SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (KTIV) – Ant Iowa man has taken his love of pizza and fried chicken to the extreme. On Tuesday, Oct. 29 in Sioux Center, Iowa, Jason Halkias hit the buffet at his 224th Pizza Ranch. This was the last one on his quest to visit every single Pizza Ranch in the country. The chain has restaurants in 14 states. Halkias- – who is from Davenport – started his mission in 2014 and it took him to four states he’d never visited before.

Halkias tells KJAN, Atlantic was the first location he ever visited in SW Iowa when it became his  78th location ever visited, occurring back in 2021.

Jason Halkias visits the Atlantic Pizza Ranch in 2021. (photo provided by Jason)

In honor of his 224th visit, Pizza Ranch was thankful for the customer loyalty and wanted to make his visits the best they could.  For reaching his goal Pizza Ranch gave Jason a T-shirt that said, “legendary ranch fan” and a certificate saying he’s been to all 224 locations. His favorite pizza is  stuffed buffalo chicken.

Halkias says he’s not quite done yet – he plans to visit any new Pizza Ranch locations that open up.