How to Make Pizza on a Submarine - Smarter Every Day 246

I don't know why... but this was one of my favorite videos from the Deep Dive Series. It's so... personal and real. I had no idea that food is literally THE limiting factor on a submarine's ability to dive. Also, I had no idea meals were such a big deal for morale (Ice Cream on Waffles totally works by the way). I have an email list here if you'd like to get an email when I upload a video: www.smartereveryday.com/email-list Thank you to those who have recently chosen to support Smarter Every Day on Patreon ( www.patreon.com/smartereveryday ) . You're awesome, and I hope you have received your baseball! I've been seeing a lot of posts on twitter of people showing me photos of their baseball and it's awesome!! If you have not received your yet, please check www.smartereveryday.com/baseball for status updates! I'm grateful for your support and hope you really enjoy this one. The next video is both amazing certifiably insane, so please look forward to that! Regards, Destin

Kinda weird how in a random location deep in the middle of the ocean there might be a fresh baked pizza

“The crew loves syrup. If their waffles aren’t swimming in it, they aren’t happy.” I feel that.

The chef's answer to "is it hard?" with serious contemplation and a definitive "yeah" made this whole series for me. I really appreciate that candid of an interaction.

I can't imagine cooking for hundreds of people in a kitchen that small. Huge props to these guys!

Buddy was dead serious abt those poppers. 🤣💯

It might just be me, but it makes me so happy seeing the people in charge of food genuinely really care about what the crew likes

To think there's probably a submarine out there right now, hundreds or thousands of feet below the ocean, where a bunch of dudes are just hanging out, eating a freshly made pizza, and playing video games is so crazy to me

Incredible respect to the cooks making everything from scratch - there’s restaurants all over with entire full size kitchens that aren’t swaying around that microwave their dishes

“Requesting to enter with pizza” is an excellent sentence

There's an old joke: the most dangerous job on a submarine is the cook, because if the crew isn't happy, he has nowhere to hide.

when the world ends in nuclear salvo exchange , those guys will be having pizza somewhere beneath arctic ice .

The chefs are the heart of any navy crew. Sometimes when you're out there, the only thing keeping you going during a long day (or night) is knowing that those poor suckers in the galley are cooking up a storm for you and your buddies.

Story from 1984- My boat, the USS Memphis, was on what was supposed to be a 60 day run, when the boat that was supposed to relieve us had a mechanical problem. We ended up being underwater for 91 days straight. Our supply officer had appropriate food for about 70 days- Then we started rationing. The last week all we had left was pancake mix (no syrup) and steak. Funny postscript was that we stopped in Scotland afterwards- when the crew went ashore, one of the sailors wanted a typical British meal, so he ordered 'crumpets,' not knowing what they were. He was served pancakes.

Army: "Here have this meal in a can".. Navy Submarine : "Woohoo, Gourmet Pizza Night"

I keep forgetting they are submerged... this is absolutely incredible. so much respect for the crew. Blew my mind how they utilize the space so well.

7:09 "most challenging part of cooking is... the space..." -- proceeds to absolutely bonk his head on the ceiling

As a professional Chef of many years, i am deeply impressed by the work ethic of these young chefs. To work and produce such high quality food under those conditions is truly exceptional, even insperational. I would employ any one of those guy's in a heartbeat. NO question.

I love how serious the ownership is for each of these submariners. You can see and hear how proud the kitchen personnel are and how much pride they take in watching out for their crew's morale. It's great!

This series brings me such a genuine sense of joy. Normally I queue up a bunch of videos for background noise, but with these nuclear submarine ones I can't help but drop everything and watch. No lie, my smile is stretching from ear to ear and I'm bouncing with excitement like a little kid again, thank you!