Pizza Hut unleashed the Stuffed Crust Pizza in 1995, and it promised it would revolutionize the entire pizza industry. People wondered how the cheese got inside the crust. Was it snaked through like a plumber unclogging a toilet? OK, that’s a little graphic. Or was it jammed in like a jelly doughnut?

It doesn’t take Dilton Doiley to figure out that Pizza Hut merely rolled out the pizza dough, curled mozzarella string cheese around the perimeter, then folded over the crust before baking. When the pizza came out the other end of the conveyor-belt oven, the crust was stuffed with gooey melted cheese. This is why America is the greatest country in the world — we find places to hide cheese that other nations can’t even imagine.

Just when you thought that nothing could make the Stuffed Crust Pizza any better … here comes the Ultimate Stuffed Crust Pizza from Pizza Hut — with more stuff in the stuffed crust. Nothing succeeds like excess.

The Ultimate Stuffed Crust Pizza comes in two varieties — the crust packed with pepperoni and cheese, or stuffed with all sorts of Italian meats and cheese. We’ll take Italian meats for $12.99, Alex.

Here’s the blueprint: Pepperoni, Italian sausage and bacon, plus string cheese, all curled up inside the crust of a 14-inch large Pizza Hut pizza. It comes with pizza sauce, cheese and three more toppings of your choice. Want some laughs? Make your three toppings extra cheese, extra cheese and extra cheese. Pizza Hut wants to play games with cheese? Well, game on!

Total calories: 510 (per slice). Fat grams: 28. Dietary fiber: 2 grams. Carbs: 40 grams. Manufacturer’s suggested retail price: $12.99.

The Ultimate Stuffed Crust Pizza, meaty-style, has its moments. The crust is extra wide, in some places 3 inches, so it’s like finding a mini-calzone at the end of your pizza slice. The crust is puffy and buttery, and the meat stuffin’s are typical Pizza Hut fare — lean and delivered warm to your door.

The first few slices deliver as promised, with gooey melted cheese and bubbly meats making a powerful end to each slice as you move along the circle of life. After everybody’s had one or two slices, though, the cheese hardens a little, and the crust becomes a cheese sandwich like your mother made for school lunch.

If you like pizza crust, and you live with people who wastefully toss their crust back in the box, well, you’ve made the bonus round. You pick up the pieces and get meaty treats that may have you wheeling and dealing: “Trade you one slice for two of your crusts.”

While “Ultimate Stuffed Crust” leaves Pizza Hut no room for improvement — you can’t top the ultimate — let’s be happy that the Hut is paying attention to crust, the unsung hero of the entire pizza industry.

Isn’t it a kick when you sneak downstairs after midnight and get the pizza box out of the fridge for those two leftover slices … and find four additional crusts lying inside the box like an elephant burial ground?

Crust is great for dipping into marinara sauce — I think you’ve had enough ranch for the week. Crust keeps your hands clean and dry. Crust tastes great with garlic sprinkles or salt and pepper. Crust is great stuff — even stuffed.