American food is famous around the world for its delicious flavours, variety, and comforting meals. 🤤
And one thing people often notice about American food is how HUGE the portions can be!
Are you a big foodie? 😋
Whether it's a giant meal at a restaurant or a huge snack from a store, food in America can get really big.
But some foods go beyond big – they break records!
Here are 4 gigantic American foods that show just how enormous food can get…
Largest serving of chicken wings
Chicken wings are a favourite appetizer in America, loved for their many delicious flavours like garlic parmesan, lemon pepper and of course, the famous Buffalo wing from Buffalo, New York. 🍗
Wings are great for sharing, but one batch was big enough to feed a huge crowd!
The record for the largest serving of chicken wings weighed an incredible 655 pounds and 12.8 ounces (297.5 kg), and was cooked at Big Green Egg in Lawrenceville, Georgia…
That’s enough chicken wings to feed about 1,000 people! 🤯
Largest calzone
Calzones might be originally Italian, but they are super popular all over the USA – have you ever tried one?
It is like a big, folded pizza pocket filled with cheese, sauce, and tasty toppings! 🥟
Calzones are great for sharing, especially if they weigh 468 lbs 11 ounces (212.62 kg) like this record-breaking one made at Café Amici and Sweet Hospitality VI in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Chef Brady Sweet spoke about the challenge, telling the Virgin Islands Consortium that “It was so much hard work, it took literally 3 months to make this happen.”
So how many people can this calzone feed?
We’d say over 900! Crazy, right? 😦
Longest hot dog
If you live in the USA, you’ll know that hot dogs are a super popular street food, as well as a huge tradition on holidays like the Fourth of July and Labor Day! 🌭
So you might eat those all the time, but could you eat the world’s longest hot dog?
It measured an incredible 668 ft 7.62 in (203.8 m), made by Novex S.A in Paraguay over 10 years ago.
And in case you’re wondering…
That’s between 1,000 and 1,500 normal-sized hot dogs! 🤤
Largest macaroni and cheese
Who doesn’t love mac ‘n’ cheese? 🧀
It is warm, comforting and delicious!
Schreiber Foods Inc. made a truly GIANT batch of it in Logan, Utah.
It weighed 4,742 pounds (2,151 kg) – that’s about as heavy as a rhino! 🦏
The ingredients used were macaroni, breadcrumbs, parmesan flakes, whole milk and flour.
How much could you eat? 😋
