A new world record has broken, this time for the world’s largest pizza. It measures 4,264 square metres and can hold 68,000 slices. In total 6,192 kilos of dough, 2,244 kilos of tomato sauce, 3,992 kilos of cheese and 630,496 slices of pepperoni.
This was the responsibility of Pizza Hut, as it was in charge of cooking what has officially been labelle as the world’s largest pizza. The pizzeria hired its entire team to pull this off. To build the pizza, individual squares of dough. Were spread across a huge space in the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Pizza Hut breaks Guinness World Record by making world’s largest pizza
Once all the toppings were in place, unable to get it into an oven, the company heate the pizza from above in sections. Moving a baking device along the pizza to make sure each slice was heated properly.
David Graves, president of Pizza Hut, was the overseer of the whole plan. An homage also to his pizza from the 1990s: The Big New Yorker. A type of pizza that returns to their menus on 1 February. Coinciding with the Guinness World Record won.
The making of the pizza was broadcast on YouTube
Pizza Hut was not alone, however, as Eric 'Airrack’ Decker’s YouTube channel live streame. How the pizza was made, reaching 10 million subscribers at the time.
„Thanks to my community, 2022 was a big year for our channel. I promise them that we would break this record if they helped me reach 10 million subscribers on YouTube, so we kept that promise,” he note.
„The good thing is that none of it will go to waste. We actually donate it to some local food banks here in the Los Angeles community. So we’re really excited about that,” he said.
With more than 12,000 kilos of ingredients and 1,300 square metres. They are cooking the world’s largest pizza.
The Pizza Hut chain of pizzerias is seeking to break the record for the world’s largest pizza. To do this, they use around 12,000 kilograms of ingredients A surface area of 1,310 square metres. This is how the enormous dish is prepare.
