Food Theory: STOP Ordering Your Pizza Like This!

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  • @MyPisceanNature
    @MyPisceanNature 3 года назад +3142

    As a former pizza employee, I can definitively say it is NOT the employees. A Papa John's cheese pizza gets 2.5 cups of cheese on a large pizza. A pepperoni gets 2 cups of cheese.

    • @aaronstanley6914
      @aaronstanley6914 3 года назад +103

      thanks for the info j.j. lol for a second I thought you where J.J. McCullough
      edit: wow in the span of 5 minutes this post got 43 likes

    • @MyPisceanNature
      @MyPisceanNature 3 года назад +35

      @@aaronstanley6914 That is alright. Once I saw someone else named J.J. had commented on a video, and I was confused for a moment, because I did not remember commenting on that particular video lol.

    • @lizzie0x077
      @lizzie0x077 3 года назад +64

      I second this as a PJ manager! The double pep should have weighed more than the single pep pizza though.
      Oh. And PJ is going getting rid of cups except for cheese and that sucks for making things the same every time

    • @Lovewarhateanddeath
      @Lovewarhateanddeath 3 года назад +36

      At my local pizza shop, it was cause there would be too much grease and cause the pizza to be hella soggy if you loaded it up with cheese and peperoni.

    • @MyPisceanNature
      @MyPisceanNature 3 года назад +20

      @Carl Marchiano Oh, it isn't even the whole 2.5 or 2 cups. Employees are instructed to not scoop the cheese, but to place it in the cup from the other hand. This allows as much empty space to fill the cup as possible, and still TECHNICALLY be said to be "2 cups".

  • @ok_2220
    @ok_2220 3 года назад +578

    Alternate title: Dominos out-pizza’s the hut

  • @austinjones1268
    @austinjones1268 10 месяцев назад +883

    Hiya MatPat! I used to work in a pizza restaurant chain and we were actually trained to give less cheese when extra toppings were added. It’s partially a cost cutting measure, but more importantly different toppings have different moisture levels that, when baked, change the overall texture (i.e. veggies and greasy meats soak into the sauce, dough, and cheese , which can lead to undercooked middles and overcooked crusts). Plus, too many toppings can trap heat and moisture, which can lead to an uneven melting of cheese. 9 times out of 10 if the pizza doesn’t look “aesthetically pleasing” the customer will request a new one, which means the original gets wasted. Hope this helped to provide some insight! :)

    • @Mrkaka376
      @Mrkaka376 6 месяцев назад +15

      That makes a lot of sense, I noticed if I order thin crust its somewhat loaded with veggies probably cause they don't worry about it being soggy

    • @0potion
      @0potion 4 месяца назад +6

      ​@@Mrkaka376That's exactly yet and if you get a panstile pizza they will put less ingredients on it. Because if too much weight gets put on top of that dough it collapses in the Pan and Then it doesn't cook right you'll have a layer of uncooked dough in The Middle of it.

    • @dealameal5242
      @dealameal5242 3 месяца назад +5

      cheese is the most expensive topping of all toppings

    • @mathewlett9104
      @mathewlett9104 3 месяца назад

      As i suspected

  • @tlouitas
    @tlouitas 11 месяцев назад +1089

    Let’s just take a minute to thank all the former restaurant employees who told us about the pizza weight problem.
    Thanks guys.

    • @daniel.acosta2739
      @daniel.acosta2739 4 месяца назад +5

      Not all heroes wear capes!!! 🦸‍♂️ 😂

    • @Inpersona64
      @Inpersona64 4 месяца назад

      @@daniel.acosta2739 exactly! some wear aprons 😅😅

    • @anywherewithphil9841
      @anywherewithphil9841 3 месяца назад +4

      Two of my favorite types of people: anybody at Domino’s for such a fantastic yummy “base of the food pyramid” treasure, anybody delivering Amazon to my front door… they get to be Santa Claus every day of the year!!!

  • @kuxtd8410
    @kuxtd8410 3 года назад +1760

    My dad used to work for Domino's and he said your topping theory is 100000% correct

    • @ryantipton3697
      @ryantipton3697 3 года назад +60

      It’s exactly what goes on I’ve worked at 3 of these restaurants

    • @Tortle4444
      @Tortle4444 3 года назад +29

      My dad also used to work at a domino's, that's actually where he and my mom met right out of high school, so I've always been partial to domino's pizza, lol

    • @KendraLori13107
      @KendraLori13107 3 года назад +51

      Actually, based on my experience at dominos in 2016, we were instructed to use less cheese for pizzas with toppings. We had a measuring cup. One cup for pizza with toppings. 1 and a half for cheese pizza

    • @Gustavo.C..
      @Gustavo.C.. 3 года назад +10

      Worked for papa johns and dominos and its 100000000% true

    • @peytonmars806
      @peytonmars806 3 года назад +21

      When I worked for Domino's (23 years ago), we had one cup for cheese. We dumped that into the hopper of the cheese spreader, slid the sauced pie underneath, pushed the plunger, and it dropped the cheese onto the screen, and it distributed the cheese pretty evenly. Then, we'd hand distribute the toppings. Extra cheese was dropped over the toppings.
      We didn't short cheese, but we didn't add it unless they ordered extra cheese, either. Cheese was the most expensive ingredient, so that was the one they were they yelled at us most about food costs. This at a place that charged 99 cents for a 20-ounce Coke and $1.99 for a 2-liter back when average cost in a vending machine was 75-cents for the 20-ounce and a 2-liter was 79 cents at the grocery store. We also claimed to have no delivery fee, but a 1-topping carryout was $8.01 with tax, but the same pie delivered was $10.76. Must be that new math...

  • @chloehenke1046
    @chloehenke1046 3 года назад +5097

    As a current pizza chain employee, I can honestly say the “base” cheese pizza will have significantly more cheese than a pepperoni pizza because the “base” cheese pizza is considered one topping. They scale back on the cheese when it comes to actually adding toppings to reduce grease factor and gives the pizza a chance to cook correctly.

    • @PrincessJax268
      @PrincessJax268 3 года назад +259

      I was gonna say that. There's a place called Mod Pizza where you can get all the toppings you want for $8.99. The only thing they tell you is if you get too many toppings the pizza won't cook evenly.

    • @darken2417
      @darken2417 3 года назад +109

      This is why Chicago style is the best. Loads of cheese, loads of toppings, no excuses.

    • @nonyobussiness3440
      @nonyobussiness3440 3 года назад +32

      @@darken2417 Chicago thin crust baby

    • @raegibson3066
      @raegibson3066 3 года назад +57

      We used to tell ppl at Pizza Hut that there was a limit as to how many toppings you could put on a pizza or it would not cook through. Pizzas with bacon had to go through 1.5 times in the oven to make sure that the bacon cooked as it was raw on the maketable or frozen otherwise.

    • @perseusarkouda
      @perseusarkouda 3 года назад +22

      @@darken2417 Heart attack, no return.

  • @crazymae173
    @crazymae173 7 месяцев назад +64

    Hey guys! Former Pizza Hut line cook here to *weigh* in about the pizza weight! We have standard sized cheese measuring cups for pizzas of different sizes! A 14-in any ONE-THREE TOPPING pizza (regardless of crust) gets a large scoop, but once you break that three topping limit, or even if you just get pepperoni with extra pepperoni, you drop down to a medium cheese scoop. (Then for my location, a small cheese scoop on top of the extra pep) I was told it’s to help prevent the extra roni’s from weighing down the dough while it bakes but Idk.
    Yes I realized this video is two years old

  • @matthewkelly6997
    @matthewkelly6997 10 месяцев назад +208

    When I worked at Pizza Hut, they weighed the leftover toppings at the end of the night. If the cost ratio was down for the day, meaning too much toppings were used in respect to how many pies were sold, we would be told to "pull light" when it came to the toppings. I rarely listened and just tried to make a decent pie, one I would want to eat. They rip us off all the time. Thank you for the work you do. Consumers are just cattle to be milked by big business 11:53

    • @pupplekao
      @pupplekao 10 месяцев назад +13

      I worked there a couple decades ago and remember pissing off the store manager when we hand-specced a pizza and it came out right on the nose of how much it was supposed to weigh, according to their charts. He was trying so hard to show us that we didn't know what we were doing and we were putting too much on... all he did was show us that we'd been working there long enough to know what the food was supposed to look like

    • @spankynater4242
      @spankynater4242 5 месяцев назад +1

      It's not a ripoff, you get what you pay for. They know what they're doing, and controlling topics is how they manage costs, and subsequently manage the amount the customer is charged. If enough of you do what you want, then that jacks up the charge, and normal people will be reluctant to buy an overpriced pizza. Don't think you know more than experts, you'll always come out on the bottom.

    • @matthewbeggerly52
      @matthewbeggerly52 4 месяца назад +10

      ​@@spankynater4242 How's that boot taste?

    • @devilpistons1269
      @devilpistons1269 2 месяца назад

      ​@@matthewbeggerly52nah he's got a point

    • @UglyNTRBastard
      @UglyNTRBastard 2 месяца назад

      @@spankynater4242 If tons of people want more toppings, they should give the customers what they want. If you have to jack up the price: so be it, but honestly these chains get so many bulk food discounts and tax breaks that they can afford to have a loss leader or two.
      Pizza hut especially needs to pull the stick out of their rear because they are dying and NEED a loss leader to get people to eat their pizza again.

  • @darknessgenkai
    @darknessgenkai 3 года назад +1443

    As a domino’s employee I know that when we make a cheese only pizza we actually put extra cheese by default

    • @user-rn2yx2rq3u
      @user-rn2yx2rq3u 3 года назад +27

      Nice

    • @imsauceking
      @imsauceking 3 года назад +34

      I work at Casey’s and we do not do this. It’s always 1 scoop of the red cup

    • @lolina2000
      @lolina2000 3 года назад +2

      Pl

    • @consequenceandmorality9937
      @consequenceandmorality9937 3 года назад +33

      Domino’s? Since when did you guys serve pizza or food in general.

    • @ladyartist6324
      @ladyartist6324 3 года назад +24

      I'm actually surprised that Little Ceasars is one of the top four, and I'm an employee there.

  • @roadwarrya
    @roadwarrya 3 года назад +624

    As a former Domino’s employee, there’s guidelines to how much toppings and cheese each pizza gets depending on how many toppings there are and the size of the pizza. For example, a normal cheese pizza would have more cheese as opposed to one with toppings like pepperoni so that it comes out of the oven looking right and it’s more cost effective for the company.

    • @A_Person7307
      @A_Person7307 3 года назад +7

      Makes sense

    • @ethancohen6092
      @ethancohen6092 3 года назад +14

      @@veryhot2382 no one cares

    • @Pperry0211
      @Pperry0211 3 года назад +1

      @@veryhot2382 yeah no one cares about this video

    • @somebodysomeone6834
      @somebodysomeone6834 3 года назад

      Never knew that.

    • @youtopea
      @youtopea 3 года назад +3

      Same at pizza hut, also at least at the hut, never order double pepperoni/ham with a third topping, you won't get your money's worth for that double pep

  • @Moon_Starz.
    @Moon_Starz. 4 месяца назад +54

    0:21
    “18% tip and nobody needs to know about this”
    “How about 20?”
    💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

  • @SelttiksYT
    @SelttiksYT Месяц назад +9

    Little Caesars employee here: "The more toppings you get, the less toppings you get." meaning, the more toppings you order, the less of each of those we put on, due to making sure the pizza bakes properly, and the reduce production cost.

  • @emmasgoodies
    @emmasgoodies 3 года назад +28962

    6:30 , if you check the nutritional info on Domino's website it says this: " When you add a topping, the cheese portion is reduced to ensure a proper bake". :)

    • @ninjabluefyre3815
      @ninjabluefyre3815 3 года назад +3249

      As someone who works at a Pizza Hut, I think I can confirm the same here.

    • @BlitzzOrAnt
      @BlitzzOrAnt 3 года назад +216

      Ok

    • @killingstalker2114
      @killingstalker2114 3 года назад +2139

      It's cause both Pizza Hut and Domino's both add extra cheese as a topping if you're getting no toppings in order to ensure full coverage of the dough/sauce and to make it "worth your buck"

    • @shinemoon5113
      @shinemoon5113 3 года назад +66

      Ok

    • @Unknownstl1
      @Unknownstl1 3 года назад +24

      @@ninjabluefyre3815 Same

  • @DisillusionedReality
    @DisillusionedReality 3 года назад +562

    As someone who used to work at Pizza Hut, the company actually tells its employees to put less cheese on pizzas that have toppings. It’s less like a cheese pizza is the base that you add toppings onto, and more that you’re replacing the “extra” cheese on a cheese pizza with toppings. It’s been a while, but I believe it was a cheese pizza had a cup of cheese on it and a pizza with toppings had half a cup of cheese on it.

    • @AuraGemiCreations
      @AuraGemiCreations 3 года назад +62

      Yep, also worked at pizza hut and can confirm. They had specific specs they wanted us to abide by based on the size of pizza and number of toppings. Past being a new worker, none of us really cared about abiding by the specs too much, especially since they wanted us to make the pizzas so fast. They didn't pay us enough for us to care much about making every pizza exactly the same. More often than not, I feel like the employees are more likely to try and put more than the specs call for on your pizza because just 8 pepperonis on a pizza is ridiculous and WE would want more if it was OUR pizza. From my experience at least.

    • @severestarfish981
      @severestarfish981 3 года назад +27

      uk pizza hut here, for plain margarita pizza we’re supposed to use “a cup and a half”, while for a pizza with toppings it’s just a single cup. half of our staff don’t actually care about it and 90% of the time you’re pizza will have a lot more cheese than it’s supposed to lol.

    • @proplaystowin
      @proplaystowin 3 года назад +9

      That makes sense
      The cheese pizza isn’t the base the base is a cheese pizza with less cheese+the toppings ([toppings] pizza)

    • @jbp9653
      @jbp9653 3 года назад

      UP

    • @RealTeX1
      @RealTeX1 3 года назад

      At papa johns we dont we add more

  • @ptorq
    @ptorq 8 месяцев назад +18

    You should also take into account deals that aren't limited time offers. Like, Domino's menu price for a 14 inch pepperoni is $18 ... but there's a carryout special on single topping pizzas that makes them $8 instead, and they've had that deal for the past 2 years or so (before that they had a deal on 3 topping pizzas for about the same price). Little Caesar's just doesn't bother to list the "non-deal" price. So yes Little Caesar's is cheaper even with the deal, but in practice it's not by as much as you'd think by comparing menu prices.

    • @lalala7324
      @lalala7324 5 месяцев назад +2

      Yep, Domino's has the $6.99 mix and match (was still $5.99 when this video came out). The $14 menu price is just to get suckers to overpay who didn't bother to check for deals. Kinda sad OP went through all this math with the wrong numbers

  • @esotericVideos
    @esotericVideos 9 месяцев назад +5

    9:22
    Jesse: "Yo, Mr. Caesar, are we in the pizza business or the money business?"
    Little Caesar: "Neither... I'm in the empire business."

  • @its_lemon_19
    @its_lemon_19 3 года назад +18796

    Imagine being his son and seeing all that pizza and getting excited then your Dad says No it's for science

    • @Bruh4.
      @Bruh4. 3 года назад +931

      I bet they ate them after

    • @its_lemon_19
      @its_lemon_19 3 года назад +358

      @@Bruh4. yeah probably

    • @acharya1574
      @acharya1574 3 года назад +113

      ikr..😔

    • @goopgod9537
      @goopgod9537 3 года назад +148

      They weren’t the ones that ordered them though

    • @angeljulianvazquez1483
      @angeljulianvazquez1483 3 года назад +139

      Man I would cry if I was his son that's my favorite food

  • @htw.015
    @htw.015 3 года назад +1698

    As a broke person ceazars is the only way to go

    • @markisthegreat3432
      @markisthegreat3432 3 года назад +19

      Try celeste pizza... rich boy :)

    • @randomfolk9545
      @randomfolk9545 3 года назад +36

      As someone who is also broke but also a fan of fallout new Vegas “Ave true to Caesar”

    • @Urban_Goose
      @Urban_Goose 3 года назад +56

      Solution: buy frozen pizza then add extra topping before putting it in the oven

    • @richardt1792
      @richardt1792 3 года назад +27

      Dominos has a three topping medium pan pizza that is to die for. It has been on sale for months for only $7.99 for a take out. I get the meat toppings because, hey, the most expensive items. I know its no Ceasers cheap but sometimes you have to splurge. If you buy this, you'll feel like a rich person. I get two meals out of one. Ask for free pepper flakes and Parmesan.

    • @eucalideang7444
      @eucalideang7444 3 года назад +1

      @@markisthegreat3432 krrjrjrifi

  • @VirgoArtsOfficial
    @VirgoArtsOfficial 9 месяцев назад +14

    Domino’s employee here, who has run both the oven and make line. I can confirm, we go lighter on the cheese on pizzas with toppings. This is because the company actually has pre-determined portions we’re expected to follow.

  • @abdufotikhakhmedov4539
    @abdufotikhakhmedov4539 Месяц назад +9

    I miss him........

  • @ric-sauce1555
    @ric-sauce1555 3 года назад +429

    Former Little Caesar's employee here. The reason all of our pizzas have the same weight of ingredients across the board is because we are given very specific instructions for how to top our pizzas, down to the gram, as to not waste any money by giving extra. A standard medium pepperoni pizza is topped with exactly five ounces of cheese (yes, we have a scale to weigh the cheese) and exactly twenty-four pepperoni slices. That's why our base pizza stays the exact same every time

    • @jasminethegrayknight
      @jasminethegrayknight 3 года назад +2

      Interesting... 🤔

    • @ChazoAnwah
      @ChazoAnwah 3 года назад +4

      How long ago did you work there?

    • @nguyenvandu4936
      @nguyenvandu4936 3 года назад

      Ok thanks

    • @MidnightSnackx
      @MidnightSnackx 3 года назад +7

      30 in my day for the standard (2019-2020), EMB got 52 or 54. Also we didn't weigh our cheese, we filled a pre-determined cup. EMBs get more cheese.

    • @ric-sauce1555
      @ric-sauce1555 3 года назад +6

      @@nguyenvandu4936 I quit in November of 2018, so pretty recent

  • @InactivePhoenix
    @InactivePhoenix 2 года назад +1821

    Worked at Domino’s for 2 years, was trained to put double cheese on cheese-only pizzas and to hold back on toppings the more they add so that it’ll all cook evenly in the oven

    • @rayproductionsbackupchanne3862
      @rayproductionsbackupchanne3862 2 года назад +32

      so what i need to do is double cheese and double toppings then ? hah i usually like cheese only pizzas with way to much extra cheese

    • @Stunseed
      @Stunseed 2 года назад +22

      we have a recipe for every pizza.. peperoni gets 32 peps.. all meat gets 8 or combo pizza got 6 all evenly spaced out. a pizza thats a double topping yea. itd get cut from the 32 so like 20.. but man cheese only pizzas? we still cover the whole thing in all the cheese we can hahha, its a process. like bread sticks, larger bread sticks are better than a pizza with a million toppings because bread with cheese will fill people up pretty quickly. and its cheap

    • @teuns9
      @teuns9 2 года назад +4

      can confirm
      (topping count)+ -> (number of pieces per topping)-

    • @TheDaemon333
      @TheDaemon333 2 года назад +12

      I used to work at Pizza Hut, and it's mostly the same there. The more toppings you get, the less of each one you get, otherwise you get this mess of undercooked pizza

    • @monroerobbins7551
      @monroerobbins7551 2 года назад +3

      That’s what I was thinking! It makes sense that when they put toppings on, they’d have to go light on cheese, so it’ll bake evenly. That’s why thin crust, IMO, is great for extra cheese and toppings; it’ll cook through more quickly, and you won’t have to worry as much about raw dough. Though, you’ll lose out on structural stability, cause it’s thin. And honestly, I don’t get why they don’t split cheese on bottom and top: the cheese on bottom to glue the toppings on, and the cheese on top to seal it in. And I don’t get why they don’t dice veggies like bell peppers, it’ll help with structure, and is probably easier: just get a big ol dicer (though I imagine washing may be a problem). If people know more about this, please edify me, cause I don’t know as much, and I don’t wanna claim as such.

  • @yourliljellie3388
    @yourliljellie3388 6 месяцев назад +7

    I currently work at a dominos location and visiting this video makes me so excited.
    I'm in the process of being cross trained and the main thing I was constantly reminded of was exactly this video in a nutshell.
    for a regular med hand tossed pizza, it needs to get about 5 Oz of cheese (7oz if you get extra cheese) and about 30-35 pepperonis on each pie. for an extra pepperoni pizza, I remember it's 3 or 5 Oz of cheese and about 40-45 pepperonis per pie. :)

  • @michaelnelson1127
    @michaelnelson1127 7 месяцев назад +7

    Growing up, Little Caesar’s was my family’s go-to pizza place, not just because of their low prices, but because there was a store only 5 minutes away from our house. Plus the pizza being “hot and ready to go” severely cut down on the waiting time, so it was an easy option for Friday suppers. But recently I’ve tried their pizza again, and I’m not sure if it’s the pizza itself or the garlic sauce I typically get with it, but it didn’t agree with my stomach afterwards. Nowadays, my favorite pizza place is Dominos, with Papa John’s coming in second. Dominos has a lot of options and tastes great. Then for Papa John’s, I often get coupons for it in the mail with some good deals, and the complimentary peppers that come with the pizzas is a nice touch.

    • @Derxel
      @Derxel 5 месяцев назад +1

      I've tried other pizza restaurants, and even though I work at little caesars and their pizza slaps, other places just do it a little better.

  • @dabricadilica5361
    @dabricadilica5361 3 года назад +800

    As a previous dominos employee, we were always taught to put as little cheese as possible, especially on pizzas with toppings

    • @michaelazangeres
      @michaelazangeres 3 года назад +16

      I wanted to comment the same thing!

    • @SkueyYT
      @SkueyYT 3 года назад +26

      As a current dominos employee, yes

    • @iamjackdude1859
      @iamjackdude1859 3 года назад +1

      As expected

    • @yehyehyehyehyeh6847
      @yehyehyehyehyeh6847 3 года назад +5

      Shame

    • @jonmichels7332
      @jonmichels7332 3 года назад +33

      As a 6 year Domino's employee if you were being told to put "as little as possible" cheese on a pizza that is on your individual GM or franchisee. The Domino's US company standard for cheese on a large is 7 oz for any pizza with toppings. Any just cheese pizzas get 50% more, meaning 10.5 oz on a large.

  • @onlyadot
    @onlyadot 2 года назад +2860

    As a chef who specializes in Italian cuisine i can say that the more toppings you have on a pizza the less of each topping you will get. It's not supposed to be a bad thing. If you pile the same amount of cheese on a pepperoni pizza as you do a cheese pizza it will be a soggy greasy mess.

    • @Femaiden
      @Femaiden 2 года назад +162

      your logic seems sound, that to create balance and not overload it, they need to put less, but then they charge a flat price for each individual topping regardless of how much they give you. so the more toppings you ask for , the more you pay, but the less you get and that just seems dishonest.

    • @PTMcMullen
      @PTMcMullen 2 года назад +27

      Consider that you're paying for the added labor to prepare a multi-topping pizza.

    • @onlyadot
      @onlyadot 2 года назад +46

      @@Femaiden you're paying for a hypothetical pizza not a specific amount of each topping down to the ounce. There is not a single pizza cook in the world who gives that many damns about his job to where he would purposefully deceive a customer just to save the restaurant some money. The idea of a cook wanting to save a chefs food cost at the expense of the customer is actually quite funny to me.

    • @epanagnus7453
      @epanagnus7453 2 года назад +12

      That would make all of Little Caesars pizzas with toppings a soggy mess, but they arent

    • @vic_710
      @vic_710 2 года назад +11

      @@onlyadot Well tbh I'm not saying who's right or wrong but a huge pizza chain like dominos or pizza hut saving toppings would definitely add up in the cost region right?

  • @mrnarwall
    @mrnarwall 10 месяцев назад +2

    I work a Sbarro and the recipe book says to use 11 oz for the cheese pizza, and 9 oz for any other pizza with toppings.

  • @YoongSeung
    @YoongSeung 7 месяцев назад +4

    13:01 I found this interesting because I never found this to be the case at the Little Caesar’s where I live at. Every time we get pizza there, it’s FRESH and the pepperoni’s indeed have the grease. Not as much as other places, but it’s never looked as dry as the one Matpat shows. Guess it just varies from location and I’m a lucky one :D

  • @thecrowinthewindow3816
    @thecrowinthewindow3816 3 года назад +293

    4:55 so I would like to explain something here. I work at a Pizza Hut and have for a while now and the reason the cheese weighs more is because if a pizza Is just cheese with no toppings we have to add an extra half a cup of cheese that way the customer isn't being screwed over for just ordering cheese. But when we add pepperoni we don't put on that extra cheese therefore it ways less. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

    • @JMS...
      @JMS... 3 года назад +7

      Makes sense

    • @77dreimaldie0
      @77dreimaldie0 3 года назад +24

      Because - as a customer - I expect the cheese to BE the topping, i.e. there's the cheese base plus the cheese topping, ergo more cheese

    • @thecrowinthewindow3816
      @thecrowinthewindow3816 3 года назад +5

      @@77dreimaldie0 exactly

    • @Ka1_TheGuy
      @Ka1_TheGuy 3 года назад +2

      Im eating pizza hut

    • @carebear6036
      @carebear6036 3 года назад +1

      Same thing at the place I work at. Cheese is a topping, so a plain cheese pizza has extra cheese, it's not the base pizza.(except where I work we add a whole cup, not just a half)

  • @ERROR_OVERFLOW
    @ERROR_OVERFLOW 3 года назад +153

    Matpat calls Pizza Hut 4th place:
    Pizza hut: perfect time for an ad

    • @puffy-ducky4108
      @puffy-ducky4108 3 года назад +10

      I had a pizza hut ad before this video.

    • @houselightkell
      @houselightkell 3 года назад +1

      Imagine getting ads
      I just skip to the end then click the"replay" button in the middle

    • @foxsmith770
      @foxsmith770 3 года назад

      Seriously I got an ad right after that lol

  • @VergilLover69
    @VergilLover69 11 месяцев назад +65

    *Shout-out to Amy for literally removing all the toppings on the pizza 🍕 for this video. Home girl puts in work for the theories* 👍🏿

    • @estherpena-nicholas5283
      @estherpena-nicholas5283 8 месяцев назад +5

      And without eating any in the process 😅

    • @Jivvi
      @Jivvi 7 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@estherpena-nicholas5283 We don't know that. The video might've been edited to avoid incriminating her. 😂

    • @KenLieck
      @KenLieck 5 месяцев назад +2

      Today you'd get in trouble for asking a girl to remove her toppings...

    • @VergilLover69
      @VergilLover69 5 месяцев назад

      @@KenLieck *Ayo?* 😗

  • @notfishdog8353
    @notfishdog8353 10 месяцев назад +9

    Tbh my first experience with little Cesar’s extra Pepperoni pizza was crazy.
    First of all of course as you explained very clearly it was pretty cheap but when we opened the box we were greeted with a mountain of pepperoni, so much we could barely see the actual pizza,and we had to pick off pepperoni so we could actually eat it 😂😂

  • @LeTropeur
    @LeTropeur 3 года назад +8323

    - So, MatPat, what are we eating?
    - This month? Pizza!
    - Sweet! ... Wait, what do you mean, ''month''?

    • @hugosuarez1395
      @hugosuarez1395 3 года назад +133

      @@veryhot3007 shut up man

    • @frenchfrog4622
      @frenchfrog4622 3 года назад +22

      Mesdames et messieurs voici... La coincidence!
      Sans déconner je kiffe tes videos.

    • @Narra0002
      @Narra0002 3 года назад +48

      I get where Mat’s coming from I have eaten so much pizza in my life 😂

    • @justineckel7177
      @justineckel7177 3 года назад +23

      25 pizzas for a month???

    • @GG42069
      @GG42069 3 года назад +31

      Sooo, let me guess.
      Subway is actually a subway company.

  • @ComicDrake
    @ComicDrake 3 года назад +17880

    I used to work at Papa John's. Totally on the money for the extra cheese being used to cover the sauce. Papa J's specifically taught us to put the cheese on last as a seal for the toppings.

    • @psychott6
      @psychott6 3 года назад +382

      I love those kinds of Pizzas though

    • @adamparker5570
      @adamparker5570 3 года назад +206

      That makes sense

    • @angelvu
      @angelvu 3 года назад +181

      that sounds pretty smart

    • @shanemorris3554
      @shanemorris3554 3 года назад +359

      That's how i was taught to make pizza in home economics, i don't understand Putting toppings on top because it moves and falls off

    • @ComicDrake
      @ComicDrake 3 года назад +459

      @Abidjanaise, Not just that. It sucks in general. The only reason I work there is because I didn't want the pizza places that I actually liked being ruined for me.
      Having worked there, I can confirm that it is disgusting behind closed doors as well.

  • @SailorDoc
    @SailorDoc 3 месяца назад +3

    As someone who worked at pizza hut and dominos during college years, having more toppings mean longer bake time. I remember making my own pizza ro take home and loaded up the pizza with tons of cheese and toppings. The center of the pizza ended up undercooked, and the dough was raw.

  • @bran5539
    @bran5539 9 месяцев назад +1

    I used to work at little Caesars about 6 years ago. Idk if it’s the same at all locations or not but we actually did use cheese pizzas as the base of our pepperoni. We made a stack of cheese pizzas and if someone ordered pepperoni we would take one from the cheese stack, add pepperoni, throw it in the oven then cut and box it

  • @Totterino
    @Totterino 3 года назад +452

    I love little Caesar’s advertising because in their ads or promotions they never use the words good or delicious or anything like that. All they say in description of their pizza is that it is hot and it is ready and it is cheap

    • @carbine090909
      @carbine090909 3 года назад +22

      Great attention to detail!

    • @fluffybluefastboi103
      @fluffybluefastboi103 3 года назад +46

      I like Little Caesar’s a lot, they don’t the BEST pizza obviously, but for $5 it’s pretty dang good pizza

    • @averytubestudios
      @averytubestudios 3 года назад +2

      @@fluffybluefastboi103 Eh... I always prefer New York to Deep Dish but it does fill your stomachs when necessary

    • @theshamanite
      @theshamanite 3 года назад +3

      @@fluffybluefastboi103 Their topping pizzas went up a dollar last I've heard. It's a shame sales can't compete with inflating costs, or something of ill-will mayhaps, it is a company first.

    • @sayimbeautifulok.245
      @sayimbeautifulok.245 3 года назад

      *IDIOT:D*
      *ruclips.net/video/m9Rd5-XIt_s/видео.html*

  • @shadles
    @shadles 3 года назад +961

    Papa John’s worker here, there is a “base” pizza it just never goes out. If you order a cheese pizza you’re getting the base with its cheese +more cheese on top of it. While a pepperoni pizza is the base +pepperoni which gets much less and weighs less than the extra cheese

    • @EvilEtho
      @EvilEtho 3 года назад +42

      I know this video is old now, but this is the reason, Or at least how we ran it at the 4 pizza huts I have worked at and the 2 I have managed

    • @kylefentress1381
      @kylefentress1381 3 года назад +21

      Pizza hut employee here, same case at our restaurant lmao. we sauce and cheese em first in the morning, then when an order is placed we add the topings accordingly.

    • @shadles
      @shadles 3 года назад +9

      well... I’d say you’ve come to the correct video, just look up XD
      For me I got a lot of free pizza from when I used to work at papa johns, though I don’t work there anymore. we get our dough cold and make the entire pizza at the moment it’s ordered, I ate it weekly and never got sick of it, cause it’s pretty high quality. honestly I do think it’s a pizza worth it’s price, but I’m a cheepskate if I’m paying for pizza just to fill my stomach I go with little Caesars. If I’m going to get at actual good pizza then I’m going to Papa Johns. (Or like a mom and pop pizza place)

    • @shadles
      @shadles 3 года назад +5

      @@kylefentress1381 wild, we got dough in the morning. Like a stack of trays would come in with some refrigerated papa John’s brand dough. But the craftsmen would make the pizza right there, tossing the dough, spreading sauce, etc... it’s probably why you guys usually beat us when people would order from two places. (That and we had a tracker that told them if a delivery driver was speeding)

    • @tanyaflatley4926
      @tanyaflatley4926 3 года назад

      How do u feel coming last

  • @ultrachoccymilk5641
    @ultrachoccymilk5641 4 месяца назад +10

    Thank you matpat for 13 great years!

  • @Jjones5202
    @Jjones5202 8 месяцев назад

    0:00 Matt’s regular every day experience talking to a pizza delivery guy

  • @jarvis4044
    @jarvis4044 3 года назад +394

    “Which pie takes the cake”-Matpat 2020

  • @estroyer00
    @estroyer00 3 года назад +354

    Food Theory is just and excuse so that Matthew can live out his dreams of being that one guy from math problems who orders a bunch of stuff in excess

    • @angelvu
      @angelvu 3 года назад +2

      LMAO

    • @blakedavis2447
      @blakedavis2447 3 года назад +12

      “No one is going to buy 20 pizzas this is unrealistic”
      Teacher : ahem

    • @walnut6684
      @walnut6684 3 года назад +3

      My god
      That is slowly being true

    • @izelaserna7225
      @izelaserna7225 3 года назад +1

      :0

    • @TainyaGaming
      @TainyaGaming 3 года назад +3

      @@blakedavis2447 I'm afraid to inform you but as a dominoes driver, that is entirely possible and has happened

  • @monkeychief1904
    @monkeychief1904 6 месяцев назад +1

    I worked at a local chain in my hometown for an extended amount of time and what we did, is out toppings UNDER the cheese. I was never on the pizza station, but I think putting the toppings underneath definitely encouraged them to put a lot more cheese. The place was really generous with toppings too though. Would be curious to see if the toppings being under/on top changes anything about flavor. Best pizza dough ever too! miss that job I would get free food on my breaks and any pizza that wasn't picked up by the end of the night was up for grabs for anyone who wanted it.

  • @JustinReto
    @JustinReto 9 месяцев назад

    I worked at a small pizza join after high school and we weighed our cheese, so depending on the size there was a chart that showed how much it should weigh and that was all the cheese you were supposed to add. Yes, some employees added extra.

  • @osvaldoacevedo2624
    @osvaldoacevedo2624 3 года назад +343

    "Oh you ordered Little Caesars?" It is good?"
    "It's hot and ready."
    "But is it GOOD?"
    "HOT AND READY!"

    • @theotherguy4456
      @theotherguy4456 3 года назад +10

      correct

    • @veryhot2382
      @veryhot2382 3 года назад

      OHOhhhhh....
      ruclips.net/video/FSSFgWlDbJU/видео.html

    • @subalternate
      @subalternate 3 года назад +10

      @@veryhot2382 shut up

    • @killerboy-cw1wg
      @killerboy-cw1wg 3 года назад +5

      the pizza from little Caesars is a low quality boring pizza it’s just meh

    • @michaelstathoudakis3359
      @michaelstathoudakis3359 3 года назад +5

      @@killerboy-cw1wg I actually like Little Caesars. Their bacon wrapped deep dish is awesome.

  • @notsoninjaninja1819
    @notsoninjaninja1819 3 года назад +1064

    Hi my girlfriend told me this:
    “With a lot of pizzas, with more toppings we have to add less cheese to counteract the amounts of grease from the meats, if you got veggie toppings it shouldn’t alter much. Even so, if you ever worked at a pizza place we all know we just grab a handful or two of cheese according to how ever many other toppings there are or aren’t”

    • @AsianGlow
      @AsianGlow 3 года назад +63

      Most chain pizza kitchens use conveyor belt ovens that are tuned to bake for certain weights. If you add toppings, you have to subtract toppings to have the total weight of the pizza to weigh-in at a specific range. Some kitchens have multiple conveyors, that can be set at different speed/temp, this would allow for the additional weight of extra toppings.

    • @glasycrazy4723
      @glasycrazy4723 3 года назад +2

      have a comment

    • @meharkulkarni49
      @meharkulkarni49 3 года назад +2

      @@glasycrazy4723 have a reply

    • @TheNerdling
      @TheNerdling 3 года назад +7

      Where I worked there was a scale and bowl, you weighed the cheese for each pizza before putting it on, and number of toppings didn't change how much cheese was added, except for cheese only which got a small extra amount.

    • @johnhunter7244
      @johnhunter7244 3 года назад +15

      I work at Marco's pizza and for a large (14 inch) pizza we use 9 oz of cheese for regular cheese pizzas and 8 oz for everything else. We also are pretty generous with our toppings and you can add pepperoni for just a dollar on top of the normal $8.99 price. Honestly it's a pretty good deal and I love the taste. (I am just a regular employee so I get nothing out of this, just being honest)

  • @jrok9996
    @jrok9996 5 месяцев назад +3

    Don't forget that Lil Caesars also makes their own dough in the back instead of having the dough already made elsewhere and delivered

  • @ChesterManfred
    @ChesterManfred 9 месяцев назад +3

    12:13 No way, MatPat's editors predicted Pizza Tower

  • @SalemRose503
    @SalemRose503 3 года назад +778

    Just got a Pizza Hut ad during this video.
    "No one out-pizza's the hut"
    Me: Well this is awkward.

  • @annelouis9199
    @annelouis9199 3 года назад +877

    new food theory: matpat only made this channel so he could order a bunch of junk food and say it was for research purposes

  • @BangOO6
    @BangOO6 9 месяцев назад

    Worked for papa johns and pizza. Basically each topping you add the quantity of toppings goes on the pizza gets lowered.

  • @shaunbeakley348
    @shaunbeakley348 8 месяцев назад

    I work at a pizza chain and we have a chart by topping and as you add toppings you decrease the ounces of cheese you add

  • @loganlaviolette3494
    @loganlaviolette3494 3 года назад +1083

    Ex Dominos manager here. I don’t remember the exact measurements, but a large cheese would get 10oz mozzarella, a 1 top would get 8oz mozzarella, and a speciality that included cheese would get 5oz. Also, the more toppings you order, the less of each you get. A large pepperoni would get exactly 40 pepperonis. A 2 or 3 top would get 30, and a 5 top would get 25. Every pizza chain does this with their toppings, to save money and also so the pizza can actually cook underneath all the meat and veggies.

    • @CarlosATrueG
      @CarlosATrueG 3 года назад +20

      I mean obviously not every pizza chain since little ceasers weighed more with the pepperoni

    • @brinkman4925
      @brinkman4925 3 года назад +18

      I works at papa john's like 12 years ago but those numbers seem almost exactly the same. They definitely have the same setup

    • @brinkman4925
      @brinkman4925 3 года назад +21

      Yeah it was very precise. They all were supposed to be put on in a specific pattern to get full coverage and to make sure "every ingredient was in every bite" and something about making sure that the toppings weren't too heavy causing them to separate from the crust. It made sense at the time. Still kinda does actually. Only thing is the price doesn't reflect the reduction in quantity.

    • @juancarloscabello3529
      @juancarloscabello3529 3 года назад +19

      I'm a current GM at Domino's and this is still correct.

    • @him050
      @him050 3 года назад +15

      I used to work in a restaurant that did create your own pizzas. Getting less of a topping as you order more toppings is just common sense. If you gave the people who ordered 6 toppings the standard amounts you’d end up with a mountain of food on top of the pizza and it won’t cook properly. Not to mention it’ll also be impossible to eat.

  • @CogsworthHPalmer
    @CogsworthHPalmer 3 года назад +158

    Hey MatPat, I used to work at Papa John's in Canada. The cheese issue was actually a practice put in place by the company. A large pepperoni pizza came with 2 cups of cheese, but a large cheese pizza came with 2 and a half cups of cheese. A large pepperoni pizza gets 32 pepperoni slices on it, but an extra pepperoni pizza gets 16 extra pepperoni, and because the pepperoni is on top of the cheese, there's a higher chance for pepperonis to fly off in the oven, so you're potentially getting around 40 or so.

    • @johnmichael8462
      @johnmichael8462 3 года назад +2

      OHOhhhhh.......
      ruclips.net/video/FSSFgWlDbJU/видео.html

    • @thickskulls
      @thickskulls 3 года назад +3

      So...
      What's the cheese issue?

    • @joetheeskimo8885
      @joetheeskimo8885 3 года назад +2

      Same here at Domino's in America. Our large pizzas get 7.0 oz of cheese, but if it's just a cheese pizza, it gets and an extra 3.5 oz of cheese.

    • @Citizen5101
      @Citizen5101 3 года назад +1

      @@thickskulls The cheese on a cheese pizza is essentially a topping. Some chains (Donatos comes to mind) won't even let you order a half cheese / half pepperoni pizza without it converting the Cheese side to an Extra Cheese side. If they wanted to order a base pizza a control group, they needed to order one with no cheese or toppings maybe light cheese depending on the chain.

    • @Wuppys
      @Wuppys 3 года назад

      Used to work at pizza hut, was nearly the same as this. Cheese is considered a topping for a cheese pizza. You get another cup of cheese on the base pizza

  • @finalbossgamer5481
    @finalbossgamer5481 8 месяцев назад

    Little Caesar's has been my favorite pizza chain since i was a kid. I don't know if that's my notalgia talking of if my tastebuds are just so conditioned to it after getting it nearly every day after elementary school for 4 years, but hearing it got 1st place in a few sections made me happy.

  • @splergenyuralove
    @splergenyuralove Месяц назад +1

    5:37 a place i worked at. We would just use mozzarella for toppings pizza and, ones without toppings we would add a handful of cheddar. So yes it still had a topping but the topping was cheese. Cheap and probably weighs more than most toppings would add

  • @soleildriver3467
    @soleildriver3467 3 года назад +1863

    as a pizza place worker once the "pressured to cover more" theory is really accurate lmao

    • @ABagofMarbles
      @ABagofMarbles 3 года назад +60

      Really, because when I worked we put less and less as we added stuff due to increased water content that screwed up the crust.

    • @nexuvareldari7418
      @nexuvareldari7418 3 года назад +29

      Yes it is, but it's also true that some places teach you to lessen cheese based on toppings. I worked a pizza place that did that.

    • @TanyaMedina77
      @TanyaMedina77 3 года назад +8

      As a former pizza worker we weighed all the other ingredients differently than we did cheese cheese didn’t have to be put on a scale and weighed up like the pepperoni or veggies

    • @catgame9177
      @catgame9177 3 года назад +6

      @@ABagofMarbles i’m guessing it depends on what the restaurant prioritize, so it depends between chain and maybe even location

    • @DionCardile
      @DionCardile 3 года назад +2

      Same dude. I felt this way every time I made a pizza

  • @donutmonk
    @donutmonk 3 года назад +1388

    As a former dominos employee of over 3 years, I can explain what happens with the pizza and toppings. You're kind of right--lots of workers hide their mistakes in extra cheese, especially if their spread is bad and they add to hide clumps. There is, however, less cheese added to the pizza with toppings. For example, a large cheese pizza at dominos gets 10 ounces of cheese but a large pizza with 2 to 3 toppings gets 8 ounces. The minimum for cheese is hit at 4+, which is to say they reduce the cheese even further at 4 or more toppings but cannot go any lower. The pepperoni weighs less than the cheese (especially after dropping some grease in the box) so the weight changes even more. As for the pizza weighing less with extra pepperoni? I can only assume managers want to save money on cheese (which is one of the most expensive components of pizza to buy) and force employees to go light on the cheese when they can to make up for the newbies' heavy cheesing hand. That's been my experience anyways.
    Edit: I've seen lots of people mention cook time and yeah, that's definitely part of it. My comment was already long as it is though lol. Too many toppings can affect cook time and the pizzas are meant to go through a conveyer belt oven once. The specialty pizza Xtravaganza is a pizza I proffered to make myself because if a newbie made it they would go too heavy on toppings and would not cook right. It's time and efficiency at fast food pizza places like Domino's.

    • @YoungBreezzy66
      @YoungBreezzy66 3 года назад +24

      Yeooo bless this comment I hope you get all the likes 👍🏾

    • @lovell8983
      @lovell8983 3 года назад +2

      xD what

    • @Wulfex
      @Wulfex 3 года назад +6

      This needs more upvotes! Thank you for explaining!

    • @myaga
      @myaga 3 года назад +7

      @@Wulfex this isn't reddit-

    • @KlarinetKing15
      @KlarinetKing15 3 года назад +16

      As another former Domino's employee, I concur with this as my experience also

  • @wingstify6997
    @wingstify6997 8 месяцев назад

    If you bought pizza from the little Cesar’s I work at, I would have a habit of accidentally putting too much pepperoni or cheese on them😂😅

  • @maddydinger7680
    @maddydinger7680 8 месяцев назад

    When i worked at caseys gen store in the kitchen we had to add the same weight of cheese to each pizza toppings or not. It depends on the place and rules

  • @averywatts2391
    @averywatts2391 3 года назад +1238

    "Pizza hut actually got 4th place here-"
    Ad interruption: nObODy oUt PiZzAS tHe hUT.

    • @davaabold5075
      @davaabold5075 3 года назад +4

      Ĺ 5 '

    • @boolinwulin8063
      @boolinwulin8063 3 года назад +16

      You made my night lol 😂

    • @maxboerner3247
      @maxboerner3247 3 года назад +14

      Same thing happened to me what are the fucking chances

    • @averywatts2391
      @averywatts2391 3 года назад +17

      @@maxboerner3247 Pretty high odds, actually. It's a video about pizza, so it will show you pizza related ads. And pizza hut is the highest bidder for said ads. But I will admit I appreciate it's comedic timing.

    • @tonyv-es8nw
      @tonyv-es8nw 3 года назад +6

      cause this is fake, Matt pat is just working for little ceasers. NOBODY CAN OUT PIZZIA THE HUT (ps this a joke I cant belive i have to say this but there are non smart people here who take things seriously)

  • @Kat-pm3kd
    @Kat-pm3kd 3 года назад +526

    "Are you the person who ordered a dozen pizzas?"
    Me, in an 11 person family: *sweats nervously*

    • @kearko3564
      @kearko3564 3 года назад +5

      @@dont6439 sure! I will never.

    • @variousgameplay520
      @variousgameplay520 3 года назад +5

      @@dont6439 a i g h t

    • @JacobShytle
      @JacobShytle 3 года назад +5

      I am in a 10 person family about to be 11🤣

    • @SageOfTyme
      @SageOfTyme 3 года назад +16

      Yall get A pizza each?

    • @MtnDewGuy100
      @MtnDewGuy100 3 года назад

      *i wrote my very own batman comic book and I’ve been told my everyone at work and school that’s it’s the best thing they’ve ever read, mind you, their words not mine lol, anywho if any of you fellow batman fans would like to give it a read DM my instagram @jarrito96 and I’ll send you the ENTIRE BOOK FOR FREE ! I’m sending the book to ben affleck later on because his departure as the character is what motivated me to make this book*
      *trust me you don’t wanna miss this chance to read my book, this LEGITIMATELY an R rated batman project that I want people to experience*
      *or if you’ve got snapchat: I’ll send you the ENTIRE comic book, mind you it’s a REALLY long book and the darkest most morally ambiguous portrayal of this character and it brings me great honor to write a story on my fav superhero of all time, whomever reads this I hope you enjoy this comic if you get the chance to read it, have a good day, fellow batmans fans*
      *i had a dream of playing Batman and this failed audition is the closest I’ll ever be to getting there, feel free to roast it* 👇
      ruclips.net/video/nHTiwzQJxNc/видео.html 🔥🔥🔥

  • @connorbray8631
    @connorbray8631 8 месяцев назад

    dominos employ here a plan cheese gets about 3oz more cheese than a one topping and that cheese gets lower the more toppings you add. The pepperoni we use is lighter than the cheese, it's actually so annoying because one handful of pizza cheese is 3oz.

  • @eliteicegaming8323
    @eliteicegaming8323 7 дней назад

    Teacher: What type of math do you read
    Food theory:I sturdy food maths

  • @uBreeze
    @uBreeze 3 года назад +347

    I got an advertisement for Pizza Hut saying “No one outpizzas the hut.” the moment they revealed the gram per $ for Pizza Hut Extra Pepperoni.

    • @powowbunnyb0081
      @powowbunnyb0081 3 года назад +1

      Meanwhile I also got an advertisement from pizza hut but it was about their new plant based "sausage" topping.

    • @michaelfapgod4598
      @michaelfapgod4598 3 года назад +5

      Pizza hut is nasty they make bland pizza, how tf can you do that?

    • @dexmanceo5736
      @dexmanceo5736 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/go50JGwqSrY/видео.html

    • @blank1199
      @blank1199 3 года назад +3

      @@michaelfapgod4598 pizza hut in my country (indonesia) looks objectively better than in that video lol i think the reason is that here pizza hut here appeals to the middle-upper class

    • @angb8182
      @angb8182 3 года назад +1

      who cares about how much money you spend per gram of pizza lmao. little caesars literally is cardboard. i rather put less than more of it in my body

  • @turtle4415
    @turtle4415 3 года назад +341

    Some guy: No one can out-pizza the hut!
    Little Caesar’s: Hold my extremely heavy pizza

    • @veryhot2382
      @veryhot2382 3 года назад +1

      OHOhhhhh..................
      ruclips.net/video/FSSFgWlDbJU/видео.html

    • @stefanbroers8146
      @stefanbroers8146 3 года назад +6

      its actually dominos who out-pizzas the hut!

    • @Ins1gn1f1c4nt
      @Ins1gn1f1c4nt 3 года назад

      オ二イちゃん ! 大好き!

    • @arguechefs2998
      @arguechefs2998 3 года назад

      I don't really like Dominoes. The cheese is kinda bland to me. I'm a Mountain Mike's type of guy

    • @tfox6986
      @tfox6986 3 года назад +2

      Little Cesar’s is the best value I say this ,because they charge like 5 dollars for a literal 12 inch pizza

  • @Jivvi
    @Jivvi 7 месяцев назад +1

    As someone who worked at both Pizza Hut and Domino's, it's not at all surprising that a pepperoni pizza weighs less than a cheese pizza. I don't know how it couldn't. If a cheese pizza weighed less than a pepperoni pizza, they'd be ripping you off on cheese. It wouldn't even look like a cheese pizza; it would look like a base that someone forgot to put toppings on. Cheese is a topping. A cheese pizza isn't just a base; it's a base plus about twice as much cheese again as the topping.
    I don't remember exactly how much it was at Domino's (it's weighed); but at Pizza Hut, it's measured out with a measuring cup. A cheese pizza is two and a half cups of mozzarella, and half a cup of parmesan. Every other pizza on the menu just has one full cup of mozzarella as the base. A pepperoni pizza is one cup of mozzarella and 40 pieces of pepperoni. They're supposed to be counted out and positioned so that there are 5 pieces on each slice and you don't cut through any of the pepperoni when you cut the pizza, but most of the staff probably don't do that. Either way, 40 pieces of pepperoni weighs _a lot less_ than the extra cheese that would be on a cheese pizza, and even less after cooking, because pepperoni loses more fluid during cooking than cheese does. We never had a pizza called "double pepperoni" on the menu, but if someone ordered that, we'd just double the amount of pepperoni and keep everything else the same, so it would definitely weigh more than a standard pepperoni pizza, but still less than a cheese pizza.
    Bear in mind, this is in Australia, where a large pizza at every pizza chain I've ever been to is 11", and they're cut into 8 slices. I'm sure there would be more toppings on a 14" pizza, and I guess it's probably cut into 12 slices, but we never had a pizza that size anywhere that I worked.

  • @colinmerryfield8615
    @colinmerryfield8615 9 месяцев назад

    I work at Marco's. Cheese is weighed, pepperoni is counted. A very honest system we use

  • @airbendersteven2014
    @airbendersteven2014 3 года назад +680

    I've personally worked at Little Caeser's, and we were trained to MEASURE out the cheese we put on each and every pizza. It was continuously enforced to NOT just grab a 'handful' and slab it on the pie before throwing it on the oven rack. We had measuring cups, and whether we were cooking cheese, or cheese + pepperoni pies, every one we made had a relatively EQUAL amount of cheese. So my experience matches your data. HOWEVER...
    there were definitely times NOBODY measured. You have days you're swamped, you have days where the manager on duty didn't care, or let's say your measuring cups all fell on the floor and everyone was way too busy to go back and wash them. A variety of variables happened DAILY, and having worked at multiple fast food locations, I can tell you that this is the same EVERYWHERE. It entirely depends on how busy you are, how many employees you have staffed, the QUALITY of employees you have, and what type of manager you have that shift.
    PLEASE keep THIS fact in mind when conducting food experiments like this! I guarantee, unless the quantity of something is measured AND ENFORCED to be measured, you will get different results every time you conduct them. :)

    • @Rachara
      @Rachara 3 года назад +13

      The restaurants' shortcomings will be duly noted via the acquired statistics.

    •  3 года назад +13

      To me Little Caesar's pizzas are made more mechanically and you just confirmed that. Not too hard to guess since they make them so you can grab one as soon as you enter the restaurant (or more like shop). To be absolutely honest, I know the quality is not the same, but I like Little Caesar the best. You can even be creative and add veggies at home. Onions and green peppers go great with it!

    • @supersonicx01
      @supersonicx01 3 года назад +8

      You are absolutely correct. I regularly visit a Little Ceasars every Sunday for their Extra Best. And as of late, (even before the pandemic) the quality has gone down. Bunch of inexperienced teens, managers (deep down inside, they fucking hate them), high turn over and those teens sometimes behaving stupid in the prep area. I've encountered teens that just absolutely hated being there. Like working there on a weekend just killed their plans. Lousy or abismal attitude in the customer service dept, not even a "thank you, have a nice day" reply

    • @lottielanger7874
      @lottielanger7874 3 года назад

      You better measure! Lol

    • @jonathanluzgonzalez7510
      @jonathanluzgonzalez7510 3 года назад +2

      Omgosh I worked there too! Well still lol and yeah your right actually we do keep our pizzas relatively even!! :3

  • @jasonmessere27
    @jasonmessere27 3 года назад +173

    I literally work at Domino's 😂 watching this on break.

  • @BethanyGriffith-kw2eh
    @BethanyGriffith-kw2eh 8 месяцев назад

    At Little Caesars, we had a cup for cheese sprinkling so you got the same amount on every pizza (so the extra pepperoni pizza being lighter than regular probably means they've been instructed to simp on the cheese, I don't remember if that was a thing when I worked there)

  • @meisdeadlolz
    @meisdeadlolz 9 месяцев назад

    “We’ve *done it* with fast food fries, we’ve *done it* with fast food soft drinks and today…food theory is *doing it* with pizza chains.”

  • @mattbenz99
    @mattbenz99 3 года назад +157

    In normal times, that delivery guy would just assume you are having a party. But in Covid times, they know you are just a sad person.

    • @speakenglish5662
      @speakenglish5662 3 года назад

      OHOhhhhh....
      ruclips.net/video/FSSFgWlDbJU/видео.html

  • @franekorlowski5410
    @franekorlowski5410 3 года назад +203

    The fact that I’m getting Pizza Hut advertisements during this video 😂

  • @brycefredericks8780
    @brycefredericks8780 7 месяцев назад

    I work at a pizza place right now, we add the same amount for regular pep. Extra pep though, we add less cheese

  • @robearhart5796
    @robearhart5796 9 месяцев назад

    At the pizza place I worked at every large pizza got one large bag of cheese regardless of toppings. Regular pepperoni got I think 12 slices and extra got 18. Our cheese amount was not dependent on toppings. The pizza’s definitely got heavier with more toppings.

  • @dylanmasters7662
    @dylanmasters7662 2 года назад +1152

    I work at dominos, you’re actually taught to use less cheese if more toppings are used. You actually use a scale to know how much to put. A medium cheese pizza gets 7.5 ounces and a medium pepperoni pizza gets 5 ounces of cheese. It’s the same with all sizes and toppings. More toppings = less toppings

    • @kaitwhy8337
      @kaitwhy8337 2 года назад +47

      Haha, came to say essentially the same thing. We used a colored cup for each size pizza. 14" equals blue cup. A plain cheese pizza got 3 cups= base layer, " topping" layer, and top layer. If you ordered pepperoni, you got the base and too layer, but the topping layer was replaced by the pepperoni.

    • @emperum2671
      @emperum2671 2 года назад +21

      I used to use that nonsense at Papa John's when I worked there, luckily my manager told us to stop wasting time and just eye-ball it lol. Once you get used to just doing it by touch and sight it's saves so much time.
      And now I work at Domino's, where that isn't a thing at all lol.

    • @nampyeon635
      @nampyeon635 2 года назад +10

      Cheese is a topping. So when you order a cheese pizza, it's a single topping, and you're paying for extra cheese. They weigh it.

    • @chloehoedeman8294
      @chloehoedeman8294 2 года назад +9

      Also worked at Dominos! Can confirm, although I liked to add a little bit extra cheese anyways lol

    • @spinorules11
      @spinorules11 2 года назад +3

      @@chloehoedeman8294 EXACTLY it felt cruel just barely giving them any cheese to cover up the sauce

  • @nilakall5804
    @nilakall5804 3 года назад +1068

    Anyone else noticing more and more food theories on Mat's favourite foods so that he can write them off as business expenses? xD

    • @joeandre8100
      @joeandre8100 3 года назад +11

      Yes I have

    • @pinkluver7715
      @pinkluver7715 3 года назад +30

      It's the 1000IQ play in economics and running a business

    • @user-fx8ew1wh5p
      @user-fx8ew1wh5p 3 года назад

      @@joeandre8100 ลพพก

    • @user-fx8ew1wh5p
      @user-fx8ew1wh5p 3 года назад

      _ๅ

    • @styfen
      @styfen 3 года назад +3

      Except he had the pizzas sent to Amy this time

  • @anisali5544
    @anisali5544 9 месяцев назад

    Heyo, I work at a Domino's in Australia (basically Pizza Hut) and what we have to do is actually put in less cheese considering the toppings that are added. For example if we have something like a supreme pizza, we have to add a lot less ingredients for each of total of 9 different toppings but for something like Pepperoni we would put a lot more but then take out the cheese, there is a good reason for this, mainly to cut down the amount of oil and how flowy the pizza is.

  • @johnbroadway4196
    @johnbroadway4196 11 месяцев назад

    Back in the 80's, when I worked for
    Pizza hut, we had to measure out on a Scale each topping.
    This was very strict. And pepperoni had to cover the pie, to
    the crust edge, which also at the time had eagle find border,
    and the cheese had to cover all the toppings.
    Anymore I local small pizza joints, unless I'm in
    the taste mood.

  • @CaptainRavi0l1
    @CaptainRavi0l1 3 года назад +101

    Hi, current Domino's pizza boi here! Domino's supplies our store with little pizza guides to hang on our walls, telling us weights of ingredients. You 100% get less cheese the more toppings you have. If you ask Domino's Corporate, they'll probably tell you it's because they don't want super heavy pizzas. If you ask my general manager, its to save money because cheese is the biggest cost to our store. Hope this helps 😎

  • @lost0viking
    @lost0viking 2 года назад +2244

    When I was homeless but working full time, the Little Ceasars Hot-n-Ready's were basically a staple for lunches or dinners. A $5 pep would feed me all day.

    • @tbonbrad
      @tbonbrad 2 года назад +14

      What did that look like?

    • @keanuxu5435
      @keanuxu5435 2 года назад +168

      I hope you're doing well now

    • @lost0viking
      @lost0viking 2 года назад +144

      @@keanuxu5435 So far so good. Got no complaints.

    • @Transit_Angst
      @Transit_Angst 2 года назад +70

      I know it's not the same thing, but when I'd be plowing snow on 13 hour night shifts for a month straight, I'd buy a lot of little Caesar's pizza to keep in the cab and eat for every meal.

    • @user-gf3hj1me9y
      @user-gf3hj1me9y 2 года назад +8

      i hope you're doing alright!

  • @vanwal106
    @vanwal106 9 месяцев назад

    Yo matpat, i work at papa johns and with the cheese its pretty simple. We measure our cheese by cups and Every large pizza with toppings on it gets 2 cups of cheese, but a plain cheese pizza gets 2 1/2 cups and sometimes maybe 3 depending on how generous we are being (mostly to cover up all the sauce like you said).

  • @lialayiaofgondor5486
    @lialayiaofgondor5486 7 месяцев назад

    You forgot Hungry Howie's. I love their pizza over a majority of the listed. It's the cheese stuffed pizza. Though Little Caesars and Domino's is good too.

  • @WulfieZi
    @WulfieZi Год назад +2387

    I worked at Little Caesar's for a bit. Whenever I made a cheese pizza I'd add a little more because I felt like there just wasn't enough "stuff" on the pizza. Like, if cheese is gonna be your only topping, I'll ham it up to make sure you're gonna enjoy it.
    That being said, they were pretty strict about toppings there. They had us count how many pepperonis you put on for a standard and extra pepperoni pizza. If the person working at landing wasn't chill (not like you Caitlin, you were chill), they could rat you out to the boss that you were giving away too much pepperoni.
    I'll be the first to admit that 24 pepperoni for a standard pizza is way too few, so I'd sneak about 4 or 5 more on there when I could. I also tried to cut my pizzas all the way through with the pizza cutter, but Scott said I took too long doing that.
    If you ever get a pizza that's not cut all the way through, it's Scott's fault.

    • @harlowgolden1758
      @harlowgolden1758 11 месяцев назад +348

      Be a Caitlin, not a Scott 😌

    • @daviddimitrov3696
      @daviddimitrov3696 11 месяцев назад +104

      dam it Scott. (not Scott Cawthon, he's great)

    • @skitariiranger4346
      @skitariiranger4346 11 месяцев назад +53

      They increased it to 40, or at least they did at the one I worked at

    • @touch_me.
      @touch_me. 11 месяцев назад +63

      we STAN Caitlin (not Scott)

    • @Kiprikk
      @Kiprikk 11 месяцев назад +12

      lmao

  • @pixelation6224
    @pixelation6224 3 года назад +367

    Pizza Hut: No one out-pizzas the Hut.
    Local Restaurants: Hold my pepperoni.

    • @BrotherTheory
      @BrotherTheory 3 года назад

      Your comment made my day! You are THE BEST, Dj Pixelation :)

    • @EksaStelmere
      @EksaStelmere 3 года назад +7

      Lockdown literally caused my two local pizza places to close down indefinitely, thanks for reminding me about that. This whole pandemic has been a giant boon for fast food and corporations.

    • @plant6416
      @plant6416 3 года назад

      Green which is my favorite pizza restaurant

    • @bruhm0ment6000
      @bruhm0ment6000 3 года назад +2

      @@user-yc9pv6vd5e no that video's about your mom

    • @bruhm0ment6000
      @bruhm0ment6000 3 года назад

      @@user-yc9pv6vd5e and this is not your account but an extra since this account is joined an hour ago.

  • @stapleboy7462
    @stapleboy7462 5 месяцев назад +1

    used to work at marcos pizza for quite a while, can confirm that we definitely did up the cheese pizzas with extra cheese as opposed to other pizzas. not only that, but we added an EXTRA (roughly) 25% cheese. we were trained to add extra cheese to them, it was on the posters we referenced for cheese weight and everything

  • @mrlaw711
    @mrlaw711 8 месяцев назад

    I've run into these pizza places trying to cheat me. I use a credit card, order as guest, and dispute the charges.

  • @coolguyz4045
    @coolguyz4045 3 года назад +526

    Matpat: "States pizza hut is in fourth place"
    RUclips: *Plays Pizza hut ad*

    • @veryhot2382
      @veryhot2382 3 года назад +2

      OHOhhhhh.....
      ruclips.net/video/FSSFgWlDbJU/видео.html

    • @whatishumour8448
      @whatishumour8448 3 года назад +3

      Wait it did

    • @supergamer8030
      @supergamer8030 3 года назад +7

      Trying to cover it up with spending their cash in the wrong place.
      (On advertisements, instead of on topping and such.)

    • @Dougiewoof
      @Dougiewoof 3 года назад +3

      I got a Pizza hut ad too

    • @davincent98
      @davincent98 3 года назад +3

      Mine started with the ad

  • @sharkysharktimes4091
    @sharkysharktimes4091 3 года назад +94

    My older sister who is a domino's manager has told me "oh yeah i put less cheese on pepperoni pizza but for some toppings you just can't cover up missing cheese"

    • @johnmichael8462
      @johnmichael8462 3 года назад

      OHOhhhhh.......
      ruclips.net/video/FSSFgWlDbJU/видео.html

    • @Starman062
      @Starman062 3 года назад +2

      @@johnmichael8462 beware the self promotion bot. It’s cancer

  • @user-wc8if9ex8x
    @user-wc8if9ex8x 7 месяцев назад

    It depends on the company. I worked for a local pizza company and the cheese was the same across all pizzas

  • @cloud24patrol
    @cloud24patrol 8 месяцев назад

    now that you went so into the pepperoni... i want to know about the sausage ones....

  • @bruhify
    @bruhify 3 года назад +12918

    the bots are now referring to food theory as "food"

  • @floofyproofy9374
    @floofyproofy9374 3 года назад +312

    Me who is eating little caesars pizza: “huh neat”

  • @danijeltadic4241
    @danijeltadic4241 8 месяцев назад

    12:58
    I've seen it before somewhere, but I can't really put finger on it

  • @masonsmith6780
    @masonsmith6780 9 месяцев назад

    I’ve ran several pizza restaurants and for a plain cheese you’ll get more cheese. When you add other toppings we add less cheese, because it saves a lot of money.

  • @GuzRoca
    @GuzRoca 3 года назад +241

    Dominos employee here! When you order a cheese pizza, you’re getting the cheese equivalent of the “extra cheese” option for other pizzas

    • @BrotherTheory
      @BrotherTheory 3 года назад +6

      NICE! You are BRILLIANT, Guz :)

    • @divorced57
      @divorced57 3 года назад +4

      Like this more so Matt can see

    • @TheDiamondMaskBSS
      @TheDiamondMaskBSS 3 года назад +4

      Dang, that's a good value ngl, can't believe I didn't notice that

    • @Felicat82
      @Felicat82 3 года назад +3

      That makes sense. I kinda figured that was the reason before reading the comments.

    • @dexmanceo5736
      @dexmanceo5736 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/go50JGwqSrY/видео.html

  • @happykid27
    @happykid27 3 года назад +721

    Random fact about Little Caesars: Their slogan "Pizza! Pizza!" is not used in Canada because that phrase is trademarked. There is an unrelated pizza chain in Canada called Pizza Pizza that existed before Little Caesar's expansion up north. In Canadian commercials, the mascot usually says other word combinations, like "Hot n Ready!" or "Delivery! Delivery!"

    • @RoundBaguette
      @RoundBaguette 3 года назад +15

      Pizza pizza still exists here in my country, and it's pretty cool coz they always sell 2x1 on Mondays thru Thursdays

    • @switchyduckk
      @switchyduckk 3 года назад +10

      pizza pizza sucks

    • @KrishAwesome9
      @KrishAwesome9 3 года назад +15

      @@switchyduckk i have two words for you bud: creamy garlic

    • @Matthews34
      @Matthews34 3 года назад +17

      Tbh I live in Canada and didn’t know their slogan was Pizza Pizza, and I do know pizza pizza the franchise

    • @ASquared-
      @ASquared- 3 года назад +12

      As a Canadian I can confirm also Toronto schools totally ruined Pizza Pizza for me when I was younger, it’s just lukewarm and awful at school.

  • @aru-tn9tc
    @aru-tn9tc 7 месяцев назад

    I’ve never had experience with pizza but I work at a Culver’s: what we have to do when make two scoop sundaes is we give a big scoop at the bottom and then a small scoop at the top and ngl it’s like $6 like- it’s expensive. And there’s been times when I make sundaes I’ve been told to dump out the custard and restart because it was “too much custard” I’m just trying to give the customer what they paid for

    • @aru-tn9tc
      @aru-tn9tc 7 месяцев назад

      I always try to sneak in a bit more custard than needed because you’re paying $4 for a little scoop of ice cream 💀

  • @rosswddg
    @rosswddg 7 месяцев назад

    Old Little Caesars employee here. It takes extra time to cook pizzas with extra toppings. Pizzas with 2-3 extra toppings the middle of the pizza doesn't cook because all the toppings run to the middle. 90% of the time no one wants to wait for the pizza to be fully cooked. Also, the ovens are on conveyors. So all pizzas are going through the oven in a straight line. On a busy day it is really hard to run a single pizza through a full oven the additional half time it requires to cook. A trick to fixing this issue is to reduce the amount of cheese so the pizza takes the normal amount of time to cook. Side note, the amount of complaints I received about a perfectly cooked $5 pizza was unreal. It's $5 Karen. Also veggies were sourced from local farmers. Meat, dough, and sauce came from Little Caesars corporate. Pineapple and Mushrooms came from a large can and by far were the grossest toppings.