World's Biggest Serving Of Nachos Clocks In At 4,689 Pounds

We're not quite sure if 1700 pounds of beef and cheese on top of 600 pounds of tortilla chips sounds like a dream or a nightmare. But that's what it takes to crate the world's biggest serving of nachos weighing in at 4,689 pounds and served on an 80-foot tray. Even with 2,000 pounds of spoiled food due to warm weather, this nacho monstrosity easily trumped the previous record, a mere 3,999 pounds set in October 2011.

Created at the Kansas Relays by a team effort from Centerplate catering and The Salty Iguana restaurant, the nachos extravaganza raised money for LINK Kitchen, a charity that feeds the hungry five days a week.

At least 70 percent of the nachos were consumed.

Check out a video of the nacho event here and a photo of the giant nacho tray here.

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[chickenflu4]

12:56 AM on 04/26/2012

so they wasted 1000 pounds of food for a record!

[Greg BIS]

12:17 AM on 04/25/2012

Gross. To set a record we tossed out one ton of wasted food including the animals lost in the name of a moronic record.

Lets really feed the poor and not make huge azzhats out of ourselves in the process.

Teach sustainable personal food to all. Not just for the poor. We can all grow at least some of our foods.

Stories like this are a disgusting testament to our waste and lack of compassion in the name of bigger is better.

[Jerilyn Jund]

05:58 PM on 04/24/2012

2,000 pounds of spoiled food yet 70 percent was consumed by the poor. I sure hope before it was spoiled. Either way. What a waste of food!

[Common Sense 69]

04:10 PM on 04/24/2012

I heard that Rosie O'Donnell stops into the Salty Iguana once a week for this behemoth "snack". Also heard that she consumes it in one sitting - no "take home box" required.

[Jerilyn Jund]

05:55 PM on 04/24/2012

That's soooo not nice, but at the same time very, very funny!

[Tree S-B]

03:49 PM on 04/24/2012

Am I reading this correctly? Raising money for charity and allowing 2000 lbs of food to spoil? Unbelievable!

[strawberrykiki]

03:29 PM on 04/24/2012

Making giant nachos to feed the hungry?? Umm...okay. If a bunch of the nachos were spoiled how did so much get consumed? Sounds like food poisoning.

[abudotcom]

11:19 AM on 04/24/2012

Did any one say: Coronas or Margaritas? Yum....

[thebarbecuemast]

09:30 AM on 04/24/2012

now this is an article about something i love. i love this picture so much a picture of true beauty for a good cause

[Targetdog]

09:01 AM on 04/24/2012

"Even with 2,000 pounds of spoiled food due to warm weather, this nacho monstrosity easily trumped the previous record, a mere 3,999 pounds set in October 2011...At least 70 percent of the nachos were consumed." - A ton of spoiled food and folks still ate it? Yuk!

[Christina Coad]

11:16 PM on 04/23/2012

Yum. This article makes me want some nachos myself. I'd love to have seen that huge yummyness.

[littlebrowngirl]

10:55 PM on 04/23/2012

Chris Christie's midnight snack.

[remihomeloans]

11:40 AM on 04/25/2012

LMFAO

[Paganus]

06:05 PM on 04/23/2012

That is most certainly NOT nachos. Everyone who knows anything about nachos knows that they must be hand crafted, layer, on layer, one by one. Chip, beans, meat, cheese, onion, jalapeno all working in glorious symphony. And it must be broiled or grilled to melt the cheese. Everything else is a cheap imitation.

[luckylily88]

06:46 PM on 04/24/2012

Nice to know there are others who take nachos as seriously as I do! F/F!