Papa John's vs. Pizza Hut

My next post will focus on one of America's most dominant foods: Pizza! I absoultely love pizza. I can eat pizza for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, dessert, and another snack just because of how amazing it is. There is nothing more that I love that next day, reheated pizza in the morning. I enjoy all varieties of pizzas, ranging from classic meat lovers and cheeses to crazy California Pizza Kitchen rarities featuring chicken and other crazy combinations. Plain and simple, anything labeled pizza, I will devour it.

This post will focus on two very well known, popular pizza chains: Papa John's and Pizza Hut. Papa John's specializes in the thin crust style with the perfectly rounded, fluffy and doughy crust. I have been enjoying the treat of Papa John's for many years. The best years of my life came when my older brother, Loren, worked at a Papa John's for a couple years. He would bring home pizzas and cheesesticks daily for our family to consume. When feeling like a pizza, we would simply call him up and order a pizza for pick up to devour on the way home.

Not having as much experience with Pizza Hut as I have with Papa John's, I have still managed to consume hundreds of slices of Pizza Hut in my lifetime. Pizza Hut established itself as a modern day, simple style of pizza raning from thin crust, original pan, and deep dish. I have enjoyed its original pan dish with simple toppings such as the basic pepporoni and cheese or meat lover's.

Both pizza's being absolutely delicious, I favor one over than the other. Lets look at the differences and get down to business!

In the beginning, I have enjoyed Papa John's crust better than Pizza Hut because of its round shape and fluffy center. It is uniquely distinguished by its brownish color; deceiving because it looks "crispy" but when bitten into, is the softest, most mouthwatering crust in the industry. It is best consumed with the last bit of pizza sauce from the slice in order to prevent dryness. I never though a "chain" pizza restaraunt would have a better crust until I was introduced to Pizza Hut's stuffed crust.

I love cheese. I love cheese a lot. I would say cheese is in my top three things of foods I love. As you all know, bread is my number 1 food I love. Add two top three favorites into one, and I melt. Pizza Hut's stuffed crust pizza was genius. Never have I enjoyed eating pizza backwards more than I have Pizza Hut's. The cheese adds sentiments to the pizza, creating unique flavor and preventing the crust from ever being dry. The addition of cheese in a crust is in the top 10 inventions of all time.

And now, for the final ratings. As much as I love Pizza Hut's stuffed crust pizza, I just think Pizza Hut sucks. Their pizza is too bland and generic. Papa John's is by far the winner. I didn't even get to Papa John's best ingredient: the garlic dipping sauce! AMAZING! There is nothing better than devouring great tasting pizza to finish off the slice with crust dipped into their garlic sauce.

The best part of Pizza Hut? The stuffed crust. The second best part? Throwing the rest of the pizza away.

Just imagine... visualize the picture of a Papa John's stuffed crust pizza with garlic dipping sauce... mm'mm m'm mm'mm.. perfection!

Overall Rating: Papa John's Pizza: 4 out of 5 Stars.

Pizza Hut Pizza: 2 out of 5 Stars (only because of the stuffed crust)