Deep Dish at Randy's Premier Pizza, originally uploaded by Aaron Landry.

After seeing Randy Hueffmeier's dazzling performance throwing pizzas on Flak Radio's "Live From the Ritz", coworkers Ian, Nick and I decided to stop by Randy's Premier Pizza later in the week to try out his deep dish. It came recommended and I called in advance to make sure Randy would be around when we showed up.

I'm really enjoy Randy's Premier Pizza's hand tossed and doing a proper deep dish pizza is sometimes a completely different skill set. We started off with some focaccia bread which honestly was a bit fluffy and over-seasoned for my tastes. It also isn't much like focaccia you might be used to. It's not bad though, and we ate all of it.

We followed that up with a small order of Italian pizza fries, which were thick, super cheesy and tasted irresistible. The three of us, after each having one, decided to hold off for a bit to save room for the pizza but we all kept breaking down to have another piece. It was an ongoing joke about how we simply could not resist these pizza fries because they were indeed so darn good. Before our pizza arrived there were only two pieces left.

Our deep dish was topped generously with chunky tomato sauce, crispy and fluffy crust, a lot of cheese but not overbearing and filled with pepperoni. Cooking a deep dish pizza is an art and Randy's deep dish was fully done without any cooler spots or anything overdone. After two slices (and our appetizers) we were stuffed and took a few slices home.

Honestly, Randy's deep dish is a hidden gem on their menu -- it is better than many places that specialize in deep dish pizza.

Randy’s Premier Pizza
6030 50th St N
Oakdale, MN 55128
651-777-1400

Hand Tossed Pepperoni Pizza at Randy’s Premier Pizza, originally uploaded by Aaron Landry.

Bill and I visited Randy's Premier Pizza for lunch today.

I've met award-winning owner pizza Randy Hueffmeier a few times as a friend of mine worked at his Battle Creek location in 2001. That location has unfortunately closed and is back down to just the Oakdale location. I'm used to their thin crust but decided to take their hand tossed pizza for a spin. It's cut in triangles instead of squares -- I don't know many places that serve pizza cut both ways. I blindly ordered a 12" hand tossed pizza with pepperoni and then we were told to pick out a couple cans of soda in the fridge behind us. I didn't know there was a coupon that said we get two cans of soda with any 12" pizza, it was just offered to us. Then we were told there was another coupon for a significant amount of savings. I don't remember what it was but I think it may have been 50% off if you dine in. Either way our total bill for everything was $6.25. The pizza had great pepperoni, tasty sauce and had a crispy but chewy crust. The cheese was good but overall the pizza was pretty greasy. For the most part though, the grease works on this pizza. I have no complaints. Unlike some pizzas this one it tastes how it looks. Yummy. This has to be the best pizza value in the entire Twin Cities. Humorously, Randy's Premiere Pizza has 30, 36 and 48 inch pizzas. The 30 inch is on the menu for just over $50 while the smaller sizes are inexpensive. I think the largest two sizes are available only upon special request. Can you imagine a 48 inch pizza? I can't. That's crazy talk. If you want a shot at winning a 30 inch pizza, there's a drawing. I'm going to enter. Bill wrote a lot more and beat me to the punch on posting about it. Check out what he has to say too. We'll be back. UPDATE: Went back and tried the deep dish! Randy's Premier Pizza 6030 50th St N Oakdale, MN 55128 651-777-1400 More photos on Flickr.