Food World Records  

203 kids and their parents cooked together at once. The event, hosted by The Cedar Rapids and Marion Hy-Vee Food Stores and Drugstores and partnered with the 2014 Freedom Festival, NewBo City Market, the Blue Zones Project, and GreenRU, was created in an effort to encourage people to keep food scraps out of area landfills by turning them into a rich compost for use on farm land, landscaping, sports turf, and other land applications.

Kirk T. ate a hot dog and a hot dog bun in 10.82 seconds. WARNING: Speed eating can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 or trained as a professional eater. We will not accept submissions in this category from minors.

Max H. drank a can of Arizona Chocolate Fudge Float Sparkling Soda in one minute, 16.08 seconds. WARNING: Speed drinking can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional speed drinker. We will not accept submissions in this category from minors.

Max H. ate six Kinder Egg chocolate candies in four minutes, 25.89 seconds. WARNING: Speed eating can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional speed eater. We will not accept submissions in this category from minors

Charlie Jitani scooped 13 scoops of ice cream onto a single cone.

The Essex Animal drank one kilogram of maple syrup. WARNING: Speed drinking can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional speed drinker. We will not accept submissions in this category from minors.

The Essex Animal ate a three-pound gummy worm.

The Essex Animal and his friend ate six Subway footlong sandwiches in five minutes, 12.00 seconds. WARNING: Speed eating can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional speed eater. We will not accept submissions in this category from minors.

The Essex Animal ate 40 Quality Street Purple One chocolate candies in one sitting. WARNING: Speed eating can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional eater. We will not accept submissions in this category from minors.

The Essex Animal ate a box of cereal with four pints of milk in nine minutes, 41.00 seconds. WARNING: Speed eating can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional speed eater. We will not accept submissions in this category from minors.

The Essex Animal ate five Trinidad Moruga Scorpion chilies for a YouTube video. WARNING: Speed eating can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional speed eater. We will not accept submissions in this category from minors.

Chef Bob Villeneuve, Director of Culinary Innovation at Maple Leaf Foods, prepared a BLT sandwich that measured 227 feet, 7 inches in length. After he'd prepared it, it was consumed by Maple Leaf employees.

Sara, Shayne, Tim, Kathy, Andrea and Lace made 122 sandwich meals in one hour. The meal included peanut butter, ham and turkey sandwiches, chips, water, a dessert and a fruit snack. They donated all meals to the PADS Shelter in North Chicago, Illinois.

The Essex Animal ate 55 peas in one minute using a toothpick. WARNING: Speed eating can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional speed eater. We will not accept submissions in this category from minors.

The Essex Animal ate 100 marshmallows in 15 minutes, 2.00 seconds. WARNING: Speed eating can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional speed eater. We will not accept submissions in this category from minors.

The Essex Animal drank four cans of Carlsberg Special Brew in four minutes, 29.70 seconds. WARNING: Speed drinking can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional speed drinker. We will not accept submissions in this category from minors.