Hello everyone, this is Running On Empty...
...Food Review!
I'm out of breath.
I'm actually out of breath.
You might be saying "Well, why?"
"Why do you find yourself in such an exhausted state?"
Whew, I'll tell you.
I'm out of breath.
The reason why I'm so exhausted...
I was just so hyped up over this release.
This has to be the biggest twist of 2018 by far.
I got myself too excited. I mean I'm...
It's incredible.
This is incredible.
I have never seen anything like this before in my entire life.
I mean, this is... this has to be the most amazing thing I have ever seen, ever...
Forget... I... This is incredible.
This is amazing.
Pizza Hut, right?
They've got stuffed crust.
They've got thin and crispy.
They got pan pizza.
And you're not even... you're not gonna believe this.
You're not gonna believe this. You're gonna say
"No. They don't have this."
But they do.
They got... They got pan pizza...
with a stuffed crust!
That's amazing.
It's incredible.
It's absolutely insane.
Complete insanity.
They got their new pizza out.
They like to do new releases with the stuffed crust every now and then
where they like to try this with the stuffed crust
and try that with the stuffed crust.
And usually the one thing that goes with the stuffed crust pizza
is that the pizza itself is more of like a thinner hand-tossed pizza.
Well now they're changing all the rules in the playbook.
They're saying "No forget that. We're gonna get our famous pan pizza,
and we're gonna work to the best of our abilities
and make that into a stuffed crust pizza."
And that they did.
So...
I tried to get it as soon as I could get it,
and here it is.
"One size fits all"
as the saying goes, this is what it is.
Here's a...
hopefully, a view of it.
Now these two sauces on it - I got as an addition.
I don't think it comes with any sauce I'm afraid,
but I felt it would need it.
Here's a close-up view of...
the pizza right there.
Pan pizza, you can see the glistening...
pepperoni.
It's very very thoroughly...
coated...
in seasoning, believe it or not.
Looks like some Parmesan seasoning.
And it's supposed to be a cheesy pizza.
You can pick the topping,
but the base is just one size only.
We'll get this slice closest to me here.
Let's see if the cross-section if we can see.
Yeah you can kind of see right here.
A little tough to make out I get it,
but if you look right there,
hopefully on this side, you can kind of see where the stuffed crust kind of is.
Nonetheless we'll figure that out as we go along.
I'm gonna eat the pizza first,
let you know what I think of it,
and we're gonna get to the crust
I'll let you know what I think of that,
and that'll be that.
Alright, this is the new Stuffed Crust Pan Pizza from Pizza Hut, going in.
Amazing.
Not the pizza just the concept thereof.
Now...
When it comes down to the crust itself,
it supposed to be stuffed with their...
stuffed crust cheese blend.
But it is also supposed to have
toasted Asiago cheese on it as well,
which I believe you can't in fact see.
Hopefully you can maybe you can't,
but the orange looking stuff is a toasted Asiago there.
The pizza itself...
It's not too different than your standard pan pizza
so I don't think that it's a specially prepared blend just for this pizza alone
because it isn't.
It's doughy.
Okay?
It depends... it's gonna depend place to place.
Some places it might have a more definitive bake on the bottom
which might give it a crunch.
Other times it might just be completely and entirely doughy.
It's gonna depend Pizza Hut to Pizza Hut.
There's variances in that,
I know 'cause I've gotten their pan pizza many times
from many different Pizza Huts.
That's gonna vary.
You see all the seasoning that's on the pizza.
That is a special addition to this pizza.
It might seem like that might make it a bit cheesier
or maybe a little, you know
you might think that it's like a garlic type seasoning,
really it just makes it a little bit saltier,
so make sure you have your water,
or a soft drink,
or faux water substance at hand whilst eating this pizza
because it will prove to be useful.
Now on to the crust.
I'll let you know what I think.
Again this is the crust here.
It's not necessarily a full-blown stuffed crust
where the crust itself overtakes the cheese,
but more or less it's as though
there's like an added ring of cheese at the end of every slice.
But nonetheless let's quit the blabbering and get on with the eating.
[electronic clock chimes]
I was trying to think of something...
stupid to say
while I was eating the crust.
But thankfully the clocks.
They saved me.
You got to hear a good number of different chimes.
I don't know which one is your favorite.
That was like a grandfather clock, that's a good one.
Now about the crust.
In terms of execution of it,
I think back to the last pizza review
that I did which was also a stuffed crust pizza.
That was a Little Caesar's one
where again they had the round pizza similar to this.
It wasn't full-blown pan pizza.
Now the stuffed crust.
And there was an issue that I said
when it came down to that pizza that applies here as well.
Where...
you have this crust,
and it's cheesy.
I mean it is cheesy,
I already stated
that this extra parmesan-esque garnish that they put on the pizza
as well as the oils from the toppings and the cheese that's on it,
makes this a salty specimen.
And the crust,
coupled with that salt,
and the cheesiness therein,
you're going to be pleading,
begging for mercy,
should you not have a dipping sauce,
with this pizza.
Because I think truth be told, without a dipping sauce,
it can just be a little overwhelming,
it can just be a little too much.
It can just be a little too salty,
a little too cheesy.
Think of it this way,
it's just a little too much of the same thing.
Okay?
That doesn't necessarily mean that it's bad.
All of it can be done very well,
and it could taste very nice,
but sometimes if it's just a little too much.
You know, that can have its drawbacks.
Think of something like a dessert, right?
We like our sweets,
but sometimes if we have too many sweets on one thing
it can just be little overwhelming.
Doesn't mean that everything in and of itself is bad though and of low quality.
Not at all.
I think they executed this nicely.
It was obviously a tough thing to do.
I like the cheesiness,
I like the way the Asiago on the crust kind of blends in.
And the toasted
Parmesan there as well.
But...
One thing it's missing:
Needs more sauce.
That's the honest fact of the matter,
because otherwise as I said for the 15th time,
it can just be a little too cheesy
and a little too salty without it.
So I would recommend -
it might cost you like 50 cents extra -
Get some Marinara sauce.
I don't think you'll be disappointed with that decision.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Marinara sauce, it ties it all together.
That's what you need,
as with many stuffed crust pizzas,
they initiate it well,
but you need sauce with it.
Get that extra marinara sauce, might cost you 50 cents more,
but it will be 50 cents well-spent, that I can guarantee you.
Therefore all things considered,
what am I going to be rating this pizza out of 10?
Well, price-wise this was 15 bucks.
That's expensive even for Pizza Hut standards.
A bit pricey, I mean it's interesting for what it's worth.
It's like a novelty type of thing,
but not necessarily something I would recommend
if you want to kind of save your money to get every day for lunch.
It's a bit pricey.
Keep that in mind.
Is that worth the price? I'd say this is more... maybe like a...
$12.99 pizza instead of $15 but...
So you know that's what their call was for.
But again, I recommend getting that extra sauce
because it will boost the quality of this pizza exponentially.
Therefore with that being said
I'm going to be rating this pizza an 8.0 out of 10.
It's not perfect,
it's pretty good,
but just remember the marinara sauce.
Alright, on a final note, and we'll wrap things up here
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Today we checked out this Stuffed Crust Pan Pizza from Pizza Hut.
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