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

[myusername]

That steak pizza thing from dominos is absolutely chock loaded. I think the toppings weighed more than the pizza. It's a shame half of them were onions :Q

 

[TheAdvocate]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
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 > *

Lou's is deep dish Chicago style correct?

That's not the same as putting those same ingredients on a Pizza Hut hand tossed.

Plus, no one's said it yet, but try all those toppings are just too heavy for a regular crust. I did that once at the mom & pop pizza shop, and the whole pizza fell to pieces.

 

[Sketcher]

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate
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.

And some people miss the forest for the trees in getting fixated on one aspect of a discussion. My first statement simply acknowledged that quality of the toppings affects the cost. The rest of my post touched on topics that were mentioned in other posts or were points of experience that I wanted to offer; perhaps irrelevant to your interest but not an intentional shunning of your presence.

Your argument is accurate per your experience as is mine. That experience doesn't necessarily equate to a gold standard does it?

-good point about the crust thickness and how much you can load on it.
-ggnl, good mention of standard FF pizza time vs oven baked.

 

[Kibbo86]

I'd just like to make a point about real pizza ovens.

A real piza oven is lined with volcanic rock (or other stoneware.) This keeps the temperature even inside with the door opening and closing all the time. It also means that it takes one heck of a long time to adjust the temperature. That is just not feasible for a commercial establishment, whether they use a conveyor or do it old-school.

That being said, adding two extra topings shouldn't seriously affect the cooking time of a pie. What it would affect is the surface/topping ratio, meaning that it would be difficult to build without having the toppings fall off when you remove a slice.

 

[sao123]

a real pizza should have so much cheese that every bite almost chokes you.

 

[GregGreen]

at little caesars we have the same portions no matter how many toppings you get!!

 

[ballmode]

the more you put on, the harder it is to fully bake.

 

[eelw]

Unsure if Pizza Nova is available in the US, but they load on the mulitple toppings.

 

[Shaftatplanetquake]

Papa Johns' recipe calls for a reduction of the amount of each toping with increased numbers of total topings.

Order 5 topings, for example, and you get 1/2 of a cup of each. Order 2 topings, and you get a full cup of each. There is a little chart that is supposed placed in front of the make line person's face so that they can reference it. Also, I have heard from different sources that the cheese makes up a larger portion of the food costs than anything else.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
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 > *

Lou's is deep dish Chicago style correct?

That's not the same as putting those same ingredients on a Pizza Hut hand tossed.

Plus, no one's said it yet, but try all those toppings are just too heavy for a regular crust. I did that once at the mom & pop pizza shop, and the whole pizza fell to pieces.

Indeed it is Chicago style pizza, the only pizza I eat

 

[Kelemvor]

Complain to the corporate office. You'll probably get a coupon for a free pizza or something,