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Comprehensive piece about the guy who's eaten 35,000 Big Macs
Posted on 6/20/25 at 9:18 am
Posted on 6/20/25 at 9:18 am
Enjoy Every Fish Fry: I had a Big Mac and a fish fry with Don Gorske, who holds the record for most Big Macs eaten in a lifetime
I used to think this guy was a complete nut job who never left his hometown but I've come to appreciate his passion.
Don has also made a quest to eat a Big Mac inside every Major League Baseball park, NFL stadium, and NASCAR track—even going so far as to eat Big Macs inside stadiums that were being used when new ones were being built—and has pictures on the Big Mac room wall to prove it. Wes asked him if he’s ever had trouble getting Big Macs into the stadiums. “Well, I’ve worked at a prison and I know how to get stuff in…Most of the time, if I flatten it and just put it in my pocket…Only once did they catch me and I had to throw it away.” It was in Indianapolis. He made a return trip and got his photo. He said it’s easier now since they don’t pat you down like they used to and instead rely more on metal detectors. He said it took him about five years to hit all the MLB parks, and that he hit 1,000 miles a day on some of the drives to them. “When I do something, it’s intense.”
Across the hall from the Big Mac room, Don showed us a McDonald’s dollhouse he built. He built a lot of them in the 1970s and gave them away, but now he only has two. He showed us a sampling of many of his other McDonald’s artifacts from through the decades—sunglasses, pins, placemats, and games, including the 1981 Build a Big Mac game—much more of which he has in his attic. (He estimates that he has 200,000 McDonald’s items in his attic.) In this room he also showed us one of the most important Don Gorske artifacts: his original count calendar from May and June of 1972, where he documented the first big Macs he ever ate. This calendar hung behind the spot where he shined shoes at the South Hills Club. After those first two months he switched to wall calendars, then to pocket calendar booklets from the prison during his time as a prison guard, and then back to wall calendars after he retired.
I used to think this guy was a complete nut job who never left his hometown but I've come to appreciate his passion.
Don has also made a quest to eat a Big Mac inside every Major League Baseball park, NFL stadium, and NASCAR track—even going so far as to eat Big Macs inside stadiums that were being used when new ones were being built—and has pictures on the Big Mac room wall to prove it. Wes asked him if he’s ever had trouble getting Big Macs into the stadiums. “Well, I’ve worked at a prison and I know how to get stuff in…Most of the time, if I flatten it and just put it in my pocket…Only once did they catch me and I had to throw it away.” It was in Indianapolis. He made a return trip and got his photo. He said it’s easier now since they don’t pat you down like they used to and instead rely more on metal detectors. He said it took him about five years to hit all the MLB parks, and that he hit 1,000 miles a day on some of the drives to them. “When I do something, it’s intense.”
Across the hall from the Big Mac room, Don showed us a McDonald’s dollhouse he built. He built a lot of them in the 1970s and gave them away, but now he only has two. He showed us a sampling of many of his other McDonald’s artifacts from through the decades—sunglasses, pins, placemats, and games, including the 1981 Build a Big Mac game—much more of which he has in his attic. (He estimates that he has 200,000 McDonald’s items in his attic.) In this room he also showed us one of the most important Don Gorske artifacts: his original count calendar from May and June of 1972, where he documented the first big Macs he ever ate. This calendar hung behind the spot where he shined shoes at the South Hills Club. After those first two months he switched to wall calendars, then to pocket calendar booklets from the prison during his time as a prison guard, and then back to wall calendars after he retired.
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Posted on 6/20/25 at 9:20 am to TommyCheeseballs
Do they mention the OCD this guy has to have in order to eat the same fricking sandwich every day of his life?
Posted on 6/20/25 at 9:21 am to TommyCheeseballs
How does that not get nauseating..?
I've gotten where I don't like McDonalds at all anymore. But sometimes a Big Mac sounds good.. and when I get it, it's always a let down...
I've gotten where I don't like McDonalds at all anymore. But sometimes a Big Mac sounds good.. and when I get it, it's always a let down...
This post was edited on 6/20/25 at 9:24 am
Posted on 6/20/25 at 9:25 am to TommyCheeseballs
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hit another milestone of eating 35,000 of them on March 15
Jesus Christ that's over 48 Big Macs a minute for 24 hours straight.
Posted on 6/20/25 at 9:26 am to i am dan
Big Macs are only good with no sauce
Posted on 6/20/25 at 9:32 am to i am dan
quote:
've gotten where I don't like McDonalds at all anymore. But sometimes a Big Mac sounds good.. and when I get it, it's always a let down...
I ate a Big Mac meal yesterday. First time having one in a couple years. It was actually good and put together properly, no big mac sauce falling out the side or anything like that. It also seemed bigger than it used to be.
Posted on 6/20/25 at 9:33 am to TommyCheeseballs
His guts are probably paved with sesame seeds.
Posted on 6/20/25 at 9:36 am to StringedInstruments
quote:
Do they mention the OCD this guy has to have in order to eat the same fricking sandwich every day of his life?
Gorske describes himself as obsessive-compulsive, saying he documents “so much useless information. It’s just part of my being. I keep track of dates I’ve done stuff.” He keeps track of NFL games he’s gone to, places he’s gone out to eat besides McDonald’s (where he usually has a BLT or a fish sandwich), and when he’s gone to certain stores. A lot of this information can be found in his Big Mac room. “You can go anywhere around in here and you can find stupid charts,” he says. “Who keeps track of that stuff? But I do…It doesn’t hurt me, but it keeps me busy too.”
Posted on 6/20/25 at 9:46 am to TommyCheeseballs
I haven't eaten one of those things since the 80s.
Posted on 6/20/25 at 10:02 am to TommyCheeseballs
Surprised that he is not really fat. The kept boxes and cups.....at least they are well organized?
Posted on 6/20/25 at 10:07 am to statman34
I’m more impressed with another statistic. 71
Wonder if he thought he’d make it that far
Wonder if he thought he’d make it that far
Posted on 6/20/25 at 10:12 am to PNW_TigerSaint
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Surprised that he is not really fat
If he’s active and walking a lot a Big Mac probably isn’t terribly unhealthy. It’s the fries and coke that are the killer.
Posted on 6/20/25 at 10:19 am to TommyCheeseballs
I' have never eaten a Big Mac
Posted on 6/20/25 at 10:24 am to Allthatfades
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If he’s active and walking a lot a Big Mac probably isn’t terribly unhealthy. It’s the fries and coke that are the killer.
But what cost has his decades-long fast food diet had on his health?
Surprisingly nothing, though he suspects there are intriguing reasons why.
Speaking in a clip on YouTube, Mr Gorske's wife Mary said medics had given her husband a clean bill of health.
"His blood sugar has been normal, his cholesterol has been exceptionally good,' she said.
For his part, Mr Gorske admits that 'many people thought I'd be dead by now'.
But he has credited his regular six-mile walks, and the fact he avoids adding fries to his meals, for his clean bill of health. 'I've stayed in pretty good shape because, for one thing, I'm kind of hyperactive,' he said. 'I do a lot of walking. I like to joke with people, I tell them I "walk around the block" but they don't know it's six miles around our block.' He also told the Guinness World Records that he is 'blessed with a high metabolism' and has discouraged others from trying to dethrone him.
Man, 71, who's eaten more than 35,000 McDonald's Big Macs gives astonishing health update
Posted on 6/20/25 at 10:27 am to TommyCheeseballs
Everybody has to have a thing, I guess. This just seems like an odd thing to latch onto.
Posted on 6/20/25 at 11:14 am to TommyCheeseballs
GOAT Fast Food Burger of all time, and they killed it. They killed it off.
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Posted on 6/20/25 at 11:18 am to PNW_TigerSaint
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I’m more impressed with another statistic. 71
My grandfather lived to 91 and ate McDonald's for breakfast every morning for the last 25 years of his life. It was part of his retirement routine.
Posted on 6/20/25 at 11:19 am to i am dan
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I've gotten where I don't like McDonalds at all anymore. But sometimes a Big Mac sounds good.. and when I get it, it's always a let down...
If they do have a decent item on their menu, they will inevitably get rid of it like their grilled premium mcwraps, arch burger and salad shakers.
Posted on 6/20/25 at 11:28 am to TommyCheeseballs
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Man, 71, who's eaten more than 35,000 McDonald's Big Macs gives astonishing health update
He must live in New Iberia.
Man who eats more than 35,000 Big Macs
Posted on 6/20/25 at 12:41 pm to TommyCheeseballs
As crazy as he looks and this story sounds..
That’s an absolutely clear and rational point he made there
That’s an absolutely clear and rational point he made there
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