I haven't had a pizza of any type in a long time now. For a while I picked up the u-bakes from Aldi or someplace. 16" loaded with meat for less than $6, and occasionally under $5. Not a bad way to cover the craving.

I can't remember the recipe I used to use for a quick dough when I'd make my own. I saw it on TV one time. It was a knockoff of Pizza Hut's pan pizza. I remember you used self-rising flour and club soda. Maybe that was all there was to it? I always added some Italian seasoning, garlic and maybe some onion to the dough with a little extra oil and it was pretty decent. Also made the "crazy crust" quite a bit for a while. Haven't done that for a long time either.

I've tried the shelf crust like Boboli and I guess for desperation they'd work. I guess I'd prefer the Pillsbury to them if that's all that was available. After making one of the simple crusts, Boboli is not even given a second look by me anymore. The local store had their version available in a wheat crust but the bad memories left it sit on the shelf.

I know people who buy the frozen bread dough to use for a pizza crust. I've never tried it.

We eat the Freshetta pizzas, the rising crust variety. When it's all souped up with a lot of extra toppings that I add, it's just about as good as restaurant pizza. It is not anything like Totinos...I suppose if all you've eaten is frozen pizza back in the 80s then you would assume it's all nasty like that used to be but they have come a long way since the 80s on frozen pizza!

Appian Way.. omg I remember those when I was little. My mom would buy them occasionally and they weren't very good either LOL

I don't care for frozen pizza's either and have had a hard time finding a pizzeria in this town that can make a decent one. Don't like the chain store Domino's Little Caesars, Pizza Hut .

Interestingly I was just perusing Consumer Reports online an article about the best way to cook frozen pizza. Apparently the Digiorno / Delissio (in Canada) are better cooked in the microwave than a regular oven. The box apparently states this. I won't be testing their claim