The World's Largest Hamburger

Today, my friend Bob, owner of Bob's BBQ here in Pattaya unveiled the world's largest commercially available hamburger, coming in at 78.5 pounds. A massive fete was held in the Carrefour shopping center, and hundreds of people and dozens of news outlets were in attendance.

So what exactly does "commercially available" mean? That means that this isn't a one-off, one-time monster, but any time you like, you can walk into Bob's BBQ and order one of these for yourself and take it home with you. (You could also sit down eat it at the restaurant, but let's be realistic.)

And to be realistic, who is going to come in and plop down 15,000 baht ($400) on a hamburger? (Bob should have put in a bid to be the world's most expensive hamburger while he was at it.) Well, probably not very many people... but that's really beside the point, isn't it? If you should ever want an 80-pound hamburger, there is only one place on earth to get it, and that is in Thailand... at Bob's BBQ.

(Oh... additionally, it's a pretty safe bet that if Bob can make an 80-pound hamburger to order, he can probably make more down-to-earth sized hamburgers in the 10 to 20 pound range for folks who are interested. Call for details, obviously.)

So anyway, congratulations to Bob for doing something so entertaining, inspiring, and ridiculous. I've followed the process from brainchild to today's blowout beef bonanza, and I can tell you, that along with 80 pounds of hamburger, 80 pounds of Bob's blood, sweat and tears went into making this as well. (Yuck... that didn't sound right.) Proceeds of the entire event (and lots of leftovers) went to the Pattaya orphanage.