World's Largest Pizza, world record in Los Angeles, California

July 26, 2024

Los Angeles, California, United States--Airrack, a popular content creator and YouTube star, and Pizza Hut teamed up to set the a world record which featured a Big New Yorker pizza recipe and had a surface area of nearly 13,990 square feet, setting the new world record for the World's Largest Pizza, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

"Airrack, a popular content creator and YouTube star, and Pizza Hut teamed up to break the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the World's Largest Pizza on January 18 in Los Angeles, CA," says Pizza Hut.

"Together, they set the record to celebrate both the return of Pizza Hut's iconic fan-favorite pizza, 'The Big New Yorker,' as well as Airrack hitting 10 million subscribers. Following its creation, the pizza from the World's Largest Pizza was donated to several charities in Los Angeles."

"The World's Largest Pizza, which featured a Big New Yorker pizza recipe, had a surface area of nearly 14,000 square feet (13,990 to be exact).

"To break the world record, the World's Largest Pizza was made of approximately 13,653 pounds of dough, 4,948 pounds of sweet marinara sauce, over 8,800 pounds of cheese and roughly 630,496 regular and cupped pepperoni.

"The pizza was fully assembled, topped and then baked in pieces on-site at the Los Angeles Convention Center."

"Thanks to my community, 2022 was a BIG year for our channel and I promised them that we'd break this record if they helped me hit 10 million subscribers on YouTube, so here we are delivering on that promise," said Eric Decker, also known as Airrack.

"To make it happen, we had to team up with the most iconic – and my favorite – pizza brand to show that NO ONE OutPizzas the Hut."

"Our customers have been begging us to bring back the Big New Yorker for more than two decades, so we knew we had to do something big," said David Graves, President of Pizza Hut.

"That's why we're setting this GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title with Airrack and fans to celebrate the return of this iconic pizza."

"Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), has more restaurant locations in the world than any other pizza company. Founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kan., Pizza Hut operates nearly 18,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries.

"With easy order options including the Pizza Hut mobile app, website, and Amazon and Google devices, Pizza Hut is committed to providing an easy pizza experience – from order to delivery – and has Hut Rewards®, the Pizza Hut loyalty program that offers points for every dollar spent on food any way you order."

"The largest pizza measures 1,296.72 m² (13,957.77 ft²) and was achieved by Airrack (USA) in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 19 January 2023," the Guinness World Records says.

"The ingredients for this pizza included 6,193 kilograms (13,653 pounds) of dough, 2,244 kilograms (4,948 pounds) of sweet marinara sauce, 3,992 kilograms (8,800 pounds) of cheese and roughly 630,496 pepperoni slices."

"Eric Decker, also known as "Airrack", is one of the fastest-growing creators in the world, surpassing 10 million subscribers on his YouTube channel faster than most creators on the platform's 17-year history.

"The essence of his channel is based on the notion that anything is possible if you put your mind to the task at hand and back it up with hard work. This is demonstrated through his innovative content that reimagines traditional television formats produced for a digital-first audience."

"To complete the enormous task, workers put down layers of dough first, tomato sauce were painted on, then toppings were added. Once everything was set, it was baked in pieces, according the the news release from Pizza Hut," the CNN says.

"In total, 13,653 pounds (6,193 kilograms) of dough, 4,948 pounds of pizza sauce, more than 8,800 pounds of cheese and roughly 630,496 pieces of pepperoni went into making the record-breaking pie.

"Pizza Hut’s CEO, David Graves, told Reuters that the pizza would not go to waste – as soon as the pizza was done and documented for Guinness, its 68,000 slices would be donated to local food banks."

"The team, made up of Pizza Hut workers and friends of the YouTuber, worked around the clock for 48 hours in the Los Angeles Convention Center," the Taste of Home says.

"They used rectangular slices of dough, with sauce, cheese and pepperoni added on top. A cooking device hovered over the pizza to cook it. In all, there were 68,000 slices, and all the pizza was donated to Los Angeles charities."