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Some chains make acceptable pies. But learn to bake and you'll have exactly the pizza you want. Cheaper too.
Pizza crust is a doddle, you only need to be patient. Google "ciabatta recipe" for one excellent, simple Italian bread that makes a perfect traditional crust when stretched out flat and thin. Focaccia is good for a thicker, more crumbly crust. Both are fine as just plain bread, the way they were intended. They're easy to make after some practice.
Be prepared for a few flops (possibly literal ones) before getting it right.
If you have trouble sliding still-pliant dough covered with sauce and toppings off the wooden peel and into the oven — I do — par-bake the crust by itself first on a pan. Once it's barely started to brown remove, cool, sauce and top, and finish the baking.
If you like a crisp crust, buy a pizza stone or unglazed tile, preheat it, and slide the ready-to-bake 'zza onto it instead of a metal pan.
More cheese is almost always good — until it starts to drip on the oven. Don't waste cheese! And don't track mud all over my nice clean carpet either.
Pizza must be baked in a really, really hot oven. Be careful!
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