Which YouTube Chef Has The BEST PIZZA RECIPE? (Claire Saffitz, Brian Lagerstrom, J. Kenji Lopez-Alt)

[@whatselledone]

Edit : it’s the 2x speed causing tinniness Anyone else getting odd audio towards the judging segment? Could easily be my headphones. Final pie looks great.

[@KSGomez88]

Not just you

[@AdamWitt]

Sorry about that. We're having some serious audio issues with my camera. Long story short, the jack is messed up and Frankie (my cameraman) has to be suuuuuper careful when filming because if he touches it, everything gets messed up. I've sent it in to Sony 3 times... it went out of warranty a month before this all started happening so I brought it to another local guy who "fixed it" yet it still gives us issues. We've tried swapping mics, cleaning it, everything... my only next best action is to buy a new camera but... 6k doesn't just grow on trees, lol. I hope you can understand man! We'll do our best to ensure it doesn't happen again.

[@sweetbuzz]

That's what I said but I don't think he realizes that it's off

[@CantankerousDave]

Yep, it's like having water in my ears.

[@CJDEM]

You have quickly become one of my favorite channels. Your killing it!

[@JKenjiLopezAlt]

I thought I’d replied earlier, but maybe it didn’t go through. Very nice video, and I dig the comparisons though honestly it’s hard to compare a NY to a pan pizza to a thin crust as they’re all so different! I would add that Claire’s pan pizza recipe does look very similar to my own, which remains one of my most popular (if not the most) of all time. When making the pan pizza in cast iron depending on the oven it can sometimes use a little extra time on the stovetop at the end to crisp up the bottom and darken it a little more. I’m confused as to why Brian cut his tavern style into triangle slices instead of patty cut but it looks tasty nonetheless! Thanks for the video as usual. All pizza is good pizza!

[@JordonBeal]

I'm one of those weird Chicagoans who likes tavern-style pizza, but prefer it pie-cut. I get endless grief from my friends and family, hahah

[@doughnutfingers]

B-roll at the end with the frankenpizza was dope.

[@AdamWitt]

Thanks m8

[@AdamWitt]

dude.... "FRANKENZAAAA"... big missed opp.

[@edgesportsperformance]

Keep this style of video coming. Love it. Well done sir and sirs of editing and or filming as well

[@AdamWitt]

Thanks homie

[@careyjohnson4143]

Just adding a little nuance to this. Chicago tavern pizza MUST be cured overnight(like you said). That is a signature of that pizza, along with Fennel Sausage and Chicago Giardiniera. Very different pizza than what Brien made. Love your content, keep it coming

[@GoodForYou4504]

We do a pizza making night in my family once a month or so. I love that we have basically tried all these, taste tested, and came up with the same as Adam...

[@AdamWitt]

No way?! That's awesome.

[@GoodForYou4504]

@AdamWitt The running joke is it not the best, so we will try again in a few weeks! (It's been the best so many times) 😉

[@BuddhaJesusSoul]

Maybe eat the pizza as soon as its done its fresher that way

[@JonCausithONS]

Honestly, both Claire’s and Kenji’s look incredible. I actually made Brian’s Chicago tavern style pizza twice and it’s pretty good, but it was quite a bit of setup to make. (It’s the butter that really made the dough a bit too tricky for my liking) So from what I can see in the Frankenstein pizza: - The dough, chili oil and cheese under tomato setup from Claire’s - The B-Boy special from Brian’s - The San marzano tomatoes with salt from Kenji’s (and dough conditioner perhaps?)

[@themasalaman]

this series is becoming the “Captain America” of recipe reviews and we’re all here for it

[@metalgamer9647]

Except marvel is lame and this is much better.

[@themasalaman]

I totally meant to say Captain Planet lol

[@metalgamer9647]

@@themasalaman my man.

[@tommanning7337]

Kenji actually went on a pizza tour of the Midwest, he replicated Chicago thin crust from Pats on the south side and did a video on it. It’s very cool and very interesting. I’ve been doing a version of it since he posted it. When you have time check it out. 😎👍🏻👍🏻🍕🍕🍕🍕

[@AdamWitt]

I saw! Missed him, but he linked with a couple people that i know. Def did his due diligence.

[@tommanning7337]

@@AdamWitt 😎👍🏻👍🏻

[@fredstone9016]

Looks like Brian came out with the tavern with the overnight rest. Didn't even know he had two tavern recipes. had a pizza party at my place and everyone really enjoyed the rest recipe. Nice vid yourself! great content have been waiting for a new chef to watch.

[@pkjacobg]

Left out my man Charlie Anderson!

[@BeersAndBeatsPDX]

Charlie brings pizza science to a whole new level

[@catman6089]

Love this video as always with your content. Sucks to hear about your audio issues. A good fix if you don't wanna have to buy a whole new camera is to just record audio separately and sync in post. You could just use a laptop or even your phone with a free DAW like Audacity to record VO. Keep up the great work ❤ Edit: Also, my go-to pizza dough is Brian's "Most Versatile Pizza Dough" always makes a good pie for me

[@AdamWitt]

I have a Zoom recorder! Next time we have issues, I'll defintely get that going.

[@ragibby6557]

Claire's is an open face pizza sandwich. That's more bread than crust. Even so I do love that style.

[@savaunbrown]

16:40 why did i hear that in my body lol

[@The_Original_Big_Daddy]

Makes me wonder if you inspired Brian to redo his thin style Chicago pie.... He just did a v2.0! Nice vid.

[@nygreenguy]

I did Brians deep dish and it was really good.

[@Jackalope235]

Milwaukee tavern style is much more crackery and crispy but has a lot of similarities with Brian's pie. And between you and Brian I am gonna need a Midwest Slang - to - English Dictionary! 😉

[@th6252]

Don’t think he’s a chef but honorable mention to Charlie Anderson

[@AdamWitt]

Doesn't matter if he's a "chef" or not, you're right, he's great.

[@Aprine44]

Brian's looked the best. I want that asap

[@heavyq]

I haven't made Brian's pizza, but when we go to one of our local places that does a Chicago Tavern-style pie, I get the B-boy so often that they've unofficially added it as a menu item. IDK why, but the combo of pepperoni and pepperoncini's is just so damn good.

[@AdamWitt]

Yeah man it rips. I always have a jar of pepperoncini in the fridge.

[@AdamWitt]

Usually, I go pep or sausage and giardiniera tho.

[@heavyq]

@@AdamWitt unfortunately giardiniera isn't a big thing here in Montana. But I've made your recipe a few times and it's been amazing! Hoping it catches on out here soon!

[@Blueberry-sk7kg]

Love the Hawks hoodie

[@daenoh]

Great video and comparison, however I felt like it’s hard to beat a pizza oven with a regular oven. The same recipe using both would come out noticeably different (pizza oven wins).

[@Elliot226]

Claire's looks really tasty but I definitely (personally) would want that one to be sauced up since there's so much bread. Out of all of them that'd be the one I wouldn't cheese first and would sauce like a normal pizza vs her technique. But I like saucey dough

[@natewrites7803]

Bro, can we have your Frankenpizza recipe? Like Clair's dough Im guessing, but what all did you change? Thank you. I used to have an ancient early 1980s tshirt I inherited with a pizza joint blazoned on it that was located on Cicero street. Before your time, I know, but would you happen to know what place it could have been?

[@tanikokishimoto1604]

They all have to be tested hot. I thought Kenji's was the best. He made the effort to use the best sauce. His dough was also the best, although i prefer the toppings to go out to the edge (as the other two pizzas did). I simply don't eat much of the crust on pizzas! I would add the basil at the end. The amount of sugar in that second pizza's tomato sauce - a no go. Auto-flunk, though the pepperoni looked good.

[@cesarlemos1337]

J Kenji is such a goat, because his style of filming makes it look like he's just cooking stuff for his family and showing us (less tutorial-like). Your video is amazing, thank youtube alg for showing it to me.

[@christianolson8543]

Okay when I say Italians from Chicago have a look to them I mean it. Obviously you think of Al Capone. But akin to Al we have Bubbie Golf from Good Good and and then we have Adam. I see a similarity between all 3 of them! A little different from NY/NJ looking Italian people. I’m sure there’s an explanation.

[@AdamWitt]

I'm actually 0% Italian 🙃

[@christianolson8543]

@@AdamWitt dammit I coulda swore you said you were. Or maybe you were just referencing Chicago Italians. My bad dude.

[@jeffreycooley2032]

I, personally thought Claire's pizza looked most appealing. The entire episode was great. Thank you!

[@24kachina]

Great video, but Brian's pizza is the best, hands down. Simple easy delicious.

[@AdamWitt]

thanks mane

[@danielleholmberg270]

Lesssssgooooo pizzzAaaaaaa love your videos Adam!

[@danabenjamin3300]

Im so Chicago thin crust/tavern i ask for flatbread when placing my order...lol #dearcos

[@Truckseller89]

they look delicious my guy

[@ski9600]

really like your frankensteen pan pizza at the end. what cheese is on that one?

[@savaunbrown]

Layup lines sweats

[@christianhansen3292]

Audio on voice at end?

[@albionswede]

Easy, super simple, low bar to entry.... now fiddle with this dough after you make it every 5 minutes, and then let it sit for a day or two before fiddling with it more in order to make just the crust. But you then need to fiddle with it more once you put it in a pan. Dimple it, let it rest, then let it proof for 2 hours. BUT sure, store bought marinara makes this easy. Easy as pie! :/

[@GarageTroll22]

Audio dropped out on the vocal at 17 min.......

[@craiglutz9305]

No audio at the judging part but still a like overall😂

[@ragibby6557]

Not only audio problems, but closed captions just says "music". Please repost Adam. Thanks.

[@mts982]

what happened to audio toward end of video??

[@Maxmx7]

just saw your explanation for the audio, so editing my comment. record a voiceover!!!

[@shmooblydong4414]

C'mon Adam, open a pizza shop already! You know you want to 😁

[@AdamWitt]

When I'm 70 and retired.

[@alpham777]

@@AdamWitt Cash only, burning Marlboro's in the kitchen? I say this as a guy who spent years delivering pizza making supplies to all the great spots in the Chicago area, And those type a spots were always the best as disgusting as it was lol.

[@corythomas3925]

No Vito?

[@AdamWitt]

Perhaps next challenge! That dude is a beast.

[@tony_25or6to4]

Claire's pizza is like a Detroit pizza.

[@danielleholmberg270]

I cannot, in good faith, name better sweats than meat sweats 😂😂

[@AdamWitt]

Right? We'll wait...

[@sweetbuzz]

Your audio is not on

[@timothydevlin9774]

"One bite everyone knows the rules"

[@xXxFifaUTxXx]

I’d say I never come this early, but I always do

[@AA-gt1ge]

At around the 16:47 mark could only hear music and no voice....

[@tony_25or6to4]

Why did Brian cut the "tavern" pizza into wedges?

[@melenciagaaaa]

Olive EARRLL

[@Jrockjeff]

Somehow the voice audio was cut out during the ranking section, background music and sound effects played but no voice even cc showed there was nothing said

[@mellowchefsonny]

Just here looking for the classic nice comment from Kenji.

[@MiFFiL]

Did the voice go VERY quite when he was saying the results? The music seemed to be normal but the voice .. I cant even hear it

[@ereisz]

❤❤❤

[@SL-ts5kt]

The recipe in Claire's video is 100% King Arthur's recipe, she just did a video collab.....

[@alexisgeiser4387]

Doing this without including Adam Ragusea is a crime

[@alpham777]

Fuck em. While he does make some good stuff here and there his pizza is trash by comparison and that's actually a complement cause his is good but these are just lightyears ahead. I would say the same about Alton Brown who Adam reminds me of, and while brilliant and technically perfect every dish they make has no charm. And I also deducted points on Kenji here for using dough conditioner to me it's hacky and just a lame way to make up for patience. Claire made the better pie of these but Brian makes the best over all IMHO.

[@owenwilson4059]

Ok, love the content, no notes. But WHY do people always dump their flour or ingredients right onto the pole in the middle of the food processor 😭 don't you want it like...in the bowl??!! Drives me crazy every time lol

[@The1JB]

Centrifugal force has your back.

[@ELENTE_]

Dude.. the ornaments at top of the door are messing your steady shot.. these are at your head level and are fighting with you for the eyes of the spectator

[@adeadcrab]

you just know this guy has a dark secret

[@dirks9674]

Bet they taking them big ass leaves off

[@christianhansen3292]

changed name?

[@callmezoran]

Dude - great video - but you f*ck*d up the audio.

[@TheHaubs11tx]

I don’t like it. When the container you put it in is not the container it ends up in because I don’t know what or why you did what you did in the in between when you don’t address it.

[@supernoobsmith5718]

Pan pizza has to be finished on the stove usually. Try it that way, it really is great.

[@BuddhaJesusSoul]

Do you speak french ?

[@AdamWitt]

I wish

[@mikehawk9184]

All these sauces are "wrong" (In my NY opinion), all you need is Alta Cucina canned tomatoes, full red "tomato concentrate" aka tomato paste, basil, salt, and oregano. (Before comments eat me alive, I know for small batch you can do better) but for a "mass produced" pie, that recipe has done me well for YEARS.

[@herbazore]

stop saying things stupid. it's too fucking much, dude

[@LeslieAndWill]

First

[@meversace]

Hmmm... I'm gonna say none, because none of you are Italian (from Italy).

[@AdamWitt]

You don't need to be Italian to make great pizza. Get it tatted.