Food And Drink World Records

Sarah's friend completed 50 push-ups while wearing sunglasses and balancing five marshamllows on his back.

Gregor Erlich threw four knives in a slice of pizza in 30 seconds. He achieved the feat at a World Record Appreciation Society event held in San Francisco on September 24, 2009. [#WRAS09][]

Sam Stilson of The Record Collection ate a 15-pound watermelon in 23 minutes, 7.08 seconds. He stipulated anyone attempting to beat the record has to break open and eat the watermelon using only their hands and other body parts. NOTE: Stuffing food in your mouth can be dangerous. Please use caution and have adult supervision on hand.

Marta Pereira and Mafalda Marcos ate a combined total of 20 cat tongue cookies[] in 20 seconds. The cookies were placed in their mouths one at a time.

Adam Pollock spelled out “I (Heart) PICKLED HERRING” with pickled herring and ate it in three minutes, 33.81 seconds. Timing began when he started spelling, and stopped when he’d finished eating. Herring for the record was donated by Russ amp; Daughters. Pollock achieved the feat on August 12, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation[] society event in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. NOTE: Stuffing food in your mouth can be dangerous. Please use caution and have adult supervision on-hand. #WRAS08

Hilary Hodge and six of her friends made 14 crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in one minute. The group made the sandwiches on August 12, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation Society[] event in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. [#WRAS08][]

Amber Franklin stuck 20 toothpicks in a Lil Smokies sausage in 30 seconds. Each toothpick was placed one at a time.

Paying homage to people who write names on grains of rice, Marcus Livesay[] wrote 61 first names on a piece of dry spaghetti, a world record. He used .5mm pen and wrote on a piece of Barilla spaghetti. Livesay performed the feat on July 14, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation Society[] event in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present to witness and time the feat. [#WRAS07][]

Harry Rosenblum of Brooklyn Kitchen pitted 35 cherries in one minute, using a cherry pitter to achieve the feat. Rosenblum set the record on August 12, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation Society[] event in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. [#WRAS08][]

Nichelle Stephens and Rachel Kramer Bussel of Cupcakes Take The Cake[] and Nora Vetter of Nibbles by Nora assembled a cupcake kebab[] that measured 33.5 inches in length. Vetter, who invented the concept and baked the cupcakes they used, stipulated at least 1/3 of the kebab be made of cupcakes. The women set the record on August 12, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation Society[] event in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. #WRAS08

Jake Bronstein ate four crustless peanut butter and jam sandwiches in 10 bites. Bronstein set the record on August 12, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation Society event in New York City. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present to witness the feat. [#WRAS08][]

JP Midgley stacked 8 butter packets and 5 Splenda Packs in 39.21 seconds, a world record.

Cynthia Kueppers and Dave Bredesen built a carrot cake 18" in height, a new world record. When complete, the cake had 21 layers. The duo built the oversized dessert on May 20, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation Society[] event in New York City. When they were finished creating it, hungry audience members ate the entire thing. Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were present as witnesses. [#WRAS06][] tag:RecordSetterBook01

Demonstrating his encyclopedic knowledge of Jewish delis, David Sax names 30 of them in just one minute, a new universal record. Sax showed tremendous focus while setting the record, ignoring an obnoxious heckler who kept yelling, “Carnegie!” He performed the feat on February 11, 2009 at a World Record Appreciation Society event held in New York City. Corey Henderson was present to document the feat and count the names. DELIS NAMED: Liebman’s, Loeser’s, Lansky’s, Fine and Shapiro, Zabar’s, Artie’s, Carnegie, Stage, Katz’s, Second Avenue Deli, Ben’s, Sarge’s, Gottlieb’s, Adelman’s, Mill Basin, Caplansky’s, Kat’z, Coleman’s, Center Street, Schwartz’s, Main, Smoked Meat Pete, Snowdon Deli, Nate ’n Al’s [#WRAS03][] tag:RecordSetterBook01

Alexander Soltoff unwrapped 10 Fruit by the Foot packages in 30 seconds.

Barry Rosenberg juggled three one-ounce bags of JetBlue cashews nonstop for one minute, 21.65 seconds. Rosenberg performed the feat on Thursday June 10, 2010 at the JetBlue ‘Nonstop Nonstops’ World Record Event in Boston’s Copley Square, held in collaboration withRecordSetter. #JB01