Largest chestnut roaster

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The largest chestnut roaster is 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in) long (including the handle) and it has 5 m (16 ft 4 in) of diameter. It has a weight of 600 Kg (1,322.77 lb) and it is able to roast 1,000 Kg (2,204 lb) of chestnuts at one time. It was made by the Câmara Municipal de Vinhais during the 2007 RuralCastanea – Festa da Castanha (Chestnut Party), in Vinhais, Bragança, Portugal, on 1 November 2007. The chestnut roaster was completely handicrafted following the traditional Continue reading →

Largest chess set

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The largest chess set board measures 5.89 m (19 ft 4 in) on each side. The king is 119 cm (47 in) tall and is 37.4 cm (1 ft 2 in) wide at the base. The set was made by the Medicine Hat Chess Club (Canada) and was presented and measured in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, on 27 May 2009. The Guidelines have been updated and are now requiring the chess pieces to be bigger as well as the chess board.

Largest chess piece

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The largest chess piece ever was made by Mats Allanson (Sweden) and is a king which is 4 m ( 13.1 ft) high and 1.4 m (4.5 ft) in diameter at the base. The king is one of four made by Mats, the others are the bishop, pawn and rock in proportion to the king. All were made out of wood and hand-finished.

Largest chocolate (individual)

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The largest individual chocolate was a chocolate Hershey’s Kiss weighing 13,852.71 kg (30,540 lbs). The chocolate was made to celebrate Hershey’s Kisses 100th anniversary and was displayed at Chocolate World, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA, on 7 July 2007.

Largest Christmas cracker

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The world’s longest Christmas cracker measured 63.1 m (207 ft) long and 4 m (13 ft) in diameter and was made by the parents of children at Ley Hill School and Pre-School, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, UK on 20 December 2001. The cracker contained balloons, toys, a hat (2.5 m (8ft) in diameter) and a joke. The cracker was pulled by children of the school and members of Saracens Rugby Club and went bang.

Largest Christmas candle ornament

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An ornamental candle measuring 3.9m 12ft 9in tall and 3.1m 10ft 2in wide was constructed by Sergio Rodriguez Villarreal from 1,789 pieces of flat glass mirrors and 1,164 bottles. It was displayed at 400, Avenida Ricardo Margain Zozaya, Nuevo Le¢n, Mexico in 1997.