![]() ![]() The chain has adopted a corner-cut design, which reduces the folding time from six seconds to four, on average and allows the boxes to be stacked more neatly. On the other end of the spectrum, a pizza store like Dominos, is less concerned about accessibility as they are about efficiency. >The Domino's corner-cut design reduces folding time from six seconds to four. The aluminum reduces the taste of cardboard, you don’t get the steam build-up and your pizza is hot. This box, has 17 vents that are positioned so that steam will be able to escape even if the boxes are stacked. "But I think I like this one better." We'll get to why in a moment.Īnother box, the one from the aforementioned Eataly, combats the heating problem with an aluminum-coated polyester lining, which conducts reflects enough heat to keep your pizza oven hot. "I used to think the best box was from Eataly," Wiener says of Mario Batali's NYC italian food emporium. The most innovative pizza box in the world actually comes from India, a country with a booming appetite for slices. >Wiener has collected more than 650 boxes from 45 countries around the world.īut you'd probably be surprised to know that the smartest pizza box wasn't born in Italy, New York or even Chicago. There are boxes made from ultra-green material which is a major score for the environment, and others with fun quirks like a fold that turns the box into a coffin for pizza "remains." “But it’s such an important element to the quality of the pizza it’s really something we should be paying attention to.”īy and large, pizza box design hasn't evolved much beyond the standard cardboard square, but a few boxes out there are elevating the field's design. “That’s what’s going on with pizza boxes,” says Scott Wiener, a pizza box expert. Just imagine if we lived in a world where no one cared about what their car looked like or how it functioned a world where all that mattered is that we get from point A to point B. But let’s not forget these boxes have a very important job: Namely to ensure your pizza gets to you safe and delicious. A pizza box is a woefully under-appreciated object oftentimes brutally ripped open before being tossed directly into the trash. The next time a pizza is delivered to your doorstep, just take a brief moment to admire the vehicle it arrived in.
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