Why are thin pizzas more popular than nice thick deep pan ones?

Cissy Fairfax · 19-12-2012, 20:04

All the pizzas I've ever ordered in, I've automatically chose a deep pan one. I find the thin pizza express ones have nothing to them, like chewing cardboard.

We ordered shed loads of them in at work today as a treat, every one you could name.

But every single one was thin. The slice I had wasn't even a thick as a £1 coin. I asked if they were all this thin and universally, everybody was of the opinion that thin ones are far better and nicer.

Surely the purpose of a pizza, is the pizza. These thin ones were like biting into a poppadom with some bits of chicken on top.

FortyTwo25 · 19-12-2012, 20:06

The deep of deep pan is just dough. Thin is better

stud u like · 19-12-2012, 20:06

It is all to do with the personal. Some like thin and some like it thick.

Some get bored with pizza.

Some make their own.

stupidwheelie · 19-12-2012, 20:07

Did you ask them why they thought they were nicer?

turquoiseblue · 19-12-2012, 20:07

I think pizza is completely over rated. Give me cheese on toast any day.

MargMck · 19-12-2012, 20:09

Some people who are about to stuff themselves with pizza like to think the thin ones are fewer carbs - they probably are.
But if I'm going to binge I like the thick crust ones best.

Stormwave UK · 19-12-2012, 20:09

As a pizza connoseiur, thin is nicer. You can taste the toppings much clearer, less doughy taste.

JB3 · 19-12-2012, 20:10

I only like frozen supermarket pizzas, cannot stand Domino's and the like, and the deep pan ones are all bread and soggy, I want crispy!

Sifter22 · 19-12-2012, 20:10

Deep Pans are only nice if the chef where you're ordering from get it right, and they often don't. Some will be all dough, some will have far too much cheese so it falls off.

f_196 · 19-12-2012, 20:11

Deep pan is mainly dough. I want to actully taste flavours in my food, not filler - no matter how junk it is.

Enidan · 19-12-2012, 20:12

Thin are more traditional and tastier. Due to less stodgy dough the flavour of the toppings is more apparent.

RegTheHedge · 19-12-2012, 20:13

Thin is the authentic Italian method

Deep pan is calorific Yank crap

Cissy Fairfax · 19-12-2012, 20:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stormwave UK

As a pizza connoseiur, thin is nicer. You can taste the toppings much clearer, less doughy taste.

There is that granted. The problem is, all you can taste is topping. Admittedly some of them are fantastic but there wouldn't be a great deal of difference in serving them on their own, for the lack of dough, or ooomph as I prefer to call it.

peter3hg · 19-12-2012, 20:15

The thinner the better. I see the base as just being something to hold the toppings.

BellaRosa · 19-12-2012, 20:20

I want Pizza now

Thin crust please

Joey Boswell · 19-12-2012, 20:21

I love Deep Pan Thick Crust Pizza.

I want one now.

boredof_lurking · 19-12-2012, 20:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by RegTheHedge

Thin is the authentic Italian method

Deep pan is calorific Yank crap

Couldn't have said it better

adopter · 19-12-2012, 20:25

A deep pan pizza in Chicago is like a pie filled with lasagne.

stargazer61 · 19-12-2012, 20:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by RegTheHedge

Thin is the authentic Italian method

Deep pan is calorific Yank crap

Absolutely!

jarryhack · 19-12-2012, 20:26

I hate deep pan, gimme a thin pizza anyday. Too doughy.

sarahj1986 · 19-12-2012, 20:27

A deep pan is to stodgy and doughy for me. Love thin crust

Cissy Fairfax · 19-12-2012, 20:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by adopter

A deep pan pizza in Chicago is like a pie filled with lasagne.

Is that meant to be a good thing or a bad thing. It made me perk up with interest, not sure if it was intended to though.

Phyllis Stein · 19-12-2012, 20:30

I like a thick one, although I prefer a thin crust pizza

Cissy Fairfax · 19-12-2012, 20:32

I may have to do a test. Order a thin crust and a deep pan pizza and see if you really can taste the toppings more with a thin crust.

I'd never had any problem with the flavours in a deep pan before.

Oddly I prefer medium sliced bread to thick though.

HazzaGrazza · 19-12-2012, 20:37

Thin crust is so much better, I hate all the dough in deep pan, takes away the flavour from the topping.

19-12-2012, 20:04	#1
Cissy Fairfax Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 7,351	Why are thin pizzas more popular than nice thick deep pan ones? All the pizzas I've ever ordered in, I've automatically chose a deep pan one. I find the thin pizza express ones have nothing to them, like chewing cardboard. We ordered shed loads of them in at work today as a treat, every one you could name. But every single one was thin. The slice I had wasn't even a thick as a £1 coin. I asked if they were all this thin and universally, everybody was of the opinion that thin ones are far better and nicer. Surely the purpose of a pizza, is the pizza. These thin ones were like biting into a poppadom with some bits of chicken on top.

19-12-2012, 20:06	#2
FortyTwo25 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: London Posts: 4,904	The deep of deep pan is just dough. Thin is better

19-12-2012, 20:06	#3
stud u like Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Sunny Side Of The Street Posts: 40,105	It is all to do with the personal. Some like thin and some like it thick. Some get bored with pizza. Some make their own.

19-12-2012, 20:07	#4
stupidwheelie Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 18,061	Did you ask them why they thought they were nicer?

19-12-2012, 20:07	#5
turquoiseblue Forum Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2,353	I think pizza is completely over rated. Give me cheese on toast any day.

19-12-2012, 20:09	#6
MargMck Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 17,649	Some people who are about to stuff themselves with pizza like to think the thin ones are fewer carbs - they probably are. But if I'm going to binge I like the thick crust ones best.

19-12-2012, 20:09	#7
Stormwave UK Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Liverpool Posts: 4,912	As a pizza connoseiur, thin is nicer. You can taste the toppings much clearer, less doughy taste.

19-12-2012, 20:10	#8
JB3 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: The cheap seats. Posts: 8,713	I only like frozen supermarket pizzas, cannot stand Domino's and the like, and the deep pan ones are all bread and soggy, I want crispy!

19-12-2012, 20:10	#9
Sifter22 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 6,403	Deep Pans are only nice if the chef where you're ordering from get it right, and they often don't. Some will be all dough, some will have far too much cheese so it falls off.

19-12-2012, 20:11	#10
f_196 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11,055	Deep pan is mainly dough. I want to actully taste flavours in my food, not filler - no matter how junk it is.

19-12-2012, 20:12	#11
Enidan Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 12,523	Thin are more traditional and tastier. Due to less stodgy dough the flavour of the toppings is more apparent.

19-12-2012, 20:13	#12
RegTheHedge Inactive Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Docklands London -Marais Paris Posts: 2,683	Thin is the authentic Italian method Deep pan is calorific Yank crap

19-12-2012, 20:14	#13
Cissy Fairfax Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 7,351	Quote: Originally Posted by Stormwave UK As a pizza connoseiur, thin is nicer. You can taste the toppings much clearer, less doughy taste. There is that granted. The problem is, all you can taste is topping. Admittedly some of them are fantastic but there wouldn't be a great deal of difference in serving them on their own, for the lack of dough, or ooomph as I prefer to call it.

19-12-2012, 20:15	#14
peter3hg Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,795	The thinner the better. I see the base as just being something to hold the toppings.

19-12-2012, 20:20	#15
BellaRosa Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: OP is a murderer!! Posts: 27,212	I want Pizza now Thin crust please

19-12-2012, 20:21	#16
Joey Boswell Inactive Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Down South Posts: 21,866	I love Deep Pan Thick Crust Pizza. I want one now.

19-12-2012, 20:23	#17
boredof_lurking Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 1,655	Quote: Originally Posted by RegTheHedge Thin is the authentic Italian method Deep pan is calorific Yank crap Couldn't have said it better

19-12-2012, 20:25	#18
adopter Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The land of the ice and snow Posts: 11,184	A deep pan pizza in Chicago is like a pie filled with lasagne.

19-12-2012, 20:26	#19
stargazer61 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dirty thirty and proud! Posts: 54,332	Quote: Originally Posted by RegTheHedge Thin is the authentic Italian method Deep pan is calorific Yank crap Absolutely!

19-12-2012, 20:26	#20
jarryhack Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NE Posts: 4,698	I hate deep pan, gimme a thin pizza anyday. Too doughy.

19-12-2012, 20:27	#21
sarahj1986 Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 8,099	A deep pan is to stodgy and doughy for me. Love thin crust

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Why are thin pizzas more popular than nice thick deep pan ones?

19-12-2012, 20:28	#22
Cissy Fairfax Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 7,351	Quote: Originally Posted by adopter A deep pan pizza in Chicago is like a pie filled with lasagne. Is that meant to be a good thing or a bad thing. It made me perk up with interest, not sure if it was intended to though.

19-12-2012, 20:30	#23
Phyllis Stein Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 23,683	I like a thick one, although I prefer a thin crust pizza

19-12-2012, 20:32	#24
Cissy Fairfax Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 7,351	I may have to do a test. Order a thin crust and a deep pan pizza and see if you really can taste the toppings more with a thin crust. I'd never had any problem with the flavours in a deep pan before. Oddly I prefer medium sliced bread to thick though.

19-12-2012, 20:37	#25
HazzaGrazza Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,412	Thin crust is so much better, I hate all the dough in deep pan, takes away the flavour from the topping.