Wondering if the Domino's Pizza deals are worth getting over making one at home, if the effort to make one was the same as driving to pick up a Domino's Pizza.
Also if you like making it at home, what's your favourite toppings?
How Much Does It Cost to Make a Pizza at Home VS Buying One at Domino's?
smartProverble on 15/04/2025 - 17:35
Last edited 15/04/2025 - 19:08 by 1 other user
Last edited 15/04/2025 - 19:08 by 1 other user
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- 49Making it at home with the home oven is cheaper.
- 189Domino's Pizza is cheaper.
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I appreciate your sentiment but you're on record about how bad your diet is, however I thought you'd changedm but I guess not?
domino's pizza are overpriced (shrinkflation) and they scrimp on the toppings…
if you add toppings e.g. chicken or prawns they charged like $2.50 or whatever price it has increased to etc but only give you a few small pieces of chicken
$2.50 can buy you heaps more chicken than what they give youHomemade pizzas taste better, have more + choose your own quality ingredients and the size of the pizza you make is alot more bigger than the shrinked pizza size dominos sells nowadays.
1 homemade size pizza is about 1.5 times large than the size of a dominoes pizza
1 homemade dough ball can make about 4 homemade pizzas (which equates to about 6 dominos size pizza)
I couldn’t make a better tasting pizza
This just means you don't know how to cook good food.
Go learn and practice to improve your cooking skill…It will better for your health in the long time
I would rather make it at home. Domino's is disgusting.
Yah better to compare Dominos to frozen pizza at the supermarket. if you make it at home, use proper ingredients and it will be better.
Frozen pizza at the supermarket is better than dominoes, especially if it's aldi
No it is not. My local Dominoes and Pizza Hut make excellent pepperoni pizza. The pepperoni is crunchy and perfect. Olive and mushroom is also an excellent choice.
I do enjoy getting on the bus with fresh hot pepperoni pizza then watching people suffer knowing the glorious smell will never be theirs.
@Loopholio: No they dont (either supermarket or Dominos), your standards are too low - try a proper woodfire with proper ham
@Franc-T: I think I can see where Loopholio is coming from. Pepperoni when slightly overcooked, and starting to get that crunch, can have a bit of caramelisation that can enhance the flavour.
Bit I would also say it's at a very fine line, one that I would be surprised for Domino Hut to be able to nail at all, let alone consistently.
Man Dominoes is losing HARD on this Australia representative survey. Clearly they have committed a grave sin, what will the Coalition do about them
what will the Coalition do about them
Bring out a potato pizza, aka The Dutton Slice 😅
The ALP would then have to bring out a bechamel ragu pizza, aka The Albinese 🤣
Greens would bring out a new cheesy garlic bread, The Edam Bundt 😂
I should stop there and leave some for the rest of the team 😁
Edit: any Domino Hut marketing people need to make sure they credit me with these when they come out! 😝
Potato pizza? Bring back Mr Wedge!
If you throw away the pizza and eat the box, it's probably better from any point of view.
Very strange, i actually prefer pizza hut than italian pizza places
Dominos is likely cheaper but it's Dominos
yeah but isn't it like 10 cents to use the oven ever hour or something?
FYI i haven't done the maths. I've just realised that air conditioning isn't as expensive as i had thought, so applied the same for the oven.
Most ovens are at least 2000w and average electricity cost is 35c/kwh so running the oven for an hour will be at least $0.70. Obviously doesn't take an hour to cook a pizza though.
Cost of ingredients obviously but the big one and one that most won't consider is your time.
yep making pizza dough is hard enough, nevermind risking a fire in your house
@smartProverble: Making pizza dough is actually surprisingly easy.
Takes a smidge of time letting it prove but it's the simplest part really
@buckster: Woolworths also sell premade pizza dough for, I think, $2. I've used it in the past and it was good stuff.
@smartProverble: Better add in the price of a fire hydrant, fire blanket, smoke alarm check
And electricity to power the oven, fridge to hold the ingredients, petrol/electricity to drive to the shops.
A good well well-insulated/sealed oven doesn't continuously run at 2000W. Once it hits temp, it'll throttle down and use a lot less.
This is why ovens can actually be more efficient than an air fryer.
It's not about the price. It's about the taste, the toppings and the personal satisfaction of making a meal that brings people together using fresh ingredients.
not about the price
It’s uhh… the vibe of it, your honour
I love bringing the boys together and personally satisfying them with fresh ingredients
Mrs Paint enjoys watching as it gives her a night off.
I'm sure I'm not the only one that read this ^ comment more than once!
It's not about the price.
Lol the amount of upvotes this comment has when this line was dropped
But the question was which is cheaper. Not which is better or preferred.
Yeah exactly? Which is why I'm surprised OC has 22 upvotes lmao
OZB isn't the same anymore. Ten years ago, a comment like this would've been hit with 20 downvotes just for merely suggesting it's not about the price.
Home made pizza is miles away better than the cardboard pizzas from Domino.
Hi friend you may be confused as to what is the box and what is the pizza. Try eating the other thing
you made me laugh! Good on you mate! ;-)
$7 3 pack cheese pizza from Aldi is quiet decent. Just put your meat and veggies then put in oven for 12-15 minutes.
vs cost of driving, or even shoe rubber
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The cost of using the oven for a pizza is probably 20 cents.
Just put your meat
I think there is an American Pie version of that somewhere …
Homemade is, for sure, much cheaper, better, tastier, and hygienic. Their fingernails full of shillt.
i once made a pizza from scratch.
dough mixed and raised.
can of tomatoes blended, seasoned and put in coffee filter to reduce water content.
toppings selected, prepared and added to suit my own taste.
cooked to perfection.i was slicing it on a cutting board near to the edge of the kitchen table.
board tipped, whole pizza fell off side, into the filthy kitchen bin below the table.was still better than Dominoes.
I did nazi that coming!
Shop around. My local wholesaler sells fresh made reheat at home pizzas 10 for $110 (freezeable).
Ok, not make your own but not as bad as Domino's
use old discarded dominos boxes as your base, spread your toppings on and voila it even tastes like a dominos pizza hahaha
Making it at home is cheaper than a pizza shop pizza if you don't count the cost of having to have a pizza oven.
A pizza shop oven is cheaper than one made at home if you don't count the cost of delivering.
Don't know about Domino's, but my favourite pizza shop definitely makes a nicer pizza than me. I don't make/eat pizza often enough to have all the ingredients, and fresh, than they do. Me, I like bacon (yummm) pizzas, and if I buy one frozen in the supermarket its not really bacon, it something that is vaguely bacon-like.
according to the comment above, it costs about 70 cents per hour to use an oven. That is cheap as f
He did say "pizza oven" though, which I'd guess most people don't have lying around. These can be found for cheap but can also be pretty expensive. This has to be factored into the cost of making pizza at home, if you decide to go for that option. There is naturally a reason people choose to buy pizza ovens.
something that is vaguely bacon-like
A few years back I used to manage a commercial kitchen (actually a factory, but they preferred the word kitchen to make it sound like it's all prepared by chefs)
and the bacon bits/pieces that were used were all soy based products. We didn't produce pizza so I don't know if some of them use the same product but the products we made definitely had no 'real' bacon.
How Much Does It Cost to Make a Pizza at Home VS Buying One at Domino's?
Depends on what you already have at home and how many you're making and how often.
Buying everything to make 1 pizza once a month, not cheaper.
Making 4 pizzas a week, maybe cheaper.
Dont forget the cost of preparing and cleaning and cooking. Time is money
if you enjoy the process with your family, kids, and honey, then the time is priceless.
But surely eating take away pizza doesn't mean you can't spend time with family?
What a trite homily.
ewwww Domino's
We use this recipe for the dough. It is easy and makes a great base. I just chuck it all in the mixer with a dough hook instead of hand kneading.
For toppings, we generally use whatever toppings we have in the fridge - keeps them cheap and uses up all the odd bits of ham/salami/veges we have. Otherwise fresh pineapple, capsicum, mushrooms and ham would be my favourite. For the base sauce, I just use a bit of pasta sauce from the jars I use when I'm making pasta. It keeps well in the fridge when opened.
You're the only person who's actually answered that part of the post. Thank you
peperoni always
tin of tomatoes blended + garlic crushed + siracha maybe then put in a coffee filter in a cup with paper towel underneath to concentrate the sauce.
dough 450g bread flour, 2tsp yeast, tsp salt, 1 + 1/4 cup warm water, tbsp olive oil. i actually increase this recipe by 4/3 (600g flour etc) then split the mix in two and put half in the fridge for another day. kitchen blender with dough hook. i used to use a bread maker until it died. hardly used for bread. though it did make great sweet dough for deep fryer doughnuts.
usually have anchovies in the fridge. onion, capsicum, mushroom, ham / bacon, tasty and mozzarella (possibly parmesan)
sometimes egg. sometimes pineapple.
It's cheaper to throw a frozen pizza in the oven than get Domino's. Taste better as well.
You guys must have some bottom-of-the-barrel Domino's if it can't beat a frozen pizza (could also be top-tier frozen pizza in which case you should recommend it to the rest of us)
And not value your time, which is fair if you enjoy cooking. But if we’re just talking about getting a pizza in your mouth, how can anyone seriously compare to a $5 dominos, even if it’s not gourmet Italian? Minimum wage workers maybe (then I also understand, no shade).
It's more expensive for us at home. We have 2 ninja pizza ovens but, let's face it, Domino's are about as close to being a decent real pizza as Hitler is to being a rabbi so the more expensive price at home does not matter.
Now, is the price at home cheaper than a REAL pizza from a decent wood fired shop? Yes.
Did someone just is the words Hitler Rabbi and Oven on the same sentence ?
Hahaha, Im Jewish, free pass.
If you honestly believe that pizza from Dominoes tastes nice, then you have given up on life without even knowing it.
There are so many good pizza shops around these days, there’s really no excuse to eat a Dominoes pizza. If you can’t afford to buy a pizza from a good pizza shop or cant afford to make your own, then just eat something else.
$5 Domino’s value range has its place, even comparing it to an independent place where an average za costs what, $20, is a bit disingenuous. If we’re doing expensive dominos then yes, for sure you’re right.
My local real pizza place does 35% off through EatClub so I’m always going to take a $12 Margherita over the dominos equivalent though.
Nobody should be paying (full price) for electricity anyway - switch frequently for joining credits and cashback, all the info you need is on this site.
Pizza is all about the bread. If you can make nice pizza bread (we make sourdough bread), you're already doing better than Dominos and you're well on your way to a good pizza. Next is a good tomato-based sauce, either buy it or make it. Finally, you need to choose a good cheese. My favorite is gorgonzola (drizzle honey on after cooking the pizza), but mozzarella is good, and even some kinds of tasty cheese work fine.
Other toppings, just go with what you like. I usually put fresh tomatoes, capsicums and herbs, all from the garden, occasionally okra. Salami/similar sausage or seafood are nice too. And, surprisingly, frying mince with a bit of onion is great for a kind of meat-lovers pizza. If you can afford it occasionally, some Italian truffle sauce will make your pizza really nice.
Keep in mind, making your own pizza bread, using supermarket brand cheese, and tomatoes from your garden will generally make your pizza cheaper than Dominos.
I've probably bought Dominos pizza once in the last 3 years, and made about 200 pizzas at home over the same period. Since we usually have home-baked pizza bread in the freezer, it's actually more convenient for me to make it than to get in the car and drive down the road to get Dominos.
What about your house being on solar with a battery?
Does this affect total cost in any meaningful way?Depends. Did you pay for the panels and inverter and batteries and installation? Or did the solar faeries gift it to you one Summer eve?
Rather than making pizza dough
You can use pita bread as a baseFor toppings
Try potatoes cut in round thick slices
Bake them with salt, little bit oil and a crushed garlic clovePotatoes, garlic, tomatoes, capsicums , cheese, olive oil, OVEN. etc
They are all easily found in your fridge or pantryMaking it home involves everyone in the home and more enjoyable
I do this same way with wraps - just need pizza sauce and cheese then you're good.
You can use pita bread as a base
Too thin and crunchy when you bake it, with no softness/moistness inside.
Try potatoes cut in round thick slices
Are you sure potatoes go well? The texture doesn't seem to suit pizzas.
I like very thinly sliced potatoes, with rosemary and say sausage. Thicker slices of potato aren't to my liking, wrong texture as you say, and too "carby".
It depends on your preferences
I don’t like it too crispy as chips
But with some softness that goes well , that can only be achieved if they are a little thickI was also not sure about how it would taste, until we had one at a pizza restaurant in Phillip island
I'd guess the cost is similar if you take into account all the equipment needed and apportion it appropriately. Maybe even far more if your my neighbour with the custom built backyard woodfired pizza that cost him $20k (as part of a complete backyard kitchen).
The difference is in the quality of the ingredients. We use "000" flour, fresh basil, good quality anchovies & olives and decent mozzarella. Even the jar of cheating, pre-made pizza sauce we use costs $6.
Dominos has gone backwards in their quest to keep prices low.
Undercarriage undercarriage undercarriage!
A gas weber q can get really really hot and makes great pizza, you dont need a special oven.
You do need a good high protein flour. We use Manildra Protein Enriched..
The secret is to par bake the base briefly before topping.
The amount of pizza shops in Australia doing pizza with a credible undercarriage is pitiful.
Hold the pizza slice by the end horizontally. Does it slop down?
Some pizza here, you could literally roll the slice up. Makes me angry.Could I make it at home cheaper? Yes.
Do I make it at home cheaper? No. My home made pizza's are stacked with what I want and likely cost double.Are they better? Damn straight.
…but then… some days a dirty Domino's pizza just feels like it would hit right… then it arrives and you remember why you make your own.
We used to have a pizza place literally at the end of the street which undercut Domino's prices and were goooooood. Simple, but pretty packed with toppings for cheap.
It's been replaced with a far more trendy place now with options at 4x the cost. Seems to do OK though as it's been there for a while.But how often you make pizza to justify the cost of the equipment at home plus little space in the kitchen already
I have a pizza oven, the dough is so cheap and easy to make. I make magarita, mushroom, and a potato and rosemary. (herbs from garden) With cheese, tomato paste, mushrooms etc woulnt not cost me more than $15. If i want the fancy salami and other stuff for when we want some variety would probably cost $30. For me it is worth it, dominoes have no soul. I used to love it when I was younger. Life is too short to eat crappy food.
Can you share potato rosemary one? Tia
I dont have a proper recipe but this is it loosely. Prepare the potatoes: Toss the thinly sliced potatoes with olive oil, salt, and rosemary. If you cant cut them super thin microwave the slices for a few minutes otherwise will still be raw.
Assemble the pizza: Spread the potato mixture evenly over the dough. Sprinkle mozzarella and Parmesan cheese on top. I then spray lightly with oilve oil and add cracked pepper and salt
I have a pizza oven, the dough is so cheap and easy to make.
are pizza oven worth the extra cost
and result in better pizzas?I have used small electric convection oven and gas oven
and the result is quite good.I like the gas oven the best for getting an evenly cooked pizza (excellent dough rise) and that is not burnt/ charred etc.
I bought a Gozney pizza oven during lockdown.(on sale) I love it as it is portable and the pizzas taste amazing. Have friends over often for pizza night and they always rave about them.
Dominoes is cheaper, but home pizzas are great. We do them once a month but not cheap. Household of 8-10 people most of the time at the moment, so adds up. Toppings we use are ham, bacon, kabana, salami, capsicum, spinach, cheese, olives and pineapple. Possibly some others I have missed. We use premade bases, and they are a bit pricey as well. Try to get them when on special if we can.
Costco pizzas though are good. Shame there is not more variety, but for $15 for the size and topping amount on them, they are great!
Pineapple?!!! Sigh….
I like making it at home, tastes better for a very similar price, below is my standard:
Tip Top pizza base $6.60
Aldi pizza sauce $2.39
Aldi pepperoni $3.19
Aldi mozzarella $6.79
Total for 2 cooked at home pizzas = $18.97
Total for 2 value pepperoni pizzas from Dominos is $16.00
Home made = 18.5625% more expensiveIf we take into account the tip top pizzas are 12inch and the dominos are 10inch then the price is pretty comparable
You can usually get Domino's traditional and premium pizza 40% off every day, which makes $15 traditional pizza just $9, which could be a better deal than values pizza
codes are usually updated here : https://www.frugalfeeds.com.au/dominos
You will get more than two homemade pizzas with your ingredients, maybe 4-5.
The budget budget pizza: 1 slice of supermarket-brand white bread (about 15 cents). A thin smear of tomato sauce (about 5 cents). A sprinkle of grated supermarket-brand tasty cheese (about 20 cents).
= 40 cent pizza
That's a toasted melt. Pizza is completely different.
This is getting philosophical. "What is a pizza"
Pizza is the traditional meal originating in Napoli. in fact, Authentic Neapolitan pizza is now protected in the EU by the geographical certification "STG" (or "TSG", traditional specialty guaranteed).
I'm arrogant about it as I originate from Napoli… in fact, the town that gave birth to Pizza and it's close to my heart.
Not saying the toasted melt isn't erm…. tasty for some.. but it'd be like saying a hairdryer is the same thing as chicken soup.
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I couldn’t make a better tasting pizza for the (discounted) asking price unless I valued my shopping, prep, cooking time at $0 - will usually order 2 extra pizzas, divvy them up into 3-4 slice packs and just freeze for easy snacks within a week too