7-11 Pizza
 

Just curious - anyone here ever eat one? Part of one? I noticed a sign up in the parking lot at a nearby 7-11, featuring a large 7 meat pizza for $7.99 or so. I figure it is probably no better or worse than a frozen pizza from the supermarket, yet already heated for your midnight convenience. I have no plans to get one, but well, as I drink my tea after lunch, I decided it was a most worthy topic for a Saturday afternoon post. Certainly Gao must have eaten one, as I expect his "Good Book" says "after overspending on eating out for six days, on the seventh day, thy wallet shall rest."

Well, guess we'll never know.

David

Pre-pandemic, I picked up a plain cheese pizza from the 7-11 down the block on either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, as it was the only place close by that was open. It was not a pizza I would ever go out of my way for, but it was a little better than what I was expecting.

There are a few online video reviews of 7-11 pizza; the consensus seems to be: "I've had worse." :D

No worse than a frozen pizza? I am guessing that it IS a frozen pizza that the kid at 7-11 sticks in an oven. The chains always have some deal for $7.99 or $8.99 if I wanted cheap pizza and at least they are making them. I would have to be pretty desperate to try 7-11.
And off the top of my head...I can't think of 7 meats I want on a pizza.

I’ll take the $1.99/slice of pepperoni at Costco any day. One slice is enough for a luncheon meal. Pizza is very bad to eat late at night. It’s the health version of dead money.

I can't even name 7 meats.

Pepperoni, italian sausage, bacon, ham, ground beef, chorizo, salami, canadian bacon, pulled pork, brisket.

Not all of those are on the 7-11 pizza. "Our 7-Meat Pizza is topped with Chicago-Style Sausage, meaty sausage and beef crumbles, crispy pepperoni, smoky bacon, Canadian Bacon and diced ham."

https://www.7-eleven.com/products/pizza/7-meat-pizza

Thank you, Dr. Gao. I trust that the Costco pizza is also bad to eat "late at night." This is why, in the unlikely event that I'd ever be eating either Costco or 7-11 Pizza late at night, I'd be sure to have both an antacid tablet along with a glass of Red Antioxidant Juice to wash it down.

In defence of supermarket frozen pizzas, a lot of them are better, imo, than what the chain pizza places sell. Those Dr Oetker ones are not bad at all.

If Dr. Oetker pizzas are considered "not bad", that's not really good either. Don't get me wrong, but those frozen ones from the supermarket just seem to "taste like sad" as someone put it. I would leave one at the bottom of my freezer as an "in case of emergency", but hopefully source something better.

We don't have many 7-11s here but I don't think they have any pizzas yet (then again, I haven't stepped in one here in years). I do wish they would take a lesson from their brethren in Asia and get innovative (maybe some oden or japanese sandwiches.... or maybe some korean vittles).

The TJ's made in Italia ones have been pretty good. Very hot oven, pizza right from the freezer.

Meanwhile, some FTer somewhere has probably eaten a 7-11 pizza.

See Post #3. ;)

The best frozen pizza I've had at home has got to be Amy's Margherita. It's pricey, but excellent quality:

https://www.amys.com/our-foods/pizzas

(The regular Amy's Cheese pizza is just so-so.)

Yeah I've had a few good generic supermarket ones. I remember in the 90s as a kid they were dreadful – like a bin lid with a bit of cheese on top – but whatever they have done they are noticeably better quality.

I meant "not bad" in the idiomatic sense, ie fairly good. Maybe freezing tech has improved since whenever they first started selling frozen pizza.

Oh, I'm sure it has, however freezing tech hasn't solved the inherent issue of dehydration. Compared to fresh <insert your food here> foods, it will usually be found to be lacking. There are only a few foods I find that improve with freezing (like durian pods) and even those foods that do handle freezing well, can't be frozen for too long.

I wonder if your freezer is cold enough. There are many foods that freeze really well without loss of quality.

I would say it is. Just that a lot of foods suffer from freezing... The crystalization or dehydrationing effect (although this is much slower) does affect food. Not everything, but consider... sashimi should not be frozen if at all possible. I find butterfish (or what they call butterfish) especially bad for this, but you can feel the texture difference of salmon if it's been frozen for too long. Some vegetables just start to shrivel if left in the freezer (for me, it's usually corn).

In most cases, it's still edible, but noticable.

I think maybe you expect a lot more from a $6 pizza than I do. ;)

Well, for a little more, CDN$8.99+tax can get you a 1 topping fresh pizza. And that's usually until midnight/1am... so yeah. I might keep something like that for the 3am munchies but to be honest, I could probably do better than a frozen pizza. Been stocking my fridge a little better these days

Well have to agree to disagree then. I'd much rather the supermarket frozen pizza than something from Dominos etc.

My dad takes one of his cars to a informal show on Friday evenings...in a shopping center with a 7-11. He generally buys one of those pizzas and it also provides him lunch for the weekend. I've stopped at the show several times and have grabbed a slice. It is OK, and better than many of the frozen puzzas I've tried. Not sure I would pay for one though.

Back in the day, 7-11 "nachos' were great at 2 AM!

So glad I had a Jack in the Box drive-thru on the way home, and not a 7-11 "back in the day." So much healthier!

I always opted for the "safe" choice at 7-11. The hot dog. They were decent if they hadn't been spinning too long.

Naw - gave it that extra chewy leathery texture.

David

It's definitely not the best pizza I've eaten, but it's not horrible. As noted, I wouldn't go out of my way to pick one up, but it'll do in a pinch.

Anyways, if I'm in a 7-11 and need something to eat, I'll go with two steak & cheese taquitos.

If you want to try it, you can always buy a slice to try it.

It is frozen that the employees place in a convection style oven. I have tried it, not the best unless it is straight out of the oven as it sits under a heat lamp.

from the no duh department :p