A general manager of a Domino’s Pizza in Manassas, Virginia, won the chain’s “World’s Fastest Pizza Maker” competition this month.
Richard Delcid prepared a pepperoni pizza, mushroom pizza and cheese pizza for the oven in 31.22 seconds.
“I didn鈥檛 know I could go that fast,” Delcid told WTOP.
鈥淓ight seconds better than the previous record,鈥� Robert Donner, one of the owners of the Domino鈥檚 on Centreville Road, said.
The competitors at the May 13 Las Vegas event came from Domino’s locations around the world, and Donner said the competition is about more than speed.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e judged by weight, they鈥檙e judged by portion, and they鈥檙e judged on whether they鈥檙e sellable to a customer,鈥� Donner said.
When Delcid first started working for Domino鈥檚 in 2012, he was a teenager. He was much slower then, he joked.
As with anything, practice makes perfect.
鈥淲e record ourselves during practices,鈥� Delcid said. 鈥淲e dissect videos, we look at body movement, hand movement, everything.鈥�
Delcid was not alone in Vegas. Donner, who is part owner of more than 30 Domino鈥檚 Pizza locations in Virginia and Maryland, brought dozens of employees to the event.
Coming in second at the competition was another member of Donner鈥檚 team.
Joe Burr, who is known as 鈥淒omino Joe,鈥� is the local director of training, and calls himself the Dan Marino of the Domino鈥檚 World鈥檚 Fastest Pizza Maker competition.
鈥淚鈥檝e won third place a couple times, I鈥檝e won second place like three or four times,鈥� Burr said. 鈥淪o I鈥檓 like always a bridesmaid, but never a bride.鈥�
Don鈥檛 let Burr鈥檚 jokes fool you 鈥� he has known Delcid for a long time and is very proud of him.
鈥淚 like to say it鈥檚 not the sculptor, it鈥檚 the clay. Richard is the best clay,鈥� Burr said.
Along with a championship belt and a trophy, Delcid鈥檚 record鈥慴reaking performance earned him $5,000 from Domino鈥檚 Pizza corporate, and his local bosses kicked in another $5,000.
