I can’t say enough about the downright sweetness of these Extreme Pizza Cutters designed by Frankie Flood from the University of Illinois. I can only imagine tearing through one of my pies with an all-aluminum, powder-coated carbon fiber custom cutter! Hats off to this extraordinarily talented artist.

Say, this could go along well with the tricked out dough mixer we saw a few months ago…

Monday, March 14th is the start of the World Pizza Championship in Salsomaggiore, Italy! The US Pizza team web site is full of information about our countries top pizza chefs and the competition in 5 categories: Fastest Pizza Maker, Largest Dough Stretch, Freestyle Pizza Tossing, Best Gourmet Pizza and Best Traditional Pizza.

Show your support for the US Pizza Team by visiting their web site where you can purchase a t-shirt or even practice dough to help you learn to toss!

Hopefully, those of us who can’t go with the team to Italy will be able to catch the action on the FOOD Network this summer.

Visit the US Pizza Team web site …
Visit the World Pizza Championship web site …

Get a US Pizza Team T-Shirt …

The number that is at the top of the site will go up each time I make a post about a pizza that I make myself. I am not counting the actual pounds of flour as I go, but rather I have developed a formula for estimating my usage. The formula is as follows:

Flour Used (lbs) = # of “Pizza Making” posts * Average # of Pizzas per post * Average lbs Flour per pizza

I’ve calculated that my average number of pizzas per post is about 1.1. Each pizza recipe uses an average of 3 cups of high gluten flour which weighs approximately 5 ounces per cup. There are 16 ounces in a pound.

Therefore I use apporoximately 1.03125 pounds of flour each time I post a “Pizza Making” article!

As of today (February 2005) I have used 2 full 50-lb bags of flour and put a dent in my third. I have wasted a few dough balls and given about 10 cups of flour away to friends. That means that my calculations are probably conservative!

Here’s to many, many more pounds of flour!!

In addition, you might get a kick out of reading in detail the suggested tipping structure mentioned in the article. A whole web site is dedicated to the plight of pizza delivery personnel and you can read about it here: www.tipthepizzaguy.com …

Read the New York Post Article “Here’s a Tip: Don’t Stiff Him ….

[Thanks Adam]

I’ve found what I want to do with my life! I can see it now – cruising from city to city looking for hungry people to make pizza for! What a life!

Now if I can only convince my wife…

Read more about Pizza Trucks

Email my wife to tell her it is a good idea …

I prefer to make my pizza when I can. However, when I’m away from home I like to try out the local pizza. This web site PizzaJoints.com will be the perfect tool for getting me to the best pizza restaurants. You can search for a city and get a list of pizza joints. You can also read reviews, phone numbers and even maps.

I think this is a great idea… …great name too! Find Pizza in your city …

I still have some things to tweak, so please bear with me. As always, comments and suggestions are welcome!

Look for a logo and redesign at some point – ideas and suggestions are welcome!

Now I’ve seen it all! Someone has figured out how to get pizza out of a vending machine! Apparently there is some debate about who was first to attempt this amazing feat. After looking online, I found a few references. First, we have a claim by Lew Cenotti who apparently built an elaborate Pie-O-Matic Pizza Machine in the 1950s!

Then I found a company called Wonder Pizza Italy who apparently has been installing the modern version all over Europe. Created by entrepreneur Giovanni Demaggio, the machine holds over 100 pies and serves a four-slice pizza in 90 seconds, for about $5.

Paul Pattaini of Wonder Pizza USA has launched a venture to bring Pizza Vending Machines to America. There’s already one on campus at Brown University.

I think I’ll keep making my own, but keep an eye out for Pizza Machines in your neighborhood!

Yesterday was a great day! I got a note from Adam at Slice (www.sliceny.com) telling me that he checked out this web site and that he blogged about it on his site! It made my day!

I appreciate the gesture very much since I spend a bunch of time over at Slice. It’s a great pizza blog with an incredible amount of information about New York Style Pizza!

Thanks again Adam!

Check out Slice …

I was amazed to see just how popular pizza is! Did you realize that there are 3 Billion pizzas sold each year in the U.S. alone? I didn’t. Find out more facts about everyone’s favorite food at this Pizza Facts Web Site…

WARNING: There is some extremely loud and cheesy embedded audio on this page. You may want to mute your audio before taking the jump!

Though I wouldn’t recommend doing it on a Friday night, these are funny ideas for harassing your local pizza shop operator! Some of them are pretty funny. (And, no, this is not a picture of me!)

23. Change your accent every three seconds.

Ok, not all that funny – but its better than some of those junk emails you get, right?

Check out 100 Things to Do When Ordering Pizza …

Today I discovered that we have a U.S. Pizza Team! According to the web site, they travel each year to a Worldwide competition in Italy to compete in these 5 categories: Fastest Pizza Maker, Largest Dough Stretch, Freestyle Pizza Tossing, Best Gourmet Pizza and Best Traditional Pizza. It seems the Americans are pretty good too – taking 2nd, 3rd and 5th place wins at the 2003 “World Pizza Championship”. I better start practicing!

Visit the U.S. Pizza Team Web Site …
Watch the U.S. Pizza Team Music Video …
Read about the World Pizza Championship …