We Tried Every Maryland & DC Pizza Style

Across the country, cities and even small towns have developed unique styles of pizza with toppings you truly couldn't find anywhere else. We are trying every regional pizza style in America to find out which are worth traveling for. Last week we were in Rhode Island where we tried the smallest pizza of the series by far. Now we're heading to Maryland and Washington DC where things Things are about to get a whole lot bigger. I can't believe we are already 20 styles into this journey and onto our last state for now. We found about 10 other states with at least one unique style but we're thinking of changing the format a little bit so let us know your thoughts in the comments. We found a few unique styles for Maryland but most of them seem to be made by only one pizzeria like Baltimore Crab Pie. Those would probably be interesting videos on their own but we'll have to come back and try Try some of those. Fittingly, first up for today is Maryland Style. Pulido opened in 1955 when Bob Beal and Tommy Marcos opened a restaurant here at the University of Maryland. Neither of them had much experience making pizza, which explains why the style is so unusual. They learned to make the crust from a local baker who gave them a recipe that was more like a traditional used provolone because it was much more readily available and baked the pizzas in rectangular pans because those were easier to find at the time. Somehow all of those decisions actually worked and their creation became known as Maryland style pizza. This pizzeria is right on a college campus and you could really feel it. There are students everywhere. We're seeing sorority and fraternity buildings. I think my favorite part of this restaurant is this wall right here though. There are notes and equations all over the place and it very much brings This brings me back to my college days. I was a physics major and I just remember with my friends practicing for tests like all over any whiteboard we can find and my notes looked a lot like that. But anyway, I'm excited to have some pizza. Thank you. That looks great. This is Maryland style pizza, which as you can see is a rectangular shape. They cut it into little square slices and put one pepperoni on top, which I just think is absolutely adorable. You could see that pepperoni kind of curling up. cradling all of that oil from the cheese this is a very unique crust because it apparently tastes like a pastry it's very buttery and flaky and then they put a sweet sauce on top and a smoked provolone which i'm very excited to try because i loved smoked cheeses this very much reminds me of like a south shore bar pie or a tavern style pizza where the cheese goes all the way to the edge you don't really see the crust at all enough talking about it let's dig right in You could really see all that oil just like... Pooling in the center of this pizza and this cheese pull I think is gonna be incredible. It is so hot. It's crazy I almost feel like I can eat this in one bite I'm gonna try to take as big of a bite as I can so I get all of those flavors. Here we go I almost got through the whole thing in one bite. I think if it wasn't as hot as it is, I would have, but my mouth was really burning. Anyway, the flavors are incredible. You taste a little bit of smokiness from that provolone, not too much, and it is a great complement to that spicy pepperoni. And then when I got a piece of the crust on the edge, you can really taste how flaky and buttery that crust is, and it's just so unique. I like it. A lot. It's funny that they make it in this square shape. They say that they basically give you more pizza than a traditional round pizza because they're not cutting the corners, so you get a little bit extra pizza for your money. Mm. I don't think if you looked at this thing, you would think it is as complex as it is, but I love the spice that you get from the pepperoni, that tiny bit of smokiness from that cheese. The crust is nice and buttery and flaky. It's not really all that crispy, but it does have a tiny, tiny bit of a crunch to it. Even though it looks, Very oily. It's almost like a swimming pool how reflective this thing is. It actually doesn't feel or taste as oily as some of the other ones that we've had so far. I don't know. It's really good. It's so hard to eat the center slices, so I made a sandwich. We've also gone through a lot of napkins. We were just talking about how remarkable it is that your shirt has made it this long. I don't know. That was good. I am full. I don't know how we're going to go have. The biggest pizza of this entire series so far. As a refresher we are scoring each regional style out of 10 in two categories deliciousness and distinctiveness and averaging those together for a total slice score out of 10 which stands for the strangest local invention combined with enjoyment. I know the scoring system has been a little bit confusing for a lot of you guys and I completely understand I feel like that was our fault for maybe not explaining it better and just Making a bit of a complicated system, but let us know what you think of it in the comments. We're thinking of either changing it or taking it out entirely before we continue, but for now, let's get to the scores for Maryland style pizza. Let's do it. For distinctiveness, we were thinking it reminded us most of South Shore Bar Pizza and Salisbury Beach Pizza, but I would say it's just slightly less distinct than South Shore Bar Pizza with like the laced edges and the linguiça. Yeah. So we gave that one a six. I would say this one's like a five and a half. I think that makes sense. Yeah. Because the smoked provolone is unique. The crust is unique. The funny like one pepperoni per slice is unique. Yeah. Deliciousness. Deliciousness. You ready? Yeah. Three, two, one. Five and a half. Five and a half. Wow. What's wrong with me doing five and a half? You're doing five and a half again? What? It's like we get the same scores so much. Yeah, I gave bar pizza a six. South Shore bar pizza. Yeah. And I had this just a little under that one. That's why I gave it a five and a half. And I think it's a little better than the South Shore bar pie for me. Which you gave a five. Which I gave a five, and it's not as good as, like, Colony Grill bar pie, which I gave a six. Yeah, I don't remember when I gave that one. Where I slotted it in. I think I might have given that one a five and a half as well, but really good. I can't believe we have just one style to go and it is our biggest one yet. So let's go give it a try. I can't believe we're on our way to try our last style for now. We'll probably backtrack and hit a few of the ones that we've missed before continuing on to Ohio, Illinois, and the rest of the country. Our last stop is in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington DC for a slice of pizza nearly the size of an entire pie. Aptly named the DC Jumbo Slice. The Jumbo Slice dates back to 1999, when the owner of a local pizzeria called Pizza Mart decided to combine two leftover dough balls to create one giant pizza. He sold the oversized slices and they quickly became a hit. Other pizzerias around Adams Morgan started making their own versions and the slices just kept getting bigger. Nowadays, the Jumbo Slice is one of the most recognizable Late night foods in D.C. Unfortunately, we're going to try Pizza Mart, but it doesn't open until 6 p.m. along with almost every other jumbo slice pizzeria. So we're heading to the only one that we can find that's opened, Duccini's. Are you ready for this pizza? Oh my goodness. My goodness. I love how they hand you the box open because the box can't close. I guess a full pizza box would be able to close but there would be a lot of wasted space like if they close this if you're taking this to go do they just fold it over on itself? I don't know I guess. This is insane. This is the largest. slice of pizza i have ever seen wow i feel like if you were to just make a regular pizza the crust would be like right there like it's basically like the whole pizza yeah this is a dc jumbo slice and wow is it large it's basically like a new york slice you know that classic pretty thin foldable crust it's crazy that i can even still pick this up and fold it and then there's a layer of sauce and a lot of cheese on top like this cheese coverage is pretty dense The back is like slightly charred. It feels ridiculous. I could barely pick it up and hold it and nevermind, like move it around and show it off. It's like ridiculously large, but I mean, that's really what makes it unique. Let's give it a try. I mean this is basically a New York slice. It tastes just like it. There's a little bit of crunch from that crust. It's almost like a New York slice with everything just a little bit extra like extra cheese extra sauce and a little extra bread. I wonder do you think this equals two slices? I have no idea. Or like three slices? Like I can't even comprehend how big this actually is. It does seem thicker than a New York slice though so. It's a little thicker but. it's tasty and i mean it's so fun to eat it looks ridiculous this thing is absolutely unbelievable and some of the ones with toppings look even crazier it's definitely like a wow i mean i was gonna say a two-handed pizza but that's pretty impressive right there hmm that is actually really good it's not just like a funny prop for a photo although this would make a great stop as a tourist because you'll definitely remember the time that you had one of these i feel like your whole group will get such a kick out of everybody getting one of these for themselves but it really does just taste like a breadier cheesier new york style pizza kind of like the greek pizza kind of like the buffalo pizza maybe not as good as the one in buffalo but still pretty solid pizza overall it's not like super crispy or anything let me try the crust yeah the best comparison i can probably make to this in new york is like a dollar slice but just huge that's pretty much what it tastes like to me it's fine pizza you know like you'll definitely be satisfied if you come here just for the fact that it's enormous it's worth a stop What a huge way to cap off this part of the series, but let's get to scores. For distinctiveness, we've decided to give it a three because while it's definitely worth a try if you're in DC, it's not all that different from the kind of pizza that you can get just about anywhere else in the country. It really is just like a larger version of that New York style that we started within our first video, but deliciousness. You ready? Let's do it. Yeah. Three. two one four and a half like i don't want to get hung up on the fact that it's just huge like it's really fun to eat but if i'm just talking about flavor i think it would be like a little bit below average for a new york slice yeah if this was like a normal size pizza it would probably be just below average in new york still not bad at all and absolutely worth giving a try we are going to be taking a short break from these videos for a while while we post some things from our travels and then a whole bunch of stuff from New York City As we were saying, definitely let us know if you guys have any feedback about this series. We'll probably change things up when we make these in the future. We would love to get out to Ohio and Chicago and you know all the way to the West Coast But thank you guys so much for all the support. It really means the world to us. Make sure to like and subscribe and we'll see you in the next one.