When it comes to making pizza fast and cheap, no one does it better than Little Caesars,
which, according to Spoon University, once held the title of "fastest growing pizza chain."
It continues to dish out efficiently made pies across America.
The speed with which Little Caesars can pump out pizzas is the result of a few things:
One, they buy ingredients at bulk prices. The chain also apparently finds shortcuts
to prepare their pizza components. One Little Caesars employee took to social media to document
the method they claim their location uses to quickly mix sauces, and viewers couldn't
stop talking.
TikTok user @tye pearson posted a video showing a Little Caesars employee mixing up a container
full of tomato paste and other ingredients using a drill to combine it all into pizza
sauce. The purported behind-the-scenes view into the Little Caesars kitchen sparked a
slew of comments including,
"This is exactly why I have a fear of eating anything that wasn't made in my house LMFAO."
and
"And this is why I eat domino's."
Viewers couldn't believe the clip's seeming revelation that the sauce got mixed with a
power drill with a mixing attachment. The fact that the sauce got mixed in a container
set on the floor also got commenters riled up.
Pearson also uploaded further footage of their work in the Little Caesars' kitchen, including
documenting how Crazy Bread gets made. The chain fired the employee after learning about
the behind-the-scenes footage, while the TikTok user defended the videos, claiming they didn't
think they did anything wrong.
The same now-former employee also posted a video of what they say is an earlier stage
of preparing pizza sauce. The clip depicts the employee pouring a packet of spices into
a tub of what looks like water, and they prepare several batches of the sauce in a similar
way. Comments have flooded the post, which range from criticisms like...
"Sure makes me not want any of their food."
...to defenses of Little Caesars, such as,
"I WORK AT LC AND WE DON'T MAKE OUR SAUCE ON THE FLOOR."
For its part, Little Caesars agrees that this sauce-making method is not standard. According
to a statement sent to Mashed, this sauce mixing method is not approved by the pizza
chain. A representative for the company shared that, at most locations, employees combine
crushed tomatoes and spices using a spatula or mixing spoon.
The sauce-making videos are definitely shocking, but not all of Pearson's videos are outlandish.
Their Crazy Bread-making videos seem to show a more standard behind-the-scenes look into
what goes on in the Little Caesars kitchen.
In the first of two videos, Pearson documents how a package of flour, yeast, and other ingredients
get whisked into a container of water. The slurry gets poured into a proofing machine
and quickly rises into pre-formed sections perfect for tearing apart. Commenters in this
video pointed out how the Little Caesars' breadstick creation process differed from
their own experiences, leaving replies like,
"I worked for a different pizza place. Our dough came frozen. And all our sauces came
in bags."
and
"I worked at Little Caesars for 11 years lol. I worked there before we even had the machine
to roll them for us. We had to cut and weigh then roll it."
In a second breadsticks video, the TikToker stirred up more controversy when they put
the cut breadsticks into the oven. The employee picks up a mound of proofed dough, places
it on a tray, covers it in plastic wrap, and uses a machine to squash it flat. They then
cut the dough into long strips, squirt a butter mixture on a baking pan, place the strips
on the tray, and head towards the oven.
Sounds pretty normal, right? Well, some viewers took offense to the fact that the employee
didn't wear gloves in the second video. Others in the comment section came to the defense
of the employee, with one saying,
"YOU DON'T NEED TO WEAR GLOVES WHEN IN A KITCHEN UNLESS YOU DON'T WASH YOUR HANDS. Fast food
does it bc its fast food."
Others said that this version of the breadstick-making process differed from their own locations.
One claimed,
"as a manager at little caesars this is not how we make ours."
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