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From our archives: Iowa town baked pizza twice the size of a basketball court

From our archives: Iowa town baked pizza twice the size of a basketball court
If too many cooks spoil the broth Iowa Falls is in serious trouble. It is coming together hundreds of untrained chefs tackling the biggest baking project anyone's ever undertaken *** project that started with one kid's question, how big could we make *** piece in our oven? The local pizza man considered it *** challenge. I think it's six inches or 12 inches bigger than the other largest rectangular pizza. And that was some place in Africa that they made, that teams of six took premade frozen pizza crusts and scooped on sauce and we put *** big handful of cheese on, spread it out and then got to make sure that everything meets up against each other. So there are no gaps that crusts have to touch. 9500 sections assembled into one gigantic pizza on *** special oven made with heaters from grain bins. We can start bringing it back across from surgical slippers to rubber gloves. It's made to be safe enough to eat. But does it look appetizing? Yeah, it does. Actually, I mean, I don't know, you know, pizza is pizza. It makes me not want to eat. I'm gonna eat it. I'm going to eat it. I've worked too hard not to *** massive effort for an even bigger pizza Guinness's book will have the final say if it's *** world record, of course, we have to have it pretty much notarized by somebody in town. Either way it's safe to say Iowa has *** pizza capital, Eric Hansen News channel eight.
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From our archives: Iowa town baked pizza twice the size of a basketball court
There are many decisions that must be made when ordering a pizza. Do you want thin crust or deep dish? Pepperoni or pineapple? Small, medium, large ... extra extra extra large?In 2005, Bill Bahr of Iowa Falls, an assistant manager at the town's Pizza Ranch, decided to go bigger than big and set his sights on making the biggest pizza in the world. He soon realized it would be no easy feat. He enlisted the help of his community to sling insane amounts of sauce and cheese over a gigantic area.WATCH the unbelievable video to see how massive this pizza actually was.This world record stood for almost 20 years before it was beaten in 2023 by YouTube star Airreck and Pizza Hut.If you’re still hungry for more, check out these amazing stories from the vlog archives.From 2007: 'Price is Right' host Bob Barker shares memories of IowaWATCH: Performing pigs that can climb, slide and sing amazed at 1991 Iowa State FairWATCH: Barbie superfan proves you're never too old to play with toysWATCH: Eagle watching at Lake Red Rock in 1990WATCH: News Channel 8 prepares for Y2K

There are many decisions that must be made when ordering a pizza. Do you want thin crust or deep dish? Pepperoni or pineapple? Small, medium, large ... extra extra extra large?

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In 2005, Bill Bahr of Iowa Falls, an assistant manager at the town's Pizza Ranch, decided to go bigger than big and set his sights on making the biggest pizza in the world. He soon realized it would be no easy feat. He enlisted the help of his community to sling insane amounts of sauce and cheese over a gigantic area.

WATCH the unbelievable video to see how massive this pizza actually was.

This world record stood for almost 20 years before it was .

If you’re still hungry for more, check out these amazing stories from the vlog archives.

From 2007: 'Price is Right' host Bob Barker shares memories of Iowa

WATCH: Performing pigs that can climb, slide and sing amazed at 1991 Iowa State Fair

WATCH: Barbie superfan proves you're never too old to play with toys

WATCH: Eagle watching at Lake Red Rock in 1990

WATCH: News Channel 8 prepares for Y2K