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16" pizza. You won't get a whole meal out of it, (16 total slices, 400in², 25in² per slice), but you'll fuel everyone for a few hours.

rzzzt 6y ago
Metric-land reporting in: it is possible to finish a 32 cm pizza on your own (12.6"), but the 45 cm ones are definitely multiplayer material (17.7").
- randallsquared 6y ago
  Well, "thin crust" vs "deep dish" is a pretty huge difference, too. Pizza Hut has or had a "personal pan pizza" that's 15cm or so and considered a meal by itself.
  - huffmsa 6y ago
    Aye, you go to Chicago and you're talking 1-2" of depth of mostly cheese on these pies. Literal pounds of pizza.
    - hardlianotion 6y ago
      A pizza 2 inches deep? Surely there is another name for such a meal.
      - ShroudedNight 6y ago
        As far as I can tell [Chicago-style | deep dish] pizza[1] is uniquely specific in describing such a preparation. No obvious alternative Pie-, Tart-, or Flan-based descriptor showed up when casually searching. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago-style_pizza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago-style_pizza
      - OldHand2018 6y ago
        > A pizza 2 inches deep? Surely there is another name for such a meal. Yes, it's a tourist trap meal. We here in Chicago really do like deep-dish pizza, but many of the more famous brands exaggerate the thickness because it seems as though tourists prefer it that way. A typical Chicago resident isn't going to buy one like this more than once every few years, unless they have visitors that insist on it. You eat it with a fork and knife. Despite the huge amount of cheese and sauce, a good one will have a really crunchy crust and it should be so good that you consider it one of the best parts of the pizza. The flavor/preparation/ingredients are what make a good Chicago-style pizza and not the thickness. In more residential areas, you'll have pizza shops where the deep dish pizza is no more than 1 inch, which is really what a Chicago resident buys for themselves (but the thin crust is most definitely purchased more frequently).
    - im3w1l 6y ago
      I nominate pound as the unit of pizza.
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- mercer 6y ago
  It depends. I'm not a big eater but I've at times ordered a 45 cm pizza. While I wouldn't finish it all at once, I'd probably finish it in half a day or so. Usually this was after not eating for at least 24 hours, or after enjoying a particular substance. It definitely did not leave me feeling happy in the longer term though.
war1025 6y ago
> (16 total slices, 400in², 25in² per slice) I think you did the math wrong? Area is pi x r^2, which for a 16" pizza would be pi x 8^2 = pi x 64, which is right about 200in^2 A few of the pizza places around here offer 20" pizzas, which would be pi x 10^2, or pi x 100 = 314in^2, which is actually big enough to feed a couple people. That said, whenever I read "two-pizza team" (a term I've never heard before), I assume that means 4-5 people at most.
- huffmsa 6y ago
  Parent post was talking about 2 pizzas. But you're right it's 200in² per pizza. And a 2 pizza team is the number of people you can feed lunch to with 2 pizzas. Most people would do 1-2 large slices for a lunch, so 4-8 maybe 10 people is a 2 pizza team. About the same size range as a rifle squad.
matsemann 6y ago
I find it a bit funny that you're trying to explain an American pizza size using those units. I'm possibly more confused now.
- huffmsa 6y ago
  Oil is denominated in bbl, pizza is done in inches. I don't make the rules.

rzzzt 6y ago

Metric-land reporting in: it is possible to finish a 32 cm pizza on your own (12.6"), but the 45 cm ones are definitely multiplayer material (17.7").

randallsquared 6y ago
Well, "thin crust" vs "deep dish" is a pretty huge difference, too. Pizza Hut has or had a "personal pan pizza" that's 15cm or so and considered a meal by itself.
- huffmsa 6y ago
  Aye, you go to Chicago and you're talking 1-2" of depth of mostly cheese on these pies. Literal pounds of pizza.
  - hardlianotion 6y ago
    A pizza 2 inches deep? Surely there is another name for such a meal.
    - ShroudedNight 6y ago
      As far as I can tell [Chicago-style | deep dish] pizza[1] is uniquely specific in describing such a preparation. No obvious alternative Pie-, Tart-, or Flan-based descriptor showed up when casually searching. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago-style_pizza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago-style_pizza
    - OldHand2018 6y ago
      > A pizza 2 inches deep? Surely there is another name for such a meal. Yes, it's a tourist trap meal. We here in Chicago really do like deep-dish pizza, but many of the more famous brands exaggerate the thickness because it seems as though tourists prefer it that way. A typical Chicago resident isn't going to buy one like this more than once every few years, unless they have visitors that insist on it. You eat it with a fork and knife. Despite the huge amount of cheese and sauce, a good one will have a really crunchy crust and it should be so good that you consider it one of the best parts of the pizza. The flavor/preparation/ingredients are what make a good Chicago-style pizza and not the thickness. In more residential areas, you'll have pizza shops where the deep dish pizza is no more than 1 inch, which is really what a Chicago resident buys for themselves (but the thin crust is most definitely purchased more frequently).
  - im3w1l 6y ago
    I nominate pound as the unit of pizza.
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mercer 6y ago
It depends. I'm not a big eater but I've at times ordered a 45 cm pizza. While I wouldn't finish it all at once, I'd probably finish it in half a day or so. Usually this was after not eating for at least 24 hours, or after enjoying a particular substance. It definitely did not leave me feeling happy in the longer term though.

war1025 6y ago

> (16 total slices, 400in², 25in² per slice) I think you did the math wrong? Area is pi x r^2, which for a 16" pizza would be pi x 8^2 = pi x 64, which is right about 200in^2 A few of the pizza places around here offer 20" pizzas, which would be pi x 10^2, or pi x 100 = 314in^2, which is actually big enough to feed a couple people. That said, whenever I read "two-pizza team" (a term I've never heard before), I assume that means 4-5 people at most.

huffmsa 6y ago
Parent post was talking about 2 pizzas. But you're right it's 200in² per pizza. And a 2 pizza team is the number of people you can feed lunch to with 2 pizzas. Most people would do 1-2 large slices for a lunch, so 4-8 maybe 10 people is a 2 pizza team. About the same size range as a rifle squad.

matsemann 6y ago

I find it a bit funny that you're trying to explain an American pizza size using those units. I'm possibly more confused now.

huffmsa 6y ago
Oil is denominated in bbl, pizza is done in inches. I don't make the rules.