the bottom surfaces and sides of trough 34 to apply additional heat to the thickened edge crust portion of the pizza flat wall 24 of cover 20 is also positioned directly above trough 34 adjacent apertures 37 to concentrate additional heat in oven chamber 16 about the thickened edge portion baking thereof will be accomplished in the same time that the thinner central portion resting on cooking surface 32 will be completed heat about the trough in oven chamber 16 also causes the extra batter to rise slightly above the batter baking on the base thereby forming a rim about the pizza in the preferred embodiment of the invention it has been found that the cooking utensil can be economically fabricated from stamped sheet metal having a gauge of about 0 064 of an inch the flanges lips ridges and rims etc give a material of this thickness sufficient rigidity preferably the cooking surface trough and at least a portion of the side wall 36 of pan 30 are coated with a non stick finish to prevent material cooked thereon from sticking teflon coatings and other materials well known to those skilled in the art may be satisfactorily utilized in the preferred embodiment the pan and base are formed of.