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Yeah I like Marcos - when they are on their game, it is tolerable.

I rate Marcos #1. Dominos #2. Everything else is crap. Pizza Hut. Papa Johns. Little Ceasars. Etc.

And that’s the thing. I can sort of surmise based on experience, they all do it - there’s a “recipe” they are supposed to follow, and I’m sure they watch their ingredients carefully. And they probably have a light hand at times depending who makes the pie. Sometimes there isn’t enough sauce, or sometimes no detectable garlic or parmesan flavor. Crust seems like flavorless mush.

I think all the pizza chains are trying to keep the costs down to make the pizza affordable but yeah they have to make a profit at the end of the day. I think the biggest culprit here is the crust. Pick up a pizza at one of the chains and it'll taste like cardboard. Papa Johns used to have pretty decent crust but now its all cardboard.

I don’t get it, pizza is not a high tech item. There should be a certain ratio of crust/sauce/cheese/toppings, and it’s perfect, or near enough. I don’t want “extra” anything. I just want the damn thing made right.

Mom and Pop places are able to make decent pizzas so I know it's not my taste buds.