World Records

The largest meatball weighs 503.71 kg (1110 lb 7.84 oz), has a diameter of 1.38 m (4 ft 6.50 in) and was prepared by the Columbus Italian Club (USA), during the St. John’s Italian Festival, in Columbus, Ohio, USA, between 5 and 8 October 2011. This attempt was organized by the CIC (Columbus Italian Club) (USA), which has over 300 members. During the attempt only seven members of this association handled the meat before it was cooked. These participants were: Fred Muccio, Mike DiCarlo, Jim Continue reading →

The world’s largest temporary corn maze measured 163,853.83 m² (40.489 acres) when opened to the public in September 2007 at Coolpatch Pumpkins in Dixon, California, USA . The attempt was organised by Mark Cooley (USA).

The largest permanent hedge maze is the Pineapple Garden Maze at the Dole Plantation in Wahiawa, Hawaii, USA, which has a total area of 12,745.79 m² (3.15 acres) and total path length of 3.962 km (2.46 miles). The maze opened in 1997 and expanded in size in July 2007. This maze also holds the record for the longest path in a permanent hedge maze.

The largest menorah in the world was designed by Yaacov Agam and is 32 ft (9.7 m) tall, 28 ft (8.5 m)wide, weighs 4,000 lb (1,814 kg) and was unveiled on 29 December 2005 opposite Central park, New York, USA. The menorah was designed according to a hand drawing by Mimonides based on the original Menorah in the Holy Temple of Jerusalem and is the largest size permitted by Halacha-Jewish law.