Our oven seems hotter than what the dial suggests, which causes the crust to become hard and dry. So I follow standard directions - ie

Frozen into preheated oven, on center rack -

Then half way through the cook time I’ll slip a cookie sheet under the pizza. This keeps some moisture in the crust. Finish cooking.

I also use the box as a cutting board and serving plate. Unfold it, use inside surface to cut the pie. Throw away when done.

We’ll get the cauliflower crust cheese pizza and cover it with a package of frozen grilled vegetables (roast these before to remove any excess water). Yeah, it’s not a Gino’s but it’ll do.

This isn’t exactly the pizza capital of the world so Motor City pepperoni from Costco and Screaming Sicilian Pepperoni are what I usually end up having.

As you indicate you've got a Pizza Stone, just make your own. If you don't want to make the dough yourself, there are quality pizza doughs available at the supermarket for less than $3.00 so you'd probably be all in for under $7.50 depending on your preferred toppings.

We have homemade pizza quite regularly here and we buy a pizza dough rather than making it. We found an excellent locally made dough that's so good, that it's just not worth the effort to make the dough. If you're gonna make your own homemade pizza, you're gonna need a 'pizza peel, but that's the only add'l investment assuming you don't already have one.

Put your Pizza Stone in the oven and preheat to 450 degrees. While that's happening, assemble your Pizza on the peel. The trickiest part is transferring the pizza from the peel to the stone. Once you get the process down, you'll be eating some of the best pizza you've ever had, wonder why you EVER considered a box pizza, frozen or fresh!

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
Thanks guys, not really looking for Pizza brands here. We use a pizza stone.
Not sure if that is part of the problem, maybe should just put on the oven rack instead?

Put the stone in the oven when you preheat. Then add the pizza. I find it produces a better crispy crust.