Hi All Buddy's pizza lovers and those in far off places hoping for a try!
I am a native Detroiter and have loved Buddys for years, usually eating it a couple times a month - I just made one using Pizzahogs recipe and it was sooo close to the original !
I tried a couple cheeses and found that the Boar's head white cheddar was pretty much dead on. I also tried a Cracker Barrel sharp white and it was not close at all. I was a little off on the Jar sauce I used, but the crust and cheese where awesome.
For a pan I used a couple Winco 9x13 steel cake pans -one had some kind of nonstick finish, the other old and worn was just that... With the recommended 1.5 tsp of oil, both pies came out easy and clean. I did reduce the doughball size to match Pizzahogs recommendation by the ratio of the pan areas (9x13=117) vs (10x14=140) , so 117/140 - the recipe was reduced to .84% of weight.
As I said, the crisp, crunch, color, taste, thickness and texture were excellent, so I don't see a need to stress out finding the exact pans.
Thanks Pizzahog!