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  1. Nov 5th, 2010, 06:04 PM #1
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    When cheap meets nerd.

    What size pizza is the best value?

    I created a spreadsheet that calculated the price per square inch of pizza given the diameter and price.
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    Re: When cheap meets nerd.

    So where's the spreadsheet? Or should we wait for the next issue of Popular Science to publish the findings?
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    Re: When cheap meets nerd.

    Get a 14" one and chop it up.
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    Re: When cheap meets nerd.

    So pi r squared.

    Pi being a constant, and r being relative to the diameter. Why not just diameter per dollar? You really must be a nerd. A geek would know better, and buy Papa Murphy's take-n-bake.
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    Re: When cheap meets nerd.

    What would you do if you came up against one of those square, New York style, pizzas?

    By the way, I always took the price/square inch into account when buying pizza back in college (quality didn't matter in those days, only price). However, I did all the math in my head, I didn't need not steeeenkin' spreadsheet....which is good, since in those days, spreadsheets had a frame rate.
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    Re: When cheap meets nerd.

    Only diameter? What about the thickness/toppings etc?

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    Re: When cheap meets nerd.

    Does crust count too?
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    Re: When cheap meets nerd.

    Of course. However, in the case of college pizza deliveries, they were all the same in the vertical dimension. Nobody delivered a thick crust pizza where I was.
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    Re: When cheap meets nerd.

    Quote Originally Posted by honeybee View Post
    Only diameter? What about the thickness/toppings etc?

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    Thickness is personal preference. I prefer really thin pizzas, so even if there are fewer raw ingredients, I consider it not conducive to the end-satisfaction value.

    As for amount of toppings, pizzerias generally don't list the density if toppings.
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    Re: When cheap meets nerd.

    Maybe we should calculate the price per calorie.
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    Re: When cheap meets nerd.

    How about the price you have to pay?
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    Re: When cheap meets nerd.

    I generally end up paying for the pizza a few hours after I eat it, these days, especially if I eat it late in the evening.
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    Re: When cheap meets nerd.

    I hear that Mendhak is a leading authority on pizzas. He once fed 5000 people with a small Texas BBQ from Dominos.
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    Re: When cheap meets nerd.

    I also heard that he turned water into beer for the 5000 people.
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    Re: When cheap meets nerd.

    No not quite. He drank 10 litres of beer thinking it was mountain dew, looked in a mirror and saw 5000 people.
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    Re: When cheap meets nerd.

    I know a chat-up line regarding pizzas. I fear it would be met with banishment were I to post it though. It has to do with imperial measurements and pepperoni. Do the math.
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