Fast Food
Competitive Eating
Statistics
Food Facts
Hot or Spicy
100
Once baked, this was the largest one ever measuring 122 ft. 8 in. in diameter, made at Norwood Hypermarket, Norwood, South Africa on December 8, 1990. The ingredients included 9920 lbs. of flour, 198 lbs. of salt, 3,968 lbs. of cheese, and 1,984 lbs. of tomato puree.
What is the largest pizza ever?
100
This is the most commonly used food for competitive eating.
What is a hot dog?
100
Parents of elementary school-age children were more likely to order a combo meal or dollar/value menu items for their child than this.
What is a kids' meal?
100
This appliance was discovered accidentally, when a chocolate bar melted in someone’s pocket
What is a microwave?
100
3.There are 140 varieties of these grown in Mexico alone
What are chili peppers?
200
This fast food restaurants original name was "Insta-Burger-King."
What is Burger King?
200
This franchise is known for being the world's fastest pizza maker.
What is Domino's Pizza?
200
This restaurant offers apple slices or yogurt and low-fat plain milk or 100% juice with their kids' meals 60% of the time, making it one of the only fast food restaurant to routinely provide healthy choices.
What is Subway?
200
The inventor of this was Frank Epperson who, in 1905, left a mixture of powdered soda and water out on the porch, which contained a stir stick
What is a popsicle?
200
One of the most common reactions to imbibing hot, fiery food is to do this which is referred to as gustatory perspiration.
What is to sweat?
300
Americans consume nearly 16 billion of these each year.
What are hot dogs?
300
Sonya Thomas, who is known as the 'Black Widow' on the competitive circuit, ate 26 of these sandwiches in 10 minutes
What is Grilled Cheese?
300
84% of parents reported taking their child to a fast food restaurant at least once in the past week; 66% reported going to this fast food restaurant.
What is McDonald's?
300
Refried beans are only fried this many times.
What is once?
300
The best way to ease the burn of flaming hot peppers or overly-spicy mustard of horseradish is with these two dairy products. Avoid water as it won’t mix with the oil and will only result in moving the heat to other parts of your mouth.
What is milk or yogurt?
400
It was named after founder Dave Thomas' 8-year-old daughter Melinda Lou, who was called Wendy by her older siblings.
What is Wendy's?
400
The record for eating this insect is held by Ken Edwards of Derbyshire, England. In 2001 he ate 36 in one minute
What is a cockroach?
400
McDonald's and this fast food restaurant specifically targeted African American youth with TV ads, websites, and banner ads.
What is KFC?
400
The first soup was made of this large wildlife animal.
What is a hippopotamus?
400
This is considered one of the hottest peppers in the world.
What is the Habenero pepper?
500
Glen W. Bell, Jr. was a World War II veteran…who ate at the new McDonald's and decided to copy it, using the assembly-line system to make Mexican food and founding a restaurant chain later known as this.
What is Taco Bell?
500
The world record for eating this condiment is 7 quarter pound salted sticks in 5 minutes by Donald Lerman.
What is butter?
500
At least 30% of calories in menu items ordered by children and teens were from these 2 ingredients. At most restauratns, young people ordered at least half of their maximum daily recommended intake in just one fast food meal.
What is sugar and saturated fat?
500
The FDA allows an average of 30 or more fragments of this, and one or more rodent hairs, per 100 grams of peanut butter. I will certainly think twice before buying my next jar!
What is Insects?
500
This is the most commonly used pepper for cooking.
What is a jalapeno?
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