Pizza Hut Original Sauce Recipe 🍕 Old School Pizza Hut at home!

We're making the ORIGINAL recipe for Pizza Hut sauce from 1958. Join us in our kitchen for a taste of old school Pizza Hut at home!
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[@Our80sLife]

Join us for a tour of the Original Pizza Hut Museum: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKakameCdtuNapI

[@livinglife5313]

I actually have almost perfected the Pizza Hut dough recipe if you want it.

[@arielcastillo5266]

@@livinglife5313I do

[@CandysGarden]

I miss the BIG FOOT... This new generation will never get to experience what we did, can't believe you made the sauce, how AWESOME 😊😊

[@Our80sLife]

Thanks Dulce! We totally forgot about the Big Foot, ha! Hope you have a great weekend! 😊

[@ilovenoodles7483]

@@Our80sLife I have that same kind of pink Himalayan salt. I love it and it's healthier for you.

[@sarahsimpkins1311]

I use to love the bigfoot

[@pressureflipin1992]

Holy crap! I forgot about the big foot. Memory unlocked!

[@ddunn1632]

Forgot about that, I loved them and the first Calzones.

[@UnwashedPearl]

I worked for a Pizza Hut franchisee from '77 to '91 and I used to make the sauce and dough from scratch. The thin-n-crispy sauce was surprisingly simple at that time. Our typical batch was 3 #10 cans of crushed tomatoes know as 3 in 1 sauce plus I can of water. The seasonings were a lot of oregano, salt, black pepper, parmesan cheese and I think, granulated garlic only. Very heavy on the oregano. Simple and delicious.

[@Our80sLife]

Interesting! Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your memories about the glory days of Pizza Hut. I'm sure the sauce they use now isn't the same as back then... too many people have told us that it tastes different now (and the consensus is that the old version was better.) I think generally speaking, simpler is better!

[@minimimosa]

You two are AWESOME! Ugh I sooo want to go back in time to the 80s and 90s and since I obviously can’t, I’ll just relive and reminisce it through your channel! 💕

[@Our80sLife]

Aww, thanks!! That's our goal. Long live the 80s!! (and the 90s were pretty great too!) Thanks for watching 😄

[@unicornmadness6286]

Awesome comment!!!

[@rendlerendle]

Back in the day I worked at Pizza Hut as an assistant store manager. We used the #10 cans of paste, added water, and the seasoning which came in pouches. We made it at night and stored in the cooler so the spices all melded together. We made the dough fresh, usually twice a day - thin, Pan, and eventually the Hand Tossed when it was introduced. The yellow onions and bell peppers were fresh and we had to dice in a dicer every day. Sad that now Pizza Hut is basically a Totinos like pizza, frozen but just 'assembled'. Employees at the local Hut tell me that the dough is pre-made and frozen (and you can tell the difference now), veggies are frozen now and not fresh diced, and the sauce is definitely different and comes pre-made. The 80s Pizza Hut was much better IMHO.

[@Our80sLife]

We totally agree. The quality is definitely not the same as it used to be. It's a shame when companies try to cut corners and the end-product becomes diminished. It seems like it's just become "fast food" when Pizza Hut used to be more of a restaurant experience, sigh. Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your memories!

[@stevosmitty]

That's exactly how we made the sauce in the mid 80's: tomato paste, water and seasoning pack. And sauce for the taco pizza was refried beans and water.

[@smittdawg1]

I worked at Pizza Hut from 85 to 87. We made everything...the dough, sauce, and chopped all the veggies every day..

[@Our80sLife]

Ahh the good old days, sigh. 😌

[@justinsanders2705]

Going to Pizza Hut was a big deal when I was a kid. The buffet and salad bar were amazing. Great video! 🍕👍

[@Our80sLife]

So good!! Thanks Justin!

[@sisyphus9252]

I work at the Pizza Hut in Claremore Ok. in the early to mid 80s all through high school. It was a great fun time in life.

[@Our80sLife]

Nice! Is that location still there?

[@Bernhard2024]

Oh, that looks delicious! Pizza Party. Have to look the other Pizza Hut video.

[@Our80sLife]

It turned out great! We enjoyed leftovers yesterday too! Thanks for watching🤗

[@unicornmadness6286]

I absolutely LOVE this channel, been watching since yesterday and I can't stop myself. I don't really want to either! ❤

[@Our80sLife]

Thank you SO much Emily, and welcome to the party!! 🎉 🎈😄

[@RyuFalchionX]

Oh, man. This is rad. Thanks for sharing. 🤙🏽

[@Our80sLife]

No problem, thanks for watching! 👍

[@lovelylorrene5623]

If anyone wants to make a smaller amount of this recipe, here are the amounts for 1/8 of the recipe. (it still makes a lot) 1/4 onion (this will be about 1/2 to 3/4 cup diced onions, depending on the size of the onion) 1/4 bell pepper (about 1/4 cup diced bell pepper) 1/8 celery stalk (or substitute a pinch of ground celery seeds or 1/8 teaspoon of celery salt) 1 garlic clove 1/2 teaspoon salt (to taste) depending on whether you're using unsalted tomato sauce 3/4 teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 - 29 ounce can tomato sauce 1 - 12 ounce can tomato paste I pureed all the vegetables in my food processor and then added all the rest of the ingredients and processed it until smooth. I forgot to mention, I heated this just long enough to bring it to a slow boil and simmered it for a few minutes. Cover while simmering, because it will splatter everywhere. LOL

[@Our80sLife]

That's so helpful, thanks Lorrene! The original recipe made SO much sauce, lol! 😂

[@maxquigley9524]

I remember the 70's Pizza Huts, before they replaced the fireplaces with salad bars and buffets. It was my favorite place to go on a cold snowy Michigan evening.

[@Our80sLife]

Yes!! My location had a fireplace too, so cozy!

[@wrblattner69]

Oh man I love this!!!! Miss the family times in our old Pizza Hut!!! Great memories!

[@Our80sLife]

Same here!! Thanks for stopping by our channel today! Have a great weekend :)

[@jai_b]

In the mid 90s I had my 15th and 16th birthday in Pizza hut, great pizza great memories.

[@Our80sLife]

Cool! I don't recall having any of my birthday parties there, but I do remember earning class "pizza parties" at the end of the school year. Thanks for watching!

[@geoffingoff]

Oh man... this made me hungry for Pizza Hut.

[@patrickmgaddis]

When I was a kid back in the early 2000's, we would get Pizza Hut Coupons for selling a certain amount of cookie dough for fundraisers. My favorite was always Canadian Bacon. Flash Forward to 2009 when I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease. However, there's this place in Oklahoma with gluten free pizza called Hideaway Pizza.

[@Our80sLife]

I have Celiac too, such a bummer. I was diagnosed a couple of years after you. It's always nice to find a new place that has good GF options. Do you have a BJ's Brewhouse near you? Their GF pizza is excellent as well. Thanks for telling me about Hideaway - good to know for when we're traveling in Oklahoma.

[@CallieandJordanSquad]

80,90’s, 2000, 10 and 20’s always love me some Pizza Hut lol 😂 I watched a show which showed like the start of Pizza Hut. Yes the Kirkland tomato paste we get as well. Might have to try this recipe thanks for sharing

[@stephenwolfe5812]

I remember goin as a kid and loved playing the games and I will always love pizza hut

[@Our80sLife]

It was an awesome place to go as kids, that’s for sure! Thanks for watching our video Stephen. 😊

[@stephenwolfe5812]

@@Our80sLife wish it was still like that

[@drewhunkins7192]

Back in the '70s and '80s Pizza Hut actually made excellent pizzas. Then about 1992ish it went bad (probably bought out by another corporate giant) and was nowhere near as good as it was in the 1970s and '80s. It used to be so delicious! Not since the early 1990s has it been anything close to what it was.

[@Our80sLife]

We totally agree. Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your thoughts Drew!

[@btetschner]

This was another great video. Great idea and execution. It is really cool that you are living in the same city where it all started.

[@btetschner]

Thank you for the video.

[@Our80sLife]

Glad you enjoyed it! As always, thanks for watching!

[@btetschner]

I did have some great times at Pizza Hut....I remember when they did promotions for things like The Land Before Time (one of my favorite films). I also remember the jukebox and remember thinking the pizza there was really good. Some people I knew would have birthday parties there and would get a personal pan pizza.

[@Our80sLife]

Oh yes!! The jukebox and Pac-Man game were my favorite part of going to Pizza Hut (and of course the pizza too!) We've recently started collecting some of the old promotional glassware from there. We have some of the E.T. ones and a complete set of the Care Bears glasses. Land Before Time was a great movie too!

[@btetschner]

@@Our80sLife You have the best glassware! Those Care Bear glasses are so iconic. It is so cool that you are living in the city where Pizza Hut started too.

[@btetschner]

Totally different subject, but do you have any videos about dances in the 80's?

[@Our80sLife]

@@btetschner Do you mean school dances or dance moves? We have LOTS of my old dance recital tapes, lol!

[@btetschner]

@@Our80sLife School dances! Or ones at some type of party. I believe the very first scene of the pilot episode of That 80's Life was at some type of dance.

[@Jem_80s]

Looks amazing! I havent tried pizza hut in years but im sure it tasted wayyy better in the 80s!

[@Our80sLife]

I do think their recipe has changed since then. Thanks Athena!

[@hmpz36911]

Pizza Hut used to be soooo good!

[@Our80sLife]

Yes!!! Thanks for watching our videos!

[@GoodNewsTravelers]

Oh wow! One of my favorite pizza of all time. So interesting that it started in your hometown. Ok we're coming over for a slice🤓😎👍🍕

[@Our80sLife]

Yes!!! Thanks guys! 🍕

[@GlobalAdventurer]

This was REALLY fun tow watch!!! I love the old-fashioned Pizza Hut restaurants. And yes I miss the Buffet too ;(

[@Our80sLife]

Thanks!! RIP pizza buffets :(

[@GlobalAdventurer]

@@Our80sLife You know, that might be a blessing in disguise for all concerned 😁

[@flashinthepan3273]

I miss the old Pizza Hut breadsticks.

[@aaronblair9583]

Pretty sure they are still the same as when I worked there 16 years ago....pan pizza dough in a square pan with "buttery flavored seasoning oil" and parmesan with parsley.

[@flashinthepan3273]

@@aaronblair9583 The bread sticks were different before that. Talkin 20 plus years back. And they were better then.

[@colingeorgeh]

I love Pizza Hut. The original site was very close to Kellogg. They saved the building by moving it to WSU when they built the flyover.

[@Our80sLife]

You're right! And then they relocated it AGAIN to a different part of the WSU campus when they made the museum. Can you believe that little building has been moved twice?! Definitely worth saving!!

[@melaniexoxo]

Coincidentally I actually had pizza for breakfast today. Fun video ... Happy memorial day you guys!🇺🇸

[@Our80sLife]

Nice choice!! We're still enjoying the leftovers from this one too, ha! Thanks and Happy Memorial Day Melanie!

[@Seiferboi]

I hope I can find those red glasses at some point! I want one so bad! Maybe I'll look on Ebay?

[@Our80sLife]

Ours are reproduction, which I found randomly at Hobby Lobby! Ebay would be a good place to look.

[@Seiferboi]

@@Our80sLife tried eBay, but so not worth it! So many people seem to have super high shipping cost, probably to avoid paying income tax on it. So many people seem to be doing that these days! I'll check out Hobby Lobby, though!

[@goldcherry103]

Try Amazon.

[@Stratman5150]

Fun video! Love you guys, former Wichita native here. You guys sure bring back lots of great memories!

[@Our80sLife]

Awesome! Thanks for stopping by our channel Joseph!!

[@CallieandJordanSquad]

I was expecting Keith to pick up the pizza dough and start twirling it around in the air. Lol 😂 another amazing video guys you are killing it with these videos very entertaining as always:

[@Our80sLife]

Mama Mia, that would be exciting (and probably messy!) 🤣

[@megalisa830bright6]

I love it when pizzas have extra sauce spread onto them! ^_^ I love being able to taste the sauce with the bread of the pizzas! :D

[@Our80sLife]

Yes!! If my pizza isn’t saucy enough, I like extra sauce for dipping. 😋

[@megalisa830bright6]

@@Our80sLife Yeah! I love dipping pizza into marinara sauce! ^_^ We don't usually buy pizza sauce! XD

[@Mark.Watson]

Great video idea! Thanks for sharing.

[@Our80sLife]

Thanks Mark!

[@mickie4445]

I remember the pitcher of Beer

[@texasray7301]

I loved Pizz Hut, I was a delivery driver for Pizza Hut too.

[@Our80sLife]

Cool! Did your car smell like pizza forever after that?! Keith's sure did, ha!

[@texasray7301]

@@Our80sLife yes it did ,for a long time😋

[@brian70Cuda]

I love you guys, all of it!!! Plad table cloth, yep. Red plastic cup, yes:) The hut was so great in high school (all you can eat at lunch) I have learned one thing over the years with pizza sauce, burn it!! That is where the awsome flavor comes from.

[@Our80sLife]

Really?! We need to burn the sauce for extra flavor? How interesting! I thought it was weird that the recipe never mentioned heating the sauce, but I figured it would be cooking on the pizza anyway. Next time, we'll cook it.

[@brian70Cuda]

@@Our80sLife Yes, if you cook the sauce down and burn it with finesse, don't go crazy though. I think you guys will like the results:)

[@JimsKitschKitchen]

I am loving this!!!! How fun- I miss going and collecting the souvenir glasses!!!

[@Our80sLife]

Thank you!! We're still collecting the old souvenir glasses, but we have to search for them at estate sales and antique stores.

[@JimsKitschKitchen]

@@Our80sLife I remember having all the ET glasses for sure

[@Our80sLife]

@@JimsKitschKitchen Nice! We have two of the ET glasses and just completed our Care Bears set, yay!

[@JimsKitschKitchen]

@@Our80sLife absolutely fabulous

[@TheBaconeaterz]

I Live in Australia, and i remember the pizza hut sauce from the late 70's ........ It was very peppery and american style, Too bad they changed it. Big Corps think they know what there doing but sadly they all fail us. Same as domino's in the mid 80's also changed there recipe was very good they also failed = Hopeless Cheers From Down Under

[@Our80sLife]

Interesting! You're right, the sauce is definitely not as "peppery" as it used to be. It's lost that distinctive flavor. Thanks for stopping by our channel, and greetings from the USA!

[@ddreileyz]

I'm gonna try this. I was telling my family that my favorite pizza was from Pizza Hut when we first went in the late 1970's. I'm guessing this is the same recipe. My memory of that pizza is still so real to me that it's difficult to enjoy other pizzas. I recently mentioned to my brother....it's the oregano....the sauce today is missing that oregano. Thanks for this.

[@Our80sLife]

Awesome! We totally agree, the seasonings aren't right in the newer version of the sauce. That oregano has a distinctive flavor for sure! Thanks for watching our video, and good luck!!

[@dahmeneekah]

Yes! I use oregano oil in my sauces mostly now and that's exactly what I thought as well. ☺

[@NaturalCleanHome]

Yum! Love your videos! :)

[@Our80sLife]

Thank you 😋

[@mereelfalstom9232]

Man, talk about a lost part of American culture! There are still some local chains and "Mom and Pop" pizzerias that use the round red pepper shakers and red drinking glasses out there if you look. I love to eat at restaurants like that to help support what they're preserving. I remember being at one and playing a vintage Pacman arcade cabinet. That was in 2016 or so, so they are still out there! The sauce looked so good, thanks for sharing!!

[@Our80sLife]

Thanks Evan! We agree, local restaurants are usually better. We always try to seek out places like that, especially when we travel. The last time we played Pac-Man was a couple years ago, and it was harder than we remembered... I guess we're out of practice, sigh.

[@mereelfalstom9232]

@@Our80sLife I bet! When I played it last at the pizzeria I got confused why I was losing after eating all the pellets. Turns out, the last top two inches of the screen was broken so you had to guess where the pellets were! Talk about an extra challenge.

[@aaronblair9583]

Working the buffet was great! our restaurant ran a lunch buffet every day up until 2015 I think? I left in 2012. Shipyard workers loved it and all I had to do was throw in random pizzas and check people out. Now when the server called out....that was a very active day.lol It's amazing how much you can do at one time when you are thrown a curve all. I was really sad when they spun the wingstreet(what it used to be called) brand into every pizza hut and dropped the older baked wings. I LOVED the baked unbreaded wings. Now they put deep fryers into all the stores...that gigantor pizza oven made great wings. Came back to edit my first comment and it was gone...sowwy, little too much

[@Our80sLife]

Hi Aaron, thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your memories! We enjoy hearing stories from viewers. Sounds like you stayed busy working at Pizza Hut back in the day! We agree, the non-breaded baked wings were much better. We definitely miss the good old days, sigh. Thanks for watching!!

[@aaronblair9583]

@@Our80sLife twas an odd time.lol alot of bad, but way more good. I played in the western Washington pizza hut inter store golf tournament!!!! It was exactly as bad as it sounds! Very fun Tho. Ohh, que papas! I'm very curious if anybody remembers those, jalapeno cheese filled tater tots! Soo many odd things. The caramel bread sticks with dulce de leche dipping sauce were great

[@Our80sLife]

@@aaronblair9583 Wow, more fun memories! We don't remember the stuffed tater tots, but those sound amazing!!

[@andrewbochicchio2232]

For whatever reason it's 1:32 in the morning and I'm making sauce so I decided to make this it's coming out really good tastes pretty similar. I think you guys are adorable though with the pizza story. I love Pizza Hut it's delicious. I wish a girl would bring me Pizza Hut

[@andrewbochicchio2232]

No joke because of this video I just remembered since we don't have Pizza Hut here unless you go to the small pop-up place at the Target which is a clothing store I guess. I actually on a daily basis drink out of a red cup just like that it comes from Pizza Hut I just realized that

[@Our80sLife]

Nice!! We hope your sauce came out delicious. I think our Target store also has the little mini pizzas, but we do still have a Pizza Hut (sadly, it's delivery only.) You can't beat the old-school sit-down restaurants complete with tabletop Pac-Man and those classic red cups! Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your memories Andrew!

[@ghaushahinfinity4910]

1:33 that’s a small tin 😂 I think we don’t have such big ones over here 😂

[@Our80sLife]

Right?! 😂

[@ghaushahinfinity4910]

@@Our80sLife nope 😂

[@hurster97]

I managed Pizza Huts back in the 90's and the sauce was made in house with pre-portioned bags of "tomato concentrate", added water and packets of pre-measured seasonings. The ratio to mix was the only information given to avoid anyone stealing the "recipe". There were different color-coded seasoning packets depending on whether it was for pan, neo or pasta sauces. I have come close copying the pan dough but the sauce is always "off". I will try this recipe and see...

[@Our80sLife]

Interesting! It's amazing to think about how quickly Pizza Hut grew back in the day. I'm sure the 90's sauce in a bag wasn't exactly the same as the original recipe, but who knows. Anyway, it tasted pretty dang close to what we remembered, and the pizza turned out great. Good luck!!

[@joy0134]

Looks great! Cool idea to make their sauce. The restaurants back in the 80’s definitely had a different feel than they do now! Today if you go out to eat it’s more rushed & people appear to have forgotten how to talk to each other because they spend so much time on their phones etc! Oh, & love the pac man T-shirt!

[@Our80sLife]

Thanks Joy! You are so right, we're too rushed these days. If we learned anything from the pandemic and quarantine, hopefully people will slow down a bit. Phones down at the dinner table for sure!!

[@ddunn1632]

I worked at Pizza Hut a few years ago. I'm trying this! I sometimes buy/given some from my former Supervisor if I don't make my own.

[@Our80sLife]

Cool, good luck!

[@ddunn1632]

Thanks! ❤

[@iceman6518]

Yep 80s pizza hut

[@ghaushahinfinity4910]

7:44 how did you make that background? 🤓

[@Our80sLife]

A few years ago, we painted a green screen wall in our basement. With a green screen and some editing software, we can have just about any background you can imagine, it's so fun!! Here's a video about that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/imbQpaB7gLN_l6s

[@ghaushahinfinity4910]

@@Our80sLife that is great fun!

[@ghaushahinfinity4910]

Yesterday I had a pizza together with a friend. But not homemade. Haha! Love your blue tiles!

[@Our80sLife]

Fun!! We love making homemade pizza, but this was our first time making sauce from scratch. Thank you!

[@MelissaServicePack7Lucky7]

Awesome!! You are so lucky you live near the pizza hut museum! i wish I could go there! How did you make that retro pizza hut background?!! That was so cool! I miss the 80's pizza hut so much! i have been sending messages and comments to pizza hut on instagram and facebook, begging them to bring back the retro stuff, since 2014 and i think they actually listened to me! Hahahaha. I mean I bombarded them with comments and messages, lol. I really hope they bring back more of of the retro decor. I'd love to see them make those pizza hut track suits that you see the guy in the commercial wearing! I'm dying for one of those! I miss everything about pizza hut in the 80's!

[@Our80sLife]

Hey Melissa! I knew you'd enjoy this video, thanks for watching! We agree that Pizza Hut should definitely bring back the retro, nostalgic decor. That track suit is everything!! If they were smart, they'd capitalize on the nostalgia so many people are feeling nowadays, sigh. We made the background using a green screen. A few years ago, we painted a green wall in our basement, and we can make any background using pictures or videos in our editing software. It's fun! Thanks for watching!!

[@MelissaServicePack7Lucky7]

@@Our80sLife you’re most welcome! I love all of your videos! Yes I’m hoping they do bring back all the retro stuff they have been showing in their commercials and instagram page. That’s so cool that you made the green screen! I wish I had enough space in my house to do that.

[@markleshane9314]

Today love the stuffed crust. However as a kid in the 80's would get a free mini pizza after reading so many books at the local library.

[@Our80sLife]

Oh yes! The Book-It program was awesome! Thanks Mark :)

[@megalisa830bright6]

I love the little scene that you two set up at the end of the video! ^_^ It's like you guys were actually at an old Pizza Hut restaurant! I was born in 1983, so I remember when their restaurants looked like that in that old photo! And I love 'Pac Man'! I don't remember if our old Pizza Hut restaurant had an old 'Pac Man' arcade tabletop (cocktail) cabinet when I was a kid, but I do remember that our local Quik Snak restaurant had one! They were a small, local restaurant that served burgers, hot-dogs, French fries, milk-shakes, etc.! :D

[@Our80sLife]

Thank you!! This was a fun one to film (and tasty too!) We've been dreaming of getting one of those Pac-Man tabletop games for our basement. Wouldn't that be awesome?! Anyway, glad you enjoyed our video. We actually went to a really cool old Pizza Hut over the weekend that's still thriving. Watch for that video coming next week!

[@vinouthavong1388]

I remember I use to visit Keith at Mazzio's from time to time. Pizza looks tasty. BTW I forgot to ask y'all for one of your Channel stickers. Looks like I will have to visit next time again to get it. And maybe an extra visitor companion with me to introduce y'all.

[@Our80sLife]

Sounds good! Did you ever try the chocolate mousse at Mazzio's? It was on the salad bar (for some weird reason) and it was amazing!!!

[@arielcastillo5266]

Pizza Hut sauce these days is awful! So happy you shared the original recipe!!!! Thank you!!!

[@Our80sLife]

@@arielcastillo5266 Sure thing, we’ve got you covered! The recipe makes a ton of sauce, but it tastes great and could probably even be frozen. Enjoy! 🍕

[@arielcastillo5266]

@@Our80sLifewhat size or how many oz’s is that large tomato can??? Is it 106oz’s???

[@Our80sLife]

@@arielcastillo5266 Yes! I found the #10 can of sauce at Costco.

[@AaronC143]

I love Pizza Hut. They're my #2 favorite pizza place. Ours is still open here in 2023. They recently remodeled the dining area, and they also brought back the classic logo on the sign, but the roof is still black instead of red. Also, they brought back the classic lamp shades. I eat from there for lunch on Sundays sometimes. In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game on Nintendo (a.k.a. The NES), Pizza Hut logos can be seen in the background on some of the stages. I just saw the museum video. That was dope. Made me hungry for pizza.

[@Our80sLife]

Oh cool! You're lucky to have a Pizza Hut Classic in your area! We've been wanting to visit one of the remodeled "classics" but haven't had an opportunity to do that. Awesome!!

[@AaronC143]

@@Our80sLife I just had Pizza Hut for lunch Sunday. I get medium pan pizzas with pepperoni. Little Caesars is my #1. I have that for supper on Thursdays.

[@btetschner]

I also worked as a Pizza Hut delivery driver. I am sure Keith lasted longer than I did, I only lasted around 3 months! It was in 1998.

[@btetschner]

I did learn to read the address system in cities and towns. That is a skill I still use today.

[@Our80sLife]

Cool! He didn't last long there either, lol!

[@btetschner]

@@Our80sLife The worst is those last calls for delivery. When had to accept them till the very last second. For a last call one night I had to go to a trailor park that was pitch dark because there were no lights. A pizza delivery man with a pizza and a bank bag of money in that situation is a sitting duck.

[@Our80sLife]

@@btetschner EEK!!!

[@btetschner]

@@Our80sLife I am fortunate I lived in a college town that was not known for its crime. There were apparently pizza muggings in a city nearby years later.

[@mickie4445]

Any pointers on the deep dish pizza ? It’s my all time favorite.. I have come very close to the spongy dough my question is what type of oil does Pizza Hut use on the deep dish and does it have a flavor to it? I am a new subscriber to your channel

[@Our80sLife]

Hi there, and welcome to our channel! We haven't tried making the deep dish pizza, but I found a good copycat version here: topsecretrecipes.com/pizza-hut-pan-pizza-copycat-recipe.html According to the Top Secret Recipes website, Pizza Hut uses soybean oil (which is probably the most commonly used oil in restaurants because it's cheap. I don't think it imparts much of a flavor, like olive oil does.) Best of luck with your pizza endeavors!

[@Jason_Maier]

In another one of your videos (about the abandoned Pizza Hut I think); I had mentioned several themed ideas as far as the music being played per night for an 80's pizza party. The one thing I forgot to mention was Ladie's Music Night!

[@Our80sLife]

That sounds fun!! Thanks Jason!

[@CallieandJordanSquad]

Keith I love that pac man shirt. I think once they started to expand they used that recipe but it threw it in a can,

[@benjaminsmith3151]

I worked at a number of pizza places, one of them hadn't changed since the 80s. One thing I know we did that made a huge difference in the sauce was putting all the spices in a container with water and oil and microwaving the heck out it before pouring it into the sauce. The cheese combination is astonishingly difficult to get right, because it's rarely the same from different suppliers, and even different times of year. Getting that stretchy melted sweetspot takes a lot of experimentation. I don't recommend the fancy salt like you guys used without the heating the spices trick. Any old iodized salt will be best as long as it doesn't have any weird anti-caking ingredients. I think you nailed the basics though of 80s pizza. It's mostly just plenty of salt and pepper, and noticeably more than the modern market is used to. Some places even use SUGAR now, yuck!

[@Our80sLife]

Interesting, thanks Benjamin! We appreciate your expertise having worked at several pizza places... didn't consider mixing and heating the spices first. Good idea! And we totally agree that sugar has no place in pizza sauce.

[@jeffreybokhari6772]

Pizza Hut Is Supposed To A Sweet Sauce Back In The 80s And 90s Pizza Hut’s Sauce Used To Be A Sweet Sauce Now There Sauce Is Bitter And Not Sweet At All Which Tastes Terrible Pizza That Has A Signature Sweet Sauce Is What Represents Having Good Pizza Other Wise If It Doesn’t Have A Sweet Sauce It’s No Good Cause I Don’t Like Any Pizza That Do Not Have A Sweet Sauce My Two Favorite Pizza Places Are Ohio Pie Pizza And Romeo’s Pizza They Both Have A Signature Sweet Sauce And Are Both Good And Very Popular And That’s How Pizza Should Be

[@benjaminsmith3151]

@@jeffreybokhari6772 You might be right. The tomatos themselves have probably been completely re-engineered since then too. We got our spice packets from the elderly mother of the italian guy who owned the place, and she was always adjusting things based on what the ingredients were like. People would complain if it didn't taste like they remembered.

[@harryhart3394]

I really miss the old pizza hut pizza, especially the pan pizza. They changed their pizza over the years in many ways to make it cheaper, supposedly healthier & to cook it faster through those conveyor belt ovens. It's very sad & they wonder why their profits are dropping like mad. I wish they would just go back to the eat-in restaurants, using real pizza ovens & making their old real "ORIGINAL" Pizzas like they did in the 70s & 80s or prior! That's what the customers want. People's comments are all over the internet wishing for them to go back to the Old Original Pizza Hut. Also, many many complaints about the changes that pizza hut has made over the years, while trying to fool it's customers. They should care about the quality & what the customers want. That is what makes a business successful. Not turning your beloved pizza into crap that makes people sick when they eat it. I'm researching all over to try to make the original pan pizza. I found this same sauce recipe on the napkin in a picture & i planned on trying to make it. I'll definitely try your method. Any ideas on the original pan pizza crust?

[@Our80sLife]

Hi Harry! Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your thoughts. We agree, Pizza Hut should seize this opportunity of customers' nostalgia and go back to its old-school ways. The company began here in our city (Wichita, Kansas) but it has franchised out and changed hands a number of times over all these years, so it's not being run by the folks who started it all. I think we nailed the original sauce recipe, but we haven't attempted to recreate their crust. For this video, we made our own homemade crust recipe (which is gluten free because I have celiac disease) but it's much thinner than Pizza Hut's pan pizza. Although we haven't had it in years, I can still remember how delicious it used to be, almost buttery. I've seen several copycat recipes online which sound promising. The closest we've found is actually an older Martha Stewart recipe which is made on high heat in a cast iron skillet. That combination helped achieve those crispy edges we love while still maintaining a softer, bread-like pan crust. Yum!! Wishing you the best of luck in your pizza-making endeavors!

[@rachael943]

Ok now you have to do the crappy Chef Boyardee pizza-in-a-box kit. Gawd those were horrible but it's what we could make ourselves after school in the 5th grade in 1986

[@Our80sLife]

I didn't think they were too bad, but I remember my mom always put bacon on it. Everything's better with bacon! Thanks for watching :)

[@Crumpman]

When I worked at Pizza Hut the sauce can in plastic bags. Just had to add water to it and stir.

[@unicornmadness6286]

I don't have the patience to make pizza, plus I'm a messy cook.😜

[@Our80sLife]

LOL!!

[@FlintandSteelSurvival]

Now a days they are my least favorite pizza by far but as a kid I really liked it. My main complaint is the flavor of the sauce. So maybe they need to go back to the napkin recipe hahaha

[@Our80sLife]

Yes!! Now they have a "secret blend of herbs and spices" but when I saw that, I was thinking why not use your original sauce recipe?!

[@EXTREMEMIDSOUTH80]

does anyone remember when they did the buy a large pizza and get the other pizza for a penny. i sure do.

[@Our80sLife]

We don’t recall, but that sounds great! They should bring back the penny pizza! 🍕

[@slofty]

Anyone remember how many ounces the dough portions were for the 12" and 14" pan pizzas were?

[@Our80sLife]

We don't know about the Pizza Hut portions, but as a general rule, PizzaToday.com recommends 1-ounce of dough per inch of pizza diameter. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching our video :)

[@slofty]

@@Our80sLife Thanks-- awesome channel btw!

[@Our80sLife]

@@slofty Thank you 😊

[@donniethomas6785]

Pizza hut taste like crap but I've always been told that years ago it was very very good ,today it's so greasy I can't do it

[@Our80sLife]

It's definitely changed over the years, no doubt about it. Thanks for watching our video Donnie!

[@travelingspanky6144]

So did it really taste like Pizza Hut?

[@Our80sLife]

Hey Spanky!! It tasted pretty close to how we remember it back in the day! It had a strong bell pepper taste, which we liked.

[@goodcitizen3910]

Please turn down music sound

[@Broomba51]

Pizza Hut sub sandwiches!!! Taco pizza!!!

[@Our80sLife]

I never tried their sandwiches, but taco pizza is delicious! I also love cheeseburger pizza!! Thanks for watching!

[@jeffreybokhari6772]

In The 80s and 90s Pizza Hut Had A Signature Sweet Sauce It Was Better Than The Late 90s Early 2000s Bitter Sauce They Need To Bring Back There Signature Sweet Sauce And Ohio Pie Pizza And Romeo’s Pizza Have There Own Signature Sweet Sauce Signature Sweet Sauce Is Was Represents A Good Pizza If The Sauce Is Bitter Instead Of A Signature Sweet Sauce Then It’s No Good I Don’t Like Pizza That Has A Bitter Sauce I Like Pizza That Has A Signature Sweet Sauce

[@Our80sLife]

I think you're right, and several people have also mentioned they remembered the sauce being sweeter back then... interesting!

[@brentburford7380]

I managed and worked at 3 Pizza Huts 1970 untill 1975 and the sauce recipe isn't close to the sauce made in those years. They use Puree and whole peeled tomatoes run through a mouli mixer

[@catnapgee5357]

that pizza does not look great , but then sauce is interesting

[@shanebloeser2910]

You could be rich making pizzas. Talk about bringing in the dough. Ha HA HA Sorry I will behave

[@Our80sLife]

LOL!! Good one ;)

[@stego2012]

Richard Simmons will disapprove.

[@Our80sLife]

Ha, ha, yep. But we saved up some deal-a-meal cards to cover it, lol! Also, it was totally worth the extra calories! Thanks for watching!