Pizza Hut? More Like Pizza Sucked!

Early behaviors in life, reinforced over time, left unchanged. 

The name this week, Pizza Hut. Nostalgia kicks in. Memories of celebrations and night of "fancy pizza" from childhood. In Scottsbluff, Ne we only ventured for the Pizza Hut on special occasions. The Hut was the best pizza around, the most expensive, but by far, the best. I still hold Pizza Hut in high accord based on these early childhood experiences. In honor of a Saturday filled with greasy za, let's look at some interesting facts about The Hut.
Pizza Hut was founded in June 15th, 1958 in Witchita, KS by Dan and Frank Carney on a $600 loan from mom while attending college. One of the first managers in Wichita, Kansas was actually Bill Parcels, the NFL coach who now has 2 Super Bowl rings (he left the job to coach).  There are more than 15,000 locations in over 90 countries.
Headquarters in Plano, TX.
The one I find most fascinating was Pizza Net in 1994 early to the online ordering game.

Due to various locations to pick my pie, I went with a location I am familiar with. The location here in Lincoln, Ne at 86th and HWY 2 right next to Wal-Mart. It was recently remodeled (within last 5 years) and every time my wife and I have gone in, the employees have been very nice. Not only is Pizza Hut a classic, but the revolutionary Stuffed Crust is my wife's decadent favorites. It's the only way I will actually eat the crust. So, this already puts The Hut ahead of many other places.
I wrote this beginning portion prior to the pizza. For if I hadn't already looked up the information and typed it out, I wouldn't have wasted my time.

Look, there is no nice way to say this. This pizza sucked! I even attempted two dfifferent kinds. There was a Stuffed Crust Pepperoni Lovers and then a regular Pan Crust Cheese Lovers. Both sucked in their own way. Also, my wife and cousins said the breadsticks sucked too.
I'm not going to get into a lot of detail here because I have already wasted too much of your time, but let me put it this way. I took one bite of the pepproni after seeing the pathetic display of meats and cheese on a tortilla and stopped eating. It wasn't worth the calories. The cheese one has no maranara, a fact I was unaware of at the time, but somehow they took a cheese pizza and made it dry. I don't know how, but they figured it out.
The box was thicker than the pizza!
Honestly, I don't have to go through much of my criteria. I once again questioned my love of pizza with this one. Maybe Pizza Hut should stop offering these half-off deals if they are going to cut the quality in half too.
Evidence of my attempts.
You can have the measly $24 for these two discounted pies.

Shame Pizza Hut. Shame!

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