*RANT* Pizza- The more toppings you order, the less of each topping they give

[JEDI]

a pizza w/just pepporoni is smothered in pepporoni.

but order it with sausage and mushrooms, and the amount of pepporoni is cut by 1/3. and the sausage and mushrooms dont look alot either.

so it's like getting 1/3 of a full topping for each. but of course they charge you for 3 toppings.

WTF?! :disgust:

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: JEDI
a pizza w/just pepporoni is smothered in pepporoni.

but order it with sausage and mushrooms, and the amount of pepporoni is cut by 1/3. and the sausage and mushrooms dont look alot either.

so it's like getting 1/3 of a full topping for each. but of course they charge you for 3 toppings.

WTF?! :disgust:

don't tip them as much.

 

[CKent]

If the pizza's so bad you need to cover up the taste with a bunch of different toppings, go somewhere else... you're not getting Crapinoes, are you?

 

[ggnl]

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: JEDI
a pizza w/just pepporoni is smothered in pepporoni.

but order it with sausage and mushrooms, and the amount of pepporoni is cut by 1/3. and the sausage and mushrooms dont look alot either.

so it's like getting 1/3 of a full topping for each. but of course they charge you for 3 toppings.

WTF?! :disgust:

don't tip them as much.

because it's the delivery driver's fault right?

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: ggnl

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: JEDI
a pizza w/just pepporoni is smothered in pepporoni.

but order it with sausage and mushrooms, and the amount of pepporoni is cut by 1/3. and the sausage and mushrooms dont look alot either.

so it's like getting 1/3 of a full topping for each. but of course they charge you for 3 toppings.

WTF?! :disgust:

don't tip them as much.

because it's the delivery driver's fault right?

of course

 

[daclayman]

It's also a Pizza Slut practice:
1-2 toppings equals full amount of sliced meat (ham / pepperoni)
3 toppings equals 1/2 the amount (1 inch spacing)
4 or more equals Little Sleezers toppings

 

[meltdown75]

rants about pizza make baby Jesus cry!

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: daclayman
It's also a Pizza Slut practice:
1-2 toppings equals full amount of sliced meat (ham / pepperoni)
3 toppings equals 1/2 the amount (1 inch spacing)
4 or more equals Little Sleezers toppings

What do you want, a half-foot thick pizza that's all topping?

 

[nycxandy]

Originally posted by: RBachman

Originally posted by: daclayman
It's also a Pizza Slut practice:
1-2 toppings equals full amount of sliced meat (ham / pepperoni)
3 toppings equals 1/2 the amount (1 inch spacing)
4 or more equals Little Sleezers toppings

What do you want, a half-foot thick pizza that's all topping?

Yes, please.

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: RBachman

Originally posted by: daclayman
It's also a Pizza Slut practice:
1-2 toppings equals full amount of sliced meat (ham / pepperoni)
3 toppings equals 1/2 the amount (1 inch spacing)
4 or more equals Little Sleezers toppings

What do you want, a half-foot thick pizza that's all topping?

We have a local pizzeria that does that. MMMM....champs pizza.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: RBachman
What do you want, a half-foot thick pizza that's all topping?

Please stop. I'm hungry. Deep dish pizza with half-foot thick toppings. Drool.... Nothing sounds better now.

 

[skrilla]

It has to cook somehow. You can't load on the full amount for each topping on an everything pizza and expect to cook when it goes through the conveyer for 6 minutes.
But they shouldn't skip too much on just a three topping.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

It's true it might need more time to cook, but I believe that's the restaurant's problem. If I am going to pay more for extra toppings, then I want EXTRA toppings, not half this and half that. If it takes longer to cook, then I expect the restaurant to keep it in the oven a bit longer or do whatever they need to do; otherwise they have no right to charge more for the same amount of toppings by weight.

Luckily, the pizza places up here are good like that. I order a meat lovers from Sicily's, and it comes with a layer of toppings 1/2 to 1 inch thick before you get down to the cheese.

Sure it sucks for the delivery driver if you express your displeasure with a poor pizza by undertipping. But that's part of the job. A tip is more of a measure of your satisfaction than anything else. If you go to a restaurant and the waitress brings you a cold hamburger in a very expedient manner, you'd undertip because the food was cold. The fact that she brought the substandard food to you very quickly is irrelevant. Delivery drivers represent the restaurant they work for; they don't work for themselves.

 

[daclayman]

Originally posted by: RBachman

Originally posted by: daclayman
It's also a Pizza Slut practice:
1-2 toppings equals full amount of sliced meat (ham / pepperoni)
3 toppings equals 1/2 the amount (1 inch spacing)
4 or more equals Little Sleezers toppings

What do you want, a half-foot thick pizza that's all topping?

I'm posted that because that is Pizza Hut's specification for sliced meats. I don't follow these specs unless:

A. you really do have 6 toppings on your pizza, then I will use the 3 topping spec, per pizza hut specs before they turned in to a corporate greed machine.

B. you don't tip and act like an a$$. I'll save the company so dough (pun intended) if I'm not gonna get any.

 

[TheAdvocate]

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
It's true it might need more time to cook, but I believe that's the restaurant's problem.

If you overload a pizza, it won't cook properly. You'lle nd up burning the edges/bottom in an attempt to cook it the whole way through.

BTW, the other toppings aren't nearly as expensive as the cheese. That's where the discount places skip corners.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
It's true it might need more time to cook, but I believe that's the restaurant's problem.

If you overload a pizza, it won't cook properly. You'lle nd up burning the edges/bottom in an attempt to cook it the whole way through.

BTW, the other toppings aren't nearly as expensive as the cheese. That's where the discount places skip corners.

Discount pizza ftw! In college, a place sold larges for $5 delivered. Add in a 1 dollar tip, and yer set. And a 1 dollar tip was great for the delivery guy, cuz really hes just bringing 10 pizzas to the dorms, and then back to reload.

 

[rh71]

You're only right by the fact that they charge you for 3 toppings. They should have a tiered pricing system based on what kind of toppings you want. How many shouldn't matter.

Anyway, I always get the supreme so almost everything is already thrown on.

 

[badmouse]

That's one of my standards when I'm trying a new pizzaria - how's the topping/price ratio?

It has to be good in order for me to add it to the speed dial.

 

[Sketcher]

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate
If you overload a pizza, it won't cook properly. You'lle nd up burning the edges/bottom in an attempt to cook it the whole way through.

BTW, the other toppings aren't nearly as expensive as the cheese. That's where the discount places skip corners.

Actually, the cost depends on the quality of the toppings used. And you have to load a pizza pretty darned thick before the cooking is actually a factor. Sure, on typicall "X" conveyer/timer setting a thicker pizza may not cook as well but there's no magic to properly cooking a thicker pizza. Adjust oven temp and time accordingly.

A fairly inexpensive and rewarding proof of pudding test you can try is if you have a Pappa Murphy's joint nearby. They make the raw pizza right in front of you and you take it home and cook it. They'll make it any friggin' way you want to order it and then they'll give you a tip or two for cooking. I've ordered triple mushrooms, double pepperoni, double cheese and single peppers and never had a problem cooking it. Or I should say, the wife has never had a problem cooking it .

We make our own pizza's once in a while. Never have a problem no matter what and how much we've ever placed on a pizza.

It's true about the fast food joints though. Rarely if ever do you actually get what you pay for in terms of doubling or tripling the toppings. If I do double or triple toppings on something I'm ordering, I assert on the phone or in person that I better be getting the toppings that I'm paying for. They usually do a pretty good job then.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: JEDI
a pizza w/just pepporoni is smothered in pepporoni.

but order it with sausage and mushrooms, and the amount of pepporoni is cut by 1/3. and the sausage and mushrooms dont look alot either.

so it's like getting 1/3 of a full topping for each. but of course they charge you for 3 toppings.

WTF?! :disgust:

That has never happened to me.
When I order sausage at Lou Malnati's ... there's an inch thick solid layer of sausage on the pizza.
When I order their Deluxe, there's still an inch thick solid layer of sausage, as well as tons of onions, peppers, and olives.

Mmmmmmmmmm Lou Malnatis > *

 

[TheAdvocate]

Originally posted by: Sketcher

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate
If you overload a pizza, it won't cook properly. You'lle nd up burning the edges/bottom in an attempt to cook it the whole way through.

BTW, the other toppings aren't nearly as expensive as the cheese. That's where the discount places skip corners.

Actually, the cost depends on the quality of the toppings used. And you have to load a pizza pretty darned thick before the cooking is actually a factor. Sure, on typicall "X" conveyer/timer setting a thicker pizza may not cook as well but there's no magic to properly cooking a thicker pizza. Adjust oven temp and time accordingly.

Some people on here argue just to argue. You said you disagreed with me and then talked about something barely even tangential. yes quality matters, but Cheese>pepp or mush or onions, etc. I used to order and pay for the stuff in high school, and when we were running over on food costs (usually due to too many freebie crew pies), we went 10% or so less on the cheese on a pizza, because it was by far the most expensive ingredient.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: skrilla507
It has to cook somehow. You can't load on the full amount for each topping on an everything pizza and expect to cook when it goes through the conveyer for 6 minutes.
But they shouldn't skip too much on just a three topping.

Or they could just charge you less.

 

[ggnl]

Originally posted by: Sketcher

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate
If you overload a pizza, it won't cook properly. You'lle nd up burning the edges/bottom in an attempt to cook it the whole way through.

BTW, the other toppings aren't nearly as expensive as the cheese. That's where the discount places skip corners.

Actually, the cost depends on the quality of the toppings used. And you have to load a pizza pretty darned thick before the cooking is actually a factor. Sure, on typicall "X" conveyer/timer setting a thicker pizza may not cook as well but there's no magic to properly cooking a thicker pizza. Adjust oven temp and time accordingly.

A fairly inexpensive and rewarding proof of pudding test you can try is if you have a Pappa Murphy's joint nearby. They make the raw pizza right in front of you and you take it home and cook it. They'll make it any friggin' way you want to order it and then they'll give you a tip or two for cooking. I've ordered triple mushrooms, double pepperoni, double cheese and single peppers and never had a problem cooking it. Or I should say, the wife has never had a problem cooking it .

We make our own pizza's once in a while. Never have a problem no matter what and how much we've ever placed on a pizza.

It's true about the fast food joints though. Rarely if ever do you actually get what you pay for in terms of doubling or tripling the toppings. If I do double or triple toppings on something I'm ordering, I assert on the phone or in person that I better be getting the toppings that I'm paying for. They usually do a pretty good job then.

It's not that simple for a place with a conveyer belt oven. During the evening rush, the oven is going to have 5-10 pizzas going through it at any given time, so you can't adjust the oven settings for every pizza you send though. It's one of the limitations of working with that type of oven.

So if you send an overloaded pizza through an oven calibrated to cook 1 topping pizzas you're going to end up with unmelted cheese and gummy, undercooked crust. If you want a pizza loaded up with topping you're best off going to a place with a traditional pizza ovenwhere they can adjust the cook time for individual pizzas.

 

[NiKeFiDO]

the guy making the pizza in the back doesnt care if they chrage you more or less for the pizza, they just try to make an even distribution of pizza toppings because they probably figure thats teh best way to do it for them.

its probably not a company policy.
gotta think beyond the company face and see who is actually making the pizza, they arent all corporate run, efficiency expert people making your fastish food

 

[DVK916]

Originally posted by: daclayman

Originally posted by: RBachman

Originally posted by: daclayman
It's also a Pizza Slut practice:
1-2 toppings equals full amount of sliced meat (ham / pepperoni)
3 toppings equals 1/2 the amount (1 inch spacing)
4 or more equals Little Sleezers toppings

What do you want, a half-foot thick pizza that's all topping?

I'm posted that because that is Pizza Hut's specification for sliced meats. I don't follow these specs unless:

A. you really do have 6 toppings on your pizza, then I will use the 3 topping spec, per pizza hut specs before they turned in to a corporate greed machine.

B. you don't tip and act like an a$$. I'll save the company so dough (pun intended) if I'm not gonna get any.

Isn't the 1 topping pepperoni lover the same price as a 3 topping pizza.