Having taken a break from the Food challenges with the last challenge in January 2014, i saw a challenge that took my fancy and was excited for a Pizza challenge. Growing up Pizza was my favourite food and I once managed to polish off 22 slices of pizza and 5 bowls of dessert at Pizza Hut (before they closed their restaurants - maybe because of people like me).
So I felt the 22" Shawcross Pizza challenge was a challenge built for me. However it was the size of 4 large pizzas or 2kg of Pizza with the reward of a completion T Shirt and if you have the fastest time of the month you also win a slab of beer. With the fastest time for this month being 29:50, i figured that was beyond my capabilities and would just try to finish the pizza. and not worry about time.
After arriving and chatting with Em for a while, we were given a menu and told that to do the challenge at least half the pizza had to come from the meat category. I therefore decided on half USA Today (pepperoni, mozzarella and oregano) and half Notorious PIG (Pork Sausage, Bacon, Jalapenos, mozzarella, bbq sauce and onion).
Matt and Em settled on a regular large pizza between them pictured above next to my pizza for scale.
After starting off at a good pace, i settled into a rhythm of small bites and minimal chewing and decided to leave the crusts until the end. I finished the first two slices and was still on track to finish close to the quickest time with about half the pizza to go. However after about half the pizza, i hit a wall and slowed down considerable and with 2 pieces to go i had slowed to glacial place. After an hour i was still going but incredible slowly and was starting to feel queasy. With only 1 slice and 3 crusts to go i had to call it quits and i couldn't keep going.
