Americans love pizza and a new report from Pizza Hut reveals our pizza preferences and how much of it we’re all eating. The restaurant chain surveyed 5-thousand U.S. adults and found people have pizza three times every month, on average, eating eight slices during that time.
- Of course, those numbers vary, depending where you live, and Wisconsin takes the lead with an average monthly consumption of 10 slices.
- North Dakota, New York, Minnesota and Wisconsin are the states that eat the most pizza overall.
The survey also finds:
- Friday is the most popular day to order pizza.
- The most popular types of crust are thin (28%), stuffed (20%) and thick crust (14%).
- Stuffed crust is the favorite in 14 states, led by Wyoming and Montana with 30% of their respondents preferring the stuffed variety.
- People also love dipping sauces for their slices, ranch is the most popular (38%), followed by garlic sauce (27%) and hot sauce (8%).
- The most popular style is New York style pizza and pepperoni is the favorite meat topping (42%), except in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, where they prefer sausage.
- Parmesan is the top choice for seasoning (55%), except in New York, where it’s garlic salt (29%).
- Nearly half (44%) of respondents say they’re willing to try the controversial topping of pineapple on pizza. Other unusual toppings people would try include chili peppers (21%), artichokes (16%), potatoes (15%) and pickles (14%).
- But there are some toppings people would like to see banned from pies, like fish (23%), beets (21%), blueberries (15%) and plums (14%). But 10% wouldn’t ban anything.
- A quarter of those polled are open to trying a pizza-flavored cocktail.
- And three-quarters (74%) enjoy their leftover pizza cold.
Source: Food and Wine
Scott's Thoughts:
- Great. Now I want pizza.
- When I crave pizza, it is the only thing that will do.
- My favorite style is thin crust. Second favorite is the opposite extreme.. PAN!