Gallery: A Pizza Geek Discovers the World's Smartest Pizza Box
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The VENTiT box is the world's most advanced pizza box. But you can only find it in India and Dubai.
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The corrugated cardboard was redesigned to allow maximum airflow without producing any visible holes in the box. This keeps your pizza warm and crusty.
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This box is from Mario Batali's Eataly. It has 17 vents and an aluminum-lined inside to keep the pizza hot, but not soggy.
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The inside of Eataly's pizza box. The aluminum is a great conductor of heat.
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A pizza box from a store in Kazakhstan called Mc Burger. Amazing.
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This box, designed by Andrew DePascale and Marcello Mandreucci , folds into a serving stand to save space.
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This is “for your remains.”
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New Zealand's Hell Pizza uses a box with a central perforated section that separates to become a coffin-shaped container.
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A box from the Netherlands with two characters that are uncannily similar to Bart and Homer Simpson.
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The Pizza Hut "hot spot" has a black sticker that's printed with leuco dyes. The sticker becomes transparent and reveals the word "HOT" when it reaches 122 degrees Fahrenheit, revealing the word “HOT” 122 degrees fahrenheit.
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This ensures that the pizza is delivered nice and toasty, though it doesn't account for crust-wrecking steam.
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Pair this box from Japan with the Domino's app and you'll see the character, Hatsune Miku, dance atop the pizza box.
