# Pizza: Thick or Thin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084 "2015-10-09T21:44:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/21 "2015-10-10T05:18:19Z")
It’s obvious what you mean by “thin pizza”, but when you say “thick pizza” do you mean Chicago style deep dish (which most respondents seem to be assuming) or do you mean Sicilian style? Image: [http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server2200/86kybhq4/product\_images/uploaded\_images/luigis-pizza-sicilian-pizza-2-280px.jpg](http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server2200/86kybhq4/product_images/uploaded_images/luigis-pizza-sicilian-pizza-2-280px.jpg) If you mean Sicilian then I have to vote thick. I love the standard NY style thin slice but [Via Veneto’s](http://www.viavenetopizza.com/) Sicilian Pizza is famous in my area. Everyone swears it’s the world’s best. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/22 "2015-10-10T06:54:10Z")
Me, I vote for thin crust, cracker-style, from Chicago. Cut in Chicago Squares. Not those wimpy triangles 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/23 "2015-10-10T13:21:35Z")
If I’m slumming it by ordering from the usual chain delivery, I choose thin every time. Our favourite brick oven pizza restarant serves some fantastic medium to thin crust pies. My wife makes amazing deep dish pizza which she bakes in a cast iron pan. Epic. So I guess, it all depends. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/24 "2015-10-10T13:52:49Z")
> [@Atomic\_Mama](#): > > Me, I vote for thin crust, cracker-style, from Chicago. Cut in Chicago Squares. Not those wimpy triangles 🆒 This. Everyone thinks of Chicago pizza as deep dish but 95% off what’s eaten around here is the thin crisp square cut crust. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/25 "2015-10-10T14:56:56Z")
Thin. I don’t like chewing on a bunch of dough. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/26 "2015-10-10T15:02:58Z")
It’s all good. But if I had to pick, I’d pick thin crust: it’s less filling and carby, so I can enjoy more of the rest of the pizza (sauce/cheese/toppings). ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/27 "2015-10-10T15:16:31Z")
For me, Thick crust could Sicilian Pizza or just a regular round pizza but the crust is thicker (you order it that way). Chicago style is a different animal to me. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/28 "2015-10-10T15:38:55Z")
> [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](#): > > I personally love thin. It has less cheese. And I hate cheese on Pizza! Really? No one’s going to address this? You do realize cheese is one of the three defining ingredients of pizza? Without cheese, you’ve just got bread with sauce on it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/29 "2015-10-10T15:56:22Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > This. Everyone thinks of Chicago pizza as deep dish but 95% off what’s eaten around here is the thin crisp square cut crust. Yep. Another vote for that style. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/30 "2015-10-10T15:57:16Z")
I prefer thin/thiner side of things, but thick/deep dish can be okay too. I think the bigger problem is that thin is much more likely to be done correctly. A poorly done (and more likely to be that way) thick/deep dish is just terrible IMO. Its like a cross between an under cooked giant biscuit and a shallow thick stew. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/31 "2015-10-10T15:59:13Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Really? No one’s going to address this? > > You do realize cheese is one of the three defining ingredients of pizza? Without cheese, you’ve just got bread with sauce on it. Pizza actually does not require cheese. And bread is essentially what pizza is. It doesn’t even require sauce, ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/32 "2015-10-10T16:04:10Z")
Yeah, go ahead and make a round piece of bread, throw some toppings on it, without cheese or sauce and see how many people besides some hipster douches call it a pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/33 "2015-10-10T17:57:18Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Pizza actually does not require cheese. And bread is essentially what pizza is. It doesn’t even require sauce, I disagree. Pizza is at a minimum cheese, sauce and bread. Leave one of those three out you may have something yummy but it wouldn’t be pizza. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/34 "2015-10-10T18:33:27Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I disagree. Pizza is at a minimum cheese, sauce and bread. Leave one of those three out you may have something yummy but it wouldn’t be pizza. White pizza is a common offering, at least in my area. It’s cheese, oil, and garlic; no sauce. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/35 "2015-10-10T18:39:49Z")
You’ll note they call it a WHITE pizza, not just A pizza. What do you think the reason for that is? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/36 "2015-10-10T18:44:45Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > You’ll note they call it a WHITE pizza, not just A pizza. What do you think the reason for that is? Yes, and the call pizza with pepperoni “pepperoni pizza”. That doesn’t mean it’s not pizza. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/37 "2015-10-10T18:50:12Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > For me, Thick crust could Sicilian Pizza or just a regular round pizza but the crust is thicker (you order it that way). Chicago style is a different animal to me. I assume you mean “cold” Sicilian? You may mean tomato pie, which is a different thing from pizza. This place is famous around here for their tomato pie. [http://www.corropolesebakery.com/?page\_id=13](http://www.corropolesebakery.com/?page_id=13) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/38 "2015-10-10T19:12:35Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I disagree. Pizza is at a minimum cheese, sauce and bread. Leave one of those three out you may have something yummy but it wouldn’t be pizza. Tell that to the Italians. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/39 "2015-10-10T19:22:03Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Yes, and the call pizza with pepperoni “pepperoni pizza”. That doesn’t mean it’s not pizza. Serve a random person a white pizza with pepperoni on it, but just call it a pepperoni pizza. Tally the responses and get back to us. Yeah, technically speaking a hamburger bun with ketchup and american cheese is a pizza too, but I wouldnt go head to head with Pappa Johns with that business model. Then again, I am kinda racist, so I might like a pizza with an extra helping of white on it. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084/40 "2015-10-10T19:29:36Z")
I like thin crispy cracker crust type pizza for a veggie pizza. But hailing from the Chicahgah area, real pizza is deep dish pizza. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-thick-or-thin/734084.md?page=3)