/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Dominos is my favorite fast food pizza chain. Their crust is the best out of all the chains and the toppings are decent quality.

Doesn't really stand up to some of the local joints but the price is right.

>>4697136
ok that's one, any other opinions?

Their sauce is way, way too sweet for me to stand.

It's crap, you can get something better from a local spot for more, it's for people to lazy to find somewhere decent or cook.

Just my opinion, man. Chain pizza is shit, Papa John's is what I'll go to just to drown out the nasty with garlic butter.

>>4697186
>Chain pizza is shit
Says who? There are far more non-chain pizzas worse than e.g. pizza express than there are better non-chain pizzas.

better than Pizza Hut at least

>>4697207
does anybody actually prefer pizza hut

>>4697192

I haven't had Pizza Express, but I've rarely had independent pizza worse than the chains. Chains sell convinience, not quality.

>>4697231
If you go to fast food chains, sure.
Pizza express isn't a fast food chain, it's a restaurant chain.

I have many independent pizza places near me that are abject shit that do no more than mimic fast food chains with worse/frozen ingredients.

>>4697245

Ah I gotcha. I'm spoiled in NYC, but every city I've lived in most local joints can beat the chains - assuming of course they're not just doing chain type shit like you said.

>>4697228

the pan pizza i like from the hut

What I know about dominoes from having friends work there:

All crusts arrive frozen.
Almost all toppings are canned, but otherwise real.
Cheese is real.
Crust has a butter-garlic mixture painted on it.
Pizzas are made in <1 minute and cooked in <5 at 500F.

>>4697308
What I know from being a domino's CSR and Assistant manager:

>Crusts arrive chilled and still in dough balls. All crusts are proofed at the store and stretched when needed

>Only canned toppings are diced tomatoes and red peppers. Everything else is bagged. Only the pizza cheese (the 'mozarella') is frozen

>Yes, it's real cheese, but very low standard stuff.

>Affirmative. Shit smells really bad, too. Not like garlic at all. Does make it taste better though.

>The average is 2 minutes and we bake at 480 for seven minutes. The numbres youve listed are the recommended settings for the secondary oven, but no store ever uses those, just setting both ovens to the same temp to handle the rush.

If you want my opinion, OP, then for the price Domino's is the way to go.

And dont forget that today has a carryout deal for a large three topping pizza for 7.99.
Also half off if you order online (dont use the app, its busted).
And if you want two pizzas, mention "a fundraiser card" for a buy one get one free deal for two large pizzas. When they ask for the coupon code, tell them it's [8060].

Any other questions?

>>4697308
That's nice to know.

I prefer Dominos over pizza hut.

My favorite pizza is 'San Genarros'. It's in Bristol, CT.

Over brick baked pizza. Everything is made right in the customers eyes. The use fresh crushed tomatoes off the shelf that are well seasoned as the sauce. And the cheese is just delicious.

>>4697323
canned pineapple?

>>4697330
Nope. Pouches. Same as our olives, jalapenos, and banana peppers.

Overpriced, unhealthy, low quality, but totally fucking delicious.

>>4697323
bacon is the only topping i get really

why is mozarella in quotes?

as for all those online/carryout deals i may try them, i've never ordered online always called

(does carryout mean the same thing as delivery?)

>>4697129

OP, I prefer pizza hut lunch buffet.

I make all my pizzas at home, except for once every couple weeks, or months, i will head out to pizza hut for their unlimited lunch buffet. it is a vast wonderland of gluttony that I frolic in once in a while, and one of my only culinary indulgences. For 5.99 it is unbeatable and nothing dominos makes touches it. The pizza is super fresh because it was made in the store, and you are at the store eating it, and the hords of people atatcking the bufffet means no pizza sits there longer than 10 minutes or so.

and the bread sticks.. the unlimited bread sticks and SAUCE. oh god.

oh god.

oh god.

it's so good...

>>4697349
Pretty much this.

I have no fantasies about hand-tossed crusts or artisan baked pizzas, fresh dough, fresh ingredients, or anything really fantastic or whimsical.

Dominos onions are foul. I like just about everything else they do.

IMHO--
Dominos=McDonalds
Pizza Hut=Burger King
Papa Johns=Wendys
Lil' Caesars=White Castle

There are other chains, but I think you get the general gist of what I'm saying in terms of at least the quality of the food.

>>4697361
The bacon's alright.

Because it's of such a low standard of quality that it's more appropriate to throw it into a large grouping just called 'cheese'.

Just the opposite. Carryout means you pick it up. Delivery is.. delivery.

>>4697129
>Fake
The pizza crust is an oven-baked, flat, disc-shaped bread.
The sauce is a cooked mixture of tomato and spices.
The cheese is a food product produced by coagulation of the milk protein casein; specifically, the mild white Italian cheese that has a rubbery texture known as "Mozzarella".
The toppings, too, are exactly what they say they are.

It is a "real" pizza, and that's all that's required for it to be a "real" pizza. I wish people would stop using "real" as a buzzword for "fresh" or "hand-made" or whatever else they consider to be a good thing in foods.

As for the pizza, it's alright. A bit boring. It's clearly industrial pizza, but it's not that bad. I've had pizzas that were worse.

Dominos aint to bad I guess

The bacon rashers are shit though

I ordered a pizza, put some in the fridge because I'm not a fucking pig and going to eat an entire pizza for a single meal

Eat it cold (I usually do this with pizza and it tastes fucking great) but the bacon rashers just turned to shit. Not literally, but they tasted like shit

>>4697434
>I'm not a fucking pig
>Eat it cold
>I usually do this

Domino's is good, but i prefer Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut has the best crust. I just love their pizzas.

>>4697372

Dominoes was the brand that put lots of soy in their cheese and dough, aren't they

>>4697129
I'm boycotting Domino's because of this:
http://grist.org/food/the-dominos-effect-the-pizza-giant-refuses-to-phase-out-inhumane-pork/

I would not eat there. Not worth it. Fuck them.

idk, it's in the same league as pizza hut and all those other places.

when i get a domino's pizza i get one with literally every topping minus pineapple and i dip it in garlic and herb dip

that is how much less i respect it than a proper pizza

>>4697207

pizza hut always gives me the shits. Always, never fails. I'm thinking it's mostly all the fucking oil they use,

I only order local when I'm really lazy otherwise I just make my own, it's always better and cheaper

>>4698196
>making your own pizza
>better
>ever

i dont think this is actually true

>>4698411
Just because your home made shit is just that, shit. Doesn't mean everyone's is. Git gud fag.

>>4698448
git gud

Dominos thin crust is objectively shit, but I love it anyway.

>>4697371
yeah my dominos is weird then, it is pretty far from me but still delivers, if you try to order online it says carryout only though

>>4698176
Me too. Every time I have had it.

Dominos is my favorite chain pizza, is bretty good. It used to be shitty but they changed everything a couple years ago and made it completely edible. My favorite is an XL Brooklyn style (not legit, but best crust) with pepperoni, mushroom, and jalapeno. Their deals are good too. Avoid the bread bowl pastas. Not sure about the sandwiches. Wings are aight, pricey but alot better than they were awhile back.

when i feel like cheap pizza, i always either get dominos or papa murphys

dominos cheesy bread is awesome, but the overall taste/quality isn't fantastic and delivery is expensive when you include a decent tip

dominos is also the only place i've ever ordered from where a delivery driver bitched me out for not tipping enough--$2 on a $14 order (~15%), which i thought was plenty generous considering 1) he brought me the wrong side order and when i asked if he could go back and get what i ordered he just shrugged, and 2) it took 30 minutes to go from pizza out of the oven to my door even though i lived 2 blocks away from their store at the time.

some old loser trying to convince me that if i tip less than $3, he makes less than minimum wage and that i'm breaking the rules of our social contract and shit. fuck off bitch nigga, lucky i didn't knee him in the fucking kidney and push him down the stairs.

>>4698551
Fuck that nigger. $2 is fine assuming you really live that close to the place. If he had to drive more than ten mins then you're a dick. How much do Dominos drivers get paid hourly anyway? I know they charge a delivery fee, they should just give the drivers the delivery fee and pay them min wage, then any tip would be an added bonus paying for gas and shit.

Sort of related, when I was driving I did a few $500+ deliveries and got a $5 tip. One time I did a $2000 delivery and got $0. Fuck it.

>>4698551
You ordered delivery from two blocks away? What the fuck is wrong with you?

I mean this has nothing to do with tipping etiquette its just pathetic.

>>4698551
>dominos is also the only place i've ever ordered from where a delivery driver bitched me out for not tipping enough

Shit, not once have I had a driver stand at my door long enough for me to even consider tipping them.
>Here's your pizza!
>ok-
>Bye!
Gone.

The only place I actually tip is papa johns. They're always the nicest and that tip by credit card option makes things easier.

>>4698576
What, don't they ask for money.. you know to pay for the pizza?

>>4698567
it was a 30 second drive

>>4698572
i was busy, and the convenience of having it delivered was worth the ~$4 in delivery fees and tips. fuck you.

>>4698551
this one foreign guy pretends he doesnt know the price of my pizza even though it's right on the box, if questioned he says he cant see; usually lies and says it's a dollar or two more but i never fall for his bullshit, should probably report him

one time some fat guy said the price was $1 more and i fell for it paying him the extra dollar only to see the actual price on the box by the time he was gone

i gotta rat on these niggas

Former Pizzaguy here.

A two dollar tip on a 14 dollar order ain't nothing to bitch about.

>>4698576
pic related

>>4698594
With cash yeah. But 90% of the time I pay by card, and they've stopped asking me for it, so it's pretty much:
>here's your pizza
>here's your receipt
>thanks, bye
I haven't ever had a delivery guy ask for tip either if that's what you mean.
>>4698603
By why though..

Yeah, Domino's started being good about three or so years ago. They basically did a Hardee's.

>>4698576

>delivery guy eschews useless chatting and hanging-around
>provides anon with as fast a transaction as possible so anon can get to enjoying hot, cheesy disca
>anon gets mad about it

>run an organization in college with 35 employees
>funding comes from student government
>I'm allowed to tip a max of 20% on any food order I do for staff meetings
>order $200 worth of pizza from papa johns
>store is literally down the street
>delivery guy gets a $40 tip for driving some pizzas down the street
>he doesn't even have to unload his car, I make my staff do that

I am the hero pizza guys deserve.

If I'm going chain pizza I'm going Little Caesar's. It's not great but shit dude, five bucks. My fiancee and I will get Papa Johns every now and then, too.

>dat John's Favorite with extra sauce

pizza hut > papa johns > dominos >mazzios > any trashy local chain.

I really hate dominos. It is okay when you are wasted drunk but otherwise I'd rather eat the box it comes in. The cheese tastes fake as hell, the sauce is not fresh or remotely close to real pizza sauce. The crust is meh, the best part of it. The best part of a pizza should not be the crust.

>>4698778
Papa Johns is also on this level, but the crust isnt even good. I actually cant eat papa johns, it is so revolting, even when totally drunk.

>>4698647
>not going to get the pizza yourself and pocketing 40 bucks

>>4698802
thats a federal crime homie

>>4698802

It's all done on a credit account through the university. No cash.

>>4698659
That Deep Deep Dish pizza is good, but you get full off of it quickly.

>>4697884
I'm okay with animal abuse, its pretty widely accepted where Im from (Vietnam ftw) that hurting an animal right before it dies increase the taste. I just ordered a pizza with extra pepperoni and ham.

>>4697735
A little in the crust, none in the cheeses (with exception to the american which last ingredient is soy lecithin).

Its actually surprisingly good ingredients for the price.

local pizzaria>dominos>papa johns>red baron>pizza hut>digiornio>pizza patron>little ceasars>cici's

Dominos is not best, but you can do much worse.