They don’t drench the dough in grease, worked for them for sever years in my youth, but they do have to grease the pan for pan pizza which is what 90% of the people order, because if they don’t you’d never get the stuff out of the pan.
Order a crust other than pan and you won’t have the issue.
Papa John’s does not have a Pan Pizza equivalent, nor do most other chains. If you order the hand tossed or thin, which is what most other pizza is it will not have the issue you don’t like.
Apples and Oranges trying to compare these 2 different types of pizza.
Interesting. And to think that for 30 years Pizza Hut has done nothing to make me aware of the difference & alternative, a problem which introducing a paprika & curry flavor won’t correct.