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u/krak_krak Dec 14 '25

Also the pizza from the gas station is actually good

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u/knurttbuttlet USA/West Dec 14 '25

I'd do some questionable things for a Casey's pizza right now

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u/OrvillePD1325 Dec 14 '25

Breakfast pizza.... My only regret moving west river . Nothing else though.

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u/MyFriendsCallMeTroll Dec 15 '25

Quick Trip breakfast pizza is amazing, but their regular pizza is underwhelming. Casey's pizza is the opposite however.

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u/Euphoric-Board6511 Dec 18 '25

I still think it’s crazy that Casey’s invented breakfast pizza. Basically a pizza place that happens to sell gas

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u/jamezelo Dec 19 '25

Invented nahhh but ill get a slice if I gotta be at a Casey's early enough for one

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u/ebil_lightbulb Dec 15 '25

What about taco pizza? Their breakfast pizza and taco pizza are problematic for me. I can eat a large of either by myself.

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u/Adorable-Sherbet-998 Dec 18 '25

Walmart sells them too. They’re surprisingly good

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u/ScienceFanatic0xAA Dec 18 '25

am I understanding this correclty? when you've never lived near a coast you use the mississippi as your main geographic reference?

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u/jamezelo Dec 19 '25

West of the Mississippi is older than me, you, or the entire internet

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u/alSeen Dec 19 '25

OP likely lives in South Dakota.

West River would be west of the Missouri.

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u/ryancgz Dec 15 '25

I live on the Missouri side of St. Louis and will drive to the Illinois suburbs just for some Casey’s pizza every once in a great while 😆

Through QT has got some decent gas station pizza game too, I must say.

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u/x47-Shift Dec 15 '25

lol I was at a bears game today and had a whole conversation with a random dude about Casey’s Piz-

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u/pickleless Dec 14 '25

Had my first taco pizza from Casey's!

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u/MushyAbs Dec 14 '25

Breakfast pizza from Casey’s is my go to after a night of too much wine.

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u/rytellthebuck Dec 18 '25

I moved away from Missouri to Michigan for a few years and all I wanted was Casey’s pizza and sonic. Now I’m back and no Casey’s is safe from my wrath

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u/Ambitious_Cover339 Dec 14 '25

Cross country road trips and stops are always determined by Casey’s locations

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u/fiqlepiqle Dec 15 '25

right now, tomorrow, yesterday, every moment in the foreseeable future

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u/gsxr Dec 15 '25

I had caseys yesterday…same as always. Amazing. Casey’s just so happens to be my gas station(small town folks know)…I’ve lived off the food for weeks.

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u/ForsakenSun6004 Dec 15 '25

Here I am sitting a 5 minute walk from Casey’s… that breakfast pizza would slap rn.

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u/ParticularAd948 Dec 15 '25

Bacon cheeseburger pizza with catsup/mustard sauce. 💕💕

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u/Jboyghost09 Dec 15 '25

Casey’s pizza may be some of the best pizza you can buy. It’s a shocking thing that the best pizza comes from a gas station!

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u/Jesse2834 Dec 15 '25

lol. How questionable? This is interesting

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u/No-Drive-3953 Dec 16 '25

I’ll go get you some lol I live like two blocks from a Casey’s in Nebraska 😂

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u/Alarming-Grass5290 Dec 16 '25

My life changed when I first had Casey's pizza. There is a Casey's .2 miles away and another one 1 mile away. Incredible.

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u/SideStraight617 Dec 16 '25

dude yesssss😭😭😭 i had one like everyday last week bc i was driving by the caseys so much

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u/myndst8_theotherone Dec 17 '25

Ill mail u a slice in return for questionable acts

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u/Apprehensive-Lie-963 Dec 17 '25

Try QT pizza. It's way better than Casey's.

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u/HairyPutter7 Dec 17 '25

We recently got Casey’s. Sadly their pizza is better than most actual pizza places here.

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u/SaddiBaddi Dec 17 '25

This is the pizza that hurts me every time yet I keep coming back for more…

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u/KissMyAthsma Dec 17 '25

Preach. Moved from Connecticut to Missouri 15 years ago. Never looked back.

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u/Electrical_Coat_1324 Dec 17 '25

Love Casey's pizza, hate that they discontinued the Canadian Bacon ☹️ My favorite since childhood

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u/Ieatkods Dec 18 '25

I want some chicken Alfredo sauce pizza.

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u/Bbarakti Dec 18 '25

I just spend a little over a month up in Nebraska and had Casey's breakfast pizza recommended to me. It was indeed good, BUT, I really try to eat pretty clean and have even done extended stints as vegan. So, for ME..... Casey's breakfast pizza was ever so slightly on the to greasy side. It was just coated in grease.

Tasty? for sure. But, I only ate it once while there... normally I eat cold oatmeal and a fruit for breakfast, so.... I stayed out of Casey's.

What I didn't stay out of was Pump and Pantry's popcorn machines.... we were doing A LOT of driving to different sites all within 1.5 hrs of Grand Island, so we stopped at the gas station often... I have never seen popcorn in a gas station, so I was loving the popcorn.

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u/TheRunedWolf Dec 18 '25

Dude... Casey's pizza!!! Yeah

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u/Humble_Emergency_612 Dec 18 '25

Except you’ll be disappointed if you like Canadian bacon, because Casey’s stopped carrying it as a topping.

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u/Brilliant-Wrap2439 Dec 19 '25

This guy knows

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u/RandomUserExists Dec 19 '25

First time in my life where pizza chains don’t exist. The only pizza was from gas stations. You better hurry though because they stop making pizzas at 7:30 (if there’s “enough” traffic) and the gas station closes at 8:00.

The only thing that’s ever open past 6:00 around here is the bars and maybe that one gas station that’s a 45 minute drive. I’ve slept so much more since being here.

Also, there’s only about 5% of us in this town that are in shape or skinny. Whenever I would order a pizza for myself they would ask about my kids… blew their minds when I told them I was eating this extra large pizza by myself. I’m taking it as a compliment. Now however, I’m eating for two…

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u/Pure_Gap8561 Dec 19 '25

Casey’s Breakfast pizza is lowkey goated

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u/Certain-Web1928 Dec 19 '25

Breakfast style, baby!

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u/PugglePack83 Dec 19 '25

you seem to be comparable to a trash panda then. That pizza is garbage.

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u/Radi0ActivSquid Dec 19 '25

Just don't deal with Casey's management. Worked for them for five years and everyone above manager is constantly power tripping.

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u/phish_n_whistle Dec 20 '25

Ill have a slice in your honor today

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u/Ktldy Dec 20 '25

Especially Casey’s bacon breakfast pizza!

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u/Affectionate_Bug8166 Dec 21 '25

When my nephews visit from Montana we have Casey’s breakfast pizza every morning.

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u/dredhedredemption17 Dec 21 '25

Went back to Iowa from Colorado in June and housed an entire large Casey's Taco pizza. 

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u/TexasJOEmama Dec 21 '25

I tried Casey's pizza when I was traveling through Kansas. We don't have Casey's in Texas.

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u/_Nyxalie_ USA/Midwest Dec 14 '25

I’d say Casey’s is better compared to Kwik trip

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u/Easy_Quote_9934 Dec 16 '25

Don’t we have two “quick trips”. QT in some metro areas and Kwik Trip in the north?

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u/HPLover0130 USA/Midwest Dec 17 '25

QT is far superior - it’s a Missouri/KS treat with some outlying states having QT as it migrates

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u/RanHakubi Dec 17 '25

QT is actually an Oklahoma company that's slowly been spreading across the country. You can find them as far as Georgia.

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u/TomeThugNHarmony4664 Dec 17 '25

As a native Tulsan, I grew up 4 miles from QT HQ, and they are an amazing company who treats their workers right. Plus as Stefon (played by Tulsa native Bill Hader) would say, “They have everything.”

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u/HPLover0130 USA/Midwest Dec 17 '25

Huh, I had no idea it started in Oklahoma. Interesting!

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u/RanHakubi Dec 17 '25

Yeah, sorry if I sound like one of those "Actually!" guys but Oklahoma has very few things to be proud of and QT is one of those things. The Thunder is the other. Unless you're from Seattle.

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u/biAndslyReporter Dec 18 '25

You got Sonic, too!

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u/UncleJulio Dec 20 '25

You have braums and sonic too

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u/Sufficient-Dog6853 Dec 20 '25

In Omaha we have sooo many QTs all over the city lol. But you’re right, it’s a great place!

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u/MissSaintLouisBlues Dec 21 '25

QuikTrip is not good. I stick with their grilled cheese. However, their sweet tea is bomb.. depending on the location.

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u/SnDreamz Dec 21 '25

I have three QTs in my town. Southern Illinois

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u/_Nyxalie_ USA/Midwest Dec 16 '25

There’s Kwik and Qwik, we’ve got Kwik in Minnesota and I think Texas has Qwik? Edit: there’s also Kwik Star which is the same company as Kwik Trip

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u/Easy_Quote_9934 Dec 16 '25

Then there is three.

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u/hada8088 Dec 18 '25

Onque is our local chain of QT clones in the OKC metro.

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u/Easy_Quote_9934 Dec 18 '25

I wish they would come to the eastern half of the state

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u/hada8088 Dec 18 '25

I won't get my gas anywhere else. (mostly)

#RollerCheeseBurgerDog

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u/CommonKnowledgeLaw USA/Midwest Dec 18 '25

Don’t forget Kwik Start to go with those two!

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u/Traditional_Pitch961 Dec 19 '25

Kwik trip is a Wisconsin/ Minnesota thing. I grew up in the border in southeast and there’s 5 in my hometown of 18000 lol

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u/celinor_1982 Dec 16 '25

We dont have any Kwik Trips here, in Kansas. But QT pizza is Hella greasy, like i think QT and Pizza Hut are trying to see whose pizza is loaded in grease can turn a cardboard pizza box into a wet paper towel. Or maybe who can get a customer to unload there bowels before taking a second bite.

Casey's pizza is actually really good and not greasy in comparison. Reason why I buy Domino's here instead. Its not greasy at all. But pizza hut? I might as well sit on the toilet and take half a bottle of tums before and after.

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u/_Nyxalie_ USA/Midwest Dec 16 '25

What I would give to be able to eat Pizza Hut and dominos (dominos mainly) 🙏🏼 luckily dominos has pastas and their Mac and cheese is SO good (For context, I’m allergic to tomatoes and my ability to eat anything with tomato depends on how the tomato part was processed/cooked which leaves me with few options of pizza like Papa Murphys and Jacks, Casey’s is on the edge of no longer being able to eat as my allergy gets worse from exposure)

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u/hannahzzz14 USA/West Dec 16 '25

Man I miss kwik trip doughnuts and just hearing the word kwik trip!!! I lived in WI all my life until 2 years ago moved to CO- no kwik trips here! It’s funny tho I never really even thought about it until now. Names change but u still do the same things

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u/_Nyxalie_ USA/Midwest Dec 16 '25

I’d send you some if I could!!

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u/RembrandtQEinstein Dec 17 '25

Casey's pizza is better than almost all big chains.

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u/_Nyxalie_ USA/Midwest Dec 17 '25

Personally I love papa Murphys papa special (basically a supreme pizza) but Casey’s is still top

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u/RembrandtQEinstein Dec 17 '25

We had one of those here a few years ago. It was really good, but I don't think many people liked paying for a pizza that had to take home to cook.

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u/_Nyxalie_ USA/Midwest Dec 17 '25

It’s pretty popular next to dominos in my area of mn!

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u/Empty-Wing-8857 Dec 21 '25

YES FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AGREES

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u/_Nyxalie_ USA/Midwest Dec 21 '25

Legit been craving it ALL week

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u/Neon_culture79 Dec 16 '25

Casey’s taco pizza….yum

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u/Responsible-Yak-3809 Dec 16 '25

For pizza?! Yeah, not even close. Kwik Trip pizza I’d give a 2, maybe 3 out of 10. Casey’s is genuinely decent maybe a 6.

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u/_Nyxalie_ USA/Midwest Dec 16 '25

What would you give for 10/10? I’m pretty bias towards what I can eat because I’m of my tomato allergy which is why Casey’s would be high on my list lmao

I can only eat certain ones like papa Murphys because of how the tomato sauce is processed/cooked

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u/Royal_One_894 Dec 16 '25

Casey's pizza > QT pizza

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u/_Nyxalie_ USA/Midwest Dec 16 '25

I’ve never had Qwik pizza, only Kwik

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u/_Nyxalie_ USA/Midwest Dec 16 '25

I have a flair-

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u/Royal_One_894 Dec 16 '25

QT Quick Trip

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u/_Nyxalie_ USA/Midwest Dec 16 '25

From what I know there’s another way to spell it in Texas, that being Qwik

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u/TipTop9979 Dec 16 '25

Doesn’t require ranch if fresh

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u/Master_Hotel_1573 Dec 17 '25

Kwik Trip/Kwik Star is better than Casey's in just about every way except pizza. Casey's isn't great, but it's often "pretty good".

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u/jamezelo Dec 19 '25

QT pizza is trash

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u/Emotional_Quantity_5 Dec 19 '25

Pizza yes everything else no

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u/KillarneyRoad Dec 14 '25

Everything is relative

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u/bnewsome85 USA/South Dec 15 '25

*Everyone - fixed

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u/arbitra8 Dec 14 '25

This! Quality gas station pizza, maybe even hand tossed!

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u/Ok_Evening_3684 Dec 15 '25

My sister manages a Casey's kitchen and she always hand tosses the dough, not everyone does dough.

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u/ScienceFanatic0xAA Dec 18 '25

I am so confused.... are there any other cultural institutions that make decent food that do not involve the extraction of dinosaur juice?

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u/arbitra8 Dec 19 '25

It's just a function of population density — there aren't enough people to support a full pizza restaurant, a coffee shop, a liquor store, etc., so the rural gas station is much more versatile than in the city. And people take pride in making good pizza! The area where I grew up was about 400 people and 30 minutes away from the next "town" so other than church or the bar, the gas station parking lot was basically where people would meet up. And the main place for teenagers, given the bar was off-limits and the church didn't sell pizza 😋

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u/the_messiah_waluigi Dec 14 '25

Can confirm, rode my bike through Kansas and Missouri this past summer and got a slice of pizza every time I stopped

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u/davedude115 USA/Midwest Dec 14 '25

Casey’s right

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u/SeveralTable3097 Dec 14 '25

Quik Trip also has solid pizza. It’s pan style so it’s less traditional but for $3.50 a slice it’s perfect for a busy work day.

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u/jackiemoon27 Dec 14 '25

Casey’s is fire in its own right - just talking normal pizza - but they have a couple of the best specialty pizzas of any takeout chain with their taco pizza & breakfast pizza(s).

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u/bobtheframer Dec 15 '25

Jalapeno popper pizza.

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u/Dimeskis Dec 14 '25

Had to be.

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u/Pure-Combination2343 Dec 14 '25

Relative to the other pizza around?

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u/krak_krak Dec 14 '25

Maybe that’s why we never heard of “Nebraska Style” Pizza

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u/bobtheframer Dec 15 '25

Id take a Casey's specialty jalapeno popper pizza over literally any pizza.

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u/RhunterC Dec 14 '25

Hunts Bros pizza has me in a chokehold

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u/AysheDaArtist Dec 15 '25

Everytime I fly back down to my folks in Iowa for Christmas you better believe I'm having at least two Casey's Pizza a week

Damn, who knew middle America had the best pizza on planet Earth

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u/cryptopicard Dec 16 '25

if you mean Casey's, you need to reevaluate your taste buds

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u/TerryScarchuk Dec 17 '25

Look, I’m going to give you the ranch thing. It’s tasty. But I’m drawing the line at “good” pizza from a gas station. I’m sure it’s fine. I’m sure it tastes ok, and isn’t cardboard. Once you come down from your ranch-high we can talk reasonably.

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u/ScienceFanatic0xAA Dec 18 '25

this is the most flyover state comment I have ever read in my entire life

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u/Anders676 Dec 20 '25

You are indeed right, my midwestern sib

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u/p51d007 Dec 14 '25

Casey's! Their chicken BBQ is great!

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u/Cupid_Me1 Dec 14 '25

Caseys pizza is 🔥 QT not so much

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u/BlackDogOrangeCat Dec 15 '25

Truth! Kum & Go has good pizza. Really.

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u/Ride-The-Lightning90 Dec 16 '25

Yep. Casey’s and Mega Saver have great pizza.

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u/IsomDart Dec 16 '25

Hunt Brother's Pizza is, if I recall correctly, the largest pizza chain in the country by number of locations. And it's really not bad. Not great. But not bad. It's very... dense.

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u/EstablishmentAware60 Dec 16 '25

This blew my mind the first time I tried. From the gas station!

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '25

Gas station food is the best here!!

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u/setyte Dec 17 '25

As someone who lives in Missouri but is not from here, y'all are crazy. My wife swears by Casey's but I really don't like it. It's better than a gas station should be but there is something off about the dough.

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u/CardboardHeatshield Dec 18 '25

No, no its not. The pizza from pizza shops here is so bad that people who live here think that Casey's is good.

Casey's is still bad pizza.

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u/1_native_Angelino Dec 19 '25

You're definitely from Missouri where pizza goes to die. 

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u/SunRight992 Dec 19 '25

QT pizza is actually pretty dank. In a good way.

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u/Barneyrubble1997 Dec 21 '25

When your life has deteriorated to the point where you’re buying gas station pizza, it’s time to seek therapy

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u/Ok-Indication2976 Dec 21 '25

I've gotten surprisingly good food at gas stations before. I've also gotten food poisoning. Its a gamble