Uruguay grills 12 tonnes of beef

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Uruguay grills 12 tonnes of beef | Oddly Enough | Reuters

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - More than a thousand barbecue fanatics in Uruguay grilled up 12 metric tonnes of beef on Sunday, setting a new Guinness world record while promoting the country's succulent top export.

Army personnel set up a grill nearly 1.5 kilometres long and fire-fighters lit six tonnes of charcoal to kick off the gargantuan cookout.

That's a hellova lot of steak!

[nichomach]

I need a fork, a knife, 50 gallons of BBQ sauce, 3 tonnes of salsa and some onion rings. And a regular Coke...

[kopite]

mmm steak...

[TAKTAK]

I need a fork, a knife, 50 gallons of BBQ sauce, 3 tonnes of salsa and some onion rings. And a regular Coke...

i'd be going with an xxxxxl coke with that lot and also a tshirt to match

thats a hella lot of beefy goodness, beefcake, BEEFCAKE!!

[pauldarkside]

I need a fork, a knife, 50 gallons of BBQ sauce, 3 tonnes of salsa and some onion rings. And a regular Coke...

Me too please, but what's for pudding? Oh and I'll have a Diet Coke instead please

and fire-fighters lit six tonnes of charcoal

Aren't they supposed to put fires out instead of starting them*? Maybe that's in their next week of training.

*Yes I know you can control a fire by starting one deliberately, such as in managing forest fires.

[Salazaar]

I need a fork, a knife, 50 gallons of BBQ sauce, 3 tonnes of salsa and some onion rings. And a regular Coke...

And a surgical cardiology team on standby...

[nichomach]

And a surgical cardiology team on standby...

Oh come on - one regular coke isn't that bad for you...

[Lucio]

Such a waste! Think of all the beef jerky that could have become!!!

[pollaxe]

Heaven. Pure, beefy heaven. [/swoons]

[Lee H]

Well at least they've got the weather for a BBQ over there.

Last year I had 1 BBQ and in the end we used the cooker as the weather turned on us and made it impossible to cook.

I could murder a steak about now, medium please with some hot sauce to give it a kick

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I could murder a steak about now, medium please with some hot sauce to give it a kick

I probably shouldn't have clicked on this topic, since so could I now - though not medium, rather well done (but not burnt).

Never tried hot sauce though, spiciest thing I've had is probably a Chicken Madras from my local Indian takeaway - is it definitely worth trying, and if so what brand?

[TheAnimus]

1.5KM of BBQ....
WOW!

Just thinking of that makes me salavate.

[Lucio]

Never tried hot sauce though, spiciest thing I've had is probably a Chicken Madras from my local Indian takeaway - is it definitely worth trying, and if so what brand?

Personally, I find a Hot Piri Piri sauce the right combination of spicy and flavoursome. Others will disagree and say it has to be infernally hot and these have to be ordered from special websites normally.

Another tasty alternative is to top the steak with salsa, a few tortilla chips and melt some cheese over the top.

[TAKTAK]

I probably shouldn't have clicked on this topic, since so could I now - though not medium, rather well done (but not burnt).

Never tried hot sauce though, spiciest thing I've had is probably a Chicken Madras from my local Indian takeaway - is it definitely worth trying, and if so what brand?

tabasco's always worth a try, lovely stuff mmmmMMmmMMm comes in a few different flavours too

[Rave]

Right, hang on- 1000 'barbecue addicts', 12,000kg of beef = 12kg of beef each? I like my steak, but I couldn't eat 15% of my own bodyweight of it....

I probably shouldn't have clicked on this topic, since so could I now - though not medium, rather well done (but not burnt).

Well done steak? Each to their own I suppose....



Seriously though, have you ever tried it medium (or even rare)? I know a lot of people are put off by the blood, but I've not known one yet that went back to having it well done after we told them to shut their eyes and try it. Even my father in law who used to incinerate his steak now has it medium.

Never tried hot sauce though, spiciest thing I've had is probably a Chicken Madras from my local Indian takeaway - is it definitely worth trying, and if so what brand?

Personally I wouldn't have anything other than (pimento) pepper/pepper sauce or maybe mustard on a good steak, but if you want to try some good hot sauces have a look in the 'ethnic' section of your local supermarket if there is one. I recommend the little bottles of Jamaican Hot Pepper Sauce from Grace/Tropical Sun etc. (the sauce seems to be the same regardless of brand). I quite often swig it straight from the bottle- which gives me a flaming mouth and the hiccups, followed by an endorphin rush. Then I usually have another swig- it's absurdly addictive, but bad for my guts the following day if I overindulge. The sauce is great on tacos etc. even if you're not into mainlining it like me.

Piri-Piri is also a good choice as previously recommended. My favourite sauce recently has been a bottle of Encona Cajun sauce (again from Tescos 'Ethnic' section). It's a combination of habaneros and mustard and it goes an absolute treat with sausages, and lots of other stuff.

[Funkstar]

Right, hang on- 1000 'barbecue addicts', 12,000kg of beef = 12kg of beef each? I like my steak, but I couldn't eat 15% of my own bodyweight of it....

Ha! wimp!

I would hazzard a guess that there were significantly more than the 1000 'barbecue addicts' attending this event