October 3rd, 2011
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What's the best way to rally some national attention for a cause? Serve up some nachos. A whole lotta nachos.

This past Saturday, the Billerica, Massachusetts branch of Ninety Nine restaurant set a Guinness record for creating the world's biggest plate of nachos, in hopes of a big kickoff for their fundraising efforts to benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs.

The stats:

1,000 pounds of nacho chips
920 pounds Monterey Jack & cheddar
460 pounds southwest cheese sauce
460 pounds of salsa
460 pounds chili
184 pounds jalapeno peppers
92 pounds diced red onion
418 pounds sour cream
5 pounds chopped cilantro

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  1. Evil Grin

    Wish I'd been invited to that party.

    October 3, 2011 at 4:18 pm | Reply
  2. Dan

    Glad in a struggling economy and with families pinching money just to buy groceries that 3,999 lbs. in ingredients can be tossed into a trough and used to set a meaningless record. Would be flat out silly to, you know, be fiscally responsible and use that food to feed people.

    October 3, 2011 at 2:16 pm | Reply
    • Grumpier

      Wow. Way to harsh the buzz dude. Might want to take a minute to call your IT support desk about having that sense of humor re-installed.

      October 3, 2011 at 2:23 pm | Reply
      • Dan

        What's funny about a big plate of nachos?

        This was a pure waste of food that could have gone to actually benefit someone rather than being tossed in the garbage so they could be mentioned on CNN.com. Stuff like this is part of the reason why we have high unemployment rates.

        October 3, 2011 at 2:27 pm | Reply
      • Scooby doo @Dan

        The reason we have high unemployement is because Obama is the antichrist and a socialist.

        October 3, 2011 at 2:29 pm | Reply
      • Grumpier

        Don't forget to have IT support include the Recognizing Light-Hearted Content add-in.

        October 3, 2011 at 2:31 pm | Reply
      • Dan

        Facepalm...

        If you want to make jests at people on internet forums, be my guest. But please, please, at least make the comments funny...add-in's, IT support? Come on, Carrottop, you can do better.

        October 3, 2011 at 2:40 pm | Reply
      • Grumpier

        Some people just have noooooooooo sense of humor. That's so sad.

        October 3, 2011 at 2:42 pm | Reply
      • Dan

        Haha. If you only knew...

        The problem is you're not funny and neither are 3,999 lbs. of food.

        October 3, 2011 at 2:44 pm | Reply
      • Seann

        I hope they brought in the portable toilets after the fat people ate all this crap.

        October 3, 2011 at 2:52 pm | Reply
      • Franklin @Dan

        Epic FAIL, Grumpier was pretty funny.

        October 3, 2011 at 2:54 pm | Reply
      • Seann

        There would have been 4,000 lbs of nachos but Dan had to dump his 1 lb of cheeze whiz.

        October 3, 2011 at 2:57 pm | Reply
      • Grumpier

        Makes sense now. Dan t@king a 1lb dump of "not yo cheeze" whiz explains that odor.
        Like Smitty52 said, "Thank God they held off on the beans."

        October 3, 2011 at 3:03 pm | Reply
    • Guest4Me

      Only in America..........

      October 4, 2011 at 4:52 am | Reply
    • melvinslizard

      ...or to, say, raise money for the Boys and Girls Clubs... grinch

      October 4, 2011 at 4:16 pm | Reply
  3. Seann

    It's now wonder You Americans and Your children are sooooooo FAT !

    October 3, 2011 at 1:14 pm | Reply
    • not yo cheeze@Seann

      Yo mama so fat she put on da lipstick with da paint roller.

      October 3, 2011 at 1:32 pm | Reply
    • Tim @Seann

      Don't be jealous. We know your country isn't nearly as awesome as ours, but that's really no reason to come around slamming us. Must be a sad life you live, knowing how crappy your country is and that it will never be half as cool as the U.S.A.

      October 19, 2011 at 11:26 am | Reply
  4. Willie D. Wanker

    And You Americans wonder why You and Your children are so FAT !!

    October 3, 2011 at 12:39 pm | Reply
  5. Noxious Sunshine

    .. Only 5 lbs of cilantro? That's a tad bit blasphemous. And "cheese sauce"? Lol...

    Almost sounds like the recipe for our Enormous Nachos @ my work.. Minus the poundage, of course.

    October 3, 2011 at 11:53 am | Reply
    • Friendly Suggestion

      Next time you're at the store, try to gather up 5 pounds of cilantro or parsley or basil. It's more than you might be thinking.

      October 3, 2011 at 11:59 am | Reply
      • Noxious Sunshine

        Well obviously. I meant in proportion to the other ingredients, that doesnt seem like much. Especially if they hacked off the stems or whatever & only used the leaves..

        Then again, I looove cilantro. Most of the time, we dont bother chopping it for tacos or whatever. Just pull a small handful of leaves off the bunch & throw it on the tortilla w everything elsr lol..

        Oh yeah, how do y'all know there arent beans in the chili? It's very likely.

        And I have to agree with Dan. I really hope all that food was actually eaten instead of just getting thrown out. Wasted food is a -major- pet peeve of mine.

        October 3, 2011 at 8:46 pm | Reply
    • Dan

      They had to make sure they tasted good so that the dumpster out back wouldn't be offended.

      October 3, 2011 at 2:30 pm | Reply
  6. Rosie O'Donnell

    Looks good, do they have my delivery address?

    October 3, 2011 at 10:27 am | Reply
    • Rosanne Barr

      They got yours after they got mine.

      October 3, 2011 at 10:31 am | Reply
      • not yo cheeze

        Daaaayum....you sho is a big ol' box o' ugly.

        October 3, 2011 at 12:11 pm | Reply
      • Rosanne Barr

        Backacha cheese whiz! You seem to be aging like milk – curdled & rancid.

        October 3, 2011 at 12:13 pm | Reply
      • not yo cheeze

        Did yo parents pay the ice cream truck guy to keep on driving to try and get you to lose some o dat weight?

        October 3, 2011 at 12:18 pm | Reply
      • Rosanne Barr

        They tried that once. I just used my honey-kissed voice to screech at the driver 'til his tires blew out. He had to stop. I caught up.

        October 3, 2011 at 12:32 pm | Reply
      • not yo cheeze

        Must o ate the whole daaaayum truk too.

        October 3, 2011 at 1:06 pm | Reply
      • Rosanne Barr

        Uh-huh. Did twice. Then my parents were all of a sudden too cheap to mortgage the trailer the 3rd time.

        October 3, 2011 at 1:19 pm | Reply
  7. Smitty52

    Thank God they held off on the beans.

    October 3, 2011 at 10:05 am | Reply

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