Fire & Brimstone Pizza Restaurant — Restaurant in Gilbert

A lot of potential, but misses the mark on the most important place. Fire & Brimstone has a lot going for it; the atmosphere is top notch, the toppings are interesting and unique as well as tasty, and their sauce is simplistic but good, especially for this style of pizza. In fact they get almost everything right, almost.

Unfortunately a pizza is nothing without the base and this is where Fire & Brimstone comes up short. Their crust is unfortunately bland and clumsily prepared. The only flavor to speak of comes from the maillard reaction taking place on the dough's surface. Sadly even this is held back by a simple mistake, too much flour. The pizzas are worked into shape on an over-floured work surface and since the dough is not tossed, nor is the excess flour knocked off before transferring to a peel for preparation you end up with a not insubstantial layer of dry flour on all of the crust including below the sauce and all sides. This inhibits the doughs ability to take on flavor from the cooking process and from the sauce above it. The flour also gives the entire pizza an unfortunate "dry" mouth feeling. Fixing this would help a lot but it isn't the doughs only flaw.

Unfortunately the crust itself is still lacking flavor on the inside. My best guess at why this is, is a low proof time on the dough and insufficient gluten development. The fermentation process is crucial to building that almost tang you get from a good crust, a tang I could not find anywhere here. The gluten development is what gets you a nice chew in addition to rounding out the flavor.

I'm no chef, or an expert, just a pizza nerd; but I want Fire and Brimstone to be a place I can recommend to people, it's just not there yet for me. Still pretty good and has a lot to offer but it's not quite the pizza I'm looking for at this...

UPDATE JAN 2025. In my opinion the quality of their pizzas is even higher than before. My Margherita pizza was thin, light, crispy and perfectly charred. My wife’s four cheese pizza was a bit heavier because of all of the cheese, but equally crispy and absolutely delicious. Pics attached.

UPDATE MARCH 2024. Several new menu options since our last visit. Our visiting friends went with a vegan pizza topped with vegan pesto, roasted carrots, mushrooms along with a yummy side salad that had roasted beets. My wife and I always go with their classic Margherita pizza. New pics attached.

UPDATE FEB 28 2023. Yum. I had their classic Margherita pizza (now $14) and my wife had the beet salad. Our friends had a vegan pizza topped with mushrooms, red onion, vegan cheese and tomato sauce. Their pizza is tender, light, chewy and satisfying. Service was fast considering that lunch volume was ramping up. The beet salad was special. Earthy, fresh, served nicely chilled.

UPDATE FEB 9. STILL putting out the best wood-fired oven pizza! Our party of four stopped in for a bite today, along with some cold brews from 12 West next door. We had four varieties of pizzas - the classic Margherita, the Greek, the "Carne-Vore" and the Triple-Cheese. The Greek was surprisingly fully loaded with olives, arugula, feta, artichoke and more; as was the "Carne-vore" which had Italian sausage, bacon, ham and pepperoni. Yet, not greasy. My wife's triple cheese white pizza (mozz, ricotta and parm) was zesty and also, not greasy. I've added some updated pics.

Very reasonably priced outstanding wood-oven pizza. Located within Agritopia in Gilbert. It's also BYOB! Or, sit across the isle at 12 West MicroBrewery, as we did, and the the staff will walk...

I thought this place was a sit-down pizza place, but the bestie and I were pleasantly surprised when it’s one where you order at the counter, sit down, and they bring your food out to you. We arrived here around 4 on a Saturday and were able to walk up to the counter without any line.

We ordered the dill pickle pizza and the aloha (minus the spam). Both were delicious! We loved the airy, fluffy crust that wasn’t hard or crunchy at all. The dill on the pizza was fresh and potent, and the buttermilk dressing was super creamy. The Hawaiian pizza was my favorite out of the two (while the dill pickle was my friend’s favorite). I loved how the teriyaki sauce was sweet on the aloha, and the cheese on both pizzas was very tasty.

My only complaint would be the long hair I found EMBEDDED underneath the toppings inside the crust on my piece of the aloha pizza. I kept tearing off chunks of the crust hoping I’d find an end to the strand… and it wasn’t until most of the slice was demolished was I able to confidently say my piece was hair-free. Still giving this place a 5-star rating here, but just know in my heart, it’s truly a 4.5/5 star rating.

The dill pizza came out first and the aloha came out several minutes later, but both were fairly quick. The staff was super nice and I’d definitely love to go again to try out some of their other...