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Clean Cut vs Normal Cut Pizza

Victoria Haneveer
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Clean cut vs normal cut pizza – what’s the difference? This is a relatively new term and it refers to the way a pizza restaurant slices their pizzas. Maybe you’re at a restaurant (in which case you can just ask) or perhaps you’re in the middle of an online order and unsure about the term.

So what is pizza clean cut and should you order yours that way?

What are the different cuts at Papa Johns?

You can choose from the following:

  • Clean cut
  • Normal cut
  • Square cut
  • Double cut
  • No cut

Clean cut means a clean knife or utensil is used for slicing. Normal cut is when it’s cut with a utensil that might’ve sliced another pie. Square cut means it’s cut into squares instead of wedges and this is often the case with Sicilian style pizza. You get the choice of edge or center if your pizza is square cut.

Double cut pizza means the pie is sliced into twice as many slices. So instead of cutting a 10 inch pizza into 8 slices, it will be double-cut, or cut into 16 pieces. This might be better if you are catering a party and have more people to feed (helps make sure everyone can have a slice) or if you’re feeding kids who might not want large slices, or simply because you prefer thinner slices.

In Italy, no cut pizza is the most common choice. Some people believe the crust remains more crispy and the sauce and toppings won’t start to ooze between the slices if it’s cut. You can cut however many slices you wish to eat and save the rest for later. You can also choose to slice the pizza into strips so you can dip them in sauce if that’s your jam.

 

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Should you order clean cut pizza?

A top reason to have pizza clean cut is you have allergies or religious customs. For example, if you’re allergic to shellfish, you don’t want your pizza contaminated by a slicer that was used to cut a shrimp and tuna pizza right before – instead you need it to be clean-cut!
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If your religion bans pork products, you won’t want your pizza cut with a utensil that just cut a ham pizza. A vegetarian won’t want the pizza wheel to have cut a sausage pizza before touching their vegetarian pie. And you can even combine 2 types of cuts and order, for example, a square cut clean cut pizza! Of course, that’s a pie cut into squares with a clean pizza wheel.
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So now you know about clean cut vs normal cut pizza, you can take your pick depending on your preferences. Any pizza cook worth his or her salt should be able to accommodate you whether or not you want clean cut or another kind. So if you want the clean cut Papa John’s, just ask – they’ll know exactly what you’re requesting.

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