I'm with the National Automatic Merchandising Association. If you're interested in fun vending machines go over to ww.CoolVending.biz. There are a variety of different machines, some history and "The Secret Life of Vending Machines."
Adam, If you're interested in attending the vending expo in October, let me know.
I grew up with Malnati's and it's always been my gold standard.
I ate "Husband and Wife" in Beijing. I always wondered what it really was....now I know. : 0
Lou Malnati's is THE place for a good Chicago pizza. Having grown up the the Chicagoland area let me also add that the windy city is known for a lot more than Capone and Jordan. Describing Chicago by discussing it's mobster days of almost a century ago is like saying that NY is best known for Ellis Island. Get a good guide and visit Millenium Park, the Sears Tower, the museums. It's a wonderful, city full of modern fun.
I went to their site but didn't see any way to order a batch. Do they sell them outside Tailor?
When I was a kid, our family had a candy company and we bought a product called Chocolatey (or Chocolaty -- I'm not sure about the spelling) to use with certain recipes. I have always assumed that anything saying that it has a chocolatey center/coating/flakes/etc. was telling the truth. They were using chocolatey -- not chocolate.
"Hot Choice" Tombstone Deep Dish Pepperoni Pizza
Submitted by Robert Moor
Visiting my old alma mater last week, I was drawn like a gluttonous moth to a vending machine reading "Tombstone Pizza." Yes, pizza from a vending machine. I stood, perplexed, imagining the birth of warm pizza from this cold mechanical womb. An undergrad strolled by and chuckled, obviously familiar with this pitiable sight. "Have you tried it?" I asked. "It sucks. No one even bothers," she responded. With that, of course, my mind was set. I would do what no one else had the heart to do—I would venture into the future.
After some deliberation, I opted for the pepperoni pizza, choosing it over other, less traditional choices such as chicken fingers, barbecue chicken pizza, or a warm Oreo brownie. I fed it my three dollars (!) and eagerly watched the baking process on a small digital screen.
The result? One minute later, the machine spit out a small cardboard package, which it warned would be "Very Hot." Inside was a hot (not very hot) "pizza" about the size of a video iPod. Approximately 75 percent of this tawdry square was composed of dough, which was thick, salty, and tasted something like baked Silly Putty. The bright-red pepperonis were tiny, faintly reminiscent of Bacos ("MADE WITH PORK, CHICKEN, AND BEEF," the package proudly proclaimed), and actually more numerous than the shreds of cheese by a ratio of 2-to-1. Needless to say, I devoured it in a matter of seconds.
After one bite, I understood the undergrad's grave warning. Never eat pizza from a machine. It's like making love to a Terminator: almost satisfying, but slightly creepy, and there's always the possibility that it will collapse your chest cavity with one fatal blow. Thank you, Tombstone, but I'll take my pizza the way it was meant to be prepared: baked lovingly by burnt-out hippies and their disgruntled, overweight, mustachioed Italian managers. Or underpaid illegal immigrants. Whichever.
(i shamelessly copy-pasted this from http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/newfood/. internet faux pas?)
Now, what would be cool if someone made an AMAZING pizza that came out of a vending machine. Combo proof box, 825F oven, San Marzano tom's, Caputo OO and so on...
Can you imagine the publicity that would garner ?
My fam from out of town will place an order for a 1/2 cooked pizza which they can pickup, freeze and reheat in a home oven. It's as close to the real deal and better than the pre-packaged ones in store.
haha... this whole comment section for this article has been a pretty enjoyable read. The following is not directed at any specific person (unless noted)... Anyway, i am a born, raised, and currently living Chicagoan. That being said, I just love food. I love Chicago STYLE style pizza and would love to try New York STYLE (going to NY in August) or any other STYLE of pizza there is. i don't think you can say anything (food wise in general) is any better or worse just because it is a different STYLE. Taste is based on the individual. if it tastes good to you, that's good enough for me. either you like it or you don't. But don't completely dismiss something because, in your eyes, it doesn't conform to what you believe is right. if that's the way you roll, you'll be missing out on some serious eats:)
on a side note(s)...
simon's comments are funny to me (some people just get a kick out of provoking others. it's not worth getting mad at these people. Although, DJ Bubbles had some pretty funny retorts to his comments)
welcome Daniel! I have been following CPC for a while and you are a welcome addition here, good to get another perspective in here.
also, i would venture to guess that Daniel's headline at the top, "Greetings from the Pizza Capital of the World!" was meant more as a playful greeting for his first post, rather than a "screw you NY" as some people have taken it... just my two cents
also, sorry for chiming in a bit late on this. i was away from a computer for a while and i just got to this. i actually felt compelled to sign up for the site just so i could throw down some words on this discussion... Keep up the good work Serious Eats crew!
Nobody said anything about ranking...except you. So typical.
By the way, sharing knowledge and appreciation of the product at hand is what drives this blog. I don't think starting a pissing contest between cities was a wise approach to opening a new article. Write about the food, not Chicago, and receive less flack.
This will always be an argument based on the definition if the term, but I, for one, think pizza should be able to be lifted from the table with a human hand.
2nd City...2nd Pizza. Get over YOURSELVES.
But they both made music. Which seems to be the point that you apparently failed to understand or at least inappropriately chose to ignore.
Nevertheless, you are the one that seems to be taking this much too seriously. Does it really matter that much to you that someone on the internet that you don't even actually know has a different opinion than you? And even if it does, being an ass about it is hardly going to convince anyone to join your side.
Beethoven didn't make rock music. Deep dish isn't pizza. Get over it.
NYers are so predictable. Is it so unfathomable that the universe is big enough to contain more than one style of anything that NY already offers? Seriously, NY is probably the most provincial, insular city in the world.
Only NYers come and insist that their style of EVERYTHING is the one and only valid style. Hot dogs, pizza, whatever. Get over yourselves.
And you'll note that I haven't said one kind of pizza is "better" or "worse." Just accept that there is more than one kind. Beatles and Beethoven, folks.
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