Review of Tombstone Limited Edition Bratwurst Pizza

I don’t normally order pizzas from the Tombstone brand very often because they tend to be a bit more expensive than I prefer to pay for frozen pizza and we usually only purchase this brand when one of our local stores has it on sale. However, I saw this particular pizza in an article on Facebook a few days ago and, after seeing it and realizing it was only going to be available for a limited time, wanted to try it. That’s why my wife purchased it yesterday while picking up some other things at the grocery store. And, unfortunately, it wasn’t as good as I was expecting it to be.

I’ll start out by saying the overall concept is a good one. Being from Wisconsin, I love bratwurst (we have them every couple of weeks) and, as far as I can remember, I have never seen a pizza company try to use them as a topping before. I also liked the fact Tombstone also combined the bratwurst slices with green peppers and onion, two things we tend to add to the bratwurst when we make them.

I also have to say the pizza was much more filling than expected. Normally, my wife and I can eat one of these pizzas in a sitting. We had leftovers last night, partly because the crust was thicker than expected (something we loved) and there were actually quite a few toppings on the pizza, definitely more than we were expecting from a frozen brand.

The main problem with this pizza is the overall taste really wasn’t what I was expecting it to be. The bratwurst slices were very thin (similar to the thickness of pepperoni) and, because of that, I honestly couldn’t taste much flavor from them when combined with the rest of the pizza. The cheese and sauce simply drowned it out.

I also found I wasn’t crazy about the sauce. I’m not exactly sure, but I think Tombstone was trying to make the tomato sauce taste a bit like ketchup and mustard. While that is a good combination for bratwurst in general, it just didn’t work for me as a pizza sauce and I was a little bit disappointed by that.

I like the concept but this would have been better if the bratwurst slices were a little thicker so they could compete with the other pizza flavors and Tombstone used a more traditional sauce. I know this is a limited edition attempt, but it is something I do hope the company chooses to improve upon a bit and keep in freezers.

My Grade: C