Pan pizza is a thin or thick pizza baked in a deep dish pan. The bottoms and sides of the crust become fried and crispy in the oil used to coat the pan. Chicago and Detroit-style pizza may be considered a form of pan pizza. Pan pizza generally refers to the thin to thick style popularized by Pizza Hut in the 1960s.
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History
Dan and Frank Carney opened a pizza parlor in Wichita, Kansas which would later become Pizza Hut. The brothers focused on pan style pizza. The initial version was a thin style pan pizza which included cheese, pepperoni and/or sausage. The small sized pizza sold for $.95 and the large sold for $1.50.
The pizza parlor franchised into Pizza Hut in 1959 and by 1963 had incorporated a building style that was adopted by all Pizza Huts. The restaurant shifted to a thicker Chicago-style pan pizza.
Other pizza companies also later included pan pizza. In 1989, Domino's Pizza introduced its deep dish or pan pizza. Its introduction followed market research showing that 40% of pizza customers preferred thick crusts. The new product launch cost approximately $25 million, of which $15 million was spent on new sheet metal pans with perforated bottoms.
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