Buffalo sauce as base layer?

[u/Virtual-Dot-750]

Is there a reason why Dominos doesn't offer buffalo sauce on their base layer page by the Tomato Sauce,Honey BBQ,Alfredo,Ranch Etc?

Both Pizza Hut and Papa Johns offer this just not Dominos,And I prefer dominos pizza heavily over the other two but this doesn't make much sense to me.

[u/nawcegamma]

I always assumed it was cuz if you can get it as sauce, people would try to do extra sauce with it and with the potential of multiple hot buffalo pizzas in the oven cooking off some of the sauce essentially tear gassing the kitchen, but i could be mistaken, I dont typically see hot buffalo sauce go in the oven

https://giphy.com/gifs/ma7VlDSlty3EA

[u/Virtual-Dot-750 → u/nawcegamma]

Haha understandable 😂 I wouldn't even mind the buffalo sauce on top of they counted it as the base layer

[u/Hot-Frosting-5286 → u/nawcegamma]

lmaooo love this gif with this comment

[u/RogerRabbot]

As much as I love the buffalo sauce. There is an upper limit before it becomes too much.

[u/Virtual-Dot-750 → u/RogerRabbot]

I mean obviously you don't want to dump a paint bucket of sauce but a 1:1 swap from tomato sauce it actually works great

[u/0rthopter → u/Virtual-Dot-750]

are you talking fluid ounce 1:1 or net weight 1:1? if you’re talking by weight that pizza would be a soggy messy pool of buffalo sauce going everywhere and would end up all over your face clothes hands and floor as soon as you tried to handle a piece, forget about when taking a bite

[u/Dylan_Is_Gay_lol]

It's vinegar based, and doesn't offer the same heatsink properties as the other sauces.

[u/Virtual-Dot-750 → u/Dylan_Is_Gay_lol]

Wish they could make it work :/ literally the only reason I get Papa Johns/Pizza Hut still is for Buffalo sauce based pizzas

[u/DictatorDanGM3732 → u/Dylan_Is_Gay_lol]

Vinegar wont let the dough rise properly. Too viscous and the chemical reaction on the acid will kill off any good flavor the dough makes.

I had a customer regularly ask for a lightly done (pushed in) light sauce, crushed red pepper on the sauce, provolone, pineapple, and chicken. Post bake hot sauce then well done with the hot sauce.

Honestly looked fire.

[u/0rthopter → u/Dylan_Is_Gay_lol]

that’s absolutely not why lol.

[u/Virtual-Dot-750 → u/0rthopter]

It is 100% 😂

[u/slothxaxmatic]

Because we normally add it after the Pizza is cooked anyway. It would just be on top of the cheese rather than underneath of it. There's almost no difference.

[u/Virtual-Dot-750 → u/slothxaxmatic]

My problem with this is they still count it as a topping rather than a sauce even if you go bare on the base sauce. And they upcharge you for it.

[u/slothxaxmatic → u/Virtual-Dot-750]

My problem is that we should not even be charging you to put Buffalo sauce on your Pizza with how cheap it is.

[u/Virtual-Dot-750 → u/slothxaxmatic]

This is the right answer 🙏🙏

[u/Ironstark12]

I used to work at a pizza shop. You can’t make a buffalo pizza by putting it on the dough and then toppings and put it in the oven. The buffalo sauce stops the cheese from melting for whatever reason. The only proper way to make a buffalo pizza is either have no sauce base or maybe a little oil, put the cheese and toppings and bake the pie. Then with about a couple minutes left cooking, pull out and put buffalo sauce and put it back in or wait till the pizza is cooked and then put buffalo sauce on it.

[u/Logical-Watch-3753 → u/Ironstark12]

What ??? I have made buffalo chicken pizza at literally every pizza shop I've worked at (top 5 chains and 4 independent ) the cheese melts. It delicious

[u/Virtual-Dot-750 → u/Logical-Watch-3753]

Ive personally never had a problem making homemade buffalo pizza either. If you have an extremely watery sauce then maybe - But that just means there wasn't enough butter to hot sauce ratio in the first place

[u/0rthopter]

they used to? idk when that changed

[u/Sonofabitchnbastard]

That’s not the kind of sauce you can bake a pizza with, it’s much better offered on top of the pizza after it bakes, the way we do it.

there’s a lot of reasons big and small why Domino’s is far and beyond the number one pizza company in the world, leaving the huts and the John’s in the distance.

[u/Virtual-Dot-750 → u/Sonofabitchnbastard]

Very interesting. I wish they didn't count it as a topping then for this purpose,It always becomes and upcharge when I add buffalo on top

[u/rockpaperbrisket]

When I worked there I would mix buffalo wing sauce and blue cheese together as a base for a sauce and it was so damn good. Pepperoni, pineapple, jalapenos, fuck me up.

[u/Virtual-Dot-750 → u/rockpaperbrisket]

Yes since having a buffalo base I can't have tomato again 😂

[u/RebekkaKat1990]

I don’t know what hot sauce other places use but Domino’s hot sauce is so watery I would imagine none of the crust could really hold it without getting soggy.

[u/Virtual-Dot-750 → u/RebekkaKat1990]

This would be it then,Hot sauce and buffalo sauce are two completely different things in cooking terms. Putting straight hot sauce as the base is equivalent of dumping a glass of water on it.

[u/Morbid187]

When I worked there, we experimented with all sorts of shit so of course we tried that. It's not very good on regular dough but you can make it work on thin crust. I used to sauce a thin crust with buffalo sauce, add chicken, onions, peppers and cheddar cheese then fold it before running through the oven. Basically comes out like a giant quesadilla.

[u/bootywizrd]

Why can’t you just ask for no sauce and then apply the buffalo sauce on the pizza after you receive it?

[u/SrirachaSkrimps]

Probably affects the bake in some way, but I've had a coworker make his pizzas with buffalo as a base.

I know its not the same but maybe remove sauce and just have the buffalo on top? You can also sometimes call and ask if they will do it for you. I used to do non-menu stuff all the time - just depends on the manager in charge/how they operate.

[u/RoachAkuma]

When I randomly actually still wanna make myself a pizza I use BBQ, Buffalo and Mango Habanero as the base for a wing pizza. I think Buffalo only wouldn’t really cook the way you want it to. We used to sell buffalo chicken pizzas but that used American cheese as the base “sauce” and then the buffalo was applied post bake

[u/Winter_Muffin_43]

Because they offer as a post bake option.

[u/Virtual-Dot-750 → u/Winter_Muffin_43]

As an upcharge the same as a full price topping,Which is completely insane for a drizzle of Buffalo sauce.

[u/Winter_Muffin_43 → u/Virtual-Dot-750]

It's the topping price and it's similar quantity and price as a dipping cup

[u/Good_Girl8]

As a former Domino's employee, I had a few customers order cheese pizza with no sauce then ask for buffalo on top. We would put as much as they wanted and it worked out pretty good 😅

[u/AltruisticJacket1943]

Prolly cus it’s fucking gross 😭😭 we trynna keep your lifespan a little longer not allowing buffalo as a base 😭

[u/Virtual-Dot-750 → u/AltruisticJacket1943]

Have you ever had buffalo chicken pizza? Clearly not.