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[Brera]

Let's be realistic hear.

Not everyone probably goes for the 8000cal burger.

Plus I seriously doubt the human body could digest/absorb and use all that up in a day. Most of it would be shitted back out unprocessed.

If you are able to finish it, then you're probably already dead before the meal starts.

 

[Souldriver]

I really wonder how my body would react to 8000calories being wolfed into my system at once.

I always think of the Darwin Awards with stuff like this. A restaurant like this is quite the nice example of things that are wrong with our current society.

 

[Mystagogue]

Oh, shit, there's one in Dallas?

I'm gonna be down there the first weekend of May.

Anyone up for a GAF adventure?

I'll be down there as well, but count me the fuck out. I'll stick with my original plan of hitting up In n Out.

 

[mm04]

I was in Vegas a few weeks back and was looking for a good burger joint and briefly considered going to this one, but after reading the Yelp reviews and not seeing anything about the food actually being good, I passed on it. When the positive reviews mostly consist of taking pictures with scantily clad waitresses, I didn't need to go there for that. We went to Fat Boy instead, and that was actually pretty good. Hole in the wall, but I'd recommend it.

 

[LakeEarth]

Let's be realistic hear.

Not everyone probably goes for the 8000cal burger.

Plus I seriously doubt the human body could digest/absorb and use all that up in a day. Most of it would be shitted back out unprocessed.

If you are able to finish it, then you're probably already dead before the meal starts.

I'm pretty sure you can. Olympic athletes in training eat more than that a day during 8-12 hour training marathons.

 

[Count Dookkake]

I'll be down there as well, but count me the fuck out. I'll stick with my original plan of hitting up In n Out.

Lunch and dinner.

 

[Dyno]

Last time I was in Vegas we passed the place twice. Didn't like the smell of the place.

 

[SapientWolf]

A lot of people don't get that chance, she should feel very lucky.

Knowing that place, she'll probably get free meals and a t-shirt after her ordeal.

It's not their fault that she had a heart attack but the restaurant is shamelessly enabling some harmful behavior.

 

[speculawyer]

I guess this would be the third satisfied customer?

Heart Attack Grill spokesman dies of apparent heart attack

(Heart Attack Grill)
A regular patron and unofficial spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill has died of an apparent heart attack, the restaurant's owner said on Monday.
John Alleman reportedly suffered a heart attack last week outside the Las Vegas restaurant, according to the Las Vegas Sun. The 52-year-old was taken off life support on Monday.
Alleman, who was not on the restaurant's payroll, inspired the "Patient John" character that appears on the restaurant's menu.
"He lived a very full life," Jon Basso, owner of the Heart Attack Grill, told the newspaper. "He will be missed."
“I told him if you keep eating like this, it’s going to kill ya,” Basso said. “He’d say, 'I just love your place, Jon.' He’s the only person I know who was probably at the restaurant more than I [was]; he’d be here every darned day.”

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout...man-dies-apparent-heart-attack-162858075.html

Well, at least he enjoyed his food during his life.

 

[SquiddyCracker]

That feeling when reading an old thread and not remembering that you've posted in it until you stumble upon your post and do not recognize it.

 

[BFIB]

I ate there a few weeks ago when I was in Vegas.

I only got the single patty, but I have no idea how people can actually eat the larger sized burgers.

I couldn't even touch my fries.

 

[RM8]

Holy cow, 8000 calories in a burger. HOLY COW, that's probably more calories than my usual Monday to Friday intake.

EDIT: Wikipedia says the biggest burger is actually worth 9982 calories.

 

[scar tissue]

Anyone who is already overweight and eats there is a straight darwin award candidate.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I don't think I'm ever going to eat there and I live here and I'm skinny. But that doesn't matter. Heart Attack Grill. No thanks. If I want an unhealthy, grease bloated burger I will go eat at Five Guys.

 

[awm8604]

Eating meat and animal products doesn't cause, or lead to heart attacks.

 

[Beermeister]

Dat Double Bypass.

 

[FinKL]

The burger isn't anything special tbh, and although the fries sounded good, they weren't what I expected. Definitely go there for the experience, not the food, better than most fast food burger places.

 

[Hawkian]

The restaurant owner, Jon Basso, noted that the woman was also smoking and drinking a margarita.

Balanced meal

 

[NaughtyCalibur]

There was a time when I was morbidly curious to eat there, but ever since finishing a Five Guys burger and fries and feeling 11 months pregnant afterwards for the rest of the day I think I'll pass.

 

[Davey Cakes]

Lard is apparently amazing. It was used for cooking a lot more often many years ago. Maybe it's just blind reminiscence or nostalgia, but whenever an old person or baby boomer brings up the old days "when food was better" they're usually talking about when things were made with lard.

Even we millenials can remember a time when certain foods tasted better due to less restrictions on trans fat. Like how Wendy's fries went from amazing to mediocre.

My mother has been looking for lard to purchase, but couldn't find any. Then recently we were in one of the local grocery shops and she saw it in the dairy section and flipped out.

Now I'm curious as to what foods taste like when made with lard. Baked goods especially.

There was a time when I was morbidly curious to eat there, but ever since finishing a Five Guys burger and fries and feeling 11 months pregnant afterwards for the rest of the day I think I'll pass.

Yeah, I can see that. And I haven't even eaten a Five Guys burger. I enjoy junk food but for some reason I really have to restrict myself from indulging in fast food burgers (and burgers in general, too often) and any sorts of fries. These foods taste good but they are not especially satisfying. You feel "bad full" rather than "good full" after eating them.

 

[Dark Octave]

In February, a man in his 40s was eating a Triple Bypass when he began sweating and shaking.

 

[RM8]

I'm still in disbelief about the 9982-calories burger.

It has more calories than 32 of these:

Mind blowing that they're both fast food items existing in the same universe.

 

[Doogington]

Lard is apparently amazing.

Lard or vegetable oil? Pig fat or ". . . soybean oil, the soybeans are cracked, adjusted for moisture content, heated to between 60 and 88 ºC (140–190 °F), rolled into flakes, and solvent-extracted with hexanes. The oil is then refined, blended for different applications, and sometimes hydrogenated."

 

[blackflag]

8,000 calories? that's what I eat in 2 days. Good grief.

Brb wasting all my calories on a crappy hamburger.

 

[Tim the Wiz]

two lard-covered buns

9982-calories

I don't even.

 

[Auron_Kale]

My mother has been looking for lard to purchase, but couldn't find any. Then recently we were in one of the local grocery shops and she saw it in the dairy section and flipped out.

Now I'm curious as to what foods taste like when made with lard. Baked goods especially.

Buttermilk biscuits made with lard (from the pig) are amazing. Also had a pie (I think it was either apple or cherry) made with it, it was the flakiest thing ever. Sooo good.

But yeah, I've seen lard in the dairy section of one market I've gone too (Bristol Farms in San Francisco) and thought it was kinda weird not being in the meat section. But then I noticed it was with other deli meats so I gave it a pass after that.

 

[pubba]

I thought that it would be impossible to find a decent burger here in China but a few weeks ago I found this monster (called the 'big boy') at an Irish bar here in Nanjing.

It's the best burger I've ever had - with no exaggeration. 3 beef patties, cheese, bacon.. It was heaven after eating rice or noodles for months. It was expensive at 150 RMB (about $22 USD) but worth every cent!

Anyhow - the reason for posting is this burger was maybe the equivalent of a double bypass burger. I'm a big guy and still struggled to finish half of this when sharing with my friend. Can't imagine what eating an 8000 calorie burger would be like...

 

[x-Lundz-x]

8,000 calories? that's what I eat in 2 days. Good grief.

Brb wasting all my calories on a crappy hamburger.

I hope you lift hardcore.

 

[AlimNassor]

Pssh 8k? I eat 135k meals daily.

 

[Guevara]

Now I want a burger

 

[FinKL]

Believe it or not lard is actually a healthier alternative than vegetable oil, at least concerning frying french fries in it.

This is actually truth. Too bad our society still thinks of "fat" as bad for us. Gotta love marketing

 

[RM8]

This is actually truth. Too bad our society still thinks of "fat" as bad for us.

I guess it's mostly because it's used in excess for stuff like deep frying potatoes. That's -not- healthy, really.

 

[peteykirch]

You folks should go to this one deli near me in NJ. The portions could feed an army.

Reuben Sandwich

ONE Potato Knish

 

[RM8]

That's pretty disgusting :/

I'm no junk food prude, but seriously, there IS a point where it becomes gross. Yuck.

 

[Auron_Kale]

You folks should go to this one deli near me in NJ. The portions could feed an army.

http://i.imgur.com/CagYviX.jpg?1[IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/s53p9SF.jpg?1[IMG]

Reuben Sandwich

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/wICr8js.jpg?1[IMG]

ONE Potato Knish[/QUOTE]

I feel like I've seen this place on either Man V. Food or Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives...

The knish looks pretty tasty, as does the Reuben for sure. Would probably barely make it through a fourth of either though.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Alleman is the second unofficial Heart Attack Grill spokesman to die in as many years.

In March 2011, Blair River, the restaurant's 575-pound representative, died from complications stemming from pneumonia. He was 29.

Here's the GAF thread from when he died. 29 is way, way too young. Here's an ad featuring him.

It'd hard not to be cynical about this stuff. Guy was a walking Darwin Award winner in waiting, as was the latest spokesman. Sad stuff, on multiple levels.

 

[peteykirch]

I feel like I've seen this place on either Man V. Food or Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives...

The knish looks pretty tasty, as does the Reuben for sure. Would probably barely make it through a fourth of either though.

Yup Harold's NY Deli it was on MvF when he did an episode in New Brunswick, NJ.

 

[blackflag]

I hope you lift hardcore.

Very hardcore

 

[GameplayWhore]

You folks should go to this one deli near me in NJ. The portions could feed an army.

Reuben Sandwich

ONE Potato Knish

That's unfair baiting. At least give us Latitude and Longitude coordinates so we can call up Google Maps and try to figure it out on our own.

edit: Harold's Deli in Edison, maybe?

 

[Baconbitz]

...why?

'cause it's 'merica man! (Feels bad for his own Country.)

 

[Liquidsnake]

You guys know the Italian chicken sandwich is back at burger king for a limited time right????????????????????????????

 

[Auron_Kale]

Yup Harold's NY Deli it was on MvF when he did an episode in New Brunswick, NJ.

That's it. I forgot what the main challenge was but I was kinda agog at the sight of the sandwich portions.

...That reminds me that I should try to stop by there the next time I visit NY.

 

[blackflag]

Here's the GAF thread from when he died. 29 is way, way too young. Here's an ad featuring him.

It'd hard not to be cynical about this stuff. Guy was a walking Darwin Award winner in waiting, as was the latest spokesman. Sad stuff, on multiple levels.

Yeah I knew this guy and worked with him. Didn't know him very well but saw him around. He was obviously very unhealthy.

 

[DarkKyo]

It's weird how people enjoy this food because it looks like it would make me sick.

 

[Inversive]

America is such a classy country, lol.

 

[Always-honest]

It's a restaurant that gives people the freedom of choice. I see no problem. At least their honest

 

[Radec]

Looks child play for Epic Meal Time crew.

 

[RM8]

You guys know the Italian chicken sandwich is back at burger king for a limited time right????????????????????????????

Limited? I see you don't live in Mexico.

 

[peteykirch]

That's unfair baiting. At least give us Latitude and Longitude coordinates so we can call up Google Maps and try to figure it out on our own.

edit: Harold's Deli in Edison, maybe?

Ding ding.

 

[x-Lundz-x]

Very hardcore

LOL I lift 5-6 days a week and I think if I ate 4000 calories a day I would be a fat ass like I used to be. I need to learn your secret.

And how has this place not been sued yet?