• curiousaur
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    7 months ago

    This is why, if you order pizza, getting anything less that the absolute largest size they offer is throwing your money away. Leftover pizza is great.

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        7 months ago

        That’s calculator doesn’t take into account the crust ratio, which is much higher for smaller pizzas too.

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          7 months ago

          Woah woah woah… We need to BTFU and reevaluate our test methodology. No one defined what “pizza” is in this case…

          Are we saying the whole pie, crust and all? Or are we saying ratio of crust to filling? This equation is flawed.

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              7 months ago

              it is not about a difference in value, but how they harmonize together. the interior of the pizza gets its strength from the crust, and vice versa, but these elements are only truly in harmony once the pizza achieves an ideal pie/crust ratio.

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        Dominos actually got better. It’s not amazing but they took it on the chin a few years back and were like, “our pizza sucks. We need to do better” and they actually improved it quite a bit.

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        7 months ago

        They also have carryout one topping 14" pizzas for $8 in my area, which is an even better deal than $7 for 12".

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      The math only really works for 18+ inch pizzas though. The pizza places around me don’t even offer 18 inch pizzas. 14" large or 16" XL are the highest they go. In that case at most places near me, two twelves is often cheaper per square inch and does have more area than one 14" or 16". Especially since Domino’s usually has coupons for two 12s that make it significantly cheaper than 1 L or XL.

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        Factor in the crust ratio of those though. We’re talking 1.5 inch of crust, so 16" vs 12" is actually more like comparing 13" to 9" of pizza with cheese and topping. 132 v 64 square inches. You’re getting 70 squares inches of crust on that 16", and 49 square inches of crust on the 12 inch. So more total food on 2 12s, but a lot more crust than one 16.

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          7 months ago

          Even better!

          Make it extra crust with pieces of crust as a topping and it’ll be perfect.

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        7 months ago

        Pizza place that just opened up down the street from me only offers one size:

        18 inches.

        The other option is to purchase by the slice.