The term "two-pizza" teams is always weird to me, like how can you get anything done with only 2 people on the team.
That's what non-US people would call "pizza".
Perhaps "non-US people" is too broad a term.
That's really surprising to me, but interesting to hear!
EDIT: well, with the exception of the occasional event/party organizer, but that applies to all foods.
In fact, US pizza chains struggled here until they started localizing and adding more foods to their menus!
You don't go out to a restaurant and order a "personal salad" or even a "personal lasagna" (even though the restaurant obviously makes a whole tray's worth).
I get it! It's just a funny idiosyncrasy :)
You sort of do. There is a distinction between salads intended for the table to share, salads intended as a single person;s entree, and salads intended as a single person's accompaniment.
> or even a "personal lasagna" (even though the restaurant obviously makes a whole tray's worth)
If I saw "personal lasagna" on a menu, I would expect something that was baked as a single portion. Otherwise, I would expect a portion cut out of a larger tray. Essentially, "personal" here is a reference to the size of the unit that was prepared and cooked and not merely the serving size.
Same with pizza. I expect a "personal pizza" to be a complete pizza that is reasonable for one person.
Delivery guy ain't comin to deliver you a 7 inch diameter pizza (about ~17cm). But when they're dropping off 2+ large pizza then it becomes cost effective.
Plus i'm not ordering a single large pizza and eating it all -- cold breakfast pizza is also good, and will serve me all week.
Two large pizzas feed three to four people if they're all under 30.
I'd say 2 pizzas for 6-8 people is totally fine assumption.
When Americans order a pizza, it's typically for a party of 8 people?
That's logic, that is.
Yes, it's a tourist trap meal. We here in Chicago really do like deep-dish pizza, but many of the more famous brands exaggerate the thickness because it seems as though tourists prefer it that way. A typical Chicago resident isn't going to buy one like this more than once every few years, unless they have visitors that insist on it.
You eat it with a fork and knife. Despite the huge amount of cheese and sauce, a good one will have a really crunchy crust and it should be so good that you consider it one of the best parts of the pizza.
The flavor/preparation/ingredients are what make a good Chicago-style pizza and not the thickness. In more residential areas, you'll have pizza shops where the deep dish pizza is no more than 1 inch, which is really what a Chicago resident buys for themselves (but the thin crust is most definitely purchased more frequently).
I think you did the math wrong?
Area is pi x r^2, which for a 16" pizza would be pi x 8^2 = pi x 64, which is right about 200in^2
A few of the pizza places around here offer 20" pizzas, which would be pi x 10^2, or pi x 100 = 314in^2, which is actually big enough to feed a couple people.
That said, whenever I read "two-pizza team" (a term I've never heard before), I assume that means 4-5 people at most.
And a 2 pizza team is the number of people you can feed lunch to with 2 pizzas.
Most people would do 1-2 large slices for a lunch, so 4-8 maybe 10 people is a 2 pizza team.
About the same size range as a rifle squad.
Almost all the by-the-slice places I've been to take slices from their large or extra-large pies. The only exception I can think of would be Pinup Pizza on the Las Vegas strip (30 inch diameter pie).
(disclaimer: it's my experience. Also, I've only worked for small companies on relatively small projects (a few man-months or man-years), things may be very different in large ones).