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Well, I'm sure as you can tell by the title, this is one of the big frozen pizza reviews
We're back at it again because I know a lot of us are still, you know, we're staying in
We don't really want to go out, you know
Knowing what the situation is like and a lot of us are still examining various
Frozen delicacies and items and I figured why not
Let's take another look at a big frozen pizza this one I've never tried before so this one is is new
At least to my to my palate, you know, one of the times I know when I do these frozen pizza things
It's like it's something that I've already had before it's something I'm snacking on
something that I'm I'm just munching on day and night even
You know doing it in my sleep sleep walking to the microwave or whatever and just you know going to town
But this is not the case here. I've never had this item before and
What I wanted to do right now to just start it off right off right off the bat. I
Know a lot of us are kind of inside. Maybe we're even under quarantine
And maybe we were running out of things to do
You're not gonna believe what's what's gonna happen next. I mean, there's just no way to even comprehend it
I can't even properly verbalize it. I'm gonna try my best but this is this is big
This is a first for the entire channel in its history, okay?
Can you guess
Where the item?
I'm reviewing is right now
Just take a minute. This is like this is like if you remember I Spy and looking around for different things. Where is it?
Where is the item?
Over here
No, it's not. It's in the oven right now, but that's the box for it. That's good enough
that is the worst intro I've ever done but just
Go from there. Alright, you could obviously see in the title. What I've been what I'm gonna review and here it is
introducing it the DiGiorno
bacon and cheese
stuffed crust pizza right there
Obviously, it's a very direct name, you know, it's got bacon and cheese, right?
You can see the bacon bits on the pizza and then it's got stuff, you know stuffed crust with bacon in the crust, too
So that's what those things are. Okay. It's nothing else. Those aren't little, you know, I don't know. What are those
Reddish brown colored, um, you know gold bars or something. This is uh, this is bacon and
Right here for added emphasis. It says
Bacon me crazy
So this is you know, it's bacon me crazy. It's bacon you crazy, right?
A per applewood smoked bacon and salami with a bacon and cheese stuffed crust
I guess you could also say salami me crazy, but bacon me crazy sounds a little better
Yeah, big didn't cheese stuffed crust pizza. That's what it is. It's a frozen pizza and on the back. It just says
Get this for emphasis
Yup
You read that, right?
bacon and cheese
stuffed crust pizza
now this crust is stuffed with applewood smoked bacon along with two and a half feet of hot and melty cheese and
layered with delicious toppings so you could actually see I think I'll even show this again, but you can see the little bit of
Your measurement right?
You can actually you know, if you really want like I said, we don't have a lot going on right now
So you could you know cut it open and just measure it out if you want
And see is it really two and a half feet of cheese or is it not right?
It's something to do and a little bit of fun with it
We'll just we'll pretend that it is but there I am with me in a box there. There we go
and
With that. Well, I think we know what's in it. It's bacon and cheese obviously a bacon blend on the pizza
Look like it has the different types
You know has the applewood smoked bacon and maybe the salami on it as well as bacon in the crust cheese pizza
Again with that stuffed crust. So with that let's just take a look at a preparation of it
We'll get this thing assembled and we'll get it the oven and then we'll try it out
So well with that
follow me if you will just over a couple feet to the I guess that's to my left maybe to your right and
Over to the oven we'll prepare this and we'll go from there stay tuned
Alright, so there it is
DiGiorno
Bacon
and cheese stuffed crust pizza
Best way to cook. This is in the oven of course preheated to 400 degrees
Got a prep it prep it up. Take the little thing off of it
place it right on the rack 18 to 20 minutes and then enjoy with
You know your salad if you want
If you want to do I have it at this funny angle just because of the glare like you can see
You can see right there. It's like looking into the Sun
All right, so we are back now we have prepared the pizza it's all cooked
It's all done and it is ready for consumption. So here we go. Here's two slices that I picked out for you
Almost fell off my chair if you would actually believe it or not. That's that happened. There. They are there. I am with two slices
Let's get a close-up view of it. Um, I think you already got a good close-up view of the pizzas
I was taking it out, but you know, there's a
Individual view, you know, I do like the bacon coverage on the pizza
I will say there is a good amount of it at least them the smaller and bacon bits
So we're just gonna try it out
We're gonna see how it is. How bacon tastic it is and how the crust turns out, too
So it is the bacon and cheese stuffed crust pizza from DiGiorno going in
Brings you back, you know
It brings you back
As I was just looking at this product and I was examining it. It made me think of the glory days right back in 2012
You remember the bacon craze of like 2012 or 2013? I
Know those were terrifying time. So it was like something out of like a zombie movie, you know, you walk outside and everyone has these
And says bacon mania over there was a very intimidating time
But it had the certain a wholesome charm to it, you know bacon
no, that was all that was all that it was about bacon and
This is kind of like I don't want to say a remnant of that era, but it you know harkens back
You know
vibes from that best way to put it now as for taste what what
Flavors does the pizza?
bring about
well
Here's what we've got. I really do like the coverage of the bacon that's on the pizza
You know, sometimes I'll get a bacon pizza
I mean
You know seldom do I but I do most of the time I'm just a pepperoni pizza type of person
But I'll get a pizza with some bacon on it
Sometimes I'll see that it's like I don't know why they just put so few bacon bits on pizza sometimes
What I like about this is that it's basic but , do they go all out?
When they you know, when they put the bacon bits on it, I mean you hold up this piece of pizza here. It's everywhere
I mean, there's just so much
Bacon on it. That's all that I can say
The bacon itself just has its standard, you know, meaty flavor a little fatty
But it's not get stuff or chewy or anything. It's these little little bacon bits
But as a result, the flavors is able to permeate very uniformly throughout the entirety of the size. It's a very it's it's a
You know, it's very simplistic in how it is. If you like bacon, you're gonna like the pizza
I I have a feeling because there's so much of it. It's in every single bite. No doubt about it at all
one only complaint that I have so far and
Also, you know the sauce is okay
I've had some problems with the sauce before from DiGiorno
Whereas I closed a little watery or something
But it seems to have that a little bit more of a solidity but still a nice robust flavor to it. So the sauce is
Better this time around the cheese is good, too
Pizza has a little bit of a doughiness. But again, that's not a big concern in my book
I just wish that there were more pieces of the thicker cut bacon not just a tiny little bacon bits, you know
But the more the little blocks you could say
I wish there was more of that
Because it's obviously expressed as such on the box and you don't see a lot of it now
Lets us get in to the crust real quick
I
Don't know what I was doing there who would just leave it than that
If you look real quick, this is a good cross-section of the crust
See how there is a little bit of bacon in it
There's not a ton as the box may show you but there's a little bit you can see that there are some
Bites a bit. The cheese in the crust is very oily. It looks like a mozzarella, you know cheese stick
That's the best way to put it. I think that really goes for any type of stuffed crust pizza
It's that same type of cheese blend again like a very akin to a cheese stick
But it does have the little little bites of bacon in the crust that definitely add its flavor
And again, it's kind of absorbed into the cheese
But oh where all the crust isn't bad, um, it's still pretty flavorful
I would say that this pizza will probably be very appealing to a certain clientele again if you're a fan of bacon
You're gonna be a fan of this pizza if you say no I can't stand bacon
Well, then you're probably not gonna like the pizza very much and if you're kind of middle-of-the-road, hey, it's something to try again
We're probably gonna be eating a lot of frozen pizzas at this point
Easy to make easy to prepare. It's pretty inexpensive got this one for around $8 and as a result
No, it's not bad for what it is good portion size too. And it's flavorful. Yeah, my biggest complaint
I was worried that there wasn't gonna be much bacon in the crust, but there was more than I expected
And I thought it was gonna be again. My biggest complaint is this I wish let me get this piece right here
I wish that there were more pieces of this thicker cut
Right here. I wish there are more pieces of that
Then opposed to just the tiny little bacon bits that were everywhere
But other than that, it's a very flavorful pizza don't have many complaints at all
So out of 10, I'm gonna give this Pizza a 6 point 8 out of 10 again that's above a 5 above average
I just wish it had a little bit more
Variety in terms of the toppings, you know, not just one type of the bacon
But just a little more but beggars can't be choosers. It's not it's not bad at all
So give it a shot if you want and that's all that I have for you
I'm your host the report of the week and that was the DiGiorno bacon and cheese stuffed crust pizza
Yeah, just pretty simple but pretty good. Also, that's all that I have for you. Please be safe out there. These are difficult times
but we're all gonna get through this like I like I've been saying we all will I
Know coming up is Easter and whatever observances you may have
Please be safe out there and we'll reconvene again in a couple days until then. Take care. Be safe
I'm your host the report of the week