# How many slices of pizza do you eat in one sitting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816 "2017-05-03T20:59:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/1 "2017-05-03T20:59:58Z")
And does it matter if it’s lunch or dinner? If so, give both. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/2 "2017-05-03T21:03:52Z")
Depends on how big the pizza is, how many slices it’s been cut to and what’s on it. I usually eat 4 slices from an approx. 14" pizza for dinner. Lunch would be just one or two. Of course I always ask them to make 6 slices instead of 8 because I couldn’t possibly eat 8 slices. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/3 "2017-05-03T21:05:25Z")
1/4 of a large pie, 1/2 of a small. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/4 "2017-05-03T21:06:15Z")
If I’m \*really \*hungry, I’ll eat half a medium pizza - so 4 slices. If I’ve got salad to go with it, 2 will usually satisfy. If it’s breakfast, 2 for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/5 "2017-05-03T21:32:05Z")
If it’s one big round slice, I’ll have either two sixths or three eighths of it. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/6 "2017-05-03T21:40:43Z")
With the caveat that I don’t really do breakfast (I can’t eat without feeling ill for quite a while after I wake and I am not a morning person. No way am I getting up earlier just to be ready to start the day with a meal.) I’ve eaten entire large pizzas on multiple occasions during my life when I’ve been extra busy/active for a few days and need to catch up on calories. Lunch or dinner doesn’t matter because my major meal varies based on what else is going on. 3-5 is probably the most normal from a typical 8 in a large pizza. So half a large pizza plus or minus a slice is about my norm. I don’t have the 20-something shrew’s metabolism now that I am in my late 40s. It’s still not slow and I am 6’ 1.5" surviving on 2 meals/day with snacks. Calories are my friend, not an enemy. I just make sure to balance out foods/nutrients across other meals if a meal is something like half a pizza. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/7 "2017-05-03T21:47:39Z")
Uh if there is a whole pizza and I am by myself then there won’t be any left. How many I eat depends on how many other people I have to share it with. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/8 "2017-05-03T21:48:10Z")
So, let me make sure I understand—you’re asking how many slices I cut the pizza into before I eat it all, right? ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/9 "2017-05-03T21:55:59Z")
How many are there? ---
**Author:** ![40below](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/51bf81/32.png) [@40below](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/40below)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/10 "2017-05-03T22:01:03Z")
Four. When I order a pizza, I tell the guys to cut it into quarters because I can’t eat eight pieces. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/11 "2017-05-03T22:01:48Z")
Good pizza with lots of sauce, cheese and toppings? 2 or 3. Domino’s pizza? 27. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/12 "2017-05-03T22:18:21Z")
Two to four depending on how large the slices are. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/13 "2017-05-03T22:18:46Z")
“All of them, Katie.” ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/14 "2017-05-03T22:20:10Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > So, let me make sure I understand—you’re asking how many slices I cut the pizza into before I eat it all, right? I cut mine into four because I can’t eat six. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/15 "2017-05-03T22:28:23Z")
At an office party, I once ate an entire 16 in pizza by myself that was left over and going to go to waste, and that was after already having maybe a half a pizza during the party. So I guess my answer is, a lot. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/16 "2017-05-03T22:35:47Z")
If it’s a large pizza, I eat the outer half first, then the middle. When I was younger, I used to eat a large pizza, fully loaded, in one sitting. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/17 "2017-05-03T22:53:21Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > If it’s a large pizza, I eat the outer half first, then the middle. > … For real? Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/18 "2017-05-03T22:57:39Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > So, let me make sure I understand—you’re asking how many slices I cut the pizza into before I eat it all, right? Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! That’s a thread winner right there, that is! ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/19 "2017-05-03T23:00:05Z")
oh, three or four. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816/20 "2017-05-03T23:13:26Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > For real? > > Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk I’m guessing square cut pizza. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-slices-of-pizza-do-you-eat-in-one-sitting/785816.md?page=2)