IT’S ON! The Great Pizza “Saucesquatch”
Chow Down
Tony’s Challenges All Comers

by Fred Hernandez
Yes it is the challenge of all time, first ever in Custer County. Tony’s Mountain Pizza dares one and all to accept its bold challenge to tackle a giant pizza and get it for FREE plus prizes. The challenge kicked off on Friday, February 9th, at the main dining area when two young gentlemen accepted the first bout of man against pizza. It was a whopping 24 inch diameter monster. That’s two feet in diameter, topped with delectable pepperoni, sausage and cheese. It weighed in at an awesome ten pounds. There were eighteen slices in all.
The contest rules are simple:
1. A two person team against the pizza. They can share it half and half or one can eat more than the other as long as both members consume the whole pizza in forty five minutes or less. A staff member or manager must witness and has authority to decide if a rule has not been followed.
2. Once the timer starts competitors cannot leave the table for the duration of forty five minutes.
3. Napkins for the hands will be provided but they must remain flat at all times to ensure no food is being expelled.
4. Contestants must stop if they are feeling nauseated.
5. Named the Saucesquatch Pizza it has two layers of homemade dough, garlic butter sauce and delicious homemade sauce topped with Italian sausage, pepperoni, cheese at a cost of $50.
6. If the team manages to eat the entire pizza the cost is refunded, plus the team gets a victory T-shirt, a hundred dollars and their picture on the wall at Tony’s
7. Tony’s reserves all rights to any media, photographs, videos taken during the contest and all contestants will be asked to sign their consent before the contest.
The first challengers ( pizza gobblers) were two young men:. Alex Carpenter age thirty four from Cañon City, 5 Ft. 10 inches tall weighing 185 lbs. The second one was 35- year-old Larry Lavey, 6 ft. 2 inches, from Colorado Springs, weighing in at a hefty
275 pounds.
The two men were given 45 minutes on the clock to consume the ten pound flatbread delicacy. If they were successful the feast was free of charge plus a Tony’s T-shirt for each and a hundred dollars to split between them. If they failed the cost of the meal would be fifty dollars even.
Tony’s Mountain Pizza owner, Johnny Winton, personally brought the pizza pie to the table. And so, the signal was given and the pizza gobblers went quickly to work. They started out strong and fast gobbling down two pieces each in quick succession. Then a third slice.
At twenty two minutes on the clock there were ten slices to go out of eighteen and both contestants were breaking out in perspiration. Tension was rising among the small group of spectators. Johnny on the sidelines grinning with confidence.
Then unexpectedly, at fourteen minutes to go on the clock, gobblers raised both their hands and called for a truce. The monster pizza had won with nine slices to go! It was a good contest but the pizza got the best of them. Amidst cheers from family and friends the two men good naturedly took a bow and acknowledged their
defeat. Tony’s Pizza scores-one; and gobblers—zero.
And so, the challenge goes out to one and all. Come to Tony’s and go up against the monster pizza. Ten pounds, two feet in diameter, topped with Italian sausage. pepperoni, cheese and the special Tony’s sauce that makes this one of the best pizzas in the state. You win, it’s yours for free plus one hundred bucks, a victory T-shirt and your picture on Tony’s Wall of Fame. It will be a lot of fun plus truly great pizza at Tony’s.