Every Domino's Pizza, Ranked From Worst To Best

People can get very specific about their Domino's pizza order, and for good reason. By some counts, there are around 34 million different ways to customize your pizza. It's a lot to take in and a lot to consider, especially if you're ordering for a group rather than for a personal piece of enjoyment. That's where the Domino's specialty pizzas come in.

These tried-and-true pies satisfy (for the most part) without the added stress of being overwhelmed with options. In the best case scenario, the specialty orders are balanced and well thought out. In the worst case, the pizzas can feel like a jumble of trending food items thrown on top of pizza dough. Who was really asking for a pizza that is reminiscent of a cheeseburger, anyway? Thankfully, you have this ranking to sort the delicious from the duds without having to try every one of their specialty options.

These are all of the specialty pizzas at Domino's as of September 2020, ranked from worst to best.

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This is simply a cheese pizza by another name. Nothing against the purists who prefer cheese and nothing but cheese on their pizza, but the Wisconsin 6 Cheese doesn't bring much to the table other than lots and lots of its namesake. It's like a cheeseboard, but one where you're forced to eat every available cheese at once on a pizza crust with some tomato sauce. 

Wisconsin 6 Cheese first came out in 2010 as part of the American Legends pizza line, and it was announced with a press release that assertively started with the statement, "Cheeseheads Unite!" It has mozzarella, feta, provolone, cheddar, Parmesan, and Asiago. All are great cheeses perfect for pizza, but the lack of an excitement factor is hard to get past. And then there's the issue of the name. All of these but cheddar are typically associated with Italy (where mozzarella, provolone, Asiago, and true Parmigiano cheeses all come from) or Greece (feta dates back to Ancient Greece, according to Encyclopedia Britannica) rather than Wisconsin. According to Forbes, Domino's and nearly every other big pizza chain gets its cheese from one company: Leprino Foods, which is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. 

That all said, there is a time and a place for Wisconsin 6 Cheese. Namely, that time and place is either when you're with a group of extremely picky eaters, or when you have a bunch of toppings from home that you plan on adding to the top yourself.

This pizza sprung forth unto the world at the same time as the Cheeseburger pizza with the same intention: deliver a popular food that's not a pizza, but in the format of a pizza, according to a press release about the Chicken Taco pizza from Domino's. This one, however, does not have a sauce as atrocious as a ketchup-mustard blend. Yet instead of using the traditional Robust Inspired Tomato Sauce that Domino's uses as its standard sauce, the Chicken Taco pizza uses a blend of spices it loosely labels in the press release as "taco seasoning." 

On top of the seasoning are ingredients like grilled chicken, onions, green peppers, diced tomatoes, and a mix of provolone and cheddar cheeses. What it's really missing is a big heat presence. There's always the option to add in some jalapenos to customize your order, but it's something that should be an automatic for anything claiming to be taco inspired. 

On its face, the Chicken Taco has many of the ingredients required for a real taco. Except, of course, the one ingredient that truly makes a taco a taco: the tortilla. It's worth trying for the novelty of it, but it's not going to satisfy anyone craving either a pizza or a taco.

Steak on pizza doesn't always fly. The meat can be too much to bite through, leading to the awkward situation of having to shovel the rest of the piece into your mouth with a fork or, worse, your hand. That's not the case with the Philly Cheese Steak pizza from Domino's. It also avoids the trappings of the Cali Chicken Bacon Ranch pizza, because although the sandwich version of a Philly cheesesteak is a tried and true classic, the pizza version is something of its own.

Philly Cheese Steak (the pizza version) is topped with beef tenderloin steak, onions, mushrooms, green peppers, and, of course, cheese. It's provolone rather than Cheez Whiz, a "cheese" type with a long Philly cheese steak history as The Philadelphia Inquirer notes, but the adjustment works better for the pizza — at least a lot better than the forced use of a ketchup-mustard sauce to make the Cheeseburger Pizza. Domino's skipped using any traditional pizza sauce to keep it closer to the classic sandwich, though there's a case to be made for ordering a marinara dipping sauce on the side to add your own.

At the end of the day, you might run into the same problem as you do with the other specialty pizzas inspired by non-pizza foods. It won't satisfy a craving of either one of the foods individually, but in this case there's the possibility that it will start a new craving.

Perhaps you're craving a salad, but also pizza. If that's the case, Pacific Veggie pizza from Domino's is the vegetarian pizza for you, as this specialty pie is pretty close to just being a salad on top of a pizza. It's topped with the traditional Robust Inspired tomato sauce, mushrooms, onions, roasted red peppers, black olives, spinach, diced tomatoes, and a blend of mozzarella, feta, and provolone cheeses. That's a lot to load on each piece, but the Pacific Veggie can handle it whether you get hand tossed, Brooklyn style, or crunchy thin crust.

What this pizza really has going for it is that it's vegetarian without being plain. There's the umami from the tomatoes and mushrooms (two very umami-rich foods, according to Umami Information Center), the salt kick from the cheese and olives, and plenty of flavor coming from the onions and peppers. Even meat lovers can appreciate, if not fully embrace, a vegetarian pizza as loaded as the Pacific Veggie pizza is. Sure, it might lead to conversations that start with, "Do I have anything in my teeth," but that alone is not a deal breaker.

Few things will make a certain subset of pizza lovers more mad than declaring allegiance to the Hawaiian pizza (which was actually invented in Canada by a Greek immigrant, but that's a different story). Truthfully, the style doesn't get enough respect when it comes to a balance of sweet and savory flavors. Domino's did more than just add "Honolulu" to the name and call it a day when it included the Honolulu Hawaiian as one of the original American Legends specialty pizzas, though. The chain adds in a couple more ingredients that may even convert some devout Hawaiian pizza lovers: ham, pineapple, smoked bacon, roasted red peppers, and a mix of mozzarella and provolone cheeses define the Honolulu Hawaiian pizza. 

This all works because pineapple is a natural sidekick to pork (something the Honolulu Hawaiian has plenty of with the one-two punch of ham and bacon). Island resort luaus aren't the only places you'll see capitalize on combining sweet pineapple and savory pork. Al pastor tacos — arguably one of the best types of taco — also mix the two, as described by Tasting Table. Putting the combo on pizza to bring them together with crust and sauce is a logical, and flavorful, move. Order the Honolulu Hawaiian pizza from Domino's if you are already a Hawaiian pizza fan, but also give it a try if you're not.

If you haven't noticed by now, Domino's has a habit of replacing the sauce first and foremost when it designs a specialty pizza. Sauce variance does indeed alter the look, feel, and taste, so the move makes sense. The Buffalo Chicken specialty pizza falls into that category of saucy, but not traditionally saucy. This pie, as the name suggests, uses Buffalo sauce, which has a vinegar acidity and lightly spicy flavor reminiscent of Buffalo, New York's most famous food. Doubling down on that association, of course, is the addition of chicken.

This is far from just a novelty pizza for people who appreciate Buffalo wings. Buffalo wings became an immensely popular bar food across the country (or, in the words of Food & Wine, "took over America") because the blend of hot sauce and butter in the sauce is hard to hate. The same is true for the Buffalo Chicken pizza from Domino's. The bread and cheese add another factor, making the experience akin to ordering a side of mozzarella sticks (or, to match the cheese used for this pizza, provolone sticks) along with your Buffalo wings and eating both as one.

This is a solid everything-but-the-kitchen-sink type of pizza designed for those who really just can't decide what to order. Sure, it won't blow you away by featuring a carefully selected mix of complementary flavors, but it will get the job done and get the job done right. The ExtravaganZZa  pizza from Domino's is topped with pepperoni, ham, Italian sausage, beef, onions, green peppers, mushrooms, black olives, and extra mozzarella. Classically inspired? Maybe not. Filling and obliging to those who love pretty much everything on their pizzas? Definitely. 

The ExtravaganZZa pizza is for when you're with an indecisive crowd where the only set opinion is nothing boring. There's a lot there to pick out for the picky eaters, but it's almost always better to start with more and narrow down than to start with less and be at a loss to how to fill the missing flavors. That's what puts it ahead of the similar, but lesser, Deluxe and brings the ExtravaganZZa to the top of the specialty options.