What's the deal with Red Baron pizza? Why is a German who killed people the mascot of a pizza company?

[MrDibble]

@CalMeacham

But it’s not the only case of associating pizza with Germans. When I lived in Salt Lake City, one of the pizza places I used to go to was the Rathskellar ( Ratskeller - Wikipedia ) It was decorated with Germanic motifs, and pizza was their main dish.

Pizza is possibly a German-derived word, in any case. Plus there is an equivalent dish in (German-speaking) Alsace, the Flammekueche . Which is quite tasty, I might add.