Just a quick fact for today’s entry. We may actually make this “Did you know?” thing a regular feature on the Ice Cream Journal. There are so many random and fun facts about ice cream out there that deserve to be noticed.
Did you know that the world record for the most ice cream eaten is held by Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago, Illinois? On May 26, 2006, he ate 1.75 gallons of vanilla ice cream in 8 minutes during an ice cream eating contest in Brooklyn, New York. It should be noted that Bertolleti is a professional competitive eater whose other eating records include 19 slices of pizza in 10 minutes, 11.1 pounds of shoofly pie in 8 minutes and 177 pickled jalepeno peppers in 15 minutes. For now, we’d be happy with the ice cream title.
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Whoohoo, I love how Brooklyn is the Place for most (not all) only most food eating contest. I had my first Gellatto there so I’ve really enjoyed the mango version served Duetto. (I’m not a vanilla Fan although I do like the Turkey Hill Vanilla Bean ice cream mixed with 2 Tbsp on Pure Hershey Cocoa powder. The deep cocoa flavour is really brought out by the vanilla bean. I enjoyed it so much that In the Winter here in NY, I give my niece and nephew and myself a small scoop (the kind that you use for melon balls) of vanilla bean ice cream on top of the cocoa. (Not hot chocolate) Milk vanilla, Cocoa powder, saucepan on the stove, fluffy marshmellows, ice cream instead of whipped cream it melts a little, floating with a nice foamy outer shell (like an ice cream egg. I could talk about ice cream all day. Bye the Bye Who is credited for the first ice cream, 1st cone, first waffle, and what was the first flavour?
Wow. 1.75 gallons of ice cream in one sitting? I know these guys are professionals, but I would hate to eat that much ice cream for fear that the “side effects” would cause me to never want to have ice cream again.
I get a belly ache thinking of all that food consumption. He must have a ironclad stomach for all those peppers. I can eat that much ice cream but…it would take me a good 5 days, or less! He’s probably a little skinny guy too!
When I first read that, I thought it said 1.75 QUARTS, you know… the almost half-gallon size. And I have nearly done that in one sitting (don’t know about eight minutes…) but usually stop because I want to save some for later! But 1.75 GALLONS. That’s insane!! Props to my fellow New Yorker.
I once at a large (plate-size) waffle covered with blueberries in 44 seconds. (I was a college kid. We weren’t that smart.) And I am a fast eater in general. But I am just floored by that record.
Still… I might try to break it some day. I’ll let you know if I do.
Yeah, 1.75 GALLONS. Pretty hard to believe. That’s the equivalent of four large containers of Turkey Hill ice cream. (When you put it in that perspective, it sounds even crazier.)
R Tianna – To answer your question about famous ice cream firsts, the history of ice cream is a little cloudy. We do know that the first ice cream cone was invented in New York City in 1896 by Italo Marchiony. A few years later, in 1904 during the St. Louis World’s Fair, the ice cream cone really caught on when an ice cream vendor ran out of dishes and used rolled up waffle pastries from a neighboring food stand to serve ice cream in.
I don’t understand eating contests. I guess there is the WOW! quality to consuming beyond what seems possible… but I thought the whole purpose of eating is to savor and enjoy. Certainly woofing down anything in that manner can not be pleasurable – during and certainly not after…
I can’t even watch those competitions- much rather watch a bunch of children on the sidewalk try to wolf down their cones, leaking from the bottom or not ( :
Slow and easy is more my style ( :
WOW! They did a special on the today show a few weeks ago with a professional eater. He ate like 13 Doughnuts in 3 minutes. THe funny thing is he was SOOOOOO skinny!
I was just thinking about this again. Like the THT said, it’s like eating four containers of ice cream (the 1.75 qt ones). FOUR. In EIGHT MINUTES.
Didn’t he get some kinda serious brain freeze???
Ow.
Still… I’ll have to see how well I can do someday when I’m REALLY hungry for ice cream.
If the ice cream gets too , hard put in mirovave for 10 seconds , it realy works
Is eating that much really enjoyable? I’d rather savor my bowl, one bite at a time!
Wow! I LOVE ice cream.. esp. Turkey Hill, but I like to savory mine. I want mine to last as long as possible!
Did you know that I absolutely hate eating contests.
Eating anything fast is not a good thing and eating large quantities is not a good example either
but
since you mentioned the contest,
I hope you can share something else that you know.
thanks.
That’s a lot to eat…… four containers, wow………. I could eat that much in about a week if I had about two bowls a day…. That would be fun, just not in eight minutes.
Did you know…
if you eat faster, you can eat more? It’s because you consume more while your brain takes up to 20 minutes sending the thought that ‘you’re full’ to your stomach.
Still, that’s a lot of ice cream.
What flavors were the ice cream??
Mint Chocolate Chip bounty hunters unite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hummmmmmmmmmmm, I wonder if I could do that (maybe with a little help from my husband and three dogs). Everyone dogs included get their dose of Turkey Hill ice cream every night. What I like the best is that after our treat that is soooooooooooo sweet but not bad for you it signal the end of the meal and no more eating of anything till the next day.
thinking about it makes me want some now but I want some with peanut butter cups, cherries, (halves of cherries not pieces) chocolate sauce, and almond bar peices in with vanilla icecream, ohhhhhh so sweet and hits the spot.
That’s disgusting how he ate that much ice cream. It’s sickening.
Any of the titles sound good to me except the Jalapeno Peppers. Regarding the ice cream, what about brain freeze?
Do you remember?
Chocolate Marshmallow ice cream a memory of the 50′s. How many remember going to an ice cream parlor getting 3 big scoops Chocolate ice cream then pour marshmallow all over it. Turkey Hill’s Chocolate Marshmallow has caught the same texture and quality. Try a nice big dish of Chocolate Marshmallow in a microwave dish. Put your dish of ice cream 5 to 11 seconds in the microwave. The marshmallow catches the heat and becomes smushy and you start to hear Frankie Avalon on the Juke Box.
Extreme Cookies and Cream!! There’s really not much more to say. Just discovered this flavor and it’s a winner. Only problem – need a bigger container! Turkey Hill rules the freezer aisle!
Turkey Hill, thre Best of the Best.
Hmm…that’s 3-1/2 containers. A lot to eat in 8 minutes. I wonder if he got a brain freeze.
I certainly could do that in less than 8 hours though, especially if it was chocolate peanut butter cup flavor!
Are you sure that record isn’t held by me? Only Kidding.
Wow, that’s a lot of ice cream in a short time. I hope his brain freeze didnt’ last long. Way to go Patrick!
Speaking of vanilla ice cream, I think I’ll go have some mmmmmm!
What a waste for consuming Turkey Hill Ice Cream! That young man that “stuffed” so much ice cream in such a short time was a waste of your delicious Turkey Hill Ice Creams.
I take my time when eating Turkey Hill Ice Cream to savor each and every spoonful for all the qualities that go into the making of this delightful food. In fact I usually make that second trip to the Refrigerator (encore)for that special treat to make sure I didn’t miss anything about this relaxing part of the day for me.
I’m going out to Gabriels Market this Moning in Scotia NY. They have Turkey Hill Ice cream on speical this week.
Woops, spelled morning wrong in my last communication.
Anyway Turkey Hill is the best of the best.
Good Morning!
Turkey Hill is the best!
Just thinking that some colombian
coffee ice cream would be delicious
right about now, but not more than one
bowl full!
WOW – brain freeze!!!!!!
I, too would rather enjoy my ice cream, although I do tend to eat it fast, not that fast.
Unreak
And i thought I was a pig eating an Atomic at our local ice cream restaurant
An atomic is 32 oz of ice cream served in a large brandy sifter with topping, nuts, whipped cream, the works
You know I gotta rethink this
I gotta find a brandy snifter for at home and i could have the same thing here with Turkey Hill peanut Butter Ripple with peanut butter syrup, nuts, whipped cream, etc!
Good morning all you Turkey Hill people out there, 1.75 gal, how can anyone enjoy all that at one time! One bowl a day is good enough for me. Last night it was Duetos cherry and vanilla with chocolate syrup, it was great!
WOW!!! Talk about brain freeze!!!
Wow! But VANILLA ice cream? Yuck! I’m sure I could do it – with chocolate or chocolate peanut butter cup.
Was the 1.75 gallons before or after he did the Nathan’s Coney Island hot dog eating competition??
Did he also down dozens of Mrs. Stahl’s of Brighton Beach Knishes or the sandy greasey ones on sold on the beach.
Brooklyn has or had many great eating places for nitche foods mostly by the waters which surround 3 sides of it.
Talk about too much of a good thing.
Just to let you know how much We enjoy your ICE CREAM and ICE TEAS.
YUM YUM
I love your ice cream and also your peach and raspberry ice teas
Much better to savor a nice, normal-sized serving… at least once, every day!
I bet it was easy to eat that much ice cream if it was turkey hill!
what a sugar high that must have been, that would knock my glucose level out of the water, lol,
And I thought my husband was bad eating a half of a half gallon of Turkey Hill Fudge Swirl with a large slab of cake underneath it every night in a bowl that would hold a pound of spaghetti. Yet he is thin, and I am fighting the battle of the bulge except when I cave in and enjoy a bowl of Turkey Hill Vanilla Bean.
I would have had an ice cream headache for a week!
we love competitions…maybe we’ll try an ice cream one at our neighborhood picnic
Wow! Talk about a brainfreeze! I love Turkey Hill ice cream, and I think if you gave me 2 gallons of my favorite flavor I could easily polish them off — but not in 8 minutes! That’s impressive!
Ice cream is enjoyed to its fullest slowly savoring every little spoonful!