Pizza Hut unleashes its latest gimmick pie: the cheesy beef poutine pizza
Pizza Hut unleashes its latest gimmick pie: the cheesy beef poutine pizza
By Caroline Youdan | June 13, 2013
By Caroline Youdan | 06/13/2013
(Image: Pizza Hut Canada)
The sure sign that a food trend has exploded beyond niche status: it’s co-opted by a fast-food chain. Pizza Hut Canada is embracing the Canadiana food revolution with a limited-edition poutine pizza that’s loaded with fries, gravy, shaved steak, cheese curds and mozzarella. It’s one in a series of heritage-inspired pies that includes butter-chicken, Asian BBQ and, of course, maple bacon. While Pizza Hut has long put out outrageous pies in other parts of the world, like the hot-dog-stuffed pizza in the U.K. or the pizza within another pizza in Singapore, Canada only got its first artery-clogging stunt pie in 2011—The Crown Crust, which had meatballs and cheese baked right into the crust. Now, we have an entire family of crazy pizzas to call our own. For a retrospective on the American chain’s Frankenpizzas over the years, check out our slideshow.
218601 The Cheesy Remix pie with cheesy bite-sized crust pockets in three flavours (for "three times the fun") (Image: Pizza Hut) Pizza Hut Retrospective Pizza Hut Retrospective https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-1-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-1.jpg 439 624 [] https://torontolife.com/food/pizza-hut-introduces-poutine-pizza/slide/pizza-hut-1/ pizza-hut-1 0 0
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218596 The Cheeseburger Crown Crust pie with a crust made out of miniature cheeseburgers (Image: Pizza Hut) Pizza Hut Retrospective Pizza Hut Retrospective https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-6-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-6.jpg 500 281 [] https://torontolife.com/food/pizza-hut-introduces-poutine-pizza/slide/pizza-hut-6/ pizza-hut-6 0 0
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218597 The Hot Dog Stuffed Crust pie with (free) mustard drizzle (Image: Pizza Hut) Pizza Hut Retrospective Pizza Hut Retrospective https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-5-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-5.jpg 592 340 [] https://torontolife.com/food/pizza-hut-introduces-poutine-pizza/slide/pizza-hut-5/ pizza-hut-5 0 0
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218599 The Double Sensation pie with two crusts for the price of one: an outer crust filled with cheese and an inner crust filled with chicken sausage (Image: Pizza Hut) Pizza Hut Retrospective Pizza Hut Retrospective https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-3-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-3.jpg 610 450 [] https://torontolife.com/food/pizza-hut-introduces-poutine-pizza/slide/pizza-hut-3/ pizza-hut-3 0 0
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218598 The Cone Crust pie with alternating cream cheese- and honey-mustard chicken-filled crust cones (Image: Pizza Hut) Pizza Hut Retrospective Pizza Hut Retrospective https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-4-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-4.jpg 624 303 [] https://torontolife.com/food/pizza-hut-introduces-poutine-pizza/slide/pizza-hut-4/ pizza-hut-4 0 0
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218594 The Scallop Cheesy Volcano pizza with a crust made out of erupting cheesy dough balls (Image: Pizza Hut) Pizza Hut Retrospective Pizza Hut Retrospective https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-8-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-8.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-8.jpg 537 393 [] https://torontolife.com/food/pizza-hut-introduces-poutine-pizza/slide/pizza-hut-8/ pizza-hut-8 0 0
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218600 The Ring of Fortune Chinese New Year pie with pumpkin sauce, taro bits, pineapples, diced BBQ chicken and mushrooms (Image: Pizza Hut) Pizza Hut Retrospective Pizza Hut Retrospective https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-2-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-2.jpg 600 529 [] https://torontolife.com/food/pizza-hut-introduces-poutine-pizza/slide/pizza-hut-2/ pizza-hut-2 0 0
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218593 P'zolos were introduced in the US as part of a campaign to move in on the sandwich market. The tagline: "See ya subs" (Image: Pizza Hut) Pizza Hut Retrospective Pizza Hut Retrospective https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-9-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-9.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-9.jpg 600 315 [] https://torontolife.com/food/pizza-hut-introduces-poutine-pizza/slide/pizza-hut-9/ pizza-hut-9 0 0
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218591 It's not pizza, but it sure is a gimmick. Pizza Hut Canada came up with Pizza Hut perfume as a ploy to lure people to its Facebook page (Image: Pizza Hut) Pizza Hut Retrospective Pizza Hut Retrospective https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-11-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-11.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pizza-hut-11.jpg 285 367 [] https://torontolife.com/food/pizza-hut-introduces-poutine-pizza/slide/pizza-hut-11/ pizza-hut-11 0 0
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218815 Our very own gimmick pie: the cheesy beef poutine pizza (Image: Pizza Hut Canada) Pizza Hut Retrospective Pizza Hut Retrospective https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Pizza-Hut-Poutine-Pie-resized-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Pizza-Hut-Poutine-Pie-resized.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Pizza-Hut-Poutine-Pie-resized.jpg 656 410 [] https://torontolife.com/food/pizza-hut-introduces-poutine-pizza/slide/pizza-hut-poutine-pie-resized/ pizza-hut-poutine-pie-resized 0 0
(Image: Pizza Hut Canada)