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Jim and Will host this week's Pizza Roundtable, with guest Mark Cross. A Charleston pizzeria wins a national cup, Food & Wine's 50-state list gets picked apart, and the hosts argue over the best way to reheat a slice.
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🏆 Charleston's Pizza a Modo Mio Wins Galbani CupJim covers the Post and Courier story on Pizza a Modo Mio in Charleston winning the 2026 Galbani Professional Pizza Cup in Orlando, which sends it to the world finals in Italy in April. Guest Mark Cross admits he lives five minutes away and has never been, and the hosts joke about Charleston's pizza reputation and the New York and New Jersey transplants improving it (Post and Courier).
🗺️ Food & Wine's 50 States of Pizza, Picked ApartJim says Food & Wine's 50-state list is better than last year's, with picks like Tony's Napoletana, Frank Pepe, Pequod's and Una Pizza Napoletana. Mark Cross calls Charleston's pick, DL's, a hometown favorite he would steer visitors away from, and argues that "best" and "favorite" are different questions (Food & Wine).
🔥 Best Way to Reheat Pizza: Skillet, Toaster or IronJim walks through the Washington Post's reader-voted reheating methods: toaster oven, skillet, microwave and oven. Jim is team hot dry skillet and notes the list missed the air fryer, while Mark Cross pushes a cold nonstick pan with the cheese side down and a hotel iron method from a Las Vegas bachelor party (Washington Post).
🍊 Christmas Chocolate Orange Pizza Hits r/PizzaCrimesJim shows a UK-priced Christmas dessert pizza from r/PizzaCrimes with chocolate oranges, cookie and caramel. Mark Cross is pro dessert pizza and says it is no crime by UK standards, except for the oranges, and Jim worries about the mix of burnt and gooey textures (Reddit (r/PizzaCrimes)).
🚻 Cambridge Pizzeria Charges $3 to Use the BathroomJim brings up a Cambridge pizzeria on a college campus that charges for restroom use, with the money going to a homeless shelter down the road. Mark Cross says charging college kids is not the answer but understands why the owner did it, and the hosts debate whether it is charity or a toll.
🤖 Pizzomatic Vending Machine Is Growing in LincolnJim covers the Pizzomatic vending machine in Lincoln, Nebraska, which he says makes up to 400 pizzas a week, and compares it to the robot machine at Columbus Airport. Mark Cross says he would take a quality reheated frozen pie over robot-made, and jokes it would have crushed in the Redbox era (Pizza Marketplace).
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Episode Timestamps:00:00 - Intro / Catch-Up11:34 - Charleston's Pizza a Modo Mio Wins Galbani Cup18:27 - Food & Wine's 50 States of Pizza, Picked Apart32:37 - Best Way to Reheat Pizza: Skillet, Toaster or Iron40:47 - Christmas Chocolate Orange Pizza Hits r/PizzaCrimes45:16 - Cambridge Pizzeria Charges $3 to Use the Bathroom47:51 - Pizzomatic Vending Machine Is Growing in Lincoln
Articles in this episode:11:34 Charleston pizza maker wins premier national contest, earns trip to world's biggest pizza competition (Post and Courier, Alex Streinger)45:16 A fee to pee? This popular Cambridge pizzeria has its reasons. (Boston.com, The Boston Globe)47:51 Vending pizza machine gains ground in Nebraska (Pizza Marketplace)
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