Charred: A New Haven Pizza Show

Candy corn belongs in a candy bowl. But does it belong on a pizza? 🎃🍕

It's Halloween on Charred: A New Haven Pizza Show, and Frank has decided to get creative. He's dressed up in costume and made a special Halloween Candy Corn Apizza for Kevin to try. Is it surprisingly good or should this pizza be buried in the backyard?

We're also opening up the Pizza Topping Graveyard to decide which toppings deserve to be banished forever. And in Ghosts of Pizza Past, we're remembering the closed Connecticut pizza places that we still miss and wish we could bring back for one more slice.

It's Halloween, pizza nostalgia, questionable toppings, and the usual Kevin and Frank nonsense.

Charred Episode 71... the Halloween special!

It's National Pizza Month, and Kevin and Frank are celebrating the only logical way possible… by trying to get rich off pizza. 🍕💰

This week on Charred: A New Haven Pizza Show, we scratch the new Connecticut pizza lottery tickets LIVE to see if we can hit the jackpot. Spoiler alert: Our financial planning could probably use some work.

We also get into why October is National Pizza Month in the first place, say our goodbyes to Celeste frozen pizza, and hear about Frank's latest adventure at the pizza expo in Columbus, Ohio.

Plus, Colony Grill is serving SALAD now?! We have questions. And with Riko's Pizza preparing to open in Milford, the Connecticut bar pizza wars might be getting a little more interesting.

It's pizza, money, local food news, and two guys who probably should've just spent the scratch ticket money on another pie.

Episode 70 of Charred: A New Haven Pizza Show.

This week, Charred is going out for pizza… sort of.

Kevin and Frank visit Kelly’s Cone Connection in Hamden to meet Kelly and get the story behind the shop’s viral New Haven-style pizza ice cream slice.

How did someone decide to turn one of Connecticut’s most famous foods into an ice cream creation? Kelly tells us where the idea came from, how it suddenly took off online, and shares the history behind Kelly’s Cone Connection.

Then comes the important part: we try it. 🍕🍦

It looks like New Haven apizza. It comes by the slice. But does pizza ice cream actually work?

Kevin and Frank are back in the studio, and this week things get weird.

What exactly is Frank’s Pepperoni Bomb? With National Pepperoni Pizza Day coming up, we get into all things pepperoni and somehow end up there.

Kevin also shares a bizarre encounter while picking up takeout pizza, we investigate a Hamden ice cream shop’s dessert-inspired New Haven apizza, and Kevin reveals the NYC slice he had outside Madison Square Garden that might be the best New York pizza he’s ever eaten.

Plus, Frank prepares Kevin for their upcoming pizza-judging duties at the Durham Fair and tells us about his trip down South to be featured in an Ooni cookbook.

It’s pizza news, stories, debates and the usual nonsense on Episode 68 of Charred: A New Haven Pizza Show.

Rocky and Ben from NHV Painters join Kevin and Frank for Episode 67 of Charred!

We dig into their Signs for Slices campaign and how putting up signs in your lawn for free is helping deliver pizza to local schools. We hear Ben’s story about his experience working with some of Connecticut’s most iconic pizzerias, tell they guys how to correctly say "Apizza", and invent another new pizza idea live on the pod!

It’s a great local story about pizza, business, community and finding a creative way to give back.

Request a sign HERE!

This week, Charred: A New Haven Pizza Show goes on the road!

Recorded live from Connecticut Pizza & Brew Fest 2026, Kevin and Frank spend the day talking with the people who make the event special.

Hear from the team at Frank Pepe Pizzeria, the Rum Runners, and pizza fans from across Connecticut as they share stories, festival highlights, and what makes this event one of our favorite days of the year. 

This week on Charred: A New Haven Pizza Show, we're joined by Liane from Big Green Truck Pizza.

She shares how the business got started, memorable stories from Connecticut Pizza & Brew Fest over the years, and what pizza fans can expect when they roll into this year's festival on August 2.

Whether you're a longtime fan or discovering them for the first time, it's a fun conversation about one of Connecticut's favorite mobile pizzerias! 

This week on Charred: A New Haven Pizza Show, Kevin and Frank finally try the viral Trader Joe's Detroit-style pizza that's been all over social media.

They also debate whether pizza belongs in the summertime, Frank tells the story of pizza fritta in the '80s, discuss Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton's recent visit to Modern Apizza, and answer listeners' biggest questions about the upcoming Connecticut Pizza & Brew Fest.

From frozen pizza reviews to New Haven pizza history, it's another packed episode for pizza fans everywhere.

This week on Charred: A New Haven Pizza Show, Kevin and Frank sit down with Mike Masto, owner of Inferno Apizza in Wallingford.

Mike shares how growing up making pizza with his grandfather inspired him to open his own pizzeria and why he's excited to be part of Connecticut's next generation of pizza makers.

We also talk about building Inferno Apizza, what makes Connecticut's pizza community so unique, and what visitors can expect when Mike fires up the ovens at this year's Connecticut Pizza & Brew Fest.

It's a conversation about family traditions, hard work, and carrying Connecticut's pizza legacy into the future.

Mackenzie from The Parlor in Stratford, CT joins us again after his first appearance back on Episode 8. In this conversation, we catch up on what the last few years have looked like for him. From running The Parlor and keeping up with busy weekends to expanding his pizza truck catering business and taking on a new business venture outside of pizza.

We also preview the upcoming Connecticut Pizza & Brew Fest, where Mackenzie will be serving his pizza alongside some of the state’s top pizzerias. It’s a great conversation about growth, hard work, and what it takes to keep building in the Connecticut pizza scene.