Saw this on a random TikTok.
Detroit metro (say within 100miles)
Pizza companies are responsible for 1/3 of all pizza sales in the USA.
Dominos, Little Ceasers, Hungry Howies, Jets (and Marcos just over the border)
Pizza Hut in Kansas is 10%
Papa Johns In Louisville is 7%
Papa Murphys & MODs in the NW is 3%
Then a bunch in California are 4%
The rest of the usa ~42%
With No single company over 1%
I had my 1st detroit style pizza on Friday. They are becoming very popular over here recently. I was impressed and will get again
That looks really really good.
Thanks. I’ve spent many years perfecting. Focaccia dough is key. Light, airy, and crispy.
I love Jets- however Pizza Hut’s pan pizza was once way better than any Detroit style pizza (pan style). However, Pizza hut changed the recipe and destroyed their pan pizza. Idiots!
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Dough recipe, por favor.
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https://youtube.com/shorts/TKKwpXGANvM?si=SXL9n6O5_WZF30JR
There’s a bunch of different focaccia bread recipes out there on YouTube and TikTok. Focaccia dough is highly hydrated and more sticky than typical doughs. This allows the yeast to make large air pockets and attributes to the excellent texture of the final pizza crust. Typically a recipe like this one above makes 2 - 10” x 14” pies. Also use a metal cake pan, not a glass casserole - it won’t get hot enough to make the frico (burned cheese edges) or properly crisp the bottom of the dough. I also recommend to get a pizza stone if you don’t already own one. Also make sure to put a generous amount of olive oil (vegetable oil will work as well) on the bottom of the pan. This allows the edges of the crust to fry and get crispy.
Amazon sells the actual Detroit pizza pans if you’re interested. A little pricy but it will last a lifetime and works very well.
Thank you. I got the pan, but I can never seem to hit the “perfect” dough. You just gave me a reason to try again this weekend, for that I am grateful.
Pizza Hut used to be so good. They’ve been going downhill for years. If you want the original cheese sticks from the 90s, not the overcooked, light on the cheese, stuff they make now, tell them to make you a pan pizza, sauce on the side, extra cheese, breadstick seasoning, and cut it into breadsticks instead of slices when it comes out.
You have given me hope in humanity again.
I was in the same boat before I discovered focaccia. It’s a game changer and easy to make. High hydration and doing the folds during the dough rise are the keys.
Pizza Hut used to be better. There’s something about that taste that makes where I can only eat it about once per year.
A couple of secrets from Windsor-style pizza. Yes, it’s a thing.
First, canned mushrooms. They stand up to high temperatures without shriveling and drying. They come out perfectly on a finished pie.
Second, shredded pepperoni, not slices. This distributes the pepperoni evenly so it’s there in every bite.
Green peppers.
High-quality mozzarella. Don’t skimp here.
Add cornmeal to the crust to make it a bit chewy without having to go too thick.
This is standard pizzeria style pizza in Windsor. Real pizza. The chain product is only bought as a fast food compromise.
Make of this what you will.
IMHO the best Detroit Style Pizza in the known universe is by Loui’s Pizza in Hazel Park. 9 1/2 and Dequindre. If you aren’t getting it quite right, don’t forget to create a gap between the crust edge and the pan all the way around after you get it built, and sprinkle cheese into the gap so it bakes into the crust! Best I can get in southern Indiana is Jet’s. Not bad, but echelons from a Loui’s!
It looks like the put the sauce on top? Looks very good though. Best I can get in Florida is also Jets. Its funny when people down here rave about the frozen Motor City Pizzas.
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is King… As I recall there is sauce on the crust then also added a bit to the top. Not like Chicago deep dish at all.
So in my youth I worked for a restaurant called Mr Ed’s on the I75 service drive at 6 mile. Sketchy neighborhood but there was parking lot security (Hal and Willie). I remember a meeting where a waitress said the biggest joke was Hal and Willie as security guards…they couldn’t stop anyone if they were sober. 
Willie wanted to have sex with me. 
. It was mostly Polish people from Hamtramick as the customer base.
Anyway they made Detroit style pizza based on Buddy’s recipe. We only put sauce on top of the cheese there, none between cheese and crust.
