From Hideyosi at DumboNYC.com: Champion eater Takeru Kobayashi
broke the world record of 26 meatballs eaten in 1 minute this afternoon
at Fulton Ferry Landing. He finished eating 29 meatballs in one minute.
Japanese television Fuji TV covered the event.
Officials from the Guiness Book of World Records
were there to make it official. After weighing the meatballs (minimum
weight of 14 grams is required per meatball), and stating the rules
(must eat one at a time, yes to water, cannot use hands), Kobayashi
quickly downed the 29 IKEA meatballs. Kobayashi told us that the world
record didn’t seem that much initially, but it’s more than he thought
in 60 seconds. “Want to grab pizza?” Says Kobayashi, “No thanks, I’m ok
now, but I love NY pizza!”