Largest meatball-world record set by Nonni's
Italian Eatery
CONCORD, NH., USA -- Matthew Mitnitsky,
owner of Nonni's
Italian Eatery in Concord, New Hampshire, created
a (222 lb 8 oz (100.92 kg) meatball which sets the new world
record for the Largest
meatball. Photo: Chef Matthew Mitnitsky cheers
after his meatball weighed in, breaking the world
record for the largest meatball / AP Photo/Jim Cole
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photo)
Mitnitsky said he got involved "to bring
the meatball back to the East Coast because that's where it
originated."
Speaking before the record attempt for the
Largest
meatball he told local press: "You know me. I take
something small and see what I can do to make it bigger.
"This all started when we were reviewing sales
from our three restaurant locations. Our meatballs came out
on top at every location. So I thought, let's create a family
event around the meatball."
He insisted that the Largest
meatball, which took three days to cook, would be
"totally edible".
To break the record, the Largest
meatball must be a larger-scale version of the normal
food item with the same classic ingredients, be made in one
day, and be edible.
To celebrate the achievement, the restaurant
held a meatball eating contests and a childrens' meatball
ladle run.
Mr Mitnitsky's Largest
meatball was later donated to the Friendly Kitchen
in Concord to feed the hungry. The previous Guinness world record of
198.6 pounds was set just over a month ago after Los Angeles-based
talk show host Jimmy Kimmel vowed to beat a world
record set in Mexico. That record — 109 pounds — was set
in August. Related world records: Largest
tiramisu-world record set by French chefs
