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Who is the king of pizza crust?

By: Sean Smith

Which pizza crust is the best, here’s a rundown.

  1. Chicago deep dish has a high edge to the pizza and is filled with chunky tomato sauce and cheese, along with different meat toppings. 
  2. New York Pizza is typically a large hand-tossed thin crust with a thinner edge and a soft, pliable crust below the toppings.  In New York it is usually sold by the slice and folded in half to eat.
  3. St Louis Pizza is popular for it’s thin cracker-like crust made without yeast and cut into squares or rectangles.
  4. Detroit Style Pizza is baked in a rectangle and has a thick crispy and chewy crust, the cheese goes all the way out to the edges.
  5. Grandma Pizza has a distinct thin, rectangular crust topped with cheese and tomato sauce.
  6. Sicilian pizza is also known as a focaccia is a rectangular crust that is made with flour, water, yeast, and olive oil and left to rise before baking.
  7. Neapolitan Pizza is also known as Naples-style pizza and has a thin and soft crust that will bubble up and char in spots.
  8. California Pizza combines New York and Italian thin crust with toppings from California cuisine.
  9. Greek Pizza is proofed and baked in a shallow metal pan. 

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