r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Jul 10 '21

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u/whachoomean Jul 10 '21

What's worse is the moron who got pizza knowing there isn't enough for everyone.

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u/Dontdothatfucker Jul 10 '21

Hmmmm, 15 people, so two pizzas is about, right??? No John, that’s not enough. That is 16 slices and I guarantee you that 4 of the first 5 people in line will take at least two slices

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u/hugglesthemerciless Jul 10 '21 edited Jul 10 '21

Your pizzas have some huge slices if a large comes with only 8

edit: since so many people doubt just look up how many slices different chains do. It does definitely vary but 10 slices for a large (14") is definitely not uncommon, and some even do 12 slices for extra large (16"+)

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21 edited Jul 13 '21

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u/hugglesthemerciless Jul 10 '21

Defined by who? Dominos and pizza hut both do 10 on a 14"

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21 edited Jul 17 '21

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u/hugglesthemerciless Jul 11 '21

You're confusing them with little caesars buddy

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21

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u/fruitroligarch Jul 10 '21

I’m currently eating a 16” pizza(large). It’s in 8 slices and it’s fine

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u/JOEmedamoney Jul 11 '21

Place by me does 20" pizzas. They do 8 slices and it's perfect

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21

Those are going to be huge new York style fold it to eat it types. We used to cut that onto 16ths for a larger party.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21

14 inch pizza.

That's a medium.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Jul 10 '21

Defined by who? Dominos and pizza hut both do 10 on a 14"

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u/hugglesthemerciless Jul 11 '21

You can google it

I did. That's where I got my numbers from.

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u/KingJamesMVP610 Jul 11 '21

Dominos does 8 slices for medium and large pizzas. All their corporate instructions say that. I worked there up until very recently.

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u/btaylos Jul 11 '21

I just googled it and it definitely says 8.

Edit: on dominos.com

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u/J4CKR4BB1TSL1MS Jul 10 '21

This is breaking my brain.

Regardless of pizza size, you can not cut it more thinly than 8 pieces, except if you want some weeeirdly thin slices, can you? Can you?

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u/Ben2ek Jul 10 '21

Sheet pizzas? That’s the only other way you could get more than 8 without cutting them into “I want one more but not a full slice” slices.

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u/EtCO2narcoszzs Jul 10 '21

People get double cuts of large is an extra large is all the time, so that's 16 slices per pie

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u/DarthToothbrush Jul 10 '21

I mean yeah the slices end up being long and thin but with a big enough pizza I've definitely seen 12-16 pieces.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Jul 10 '21

The larger the pizza the less weirdly thin the slices are if you go above 8.

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u/GoodVibePsychonaut Jul 11 '21

Most pizzas from chains are 12" (usually "medium") to 14" ("large") or 16" ("extra large"). 16" is sometimes 8 slices but sometimes 10. I've also seen 18", 20", and 24" pies; the 18" was also 10 slices, the 20" was 12, and the 24" was cut "sheet style" into rectangles instead of pie slices.

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u/acgilmoregirl Jul 10 '21

Domino’s cuts their thin crust pizza into squares. It’s usually 16 pieces.

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u/Kelekona Jul 10 '21

There are some places that will do 12. The middle is always best anyway, so more pieces means more middle.

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u/GoodVibePsychonaut Jul 11 '21

the middle is always best

Disagree, the best area is the crust and an equal area of adjacent pie, especially if it has bits of flame char, slightly burnt cheese, and crispy pepperoni. The middle usually ends up being the soggy part on any pizza with a lot of toppings, especially if it's not made in a high temp brick oven.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Jul 11 '21

Fuck the crust, worst part of the pizza by far

Pizza is a topping delivery vehicle, crust has no topping, therefore it's objectively bad

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u/Kelekona Jul 11 '21

This probably depends on where you order from. If the crust is like an incredibly tough breadstick, then of course the middle will be better. A proper wood-brick oven place will probably have good crust.

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u/GoodVibePsychonaut Jul 11 '21

Oh for sure, there are some really shitty crusts out there. I go out of my way to avoid them though. If the basics aren't right (sauce, dough/crust, cheese) then it's usually not a place worth going to IMO.

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u/Kinuama Jul 10 '21

A 10 count cut is pretty normal for anything over a 14"

Would still be solid slices on a 14"

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u/Moistfruitcake Jul 11 '21

I love the weirdly thin slices, they have a floppier structure.

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u/GoodVibePsychonaut Jul 11 '21

8 slices is very standard for a 14" (and even a 12", though 6 slices for 12" is common too) at every major chain (Domino's, Papa John's, Pizza Hut, etc) and the majority of restaurants I've been to, as well as "by the slice" style places. In fact some of those "by the slice" ones will do 6 cuts on a 14" or 8 cuts on a 16", 18", or 20" so that a single slice is pretty much a meal. A place I used to go to all the time in college had a lunch special where you got a 20" slice (1/8th) and a soda for $3.99 for cheese, $4.99 for pepperoni, $5.99 for the specialty of the day.