“the pan crust outsells the others by vast margins, its what literally makes pizza hut pizza hut”
And, Pizza Hut being famous for that style to the point of the general public equating the two (they’re not going to rationally analyze the options to the degree you are), interest in that style is declining and taking the brand’s profitability with it. Sure, if I stop and think about it I can realize I can order a “hand tossed” crust with a fraction of the grease ... or, like voters faced with Republicans trying to lure Democrats by shifting their positions leftward, we can vote with our feet and go somewhere specializing in what we want rather than offering it as a paltry also-ran version thereof.
When I can go to Papa Johns or Mellow Mushroom where their feature is what I want, why would I go to Pizza Hut whose feature isn’t?
I am not saying you can’t go to other places, I am simply saying to compare their pan pizza to other types of pizza is as more greasy an invalid comparison. If you wish to compare apples to apples, you have to do so.
IF you like a different style you are free to order it, but to blanketly say Pizza Hut’s pizza is too greasy, when you go in and order a type of pizza crust that is greasy by default, its just not an honest comparison.
Believe me, not defending Pizza Hut, frankly I am fortunate enough to live in a town with lots of mom and pops still operating that offer a vast variety in the pizza spectrum and they will always crush any chain, Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, Dominos, etc.... but you have to compare apples to apples.
You can’t compare a pan pizza to a traditional style and say chain a is better than chain b.... if you like traditional style, you have to compare both of those from both vendors.
Cici and Mellow Mushroom are good... but homemade is great...