How many pizzas?

[jgenie]

I’m out of practice! Nine 12 - 14 yo boys mostly. How many pizzas should I order? I’m having sliced watermelon, bags of chips, ice cream sandwiches, cookies and juice boxes. Is that enough food?

[SnuggleBuggles]

I’d order 3 larges. Probably 2 plain, 1 pepperoni but you could flip flop those too.


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[klwa]

Are people other than the boys eating off the pizza? If so, I'd add one more than Snuggle listed. Other than that, sounds good!

[o_mom]

3 or 4 large. Leftover pizza will get eaten here, so having extra is not a problem.

[khm]

I'd do 4. Cheese, sausage and 2 pepperoni.

[ett]

I would do 4 - 2 cheese and 2 pepperoni. Some boys can eat a lot!

[carolinamama]

Probably 4 since you'd rather have too much than too little. I'd get 1 pepperoni, 1 pepperoni and sausage and 2 cheese but that combo may depend on different groups.

[KpbS]

Yes, plenty of food.

[California]

We've gotten Costco pizza regularly for events for years. Knowing how much to get was always a challenge for me too! Costco is 12 slices per pizza. My mom, apparently a pizza party guru after raising four kids, told me to get 3 slices per teen, 2 slices per kid, 2 1/2 per adult (if mostly adult women, we're usually good with two slices per adult.) With this ratio we always have some left over and we never run out. Lately I've been getting just cheese for teens/kids as that is always the most popular.

So in your case 9x3= 27, three Costco sized pizzas (36 slices) would be enough. You'd have to change the math a bit depending on the sizes of the pizzas you get. And extra pizza is never a bad thing!

[ett]

We've gotten Costco pizza regularly for events for years. Knowing how much to get was always a challenge for me too! Costco is 12 slices per pizza. My mom, apparently a pizza party guru after raising four kids, told me to get 3 slices per teen, 2 slices per kid, 2 1/2 per adult (if mostly adult women, we're usually good with two slices per adult.) With this ratio we always have some left over and we never run out. Lately I've been getting just cheese for teens/kids as that is always the most popular.

So in your case 9x3= 27, three Costco sized pizzas (36 slices) would be enough. You'd have to change the math a bit depending on the sizes of the pizzas you get. And extra pizza is never a bad thing!

Yes, if it's Costco sized pizza then 3 would be enough. Smaller pizza, I'd get 4.