Four Course Extra-Cheesy "Quad City" Pizza Challenge

Visiting downtown South Loop Chicago to take on a massive Quad City style pizza challenge at Root's Handmade Pizza! I had just one hour to finish a four course extra-cheesy challenge consisting of:
- 16" Quad City style taco pizza topped with over 2lbs of mozzarella and cheddar cheese, 1lb of taco meat, and a pile of cheesy seasoned taco chips
- 5 huge 4oz mozzarella cheese logs with marinara sauce
- 1 tub of creamy parmesan, spinach and artichoke dip with a hefty side of pita bread
- 1 slice of Fruity Pebble Cheesecake from West Town Bakery
Winners get their $60 meal for free, a groovy t-shirt, and a polaroid photo up on Root's wall of fame!
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About Me:
I'm a 5'2 former women's physique bodybuilder on a mission to sample delicious foods from around the world! I tackle restaurant challenges, sample new food menus, and explore the unique eats in various cities. To balance out the calorie intake of weekly food challenges, I continue to pursue my love of fitness through extreme athletic adventures such as ultra-running and biking. I hope you'll join me at my table!

[@thatoneguy94512]

I'm still blown away with how much food such a small person can eat. it's impressive

[@KortneCM]

@Keks Dose I was just about to say this most big people I know don't even eat half of this. Everybody's stomach is the same size unless stretched!

[@Charlotte_TSilva]

She doesn’t eat like you & I, she stuffs and swallows because she’s on the clock. How do I know this? We were given 3 minutes to “eat” our chow in boot camp when I joined the Navy. You learn to stuff & swallow or you go hungry. This was 35 years ago. Don’t know how much time they’re given today. I wish her well in her culinary endeavors.

[@phil4986]

@@boofert.washington2499 She does bodybuilding. This just feeds that.

[@rickd1201]

Yeah her insides are in great shape from this lol

[@cody4763]

@@boofert.washington2499 most of these people are ripped

[@ootsie194]

Am I the only one who would love to see an immediate post-challenge video where they're both just struggling away after consuming a huge volume of food!?

[@sdavis-lukens1326]

Yes!!!!! I want a video following them for the hours after the challenge. I really want to see how they deal with digesting that amount of food.

[@dorothyrushforth888]

Katina has often said that they walk it off. They do thousands of steps a day before and after challenges

[@evilkep7390]

Yeah definitely interested in the aftermath of one of these challenges

[@muthoninjauyah3968]

I would also like to hear them speak on their experience in the toilet while 💩, after these challenges.

[@jamesiopu8624]

How about their visit to the doctors where they reciieve their diabetes diagnosis 😂

[@billholt2198]

Wow, Katina! You only took 12 minutes longer than Randy. You're half his size, yet you conquered that whole challenge! I'm amazed! Congrats!

[@speedincooper]

Very rare to see a couple that's perfect for each other. You guys are great!

[@unknownhaircolor]

I’ve been watching you since your never ending pasta bowl challenge at Olive Garden. You’ve come so far in your skills and I’m so happy to see you thriving!

[@KatinaEatsKilos]

Thanks for watching and supporting for so long! Much appreciated!

[@nonacee5065]

Me too but I do miss her donut days or all day calorie challenges rather than the time challenges. She used to describe the food as she savoured it. I know she still describes the food but swallowing so quickly isn't as appetising. At least she's enjoying it.

[@yume1722]

Omg same ahhahaah

[@mazwide9400]

Me too,that was the day I subscribe!

[@MimiNatt89]

@@mazwide9400 same day for me too lol

[@Jake-yx7ct]

I was drooling with those cheese sticks..LOL Great job Katina!!!!

[@KatinaEatsKilos]

Thanks so much, Jacob!

[@danvincent2600]

She is great. My favourite monster munchkin lady

[@MMGJ10]

That's insane! Those cheese sticks looked so friggen good! She's a 10 all day. Personality and looks. Randy is a lucky guy!

[@phoenixblack1220]

I started off watching Randy’s channel and then started watching yours. You both are absolutely amazing and impressive in your ability to consume that much in one setting. Fun fact, when I think I need to go eat something when I’m not hungry, I watch one of your videos and suddenly, I’m not hungry anymore lol.

[@lesbrady]

Pound and a quarter of deep fried cheese to start--wow!!! Katina, you are killin' it, girl! Way to go!

[@KatinaEatsKilos]

Hehe thank you, Les! Luckily, I adore cheese!!! 🤌🏼

[@mikemann1960]

@@KatinaEatsKilos The best thing I've always enjoyed is, food challenges, or dinner sit downs exclude worst creations of humanity; that really don't exist,,,,racism. GO KILO CREW! Love you ALL.

[@deborahdishington735]

Amen 🙏🏻

[@Harry_Eyeball]

Those mozz stix truly were making my mouth water! I would of been defeated after those appetizers alone! Nice work!

[@MrsWellner]

Great job on this one!!! Love seeing Randy being such a good boyfriend. No such thing as too much cute when it's authentic.

[@eat_with_shy_]

Agreed!! ❤

[@PreciousLuna1988]

Exactly

[@emexyz8348]

Born & raised in the Quad Cities!! Our Pizza is definitely unique! Good job!!

[@rlrice1992]

Me too! I love getting QC style from Frank's. Definitely a sweeter style pizza dough and can be heavy on the cheese.

[@Emmawellthick]

Wow amazing challenge, that pizza was HUGE! It all looked so delicious 🧡

[@yomintyfresh]

My parents are from the Quad Cities. I have never seen a pizza there cut the same way this pizza was cut. The original taco pizza was invented by Happy Joe's (there are a few Happy Joe's locations in Wisconsin, too). The Happy Joe's Taco Joe is awesome. About a decade ago, my dad had a stem cell transplant, and before you have the actual transplant, you have to have a massive dose of chemo first. The first food that looked or smelled good to him after the transplant was a Taco Joe pizza.

[@abelkane852]

Being from the Quad Cities...makes me proud knowing Chicago has a challenge named after us!!...not only malt in dough too give it sweet flavor but also crumble sausage is another QC trait..not chunk sausage. Maybe come down too Quad Cities and see some other food differences? We are also known as Lil Chicago!! Keep rockn the challenge s \m/!!!

[@ratsun1723]

right me too man its sweet

[@KingReyhanShippey]

Spinach Artichoke Dip is one of my favorite appetizers especially the microvable ones as well.

[@harleyshaffer6253]

I agree with you on the spinach artichoke dip, It's my absolute favorite.

[@davidnormamendoza5206]

I love the love and support you and randy give each other. That's how a relationship should be 🥰 ( my hubby is the same way ❤)

[@danvincent2600]

I like the music and I love watching you and randy. You seem like really genuine, warm guys.

[@heard0]

Go Katina. It's fun watching you take down these challenges. Love you and Randy. Great couple.

[@fitfogey]

This was probably your greatest winning challenge yet. Most of us would have tapped out after the cheese sticks and spinach dip but you kept going. Amazing job!

[@mattybam]

Looks like a super tasty but super filling challenge! Well done, Katina 💪🏻

[@TWIMPPLE]

Just moved out of the QC after being there for 27 years love the QC style pizza. Pretty sure the guys that opened this place worked at Harris Pizza one of the Quad City originals

[@DARKMETL]

I'm right down the on the same street as the Rock Island Harris!

[@brendastout5382]

Congratulations Katina!! That was a delicious looking challenge! And you absolutely killed it!! Way to go girl!! ✌🙂❤

[@MrCannon582]

Good job on this challenge! I grew up in the Quad Cities (Rock Island, IL) and what you were missing was TACO SAUCE!! Usually the taco pizza gets served with packets of taco sauce to garnish the top of it, give it some extra flavor, and help it go down easier! Happy Joe's was the local chain that always did it the best!

[@staceycostello9934]

Great job! I will never understand how you do it but enjoy watching you win or lose. It all looked pretty darn good. Most get hungry watching you eat. I get full so thanks for the help with not eating pizza these days but that dip looked really good and it also one of my favorites. Not a big fan of cheese but here and there is great.

[@CFM-nl3bc]

I love your channel!! I just can't stop watching...even though I don't know how you do it!!! You eat so coolly...is that a word? You rock!!

[@bctesla]

I love you Katina ! These videos make me so happy . Thank you ❤️

[@stiqbissyt6052]

I love how sweet y'all are to each other❤❤

[@loisen]

I just love your video. They make me so happy 😊

[@vangodwinmyyoutubealias7592]

She is very good at narrating her own videos. She is a Certified Video Content Creator/Contributor. She is a natural Pro.

[@JUNKEdDudek]

I could see that the pizza was really thick. But you did an AWESOME job putting it down! And that fruity people pie, OMG! I’m looking for a place that sales it here in Austin, Texas right now!

[@matsushima_chika1366]

I just started watching your videos and I'm already in love with them you rock!!

[@MrDanielR83]

Food looked amazing if I'm ever in the area definitely will be trying

[@Mr.T-BAGGIN-UR-MOM]

Daaaamn, that's alot of food. Congratulations Katina some great videos you and Randy put out. Thank you🙂

[@TheRealSweetcherryo]

FROM THERE ! Quad Cities = Moline, East Moline, Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport Iowa.... I was born in East Moline, haven't been there in 20 years. We used to get pizza at Franks...it was phenomenal....Loads of cheese, cut in strips. I took my cousin when she came to visit ....40 years later we still talk about how she almost choked to death on Quad Cities pizza while I wasn't paying attention!

[@melvinganoe1175]

Congratulations on another Well earned challenge. Those cheese sticks looked amazing.

[@joseluispalacios5753]

Randy is so sweet with you, he really cares about you. You guys are made for each other

[@meagankominczak8050]

Watching you complete these challenges is amazing but what’s even more amazing is when you finish off a road trip after these big challenges! Girl it would be lights out full on food coma with the AC on high and night night time for me! Lmao…maybe even right there in the restaurant I wouldn’t even be able to drive home. You are an absolute beast!!

[@ronweasley496]

American name, Slav (?) last name, and Chilean flag, interesting mix 😆

[@paulmr6667]

congrats! I miss doing food challenges myself, but its still good to watch them!

[@arcadewong935]

Awesome congrats on completing the challenge. Can't wait to watch more food challenge videos in the future.

[@saralee1052]

Great job katina I love your videos I'm seriously addicted to them

[@cwayzums]

Hi guys! I had to pause for a sec on your introduction when I saw Dearborn Station. That brought back a ton of music school memories as I used to go to school there every Saturday.

[@panicking5190]

Great work on all the recent videos! You have definitely come a long way and can smash challenges 💪.

[@angiebull7662]

Quad cities native just started watching you, Great job!!!!

[@brentcate78]

I grew up in Moline part of the Quad cities and the taco pizza at Happy Joe's was my absolute favorite and then they also had a Canadian bacon and Sauer kraute it is also the best 9

[@vangodwinmyyoutubealias7592]

I love that Rooftop glass-enclosed dining area.

[@gblowe62]

I work in Davenport Iowa, one of the Quad Cities. A small pizzeria started the Quad cities style pizza and Happy Joe's brags as the original taco pizza ctreater.

[@davidhackney2413]

That challenge looked delicious. Good job pushing through the challenge.

[@sarahrobidoux2381]

That looked so good. So much food, you did an amazing job!!

[@trollcrusher2452]

You're so lucky you get to eat such awesome food! Love your videos!

[@Hope13202]

Spectacular job Beautiful Katina awe you two make the Best Power Couple thankyou for everything y'all do 🍀💯❣️🙏

[@khaotickane]

Shout out from the Quad Cities here! If you're ever in the area you gotta do a Ross' Magic Mountain challenge of some kind!

[@traviswilkes6995]

Honestly I didn’t think you would make it through all that but you killed it! Great job!

[@polinagoldenberg9655]

Looks delicious and very filling.

[@jason___19__]

Just discovered your channel today. I love it. I'm born and raised in the Quad Cities and honestly I didn't know the pizza I'd eaten ally life was unique to the area until a couple years ago. QC style pizza is normally the malty crust and the toppings are under the cheese.

[@j.cordova5296]

I'm from Chicago and have been to Roots Ravenswood location. I have no idea how she managed all those Mozzarella sticks. They're huge. Great job 👏

[@bigperm2276]

That was unbelievable!

[@davidmillhollon486]

May God bless you both. And bless your home . I love you're video's stay hungry and healthy.

[@davidt4407]

I enjoy watching your site. It does make me hungry. Thanks.!🧙‍♂️

[@karenbutcher6382]

I'm new to your channel katina love watching you and a big fan of you and Randy well done, the taco pizza looked soooooo yummy my mouth is drooling x

[@aguythatworkstoomuch4624]

Omg that all looked sooooo amazing!!!!!

[@bettyvaliente3922]

I had serious doubts about this challenge, Katina, but you totally rocked it. Well done!!

[@tammysuemoon9417]

Congratulations Katina you done great can't wait next video thank you

[@KatinaEatsKilos]

Cheers Tammy!

[@montabelo699]

YAY go ZAGS. I was born and raised in Spokane Washington and we have a Gonzaga college and Gonzaga Prep school. Still live here in Spokane.

[@proudtexasmomma5091]

Y'all are ADORABLE!!! Y'all are awesome!!!

[@jessicaraewood5016]

I just can’t comprehend how you do it. I can’t even begin to imagine the aftermath!!!! Ahhhh 😱

[@carolinessnackadventures]

That all looked super delicious but super rich, decadent and heavy!!!! Amazing job!!!!

[@JenniferWike]

I love spinach and artichoke dip as well!

[@laurenschenck5355]

Omg everything LOOKS SO YUMMY 😋

[@MsMACROW]

WOW! THAT WAS AMAZING! RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE! LOVE IT!

[@gaugebessert7617]

I grew up in the quad cities, my favorite qc style pizza places are spinners and pizza joynt, both in Milan just outside moline, Harris and st Giuseppe’s are also very good. Qc style pizza is criminally underrated and rarely talked about outside of the area, ( probably because the quad cities are an otherwise pretty boring place to live) but our pizza is probably the best thing we have here.

[@lynnedavenport3298]

Amazing challenge. I love the way Quad City pizza is sliced. I grew up in the QC and miss it! Those aren't cheese sticks, this are cheese logs.

[@longalusy]

Katina you’re such a good person, thank you the world needs more people like you💕💫

[@The_peachking21]

There would be no pizza left in the world

[@KatinaEatsKilos]

Aww thanks Carlos!

[@bontrent4521]

That was seriously impressive.....Greetings from Scotland !!!

[@karenleemallonee684]

I can't stand to see you struggle, but you pushed forward and got the win, right on! 👍 The Fruity Pebbles Cheesecake sounds so good, wish I could have a slice, but I live in CA. 😕 🌼

[@aaronodell]

Quad City Native here! glad you got to try some quad city style pizza!!! Its still my favorite style.

[@robynw8223]

Whoa. This looks insanely challenging! Katina you have come a long way with your capacity! Good job!

[@britinihajnos1716]

The Olive Garden‘s original spinach and artichoke dip was absolutely amazing and we would order two helpings of it as a family to share an appetizer they recently change the recipe and it is not the same!!

[@preciousgemstylez1768]

Love the relationship with you and Randy, you kill it everytime.. I applaud you, because I couldn't do it..

[@Bri-te8nn]

Being from the Quad Cities I am super excited for this video!

[@WillWatchAnything29]

Going to Chicago on vacation soon. Can't wait to go there and try that cheesecake!

[@jamesbigham9036]

I never doubted you Katina. If you and Randy ever do challenges in the Columbus Ohio area I will definitely be there if possible. I want to meet you both plus being a part of the live audience would be an honor and a lot of fun

[@yourmom1189]

Moved back to the Iowa side of the quad cities a few years ago. Only place I’ve ever heard of or seen a taco pizza like this.

[@shaiesmasunpath2538]

It's was a pleasure seeing you take that challenge ❤️❤️❤️ you finished it

[@ashleyvazquez-ronsen3802]

Mad love from Chicago as always! So sorry I missed you guys

[@KatinaEatsKilos]

Hey thanks Ashley! Plenty more Chicago events upcoming - hope to see ya there!

[@fishncopper4521]

Wow! That was a lot of food. Impressive.

[@SteelLegOfHistory]

You both have a blessed Soul Katina and Randy have a blessed Day and blessed life doing what you and thanks for all you do for us Katina and Randy

[@ericreynolds9354]

So glad you and Randy got together.... I knew it would take a special person to blend with him. Best wishes for both of your futures...

[@philipsorrells2043]

I can't not see how someone your size does the challenges you do I'm a huge fan of yours Katina and I am a huge fan of Randy's also keep putting out the videos

[@TheRealTitaniumJaw]

Great job Katina! Nice to see Randy help push you to the finish line! 😊

[@anthonyzoumpoulidis9167]

Much Love to you, and Randy from OHIO!!! Love watching your channels, and videos!!

[@KatinaEatsKilos]

Thanks for watching us both, Anthony!

[@justinsullivan5839]

The jaw strength and endurance to these challenges 🤯

[@carolinehumphries4696]

It looks soo good

[@mtlmn1971]

You need to come over to the quad cities and try all the different pizza places. Just west of Chicago.

[@michaeljohnson7552]

I was beginning to think this one was going to get you. Great job on finishing the challenge. Keep up the great work.

[@barbarabauer5460]

Great job Katina ...looked delish

[@karaisaacs7511]

Wish I could eat like this and look so good

[@Fimbulwinter2]

I lived next door to the west town original location for 5 years, the mozz sticks are legendary.

[@drumcorpsdrummer2141]

Cranky Hank's Pizza in Shellsburg, Iowa. Quad City style pizza located in an old bank. Just a few miles NW of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Limited hours at this point but open weekends and worth the drive.