Back seat pizza …

[KdeB]

Obviously a big debate here between keeping food smells out of your Mav (those who put pizza in the bed) and those who would want to keep the pizza warm and close at hand. (pizza in the cabin)

With an insulated bag, either option I guess will keep a pizza warm … But in the dead of winter, the cab is going to win for me every time.

And as far as eating the pizza at the restaurant goes … Sure.

But the best pizza around here is at a local brewpub, and can’t eat the pizza without a satisfying pint or two of their porter… Best enjoyed at home so no DUI is involved.

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[pa-outdoorsman]

Only see caseys in little towns. I might've bought gas in a couple, never thought to look for food there. I may have to try that next time we are traveling.

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[wax87]

Here’s little tiny thing we’d change about our XLT if we could —

Our other car is a Subaru Forester with split fold-down rear seats which have a protective rubber liner on the back of the seats. We can fold one back seat down and have a nice “shelf” to put a takeout pizza box on for the ride home.

So yes, this is our “problem” with the Maverick: No good place to put a pizza box. (Yes, I know … major problem …)

First, the back seat doesn’t fold flat. Wish it did. That would be useful for hauling a lot of stuff not appropriate to put in the bed or under the back seat.

Second, the back of the seat is some kind of papery fabric stuff — Nothing you’d want to put a hot pizza box on anyway, even if it did lie flat.

So only alternative is putting the pizza box right on the seat. Not a fan of that, even with a seat cover, as potential for greasiness. Plus it doesn’t sit flat, so pizza comes home with toppings slid to one side.

(How fussy are WE????)

Thinking of something like a bean- bag bottom lap desk they sell for using a laptop computer on your actual lap. Although don’t know of anything like that big enough for a large pizza box.

Maybe we need a purpose-built box of some sort. Something with rails to keep the box from sliding off, with something like a bean- bag base to level it out when set on the seats.

Don’t think a large pizza box would fit underneath the back seat, even if left open. But haven’t checked. Maybe a FITS pizza box holder of some kind …

So you need to 3D print a pizza box holder to fit in the slot between the back seats. LOL

 

[LSchicago]

So you need to 3D print a pizza box holder to fit in the slot between the back seats. LOL

With about a 3" side perimeter so pizza boxes can't slide off around a corner. One side in the fits slot, the other side resting on the seat. Great for those delivering pizzas with their Mavericks too.

 

[Ozarkbeard]

Good idea, iffin it’ll fit. We already stow our foldable canvas grocery bags back there. Handy.

Or under the seat.
Just do NOT leave the carrier in the vehicle if you park overnight where there are any mice issues at all.

 

[Dudley]

For some this may ruin your pizza hunger due to this thread, but the morning after a pizza night? Cast Iron frying pan to warm a slice or two and an egg or two!
I know, strange, I am!!!

 

[Bodageta]

They spent so much time obsessing over drink holders that pizza transport totally slipped everyone’s mind.

 

[Scott Asheville]

Pizza aside, the OPs suggestion that they improve the usability of the fold-down seats is a big winner in my view. It was one of the first things I noticed, because the back seats are garbage-I-don't-need-but-paid-for, is how shitty it looks when they're folded down. Exposed metal and various devices bolted to the bare metal cab wall waiting to be damaged. They went stupid cheap there, and I get it. But for a few dollars Ford could have made the fold down rear seat way nicer.

I know. I know. The Maverick is a cheap ass shit box (props to Savage Geese for that description), and I'm asking for something you don't get with a cheap ass shit box. Maybe they can make it a $200 option or something.

 

[KdeB]

Yeah; I’d be happy if they just folded down flat to be more useful for carrying random stuff.

Like pizza …

But I’d like just to see the folded down back seat work as a more useful in- the-cab cargo area.

We‘re starting to get used to using the under- seat area to stow stuff we’re carrying that we do n’t want casual walk- by thieves to be tempted by. (Laptop, iPad, camera bag, etc.)

 

[TyPope]

Here’s little tiny thing we’d change about our XLT if we could —

Our other car is a Subaru Forester with split fold-down rear seats which have a protective rubber liner on the back of the seats. We can fold one back seat down and have a nice “shelf” to put a takeout pizza box on for the ride home.

So yes, this is our “problem” with the Maverick: No good place to put a pizza box. (Yes, I know … major problem …)

First, the back seat doesn’t fold flat. Wish it did. That would be useful for hauling a lot of stuff not appropriate to put in the bed or under the back seat.

Second, the back of the seat is some kind of papery fabric stuff — Nothing you’d want to put a hot pizza box on anyway, even if it did lie flat.

So only alternative is putting the pizza box right on the seat. Not a fan of that, even with a seat cover, as potential for greasiness. Plus it doesn’t sit flat, so pizza comes home with toppings slid to one side.

(How fussy are WE????)

Thinking of something like a bean- bag bottom lap desk they sell for using a laptop computer on your actual lap. Although don’t know of anything like that big enough for a large pizza box.

Maybe we need a purpose-built box of some sort. Something with rails to keep the box from sliding off, with something like a bean- bag base to level it out when set on the seats.

Don’t think a large pizza box would fit underneath the back seat, even if left open. But haven’t checked. Maybe a FITS pizza box holder of some kind …

LOL. I actuallly have a pizza bag like the delivery guys use.

 

[Thoron99]

Now there you go … Thanks! Just like what I was looking for. Will have to measure to see if it can be stowed under the back seat.

But looks like a winner WITH the addition of an insulated pizza bag.

“One of today’s major problems” solved, I think!

And … Got it for $15 cheaper on Amazon ($29.95 - $5 discount coupon = $24.95) than on manufacturer’s website ($39.95).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08BDBZ9GB/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

...added to Amazon 'Maverick Wish List'.

 

[Buyerfind]

My pizza sits in the bed with my Bak4 closed. No problems. Pizza places are 2 or 3 miles rounds trip depending on where I go, all flat roads, no problems.

 

[JG307]

Yeah; I’d be happy if they just folded down flat to be more useful for carrying random stuff.

Like pizza …

But I’d like just to see the folded down back seat work as a more useful in- the-cab cargo area.

We‘re starting to get used to using the under- seat area to stow stuff we’re carrying that we do n’t want casual walk- by thieves to be tempted by. (Laptop, iPad, camera bag, etc.)

Agreed. It's especially funny considering what a big deal they made about the tall water bottles fitting in the doors. "We thought of everything!" lol it's okay Mavvy I still love you. I'm glad this community has pitched in to give OP many good ideas.

 

[KdeB]

Agreed. It's especially funny considering what a big deal they made about the tall water bottles fitting in the doors. "We thought of everything!" lol it's okay Mavvy I still love you. I'm glad this community has pitched in to give OP many good ideas.

Right! The door pockets, to me, are not very useful at all. They say a “small laptop” can fit in there … What? I travel with an iPad, and no, it does NOT fit into the door in any way that I’d consider secure. (So it doesn‘t fall out when you open the door.)

Most days I can’t even fit the day’s mail in the door pocket.

The only thing I’ve found convenient to put there are these “Perfect Fit” Kleenex tube boxes. (Fit in the water bottle spots!)

https://www.amazon.com/Kleenex-Perfect-Facial-Tissues-Count/dp/B07FSDWZ9B/ref=sr_1_5

Sometimes I have found them at CVS, but now have bought them in bulk from Amazon, because they are perfect formthe car.

But we’re just still getting used to the truck experience …. ( Real truck owners are scoffing, I know)

We‘ve been driving Subaru Foresters for years, so are used to just opening the hatch and putting stuff out of sight under the cargo cover, or folding the back seats down to put stuff there.

Now we’re like hmmm…. where do we put this? In the bed to slide around under the tonneau or on top of the back seat, or under the back seat?

Thinking we’ll keep a plastic crate tied down in the bed to hold small stuff.

 

[MM Mav]

@KdeB what about a laundry basket secured in the bed to hold items you don't want sliding around?

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