The Iowan Pizza Chronicles: January 2019

Venue Outside

The Venue
124 Collins Rd NE Ste A & B,
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
(319) 447-9000

Some love Pizza Hut for childhood memories. Personally, mine was Little Cesars. I loved the crazy bread and little personal square pizzas as a kid. Since Some love it for 90s nostalgia. Some simply love it and some don’t. The location in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that has NO indoor seating, so this one was taken to my house. You can order online and have it ready for you when you arrive, which is a nice feature. They email you a 3d barcode to scan from your phone to unlock a little oven door that keeps your pizza warm for you until you can pick it up. No human interaction needed with the employees, it’s pretty slick!

Venue Inside

The Pizza

Chicago Style: No

Crust Thickness: Average

Menu: https://order.littlecaesars.com/en-us/stores/32480004/ordering/extramostbestest-pizzas

Participants: 11 (plus 7 children)

Pizza Ordered: 9

Sizes Offered/Ordered: Large

Crusts Offered/Ordered: Thin, Pan, Stuffed Crust

Pieces Cut: Triangular

5 Meat Feast - Large round pizza with Bacon, Sausage, Ham, Pepperoni and Beef $10.00

Venue Kitchen

Ultimate Supreme - Large round pi

zza with Pepperoni, Sausage, Mushrooms, Onions and Green Peppers $11.00

Pizza Spread

ExtraMostBestest® 3 Meat Treat® - Large round pizza with Pepperoni, Sausage and Bacon $9.50

Classic Cheese - Large round pizza with Cheese $5.99

DEEP!DEEP!™ Dish Pepperoni - Large Detroit-style deep dish pizza with Pepperoni $8.00

Thin Crust Pepperoni - A large Thin Crust pizza topped edge-to-edge with Cheese and Pepperoni $6.00

ExtraMostBestest® Stuffed Crust Pepperoni - Large round Pepperoni pizza with a ring of cheese baked into the crust $9.99

Stuffed Pretzel Crust - A large soft pretzel crust pizza with a cheese-stuffed crust, creamy Cheddar Cheese Sauce, Mozzarella and Muenster Cheeses and Pepperoni $9.00

Pretzel Crust - A large buttery-flavored soft pretzel crust pizza with creamy Cheddar Cheese Sauce, Mozzarella and Muenster Cheeses and Pepperoni $6.00

The Verdict

Sauce: The sauce was decent. Not too thick and not too thin.

Cheese: The cheese was cold by the time I got home. This actually tasted like decent cheese (unlike the previous Pizza Hut’s attempt).

Crust: Many enjoyed the pretzel crust, but I did like the deep dish. Spongey goodness from that pizza!

Toppings: sparse except on the meat pizzas-those were loaded.

Final Comments/Considerations: I think it’s a good buy, especially for the deep dish. However, you won’t be getting anything fancy. A solid go-to for cheap eats.

Here are our ratings, where 1 = worst and 10 = best.

Overall 6.18

Cheese 6.55

Sauce 6.82

Topping 6.18

Crust 6.91

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Favorite: Pretzel Stuffed Pepperoni