As mentioned
elsewhere in this blog, we do not eat a lot of pizza. When we DO, we often make it ourselves using
TJ’s dough ( reviewed here). But because
I wanted to try a product we had not eaten before, I picked up a frozen pizza –
TJ’s BBQ Chicken Pizza topped with tangy BBQ sauce, chicken, mozzarella, Gouda,
and red onions.
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| Here's the box. It is in the frozen food section. |
I popped that sucker in the oven the other night when we
had some friends from Kansas City staying with us. They were on a cool quest – Tracy decided she
wanted to see as many Christmas trees as she could this holiday season and
Vince works for an airline (which means free flights!) so off they went!!! I had tickets to the White House Christmas
tree lighting ceremony so they put DC on their list to visit! They had been outside for a few hours waiting
for the tree to be lit, then had stopped in a pizzeria on the way back to our
house (unbeknownst to me, or I would not have tried to feed them PIZZA!). Anyway, of course I made them try it and help
review it even though they weren’t hungry.
J Cuz that’s what friends are for, right?
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| David was the "limo driver" to pick up the guests at the airport. |
The box said it was 3 servings of pizza. We had 2 hungry people (David and myself) and
2 full people (the guests). After a
couple of bites I brought out the Trader Joe’s Green Dragon sauce for those who
were interested. Here is what people
thought of the pizza:
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| After cooking, before eating. |
David – “I like it.
It is nice. I like the sauce and
items like the chicken ratio in the middle.
As it gets toward the ends there is quite a lot of CRUST. Thank God someone recommended Sriracha sauce
and that makes it ok in the crusty area, otherwise it would be a little
barren. This could be a dinner. It is convenient and it is tasty. I would give it a 4.” (Editor here: it was not
sriracha, it was TJ’s Green Dragon sauce (not yet reviewed), and “someone” did
not recommend it, I (Susan) went and got it out of the fridge and walked it
allllll the way to the dining room (like 15 steps maybe!). But TJ’s DOES do a good sriracha sauce, it
was reviewed here .
Guest reviewer Vince (married to Tracy, from a small town
that loves to shoot off fireworks near Kansas City, where they KNOW their BBQ
sauce) – “I enjoyed it, it was very tasty.
But the sauce was lacking and it could use a little bit more BBQ
sauce. I give it a 3.”
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| Guest reviewers VINCE and TRACY! |
Guest reviewer Tracy (a very fun woman) – “I would give
it a 4.5. I REALLLLLY liked it for a
frozen pizza. I am most impressed with
the cheese ratio because I always have to add additional cheese to my frozen
pizzas and this one I didn’t find lacking in that area at all. The BBQ sauce was a little sweet for my taste but I got over that
pretty quickly and the sriracha sauce was a nice tip!” (Editor again: IT WAS GREEN DRAGON SAUCE, PEOPLE! J
)
Me – I thought there was too much CRUST around the
edge. I wish the cheesey part would have
spread out further so there was less naked crust. I could have used more SAUCE on it, too. I thought the chicken was good, but overall I
thought the pizza was a bit boring.
The Green Dragon hot sauce helped a lot, but I do not think you should have to add hot sauce, I think the pizza
should be able to stand on its own. I give
it a 3.5.
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| Not a bad price. |
Well, scores were pretty varied – from a 3 to a 4.5. I will average them together and give it a
final number.
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| Tracy on her quest to SEE MANY CHRISTMAS TREES - this one is at Union Station, Washington DC. |
Price – $4.99
Rating – 3.75
