I think for a New York slice the standard is cheese. For chicago I think sausage is the standard and for detroit style I think pepperoni is the standard.
I get that going cheese only levels the playing field but there are too many other factors that aren’t equal (like whether his pizza has been...
the dough on whole pies are really chalky and caked in flour. the larger the pie, the less you taste it. but agreed, even a slice by itself tastes different from a slice from an XL pie, probably bc the reheat gives it the ideal crisp.