Thursday, August 11, 2011

The Largest Barbecue in the World


Army personnel set up a grill nearly 1 mile long and firefighters lit six tonnes of charcoal to kick off the gargantuan cookout.

Some 1,250 people grilled the beef and about 20,000 spectators cried with joy when a Guinness judge confirmed the barbecue record had been broken.

5190341221993228786The previous barbecue record belonged to Mexico and was set in 2006, but the new one crushed by the 4 extra tonnes of meat used in Uruguay.

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Uruguay has entered the record books after organising the biggest barbeque in the world.

Source: reuters.com