• by Karlene Lukovitz  @KLmarketdaily, May 13, 2014

Pizza Hut has partnered with country music star Blake Shelton to launch a line of BBQ Pizzas.

Blake’s Smokehouse BBQ and two other recipes (Hawaiian BBQ and Honey BBQ Chicken) will be available through the summer. 

To promote the line, select Pizza Huts in high-traffic areas of the country (including L.A., Las Vegas and Nashville) will feature life-size cutouts of Shelton holding his Smokehouse BBQ Pizza, so fans can take a "Shelfie" (Pizza Hut's take on selfies) with it. The location in Shelton's home town, Ada, Okla., will also have a cutout.

In addition, the pizza chain will be giving out free slices of the new flavors at Hangout Fest in Gulf Shores, Ala., May 15-18, as part of its spotlighting of rising music talent with Viacom Music Group, through the Discover Great program.