Historians concur that the Gold Rush was sparked by a misconstrued telegram lauding a local cowboy’s pan of gold-crusted pizza. Stake a solid claim for your stomach with today’s Groupon to Pizza Ranch in Sheboygan. Choose between the following options:

• For $10, you get a buffet dinner and drinks for two adults (up to a $19.56 value).
• For $10, you get one large pizza, a single order of Cheesy Ranch Stix, and a single order of Cactus Dessert Bread to go or for delivery (a $22.98 value).

Pizza Ranch's pie spinners toss dough and lavishly scatter toppings to concoct a host of pizzas with western-style pizzazz. The Ranch’s Mile-Long Buffet stands ready 11 a.m.–8:30 p.m. Monday–Saturday as pairs pile plates high with crispy fried chicken and multisauced pizzas decked out in toppings such as pepperoni, cheddar, veggies, and fedoras. Loosen waist lassos and amble back to sample a host of salads flanked with dueling mashed and wedged potatoes, or cap off repasts with a nosedive into dessert pizzas buried under a snowy avalanche of soft-serve ice cream.

Alternately, patrons can construct a decision tree delineating Pizza Ranch’s generous menu of custom and specialty pies—such as the Bacon Cheeseburger or spinach-laden Tuscan Roma draped in a blanket of alfredo sauce ($12)—and dress the victor in thin, skillet, or gluten-free shells before crowning it with their own pearly whites. A cadre of Cheesy Ranch Stix ($4.99) gives diners their required daily serving of ranch dressing, and buttery slabs of Cactus Bread (a $5.99 value) defy pizza’s savory status quo with a sprinkle of brown sugar.