# Squares or triangle cut pizzas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225 "2023-09-17T01:55:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/21 "2023-09-17T11:25:32Z")
Triangles give more surface area. Not sure if that matters, but it feels like it might. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/22 "2023-09-17T11:45:08Z")
Squares remind me of cafeteria and ChuckECheese crap. Pizza pies are round, slices are triangular. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/23 "2023-09-17T12:09:27Z")
How do I prefer to have my pizza cut? The question doesn’t make any sense to me. Round pizza gets cut into triangles and rectangular pizza gets cut into squares. And (assuming we aren’t talking about chain pizza) whether a pizza is round or square depends on the crust, so the question really should be which style of pizza do I prefer, Sicilian or “regular”. My answer is that in general, I like both equally but I prefer the Sicilian from certain pizzerias and the regular from others. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/24 "2023-09-17T12:21:23Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Squares, because it means I’m in Rome. I was just remembering the first time I had pizza cut in squares; it was in Frankfurt, Germany in the 80s. I thought “how odd”! And it was a Pizza Hut, as well. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/25 "2023-09-17T12:30:01Z")
I have never seen a pizza cut into squares IRL, so I can’t give an informed opinion. However, I’ve seen it cut this way in commercials for all-you-can-eat buffets, so square cuts make me think of Golden Corral commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/26 "2023-09-17T12:53:00Z")
When we get large pizzas for our work lunches (20-25 people and we usually have lots of leftovers) the caterers cut them into 4 inch squares. The pizzas are huge (at least 16 inches, maybe more) and any wedges cut that wouldn’t just be limp messes would be too large for many people (though others would happily eat two slices). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/27 "2023-09-17T12:56:38Z")
Triangles, because, the crust being round, all the pizza goodness runs to the middle of the pie and ends up on the points. And I’m always grateful when they cut the pie into 12 slices because I just can’t eat 16. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/28 "2023-09-17T13:37:51Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > And I’m always grateful when they cut the pie into 12 slices because I just can’t eat 16. Heh. That reminds me of a “nifty” (= weird and eccentric) idea I had: I wondered if there would be any demand for novelty pizza pies cut into [exactly seven wedges](https://www.amazon.com/7-Slice-Cutter-Stainless-Commmercial-Side-Handles/dp/B002LGB1IG?th=1), for when 1/6 of a pie is too much and 1/8 would be too little. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/29 "2023-09-17T13:45:13Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I like it both ways and it depends on the style of pizza. Most places know which method is best for the style they serve and will cut it accordingly. Thin crust usually gets cut into squares pub style while traditional/newyork or hand-tossed is triangles. I agree, and IME this is how Domino’s does it: squares for their crispy thin crust, triangles for the other crust styles. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/30 "2023-09-17T14:21:12Z")
Somewhere there’s a demand for it or they wouldn’t have made the 7-wedge slicer (golf term?). Clearly, more marketing research is needed; I’ll have my team (my wife) get right on it. Oh, sweetums? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/31 "2023-09-17T14:32:59Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I’ll have my team (my wife) get right on it. Oh, sweetums? You’re married to [Sweetums](https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Sweetums)? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/32 "2023-09-17T14:36:41Z")
Ee-Yikes! My Muppet-fu is sorely lacking! My wife’s hair isn’t that long. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/33 "2023-09-17T14:40:26Z")
If it is thin-crust, I prefer squares. Smaller pieces, less likely to drip down your shirt. Also because the best pizza in the area when I was a kid was cut into squares, whereas the cheap stuff was cut into triangles. Memories. That best place still exists, but as a franchise though, so the quality varies. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/34 "2023-09-17T14:58:58Z")
I live in squaresville here in Chicago, so, for (round) Midwestern-style thin crust, it’s always been squares. Growing up, the good take-out pizza was cut in squares. The stuff at the school cafeteria and places like Pizza Hut was triangle slices. That stuff had its place, too, but the square cut thin crusts were of a higher caliber. Now you can get great pizza of any cut here, of course, but I still associate squares with my favorite Chicago style thin crust joints, and I prefer the form factor and ability to finely control your portion for that style of crispier pizza. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/35 "2023-09-17T15:09:13Z")
Hey, thanks for the memory: when I was in school, pizza was in squares because it was easier to transport a rectangular pan from **Cafeteria Slop Central HQ** than a passel of round pans. At least that’s the theory that I have and which is mine and what it is, too. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/36 "2023-09-17T15:12:00Z")
Depends on the pizza style. Thin (especially crisp) crust pizzas work better in squares, IMHO. Thicker, more tender-crust pizza works better in wedgest. YMMV, of course, And I’d eat it if it were cut into curliques or pentagons. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/37 "2023-09-17T15:16:50Z")
Cold from the fridge for breakfast with a HUGE glass of chocolate milk! ---
**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:** [September 17, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/38 "2023-09-17T15:17:17Z")
Ah, I should say, the high school cafeteria had the pie slices. In grammar school, we’d get pizza maybe once a month in our hot lunches – those were cut square, but something more like Sicilian style, baked in a pan. I absolutely _loved_ those, too. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/39 "2023-09-17T15:20:28Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > The stuff at the school cafeteria and places like Pizza Hut was triangle slices Our suburban school pizza was more of a singular rectangular slab than anything resembling tavern-cut pieces so I never really mentally connected them. I am amused that, in the Chicago area, “square cut” more often indicates “good quality take-out thin crust” and elsewhere it’s “Chuck E Cheese buffet stuff” and vice-versa for the triangle wedges. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225/40 "2023-09-17T15:20:46Z")
Shows how irresponsible our county Board of Education was – pizza was available every day in all the schools I attended. Guess it was better than cleaning green bean battles off the walls of the lunchroom. > [@Jophiel](#): > > in the Chicago area, “square cut” more often indicates “good quality take-out thin crust” and elsewhere it’s “Chuck E Cheese buffet stuff”. There is no standardization anywhere and it is frustrating as all get out! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squares-or-triangle-cut-pizzas/990225.md?page=3)