How many pizzas for 7 adults, 2 teens, 4 kids

[Anonymous]

I would do 3-4 pieces for adults and more for kids. Pizza is one of those things that people seem to eat more of, even if they aren't hungry anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:My teen sons eat a whole pizza each. I would say 5 to be sure you are covered. 4 if the teens are girls.

Wow. My teen son (athlete) rarely has a second slice.

He does not like pizza or is a gymnast.. You have to know 1 slice of pizza is more like a snack for most teens.

One slice of pizza for a teenaged male athlete is way outside the norm.

[Anonymous]

5 is probably plenty, but I'd get 6 because I tend to get too much

[Anonymous]

I would order 4 pizzas and have salad or a veggie and dip platter and dessert. I know teenage boys can eat tons of pizza, but do they really eat anywhere close to a whole pizza at other people’s houses?

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No..you are recommending 26 slices. 8 slices per pie. just over 3 pies.

Oh HA! OK - so I am recommending 4 - thanks for correcting my math.

But anyway I am not annoyed or anything - you're just making me feel like that one poster who said 1 piece per person. Does anyone remember that? It was years ago I think.

Yes. You filled up on green beans so anything more than 1 slice would be too much.

Shout out from a fellow DCUM old-timer for the green bean reference!

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Anonymous wrote:My teen sons eat a whole pizza each. I would say 5 to be sure you are covered. 4 if the teens are girls.

Wow. My teen son (athlete) rarely has a second slice.

He does not like pizza or is a gymnast.. You have to know 1 slice of pizza is more like a snack for most teens.

One slice of pizza for a teenaged male athlete is way outside the norm.

Seriously, my 9yo eats more than one slice. When we ordered food over Thanksgiving, my father repeatedly said he'd get her a slice. I'd correct him to order a medium pie and then when he ran down the orders again he'd say a slice for her. Rinse, repeat.

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Anonymous wrote:My teen sons eat a whole pizza each. I would say 5 to be sure you are covered. 4 if the teens are girls.

Wow. My teen son (athlete) rarely has a second slice.

He does not like pizza or is a gymnast.. You have to know 1 slice of pizza is more like a snack for most teens.

One slice of pizza for a teenaged male athlete is way outside the norm.

Seriously, my 9yo eats more than one slice. When we ordered food over Thanksgiving, my father repeatedly said he'd get her a slice. I'd correct him to order a medium pie and then when he ran down the orders again he'd say a slice for her. Rinse, repeat.

He sounds like my FIL. One time FIL was going to order pizza for dinner for the whole family (8 adults were present). He said he’d had a late lunch so 2 pizzas would be plenty because he and MIL wouldn’t eat very much. He, of course, ate 2 slices, which was the exact amount he’d allotted per person. I felt bad for dh and my BILs (all young men at the time) because they had not had a late lunch and nothing else was being served.

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Anonymous wrote:I usually do two slices per person - and whatever that is - if it's less than a full pie - I round up to include that full pie. I usually have leftovers but we do eat the leftovers and when hosting I would rather err on too much than too little. YMMV.

2 slices/person? Could you be anymore stingy? Do you not have teenagers? Or kids?

My kids are 12, 9, and 6 - and like I said - I always) have leftover and pizza is usually not the only thing I am serving. Usually IME the older eat more and the younger eat less so it evens out.

The younger eat less - so one?

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Anonymous wrote:2 teens = 1 large
4 kids = 1 large
7 adults = 2 or 3 larges

I’d go with 5 minimum.

Just saying that everyone is making fun of me - but my two slices per per person and then rounding up to the full pie - is 5 pizzas here LOL.

No..you are recommending 26 slices. 8 slices per pie. just over 3 pies.

Oh HA! OK - so I am recommending 4 - thanks for correcting my math.

But anyway I am not annoyed or anything - you're just making me feel like that one poster who said 1 piece per person. Does anyone remember that? It was years ago I think.

You said 2 per person. It's not like you're providing some massive spread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would order 4 pizzas and have salad or a veggie and dip platter and dessert. I know teenage boys can eat tons of pizza, but do they really eat anywhere close to a whole pizza at other people’s houses?

Yes yes they do.

[Anonymous]

Definitely a green side. Edamame is easy.

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Anonymous wrote:My teen sons eat a whole pizza each. I would say 5 to be sure you are covered. 4 if the teens are girls.

Wow. My teen son (athlete) rarely has a second slice.

He does not like pizza or is a gymnast.. You have to know 1 slice of pizza is more like a snack for most teens.

One slice of pizza for a teenaged male athlete is way outside the norm.

Seriously, my 9yo eats more than one slice. When we ordered food over Thanksgiving, my father repeatedly said he'd get her a slice. I'd correct him to order a medium pie and then when he ran down the orders again he'd say a slice for her. Rinse, repeat.

He sounds like my FIL. One time FIL was going to order pizza for dinner for the whole family (8 adults were present). He said he’d had a late lunch so 2 pizzas would be plenty because he and MIL wouldn’t eat very much. He, of course, ate 2 slices, which was the exact amount he’d allotted per person. I felt bad for dh and my BILs (all young men at the time) because they had not had a late lunch and nothing else was being served.

I run in to this all the time with my sister and mother. Mother and sister eats nothing but salads and alcohol. Family gets together at either’s house we always plan on eating out afterwards. Never enough food. One time we went to maggiano’s with 9 people and they were firmly against ordering the endless salads. You know for $2 more…something about being too much food. By the time the salad bowl made it to them it was empty…lol.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen sons eat a whole pizza each. I would say 5 to be sure you are covered. 4 if the teens are girls.

Wow. My teen son (athlete) rarely has a second slice.

He does not like pizza or is a gymnast.. You have to know 1 slice of pizza is more like a snack for most teens.

One slice of pizza for a teenaged male athlete is way outside the norm.

Seriously, my 9yo eats more than one slice. When we ordered food over Thanksgiving, my father repeatedly said he'd get her a slice. I'd correct him to order a medium pie and then when he ran down the orders again he'd say a slice for her. Rinse, repeat.

He sounds like my FIL. One time FIL was going to order pizza for dinner for the whole family (8 adults were present). He said he’d had a late lunch so 2 pizzas would be plenty because he and MIL wouldn’t eat very much. He, of course, ate 2 slices, which was the exact amount he’d allotted per person. I felt bad for dh and my BILs (all young men at the time) because they had not had a late lunch and nothing else was being served.

Ugh. It's so weird to be cheap about PIZZA. It's not caviar. We recently stayed with friends (a childfree couple) who ordered 1 pizza to feed themselves, me, DH, and DS. The couple ate 2 slices each and DH and I each had 1 slice so our kid could have 2. We drove several hours to get there and were starving! The next night we ordered Chinese food for everyone and they were going on an on about how I'd ordered enough to feed an army. There were some leftovers, but not a lot. We are an active family and we eat!

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Anonymous wrote:My teen sons eat a whole pizza each. I would say 5 to be sure you are covered. 4 if the teens are girls.

Wow. My teen son (athlete) rarely has a second slice.

He does not like pizza or is a gymnast.. You have to know 1 slice of pizza is more like a snack for most teens.

One slice of pizza for a teenaged male athlete is way outside the norm.

Seriously, my 9yo eats more than one slice. When we ordered food over Thanksgiving, my father repeatedly said he'd get her a slice. I'd correct him to order a medium pie and then when he ran down the orders again he'd say a slice for her. Rinse, repeat.

He sounds like my FIL. One time FIL was going to order pizza for dinner for the whole family (8 adults were present). He said he’d had a late lunch so 2 pizzas would be plenty because he and MIL wouldn’t eat very much. He, of course, ate 2 slices, which was the exact amount he’d allotted per person. I felt bad for dh and my BILs (all young men at the time) because they had not had a late lunch and nothing else was being served.

I run in to this all the time with my sister and mother. Mother and sister eats nothing but salads and alcohol. Family gets together at either’s house we always plan on eating out afterwards. Never enough food. One time we went to maggiano’s with 9 people and they were firmly against ordering the endless salads. You know for $2 more…something about being too much food. By the time the salad bowl made it to them it was empty…lol.

lol serves them right.

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Anonymous wrote:2 teens = 1 large
4 kids = 1 large
7 adults = 2 or 3 larges

I’d go with 5 minimum.

Just saying that everyone is making fun of me - but my two slices per per person and then rounding up to the full pie - is 5 pizzas here LOL.

No..you are recommending 26 slices. 8 slices per pie. just over 3 pies.

Oh HA! OK - so I am recommending 4 - thanks for correcting my math.

But anyway I am not annoyed or anything - you're just making me feel like that one poster who said 1 piece per person. Does anyone remember that? It was years ago I think.

You said 2 per person. It's not like you're providing some massive spread.

What does that even mean lol?