Eating Champ Kobayashi Beats Meatball World Record
March 8th, 2010
Champion eater Takeru Kobayashi (Google Translate) broke the world record of 26 meatballs eaten in 1 minute this afternoon at Fulton Ferry Landing. He finished eating 29 meatballs in one minute. Japanese television Fuji TV covered the event.
Officials from the Guiness Book of World Records were there to make it official. After weighing the meatballs (minimum weight of 14 grams is required per meatball), and stating the rules (must eat one at a time, yes to water, cannot use hands), Kobayashi quickly downed the 29 IKEA meatballs. Kobayashi told us that the world record didn’t seem that much initially, but it’s more than he thought in 60 seconds. “Want to grab pizza?” Says Kobayashi, “No thanks, I’m ok now, but I love NY pizza!”
(Sign behind is translated as “Guiness World Record for Meatball Eating”)
More photos in Flickr set.
March 8th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Was this why FDNY was at Fulton Ferry Landing or was that unrelated?
March 8th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Here's some low-res shaky-cam footage of the event. (I intend to clean it up later) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiJpIsSmOZ4
March 8th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
doubt it. it wasn't that crowded for this event.
March 8th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
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March 9th, 2010 at 9:10 am
“Cannot use hands?” Has to eat like a dog? What is Takeru doing in the second picture?
March 9th, 2010 at 9:12 am
He's using a toothpick.
March 9th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Joey Chestnut heard about this yet? Right in his backyard?
March 9th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
Joey Chestnut heard about this yet? Right in his backyard?
August 2nd, 2010 at 7:08 am
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