The Chris Hansell Interview with Throwing Fits

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🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Our interview with Chris Hansell is thin, crispy and juicy. Chris—founder of Chrissy’s Pizza—was kind enough to come through on one of his days off to cook up with us on black metal, murdered out fits, kitchen appropriate footwear, making the kind of pizza you and your father would love, the full pies no slices mindset, spending 5 years researching and developing what many people are calling the best pizza in NYC, how Action Bronson and a few other folks changed his life, actually living Kitchen Confidential, made to order pizza line math, getting a 8.2 from Dave Portnoy at the absolute worst time, choosing frozen pizza based on mood, today’s fetishization of chefs and kitchen staff, a litany of pizza takes straight from the sauce boss’ mouth that deal with everything from pineapple and ranch to pepperoni and accoutrement, the diy nature of hardcore as it applies to running a pizza business, the glory days of old school Pizza Hut and Domino’s before they changed their recipe, holiday treats, getting slices on a first date and much more on Chris Hansell’s interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

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0:00.0	Thrill gang, we are joined by the Paisano or the pie, the overlord of the oven.
0:03.4	Doesn't need pots, but he move in that Zob.
0:05.3	The pepperoni pimp, but no backhand because he don't slice.
0:08.5	The prince of the pizza party, but no afters, even though he got lines every night.
0:11.7	Making money up the food porn, that's a cream pie.
0:14.3	Not at pumps, but he tossing dough.
0:15.9	Made a living off the oven and stove, call cheesy. He DIYed the recipe that's so crust punk. The Brooklyn customers got his green on point.
0:22.8	Every slice perfect, but he never fold.
0:24.4	Oh, you weren't fucking with his late night pop-ups?
0:26.2	How about you pop d's nuts in your mouth?
0:28.3	Not in fashion with the sauce, gotten dough and cheese.
0:30.4	Founder Chris's pizza, Chris, Hansel, Chris.
0:32.9	How the hell are you?
0:33.8	How's it going, guys?
0:34.8	What's up? Chris? That was fucking crazy. Thanks for joining us on your day off. Yeah. Thanks for having me, man.
0:39.4	Yeah. We just needed to get one call out of the way with the money people and then we can sit down and have fun. are about fucking pizza. I mean, all my conversations before I had a shot. I mean, yeah,
0:55.0	these days, yes, yeah, yeah. I mean, but I love talking about it regardless. Even before,
0:59.8	even before I was making it, whatever, I was always just like running around, checking out new
1:04.6	spots, old spots I'd never been to. That's just like been my whole thing. You're not sick of it
1:09.8	yet. No. I mean, like, I'll definitely like been my whole thing. You're not sick of it yet. No.
1:11.2	I mean like, I'll definitely like, I'll definitely be going and eating a slice on my day off
1:16.5	somewhere else.
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