{"id":318,"date":"2026-06-13T03:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T03:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/?p=318"},"modified":"2026-06-13T03:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T03:52:28","slug":"pizza-that-should-be-enough-just-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/?p=318","title":{"rendered":"Pizza &#8211; That should be enough. Just Pizza!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Real Story of the Microwave Pizza Evolution<br>Microwaving frozen pizza has been around forever. The internet had the original 5\u2011minute method, and that\u2019s exactly where I learned it. It worked, it was simple, and it was the standard for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000031506-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000031506-2.jpg 715w, https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000031506-2-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>My contribution came in the middle: <br>I started using a paper\u2011bowl clamshell \u2014 two bowls inverted and sealed together \u2014 to create a steam\u2011pressure environment. It didn\u2019t change the timing, but it changed the quality. The crust softened evenly, the toppings heated better, and the whole thing came out more consistent than the basic method.<br><br>It wasn\u2019t a replacement for the original idea. <br>It was an upgrade.<br><br>Fast\u2011forward to today, and Amazon releases a personal pizza that cooks in 2\u00bd minutes and just happens to fit a clamshell perfectly. The size, the shape, the timing \u2014 all of it lines up with what the clamshell method needs to work at its best.<br><br>This isn\u2019t about credit or calling anyone out. <br>It\u2019s simply the truth of how things evolved:<br><br>&#8211; The internet created the 5\u2011minute microwave pizza. <br>&#8211; I improved it with the clamshell method. <br>&#8211; Amazon refined it further with optimized size, shape, and timing.<br><br>It\u2019s a natural progression \u2014 and I happened to be the interim step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000031507.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000031507.png 819w, https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000031507-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1000031507-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Real Story of the Microwave Pizza EvolutionMicrowaving frozen pizza has been around forever. The internet had the original 5\u2011minute method, and that\u2019s exactly where I learned it. It worked, it was simple, and it was the standard for a long time. My contribution came in the middle: I started using a paper\u2011bowl clamshell \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-blog"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362,"href":"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions\/362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.strawberriesandbutter.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}