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So, I'm normally a big fan of cold pizza. In fact it is one of my alltime favorite things to eat for breakfast. But I'm sitting here, muching a cold pizza hut pepperoni, and it's vile. Some Pizza Hut has managed to make their pizza inedible when cold. Which is a crime against fast food pizza. I think it has to with the cheese/crust/toppings ratio.

So, what do you think of cold Pizza?

ive eaten little caesars pizza cold... tastes great. its actually spicier and has more flavor when cold, go figure.

Pizza is much better hot. I'd rather soggy nuked pizza then cold pizza.

I love garbage pizza when it's cold!

ive eaten little caesars pizza cold... tastes great. its actually spicier and has more flavor when cold, go figure.

Little Ceasars does indeed make a good cold pizza. Although I have my gripe with them to (wow I'm whiny tonight). Everytime I go in for one of "Hot and Ready" pizzas, they aren't ready. Fifteen minutes, every damn time. I think they missed the memo about having them ready. I go into LC's in another town, I can walk in and buy a pizza, I go here, I walk in, ask for a pizza, and come back in in 15 minutes.

Little Ceasars does indeed make a good cold pizza. Although I have my gripe with them to (wow I'm whiny tonight). Everytime I go in for one of "Hot and Ready" pizzas, they aren't ready. Fifteen minutes, every damn time. I think they missed the memo about having them ready. I go into LC's in another town, I can walk in and buy a pizza, I go here, I walk in, ask for a pizza, and come back in in 15 minutes.

yeah. but i think the intent is to have a good hot pizza, and i dont think that any pizza chain does it too well to be honest.

where do you go for LCs, btw?

Little Ceasars does indeed make a good cold pizza. Although I have my gripe with them to (wow I'm whiny tonight). Everytime I go in for one of "Hot and Ready" pizzas, they aren't ready. Fifteen minutes, every damn time. I think they missed the memo about having them ready. I go into LC's in another town, I can walk in and buy a pizza, I go here, I walk in, ask for a pizza, and come back in in 15 minutes.

I haven't had Little Caesars in years. Hell, I don't even really remember WHERE I last had it. It MIGHT have been Oxnard California, though it may more probably have been Middletown Ohio.

But I don't think anyone can call pizza fast food. Even the swiftest made pizza takes fifteen minutes.

I haven't had Little Caesars in years. Hell, I don't even really remember WHERE I last had it. It MIGHT have been Oxnard California, though it may more probably have been Middletown Ohio.

But I don't think anyone can call pizza fast food. Even the swiftest made pizza takes fifteen minutes.

Hence the hot and ready...

Ever wondered how long it takes KFC to fry it's chicken? Breading, frying, all that jazz. Doesn't sound fast.

Or how long it takes McDonalds to fit that much grease into a cardboard cutout of a hamburger patty? I'm still not sure it should be possible.

Hence the hot and ready...

Ever wondered how long it takes KFC to fry it's chicken? Breading, frying, all that jazz. Doesn't sound fast.

Or how long it takes McDonalds to fit that much grease into a cardboard cutout of a hamburger patty? I'm still not sure it should be possible.

A) Pizza is never ready when you want it. And as soon you walk in wanting a coke, they'll have piles of it.

B) I have it on pretty good authority that KFC chicken takes 16 minutes to cook(16 actually in the oil). Breading a full batch is supposed to take about five minutes. A good cook can do it in three. The fastest I've ever seen was a minute and forty-three seconds. Yes, I work at a KFC.

C)McDonalds is gross. Stay back.

well, it's supposed to be at LCs... hot and ready, i mean

Hence the hot and ready...

Ever wondered how long it takes KFC to fry it's chicken? Breading, frying, all that jazz. Doesn't sound fast.

Or how long it takes McDonalds to fit that much grease into a cardboard cutout of a hamburger patty? I'm still not sure it should be possible.
I worked at Wendy's for quite a while, so while I hardly have the broadest picture of the fast food industry, I can safely say that most of the work is already done for us.
All we do is either cook the patties on the grill then put them in the sandwiches, or fry up the chicken and put them in the sandwiches. And the frying doesn't take that long: seven minutes for the spicy and regular(chicken filet); four minutes for the crispy, and about ten minutes for the grilled. Thing is, we keep several on hand in heated drawers above the sandwich station so that we don't run out. (Of course we only keep them in the drawer for so long, with a healthy safety margin to prevent health hazards.) The grill has several heated rows where both the 2 oz--the small meat for Junior burgers, doublestacks, and the like--and the 4 oz--the larger meat for the main burgers--can sit for a while. Any meat that's still there when the timer runs out on them is placed in the drawer up high above the grill--at 181 degrees Farenheit--to be placed in the chili later. As for fries and chicken nuggest--and chicken strips--we have a whole area where we keep them, and keep them fresh. (A seven minute timer on fries and a thirty minute timer on nuggest and strips before they must be replaced. Cooking wise, it's three minutes on the fries and four minutes thirty seconds on the nuggest and strips.)

Okay, so that might have been a bit too much explanation wise, but you get the idea. Fast food peeps do everything they can to make sure that it really does happen quickly. Most of the work is already done: all we do is heat it up real fast and put it together. Pizzas cannot be made like that, nor would I want one to be made like that. That's why it takes at least fifteen minutes, and why I cannot call a pizza place a fast food business.

true. i work a little caesars. the one i work, however, actually takes pride in its toppings. we get the ingredients for the sauce and hand mix it, we hand make our dough, and we cook our pizzas and let them sit for only a little while.

yes, the toppings are all precut and the cheese is preblended, but the dough and the sauce parts make it all worthwhile.

I hate cold pizza, but I love the whole warming pizza up the next day thing.

I hate cold pizza. The thought is making me a bit ill.

Silly person. Cold Dominoes pizxa is much better than cold Pizza Hut pizza.

I don't like pizza of any temperature.

So, I'm normally a big fan of cold pizza. In fact it is one of my alltime favorite things to eat for breakfast. But I'm sitting here, muching a cold pizza hut pepperoni, and it's vile. Some Pizza Hut has managed to make their pizza inedible when cold. Which is a crime against fast food pizza. I think it has to with the cheese/crust/toppings ratio.

So, what do you think of cold Pizza?

Your first problem is in thinking that Pizza Hut's food product is actual pizza.
You really need 1) a better chain to frequent (Bertucci's is good if you can find it) or a 2) Mom n Pop pizzeria, either New York style (the best) or Chicago style (a more than worthy rival).

But yeah, cold GOOD pizza for breakfast FTW.

I love garbage pizza when it's cold!

A man after my own heart. There's just something about a pie with EVERYTHING!

I don't like pizza of any temperature.

My man,you have not lived.

My man,you have not lived.

*checks pulse*

Holy crap you're right!

Silly person. Cold Dominoes pizxa is much better than cold Pizza Hut pizza.
And greasy takeaway pizza after a night out (y'know, from the kebab shops) is even better. And cheaper. But not quite so good cold.

Your first problem is in thinking that Pizza Hut's food product is actual pizza.
You really need 1) a better chain to frequent (Bertucci's is good if you can find it) or a 2) Mom n Pop pizzeria, either New York style (the best) or Chicago style (a more than worthy rival).

But yeah, cold GOOD pizza for breakfast FTW.

We are unfortunatley stuck mostly with large chains. There is one most excellent mom and pop pizzera here. The problem being that it is far out of my price range. I just went with the best coupon. Hurray for being a poor student.

Cold, congealed pizza for the artery-clogging win!

So, I'm normally a big fan of cold pizza. In fact it is one of my alltime favorite things to eat for breakfast. But I'm sitting here, muching a cold pizza hut pepperoni, and it's vile. Some Pizza Hut has managed to make their pizza inedible when cold. Which is a crime against fast food pizza. I think it has to with the cheese/crust/toppings ratio.

So, what do you think of cold Pizza?

is it pan? I love Pizza Hut's handtossed and thin crust cold, but yeah their pan pizza crust in terrible cold.

Yum!

When I was at primary school (aged about 8 or 9, I think) I used to have it in my packed lunch sometimes, and I still eat it now when I get the chance.

cold pizza sucks. How come no one ever goes on about, say, cold lasagna, cold steak or cold chicken fried rice? Because foods that are meant to be eaten hot taste crappy when cold, and the only reason people think otherwise is when you're hungover and chugging coffee and lazy you'll eat anything, including a cold steak.

Your first problem is in thinking that Pizza Hut's food product is actual pizza.
You really need 1) a better chain to frequent (Bertucci's is good if you can find it) or a 2) Mom n Pop pizzeria, either New York style (the best) or Chicago style (a more than worthy rival).

But yeah, cold GOOD pizza for breakfast FTW.

Bah, you're one of those pretentious east coast pizza elitists. While I'm sure Bertucci's, Chicago and New York style pizzas are just fine, so is Pizza Hut. It's all pizza. Yes, ACTUAL pizza!

cold pizza sucks. How come no one ever goes on about, say, cold lasagna, cold steak or cold chicken fried rice? Because foods that are meant to be eaten hot taste crappy when cold, and the only reason people think otherwise is when you're hungover and chugging coffee and lazy you'll eat anything, including a cold steak.

All of those things are really nice (perhaps with the exception of cold lasagne, I haven't tried it), especially cold steak. In a sandwich. Oh yes.

All of those things are really nice (perhaps with the exception of cold lasagne, I haven't tried it), especially cold steak. In a sandwich. Oh yes.

There's a reason humans discovered fire, and it wasn't so that we could eat cold food constantly.

I assume tha pizza has been cooked before. If so, then cold fas food pizza is a definite no no, but my homemade pizza tastes divine even when it's been cooled. :p

There's a reason humans discovered fire, and it wasn't so that we could eat cold food constantly.

Not constantly.:p Occasionally it's nice. And this is stuff that's been cooked. Like ham, a cooked meat, cooked and refrigerated steak is really nice.

Not constantly.:p Occasionally it's nice.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you know what else is nice occasionally? RAPE AND GENOCIDE!

:p

And this is stuff that's been cooked. Like ham, a cooked meat, cooked and refrigerated steak is really nice.

You might have a point with cold cuts. Still, pizza is meant to be hot, so the cheese can be drippy and gooey. Cold pizza is like... warm beer.

Your first problem is in thinking that Pizza Hut's food product is actual pizza.
You really need 1) a better chain to frequent (Bertucci's is good if you can find it) or a 2) Mom n Pop pizzeria, either New York style (the best) or Chicago style (a more than worthy rival).

But yeah, cold GOOD pizza for breakfast FTW.

I'll have to agree with you on the New York style being the best. See, there's a pizzeria about fifteen miles from my house called Locatelli's. They emigrated from NYC (I'm guessing Brooklyn) several years ago to start their pizzeria here, and it has to be the best pizza I've ever eaten.

First of all, everything they use is fresh. They make their own sauce and sausage (which is mashed nice and flat), their cheese is made with whole milk (so, so good) and their vegetables are never pre-sliced. All in all, the pizza takes about an hour to make, but it's totally worth it.

I'd love to take home some pizza from that place, but it's extremely difficult... See, it's so good that I can't keep from finishing all of it. I usually have four or five slices (and they're big slices), my brother has around three or four, and my cousin has about three... My uncle, well, he has two, maybe three. The last time we ate there, we finished off two of their biggest pizzas, so you get the picture. :p

So, I'm normally a big fan of cold pizza. In fact it is one of my alltime favorite things to eat for breakfast. But I'm sitting here, muching a cold pizza hut pepperoni, and it's vile. Some Pizza Hut has managed to make their pizza inedible when cold. Which is a crime against fast food pizza. I think it has to with the cheese/crust/toppings ratio.

So, what do you think of cold Pizza?



I Love cold pizza for breakfast! Have you ever heard of Donato's? There Mariachi Beef Pizza is the Bomb.
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Commercial Pizza is over-cheesy rubbish.

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Pizza Hut pizza us not edible either hot or cold. Cardboard painted red is better than Pizza Hut pizza.

Pizza Hut pizza us not edible either hot or cold.

Really? Are you lactose intolerant, or do you just have a weak stomach? Cuz, I can eat it, and I assume we are both of the same species. So maybe you don't mean "inedible," but rather, "me no likey." ;)

cold pizza sucks. How come no one ever goes on about, say, cold lasagna, cold steak or cold chicken fried rice? Because foods that are meant to be eaten hot taste crappy when cold, and the only reason people think otherwise is when you're hungover and chugging coffee and lazy you'll eat anything, including a cold steak.



Bah, you're one of those pretentious east coast pizza elitists. While I'm sure Bertucci's, Chicago and New York style pizzas are just fine, so is Pizza Hut. It's all pizza. Yes, ACTUAL pizza!

Funny, I don't drink and I love cold pizza.
And Pizza Hut is cardboard with sugar sauce.
At least have Dominos or Papa John's if you must.

Really? Are you lactose intolerant, or do you just have a weak stomach? Cuz, I can eat it, and I assume we are both of the same species. So maybe you don't mean "inedible," but rather, "me no likey." ;)

No, I do mean inedible. Also, it is the worst pizza I ever ate. Neither my wife or I don't like it. Frozen cooked at home pizza is even better than Pizza Pizza. :eek:

Papa John's is the best, I think (as far a big name chains go). Pizza King is pretty good, too, but I think they're limited to around the great lake states.

Cold Pizza is awesome, I prefer sausage pizza hot, but you can't beat cold pepperoni pies.

Funny, I don't drink and I love cold pizza.
And Pizza Hut is cardboard with sugar sauce.
At least have Dominos or Papa John's if you must.
I dunno, the Papa Johns here is sweeter than Pizza Hut.

But I love Domino's Thin Crust more than Pizza Huts.