There has been a bit of a discussion going on pulling a thread way off topic and it would be interesting to see some numbers...

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I would really say it all has to do with situation. If I'm watching a pie being clearly thrown I like it without the tin, but if it's being smashed it doesn't really make a difference. I just don't like when the pie tin is stuck to the face for an extended period of time.

I would love to go no tins. But that involves a lot more clean up because you can't just wash pie crusts down the drain. Tins are just easier for me I can clean them out and reuse them with out having to worry about clogging the shower.

If you guys don't vote against tins, I am going to post photos of my junk in this thread. Just sayin'.

IWOW. I voted for tins... Regis... You better get that picture ready!!

Jessie xxx
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Hmmm. Perhaps my comment above is not having the intended effect.

EDIT: Although Jessie's expressed desire, however conditional, to see my junk will go down as one of the great moments in my life.

Can I change my vote? I have reversed the direction of my opinion.

My motto is 'Viva Variety.' (Until it got cancelled and my new motto became 'Reno 911'. ) Enjoying a lot of different styles of pie scenes, I like to see a tin now and then, but I don't fret when they're absent. (That is not, admittedly, taking the safety question into account.)

I must say, in case it hasn't been said elsewhere (I haven't read the other thread in its entirety), tins do facilitate the 'top of the head pie with tin left behind as ridiculous-looking hat' look, which is nice to see from time to time.

A sponge flan case, perhaps, instead of a tin for pie hats (as used by Splosh! and others). I'll try to find a picture...

The way we do it, most pies tins can be removed, but some of the pastry cases are damaged and have to stay in the tins.
So, we throw the ones we remove from tins and smoosh the ones we can't remove.

So it's a mixed bag, based on practicalities.

Have to admit do like tins, especially when Jessie fills one full of shaving foam! Think it more depends how hard the pies are thrown or like Jessie expertly applied x

I didn't have an opinion on tins until I made the first conscious notice of pies being thrown without tins. Now when I go back and look at all the videos that use tins I can't help but feel that something's off.

You have to do that jiggle to make sure the crust doesn't stay in. You have to lightly peel it away to make sure the pie stays on. I think everybody's looking for the slow "slide off" look like in our smiley but that almost never happens because real life physics gets in the way. So they have to remove the tin from the face when it would've been a better idea to just throw a non-tin pie in one motion. It makes for a "cleaner" production.

I also think tins hinder new pie throwers. They have to be warned not to throw it so hard, they're probably mindful of getting the crust out, they want to smush but not cut. So sometimes they end up holding the pie awkwardly (by the edge) because they want to get everything perfect. If you hand a new pie-er a pie without a tin you don't have to give any further instruction than "go crazy."

Surely there should be a "it depends" option?

What sort of pies?
What sort of tin?
Are they to be thrown or pushed or smeared or what?

While mostly indifferent, I've always liked pie tins. Maybe its the fact that after being pushed into someone's face, the pie tin sits there, and it's not until its pulled off that all the mess is revealed. Though, I also like pies without a tin, and I agree that they're much better for throwing that way.

Overall though, not that big of an issue to me

I've been having some fun with pie tins

No prizes for guessing were the pies are !?!?

I feel the same way about crust.

Noise, you need to specify whether you are talking about pies with crusts that are thrown while still in the tins, or pies that are just shaving cream or CoolWhip in a bare tin with no crust.

There's also the issue of pastry crusts versus crumb crusts (like graham crackers) that are used for cheesecakes and such.

here's my opinion. when i shoot a pie vid, i always use real pies from a bakery. that's my thing. i don't like anything else. i try to get the pies out of the tin, but sometimes it's just impossible to do without them breaking. the ones i can get out are the ones i use for throwing, the ones left in the tin are used for smashing. but either way, using real pies, the tin isn't likely to stick. if it does, i make sure to remove it immediately. i like the look of a real pie with crust stuck on a face...period. it doesn't matter to me if it starts out in a tin or not. i just don't throw them with a tin for safety reasons.

How far down the rabbit hole do we go?

If it's shaving cream... it's not a pie. If it's in a bare tin, it's not a pie.

Lmao.

Some people like tin...some do not. And some don't care...they just wanna pie!

Some like crust...some do not. Some like crust AND tin...

I think variety is the spice of life. I'm glad that everyone doesn't want the same thing.
It's fun to do different stuff.