The following ingredients have been tested with the Picnic Pizza Station and are a
recommended starting point for sourcing compatible ingredients.
The Picnic Pizza Station uses precise ingredient amounts for a consistent pizza every time. Our ingredient testing covers varying amounts of toppings for different crust sizes. Because of the customized nature of each unique recipe, you may see some variability (10-20%) of ingredient dispensing depending on crust size and ingredient portion used. Your Customer Success Manager can offer additional assistance in ingredient and recipe planning.
The Picnic Pizza Station works with circular crusts 12, 14, and 16 inches (30-40 cm) in diameter. Dough should have a consistent thickness, at a maximum of 2 inches (5 cm), including pan or screen. Dough should completely cover the pan or screen. Dough can be frozen, parbaked, hand-tossed, machine-pressed, gluten-free—as long as it meets the size guidelines, it should perform well. This list includes popular brands that have been tested in our demo kitchen.
Rich’s Dough Pizza Presheeted Self Rising, 14”- 16”
Sysco, Us Foods
Various
Rich’s Dough Pizza Presheeted 16” Proofed & Bake-ready
Sysco
233235
Rich’s Frozen Dough Balls
Sysco, Us Foods
Various
Rich’s Cauliflower Pizza Crust
Sysco, Us Foods
4030779 (Sysco)
Arrezzio Proofed Pizza Dough
Sysco
Various
Arrezzio Pre-sheeted Dough
Sysco
Various
The station supports smooth to slightly chunky tomato-based pizza sauce with a Bostwick between 3.5-5 and a particle
size no larger than 1/4 inch (6 mm). This includes a wide variety of sauces. This list includes brands tested in our kitchen.
Allegro Fully Prepared Pizza Sauce
Food Service Direct
21200023
Angela Mia Fully Prepared Pizza Sauce
Sysco, US Foods
5102660 (Sysco), 9044389 (US Foods)
Bell Orto Prepared Pizza Sauce
US, Foods
9276460
Central Valley Fully Prepared Pizza Sauce
The Neil Jones Food Company
3447200900
Full-Red Fully Prepared Pizza Sauce
PFG
881307
Heinz in Pouch Fully Prepared Pizza Sauce
Food Service Direct
2953299
Cheese is one of the most sensitive ingredients that goes on pizza. The age of the cheese, temperature fluctuations in kitchens, or inadequate thawing or refrigeration can change the way that mozzarella behaves in the station. For optimal performance, we recommend that low-moisture mozzarella cheese be used within 21 days from the packaging date. The station supports 1/4-inch diced and some shredded cheese. Cheese with anticaking agent performs best. This list includes brands tested in our kitchen.
Arrezzio Diced Mozzarella LMPS
Sysco
2329498
Arrezzio Diced 80/10/10 Blend
Sysco
7119167
Arrezzio Shredded Low-Moisture Whole Milk Mozzarella
Sysco
2329437
Bella Gento Diced Mozzarella LMPS
PFG
395986
Grande Diced Low-Moisture Whole Milk Mozzarella
Peterson
97380
Grande Shredded Low-Moisture Whole Milk Mozzarella
Peterson
97330
Great Lakes Cheese Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim
Mozzarella
Great Lakes Cheese
172411
Great Lakes Cheese Shredded Low-Moisture Whole Milk Mozzarella
Great Lakes Cheese
172412
Roma Diced Mozzarella LMPS
PFG
237515
Roma Frozen Pizza Cheese Diced
PFG
2615888
The station supports stick pepperoni with diameters ranging 1.4-1.75 inches (35-45 mm), 18 inches (46 cm) long. The module slices pepperoni consistently to your preferred thickness in increments of 0.5mm, up to 3mm. This
list includes brands tested in our kitchen.
Zoe’s Pepperoni Stick
Zoe’s Meats
2000
Hormel Pepperoni Stick
Sysco
2430767
The station supports ready-to-eat (RTE) 1/2-inch (12 mm) sausage crumbles with a maximum single dimension of 0.9
inches (23 mm). This list includes brands tested in our kitchen.
Arrezzio Classic Pizza Pork Crumble Italian Sausage 10-14
Sysco
2543064
Hillshire Farms Sausage Crumble Italian
Sysco
1177955
The station supports selected fresh vegetables diced at 3/8 inch (10 mm). This list includes types of vegetables and
brands tested in our kitchen.
Imperial Fresh Diced Onion, 3/8”
Sysco
0010967
Cross Valley Farms Diced Red Onion, 3/8”
US Foods
8678757
Imperial Fresh Pepper, 3/8”
Sysco
6524086
Pepper, Bell Green Diced, 3/8”
Sysco, US Foods
9359571 (Sysco), 7056435 (US Foods)
Mushrooms (must be diced to 3/8”)
Sysco, US Foods
1182211 (Sysco), 1055656 (US Foods)
We continue to test new ingredients and add support for new toppings. Our Customer Success team will work with you to evaluate additional toppings. This list includes ingredients currently in final testing.
Patuxet Farms, Diced Ham
US Foods
4356176
Hormel .375” Diced Ham
Sysco
1651835
These ingredients have been rigorously tested and approved in our test kitchen. Sometimes there are factors such as ingredient age and temperature that can reduce ingredient compatibility with the Picnic Pizza Station. You should always keep ingredients at proper storage temperatures, including when using the station. The FDA recommends keeping refrigerator temperature at or below 40° F.
Additionally, using ingredients closer to their production date is likely to yield more consistent results. Follow any “best
if used by” date guidelines prescribed on packages as applicable.
Product SKUs may not be exact matches and are provided as reference only.