hello everyone this is running on empty Food review well hello ladies gentlemen and everyone
watching welcome one and all to this newest edition of The Running on Empty Food review series
I'm your host the report of the week thanks for checking in it's been a while and it legitimately
has and I suppose I really haven't any sort of control over the sorts of items that get released
by these sorts of chains uh you know from one week or even from one day to the next but it has been a
while since I have done a proper Pizza review and I will admit I am a bit excited for it because I
just like these Pizza reviews they're probably my favorite sort of review to do and again it's
just been so long since I've tried out a pizza probably just a few times this year at most
it's just been released after release of these sorts of everyone's been obsessed with the melts
this year so it's nice to finally have a pizza to try out that's not to say that it will be a
good pizza or not I have no clue but hopefully it will be and uh obviously that's what we're
here to find out so Papa John's they've done it again they have made another adjustment to their
stuffed crust pizza lineup Papa John's has just premiered the garlic epic stuffed crust pizza
so here's what the emphasis is they say if you like garlic this is the pizza for you
they say that you will have three different sources of garlicky goodness
to choose from it's available as a large pizza and here's what it's all about a large pizza the crust
is a stuffed crust it has a blend of cheese with garlic seasoning on it inside the crust so that's
the first source of garlic that they advertise the second source of garlic for this pizza is that the
crust will have a garlic seasoning on top of it so there will be garlic seasoning inside the crust
then there will be more garlic seasoning on top of the crust the Third source of garlic is in the
garlic dipping sauce which is available with any pizza of theirs so essentially it's like there's
really two special sources of garlic because the third one you could get with any pizza of theirs
but I suppose three sounds better and technically that is true anyway so that's what the drawing the
draw I should say of this pizza is supposed to be epic stuffed crust garlicky this time around
large only available for the price of fourteen dollars and you could get it with any toppings
that you want otherwise it comes with the standard cheese and sauce I got it with
pepperoni that's what I always do and again the emphasis here all about the crust so that said
there's the Box Papa John's team of pizza better ingredients better Pizza
no special box just your standard Papa John's Pizza Box
and there's the pizza
pepperoni
of course I'll get a slice in a moment so you could really get a good look at it but
you see how the crust looks like a little puffier
at least that's what I noticed that's usually a Hallmark of a stuffed crust pizza
so far so good
let's get a good slice
goes this one
and there's just a view of it you could see the pepperoni all right and there is the crust so
you could see the seasoning on the crust itself and then the cheese inside the crust
it's not like you know looking at the cheese you could really say oh that's definitely garlic in
there but you could see by the crust you can see the seasoning on a little bit of cheese as well
so that's what it looks like right there also has a special garlic sauce
so what I will do is I just try it out first I'll just make my way through the pizza which I think
will be probably unremarkable I would imagine it'll just be their standard pizza and then into
the crust try it out and we'll really see how good it is and how garlicky this pizza is since that's
what the emphasis is on with that said the garlic epic stuffed crust pizza from Papa John's going in
standard so far I'm pretty unremarkable so I'm just going to pause the camera and then
I'll resume it when I get to the crust all right it's official I have breached the crust
so again the big update right there I have breached the crust
there it is for proof for those who uh
need to see it
all right so as far as the pizza is concerned first and foremost and then I'll just get into
the crust now as I anticipated the pizza itself is standard it is your standard hand tossed
variety from Papa John's so again quality wise of the pizza itself unremarkable and that's not
a bad thing that pizza is usually pretty good at this point in time so there's really no sort of
criticism there again it's flavorful doesn't have the most crispy crunch to it so it's definitely
not you know real thin and crispy pizza it's chewy it's a little doughy it's obviously not deep dish
or anything but again it does have a little bit of chewiness to it texturally speaking it's greasy
it's oily but the sauce on it is robust and it's flavorful a little spicy and mostly salty from
the pepperoni little nice crisp to the pepperoni as well and again as far as the ingredients the
quality thereof goes not bad yes it is a fast food takeout pizza that of course can't be dismissed
but taking that into account and looking at the quality again of the pizza itself totally fine
for what it is and if you like Papa John's Pizza then no problems there so with all that mentioned
now it's time to try out the crust so let's take a look at this try it out and see how garlicky it is
I opened up the dipping sauce as well so what I will do is I'll take another bite then I'll
dip it in that and then wash it all down with some water and uh and that'll be that
so I would say that one's opinion of this pizza and I'll take a sip of water again
I think some of this would come down to what exactly you are expecting from this now here's
what I mean let's say you get this and you just get it because let's say you see the ad or uh
you know you see a well probably a commercial or again an ad or a picture of it or something
maybe you have some sort of dream about this and uh either way you think okay that looks
good yeah stuffed crust pizza I think that could be pretty solid I'll go ahead and I'll get that
if you have that sort of view just a very casual uh approach to it I would say you'll probably
enjoy this pizza I would say because again the quality of the pizza itself would be satisfactory
it would be to your liking you work your way up to the crust try out the crust you'd think okay nice
amount of cheese in it I could definitely taste the garlic seasoning thereon have the dipping
sauce there yeah it's not bad fairly affordable as well fourteen dollars for for all this
if that's the approach you have again I don't think you'll have any problem with this item
here is the thing if you go into this and you think I love all things garlic
as a matter of fact the only thing that even gives my life meaning at this point is garlic
I I drink garlic I eat garlic non-stop I breathe garlic I all I think about is garlic right
and you get this and you think wow they they said that it's going to have three
sources of garlic on it it's the garlic epic stuffed crust pizza from Papa John's right
so you're ready for that garlic overload you might even want so much garlic
it'd be too much but who cares right you're wrong about that garlic life
and you think okay this is going to be it and then you try it and you you'll be let down
so if you go into this and you expect okay this is going to be extremely garlicky
I don't think it's gonna be enough for you that's my observation so I get into the crust you know
texturally again it's very doughy there isn't much of a crisp to the crust you know as you can see um
very soft for a stuffed crust pizza I think that works though that's not too much of an issue
here's the thing I was having trouble discerning that there was any garlic even inside the crust
to me it seems like it's your standard stuffed crust pizza with the mozzarella cheese inside
so you know it's cheesy it's flavorful it definitely has that garlic seasoning
on the exterior the garlic parmesan blend that is flavorful that is noticeable that
actually I would say is very pleasant and it Blends very nicely with both the dough
the cheese inside the crust all of it it works very nicely and it tastes good too
aside from that though that's about it that's all that I really notice again I could taste
the cheesiness of all the mozzarella that's in the crust some of the parmesan on top as well
again I could taste the salty garlic nature of the seasoning on top but beyond that would I say that
when I eat this I'm blown away at how garlicky this is no I I wouldn't say so it's like to
me it seems more of a decorative garnish a top a stuffed crust pizza then it is the principal Focus
thereof now the good news of course it comes with the garlic dipping sauce and that will be enough
I think to uh you know to really add to it if you want that extra boost then it'll be there
with every Pizza comes with it so that's the good news but again I think most consumers would find
this to be a totally acceptable Pizza again for me personally I think it tastes good I like it and uh
I think the amount of garlic on this is totally fine quality is good I'm satisfied with this
completely just the only thing that I stress when this is mentioned and emphasized in the
advertisements the promotions all of that that it's supposed to be really garlicky
some people may just be expecting more than what perhaps it actually has to offer and that's
something to be aware of it's a good pizza and everything works nicely Blends nicely tastes good
I'm happy with it but is it overly garlicky like some would hope for it to be I don't believe so
just something to be aware of and uh for some that would be good news for others that would
be bad news just something that you need to be aware of before you go into this so
factoring that in tastes good it's a good product priced adequately I really haven't
any major complaints about it just that one point to mention but again the garlic is there
you will notice it in the crust so out of 10 I'm happy with it eight out of ten is what I
am rating at and I think most people would find this to be most enjoyable that's all that I have
for you thank you for watching until next time I'm your host David poet of the week