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Alameda County Fair officials tentatively declared victory Sunday in their quest to break the record for the world’s largest hamburger.
The giant hamburger grilled at the fair Saturday weighed in at 777 pounds with all the trimmings, 187 pounds more than the previous record holder, said April Mitchell, event and marketing manager for the fair. All that remains now is for officials from Guinness World Records to certify the results.
A crew of 10 people spent 13 hours cooking the giant burger patty on the world’s largest barbecue, owned by Juicys Outlaw BBQ, a mobile food and beverage company that serves large events. The grill is mounted on an 18-wheel, 72,000-pound truck.
The burger was cooked to an internal temperature of 160 degrees, and served with trimmings including a 110-pound bun, more than 50 pounds of cheese, more than 20 pounds of onions, more than 12 pounds of pickles and 30 pounds of lettuce.
Fairgoers were able to purchase bites of the burger for 99 cents, with proceeds going to the Alameda County Community Food Bank.
“It was a wonderful event shared by the community,” Mitchell said.
The burger was expected to be 1,375,000 calories, which is enough to feed one person for about 22.5 months.
Sara Gaiser, Bay City News, contributed to this report.
Sara Gaiser, Bay City News, contributed to this report.
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Brett Enright sizes up the next task, getting the massive burger off the cooking grill and onto the bun in one piece. Photo by Jay Flachsbarth (jayflachsbarth@comcast.net) -
Brett Enright and eight of his “crew” slide the 600+ lb burger onto the bun. Photo by Jay Flachsbarth (jayflachsbarth@comcast.net) -
With the burger safely in place, Enright and Nicora and a crew member start the finishing touches. Photo by Jay Flachsbarth (jayflachsbarth@comcast.net) -
This is no ordinary hamburger bun as it took six people to carry the top piece to the burger just before the weigh-in. Photo by Jay Flachsbarth (jayflachsbarth@comcast.net) -
Brett Enright Founder & CEO of Juicys checks the temp of the 600+ lb burger as it cooks in its specially fabricated cooking mold. Photo by Jay Flachsbarth (jayflachsbarth@comcast.net) 0071 the burger is “flipped” special consideration had to be used while flipping the burger to ensure it was done without damage. -
The burger is flipped, with special consideration given to ensure it’s done without damage. Photo by Jay Flachsbarth (jayflachsbarth@comcast.net) -
With the burger finally done (certified by the Alameda County Health Dept.) Brett and partner Nick Nicora carefully slide the massive burger onto a forklift. Photo by Jay Flachsbarth (jayflachsbarth@comcast.net) -
Brett Enright exclaimed all day “we are going to smash the record” and in the end his confidence paid off as the scale tells the final story. The 777-pound burger broke the old Guinness record of 590 pounds. Photo by Jay Flachsbarth (jayflachsbarth@comcast.net) -
Only one last thing to be done, as Enright and Nicora get ready to dig in as the crew and Alameda County Fair CEO Rick Pickering look on. Photo by Jay Flachsbarth (jayflachsbarth@comcast.net)
Another great job by the leadership at our fairgrounds! Bringing more recognition to Pleasanton and Alameda County.
I understand after completion of this “Mammoth ‘Burger” it was then sliced up into $.99 servings whose proceeds went to charity – Kudos.
From the photos it must have been well over a foot tall. Just how was this thing portioned into individual servings?
Did anyone here see how this was done there?
It was quite the effort. The patty came over by forklift. They probably could have worked harder to publicize the fundraising aspect, to avoid folks like the ninnies over at sfgate from jumping sanctimoniously all over the effort. After cooking for 13 hours the burger wasn’t very good, but who cares!