Rhett & Link Rank Top 5 Pizza Chains • Top 5 Beatdown

Hi, I'm Ryan and I'm Shane and welcome to the Top Five, a show where we compare our Top Five for topics that seem completely stupid but somehow get solid opinions and to add some credibility to the mix, we compare our Top Five with that. from an expert in the field today's topic is us, the

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, you made us sound very official, I hope let us deliver, receive it, oh, we. We're off to a great start here, I think it sounds official because you could argue that you guys have the most traveled taste buds in the game and I'm talking about taste buds, people say our show is a food show now, huh, that's the thing. delicate.

No, let's not talk about that before we get to our top five, let's talk about the rules and there is only one rule and that rule is that the pizza chain must be in the United States, you never know where it is going to end up and that is because that that this The show is so fun that everything that was said last week was the best, but Little Caesars was removed from our list so we could put it at number five cpk california pizza. Okay, that's what I like. I like this. It wasn't originally. on the list until we had to collaborate and again this is also due to recent experience.

We were doing an episode that was about something tangential to pizza, but we tried this pizza that was normal, like pizza with margherita sauce, and we were like, wow. that's what's good and it turns out it was cpk and because I'm not, because listen, I don't go there regularly, but since I tried it again for the first time, probably in 10 years, we recently had lunch and we both had the pizza from barbecue chicken, which they're known for, they say, I think they say they invented barbecue chicken pizza or certainly popularized it, it's still good, they carry it, you can also get a pizza that has shrimp in it, I mean, they They're trying really hard, it gives you some variety and if you don't live in California, I think it's legit here, it's a little fishy to go there and you know, I don't want to admit it. to that you know I respect them for putting weird things in it you know it's truly Californian it's blazers Ryan you probably ate this this was probably your Thanksgiving when you were a kid, right?

I would say that these people were the ones who really brought that artisanal artisanal pizza to popularity and like you guys said, I regret not putting it on my list. Hey, okay, my number five is California Pizza Kitchen. Oh wow oh man this is the second time it's happened and I have the same number. five as a guest and I'm not doing this just to earn some goodwill with the guests it's clearly a ruse that's not what's happening here I'll say it blatantly transparent and Ryan I want you to know you really know enjoy Southern California uh , it's a great place that you've supported here um, I think the California pizza kitchen chain you know might be the best pizza you can get in California um, it's really a desert, I would call it a pizza desert.

There are so many good pizzerias in Soquel it's a tough city for pie my number five is piology now I don't know if you guys have heard of this place oh yeah oh but piology is part of it uh they create their own individual pizza trend now no he was the first on the scene that was mod mod was the first to do that, in fact the creator of the mod also created biology in 2011. Wow, why would you recreate the same thing? Yeah, it's like you really put me there. prepare me there, I'm glad you ordered 40 different ingredient options in biology, locally sourced, when they can be, and they have great varieties of crust, they have this very thick crust, this premium thick crust and they have their original crust very thin, which is what they started with. it's wonderfully crispy but spongy at the same time somehow and at the same time it's still thin uh I also don't feel like a garbage monster when I eat one of these individual pizzas, they are special pies, which is like you can get in the You can make the your own or you can build from a base they give you and their special cakes.

I think they are the best in the artisanal individual pizza game. I think it's a good option to choose one of those because they have shaken up the pizza. I play a lot, yeah, and it's really up to you because there's a lot to mess up, yeah, it's like when you go, I mean, I always say this about Mongolian places that you go to and you're making the decision about what you're going to put. together there is such a delicate balance and don't go over it, it really happened, build your own pizza, yeah, I mean when I'm there and I'm going down the line, I constantly say that now, stop me if I'm wrong, correct me if I'm wrong, just come in here and trust too much, please do it, please intervene, they just hit me with a nice little subtle, yeah, just a little bit of victory, yeah, you sure about that, yeah, that matters to you.

Okay a pizza critic just follow your journey our number four uh comes with his own disclaimer papa john's oh he was listed as a testimonial for his pizza but let's not say his ingredients are his ingredients but he's not uh former spokesperson oh yes yes yes papa john's is our number four If we were just going by taste, I mean I had this thing as number two, but in good conscience we can't go on like this. They have cleaned the house. Dad left, no. Dad left. His sauce is. sweet, their cheese is thick and, I mean, they harden with the cheese and they also do what I do every time I make a pizza for myself at home, which is there's cheese, there's toppings and then there's another layer of cheese to keep everything in its place oh I see it as an adhesive which is a great technique and I mean more cheese is better but it also creates something consistent that no other place really does the same way I think they are also very consistent you know , it doesn't matter where there are other things on our list higher up, but it's a little more complicated, uh, when it comes to your front door, I'm really curious because I'm surprised this wasn't the case.

It came out of the blue, but one of the most recommendable things about Papa John's for me is that they provide you with a butter and garlic sauce. Yes, yes, yes, yes, it's revolutionary, not many other people do it. We actually did an episode. where we tried different pizza sauces, we went from the pizza to the sauces and I think the garlic butter may have won or was very, very close to the top, you know, you could be up there. renowned pizza tasters title okay moving on my number four is spa savaro you put zabarro in your top five yes i did and let me tell you why because i love the mall i love them all i love it I know, Sabaro, look, he has a bad reputation.

Since it is a low quality pizza, yes, it is. F

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ly, I've never had a problem with her. I know what I'm going to order when I go to Sabaro. It's like going to McDonald's and ordering a cheeseburger. You know, you're not going to get an amazing cheeseburger. but you're going to buy a cheeseburger from McDonald's and the same can be said for tomorrow's pizza at the mall. I love pizza places that you know just have it out and it's probably a few hours and then they put it back up. the oven for you and warm it up a little bit yeah that sounds good I love walking by the window it's not a build your own pizzeria place but it's like you know you just point at things and they say they're good here. you say uh and it's uh, it's not a good pie, but it's a pizza pie, it's not a good pie, okay, if the only place you can get it is in a mall food court, what does that say? about?

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ly, I would. I'll ask you to respect my list, uh politely, I'll ask you politely and next time not so politely, listen Shane. I respect your list. I respect the fact that the only reason you could think of to like Sabaro is because it was in a mall. no, he also said the important thing, he said you can point, oh yeah, he said you could point, yeah, don't forget you pointed things out, this is not a newcomer here, everyone knows this guy, he's a good friend to everyone, It's Pizza Hut, you know, one of the most iconic.

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that are out there in terms of looks, their slice of the market share pie is not as big as they used to dominate and now, unfortunately, they are number two behind Domino's in terms of sales, but I still think Pizza Hut When Talking about delivery it's hard to beat it, I have a lot of fond memories associated with Pizza Hut, it was always the pizza of choice at sleepovers growing up so I think maybe that nostalgia is a factor in this, Pizza Hut isn't afraid to add seasonings. there they will, they'll hit you with some time and they're super experimental in the way you know, I think they came out with a stuffed crust, which was a super solid option and before that, meat lovers, pizza lovers, I'm going to give that to Pizza Hut as a creator, yeah, I don't know for sure, and I think the reason they didn't maintain that market share is because they miscalculated how important it was to have the ability to go.

Come in and feel good and they held on to that idea for too long. You were feeling a little regal when you were eating pizza because you were saying you know this is delivery, but I could be sitting in a restaurant eating it. I know that's part of it, they put too much stock in the cabin and not in the pizza. The largest cabin I have seen in any town and you will still see these cabins now that they have been converted like this. Pizza Hut is now a sushi place or that's a yes, forget about the pizza, let's just talk about the hut here. 10 out of 10, but the cabin endures, let's move on to number three, but before we do, let's talk to our sponsor.

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in the description now back up to the top five, coming in at number three for us um let's borrow oh my gosh against our better judgment and here it is The thing, here's the thing.

It's very important to note that during that episode, which again was a blind pizza taste test, we knew the five different places we were trying and what we did was try something that wasn't good. I think it was a bit of Caesar and we thought. talking so much trash, really this is so bad, it has to be sabaro, yes, in our minds we thought sabaro was bad, so we thought we were ranking it very low, but since the balls are bad, turns out I think it's over. It turned out to be like the second best tasting pizza in that blind pizza taste test for both of us, yeah, yeah, it was great, so tomorrow yeah, listen, I thought it was bad too, but listen in a side by side test.

On the other hand, it proved to be good every time you go to the mall just put on a blindfold first and then eat that pizza, but how can you point out if you have the blind? No, you go to a shopping center blindfolded. It's a good thing the steam travels around the place and you'll float there like the smell of a yogi bear in a picnic basket. Yeah, I think if you're going to eat sábaro in a mall you might want to make that blindfold even bigger and just call it mass because you don't want anyone. seeing that you are eating sabaro it's embarrassing how much expectations influence our enjoyment of things because you said it yourself you thought sabara was bad maybe I think sabara is just bad and if I did it blindfolded I would enjoy it the value of the test of blind tape is taking down uh prejudices say that for papa john's my number three is uh it's papa john's uh and with all the necessary excuses uh uh from the beginning and shane I'll stop you right there because my number three is also Papa John, it's okay, well, it's all there, so look, we've made the statements that we need to make here.

Papa John, vile human, yeah look this is not an endorsement of that man, I think he's out of the picture. Now, but for all the things we were saying before, I love that they're giving you a pizza,You know, I won, but I won't. I'm going to go get a round. table pizza, I realize this is a good option, but I'm sticking with it. I'll set up a round table against the sabaro any day of the week for Pizza Hut dominoes too. Any of those cats. I'm putting a round table on them. Stick to your list and that's what I respect, you know what Ryan is to you.

I'm going to give it another chance, yeah, you know what Shane, why don't we eat that after this video and compare notes? Oh, okay, okay. guys, do that, be sure to speak up in the comments if you agreed with our list or thought our lists were trash or maybe thought someone got a little more criticism than necessary, you could do that too. I'm not saying they should. but you could do that, uh, red and linked, you guys have something to connect, watch our show, good morning mythical, watch our podcast, ear cookies, we make so much food on the show that we actually created a channel, uh, with our legendary chef Josh, his name is. mythical cuisine, so if you like food, he knows more than us, yes, he actually brings not only an opinion, but also a vision and experience of the world of food, so mythical cuisine, look at that, and Steven Lim was on that show, right?

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