Leah Shutkever already held the record for most McDonald's nuggets eaten in three minutes.
Published on March 25, 2022
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Our ancestors had it rough: They could be neither professional competitive eaters nor Instagram models. But in 2022, you can be both — which will also earn you the chance to star in a YouTube video from Guinness World Records breaking the mark for most McDonald's Chicken McNuggets eaten in one minute. What a time to be alive!
Leah Shutkever currently claims to hold 27 official World Record titles for eating, including fastest time to eat three mince pies, fastest time to eat three pickled eggs, and most marshmallows eaten in one minute without using your hands. Additionally, the British pro-eater has racked up over 174,000 Instagram followers, posting food-related photos and videos with the glamor you might expect from a social media model.
Among her many titles, Shutkever has also held the record for most chicken nuggets eaten in three minutes since 2020, and so attempting to claim the one minute McNugget record seemed like a sensible choice. As you can see in the video below, though she failed to eat an entire 20-piece box in one minute, she was able to easily down 19 nuggs which, weight-wise, came to 352 grams (or 12.42 ounces). That was enough to beat the previous record of 315 grams.
"When you set goals and achieve them, your confidence grows and I think that was just a massive turning point in my life," said Shutkever who began competitive eating in 2013 at the age of 23, inspired by a challenge from her brother.
Meanwhile, the record for most McNuggets in a minute is apparently hotly contested. Before Shutkever's most recent claim to the throne, the record had also been held by another competitive eater and model, Nela Zisser from New Zealand. That sounds like a face-off made for social media.
Leah Shutkever, a British competitive eater with several records under her belt, won the Guinness World Records for most chicken nuggets eaten in a minute with a whopping 352 grams (12.42 ounces), or the equivalent of 19 McDonald's Chicken McNuggets. Wow!
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The Guinness World Records folks have made it official and announced that 28-year-old Nela Zisser, the former New Zealand beauty queen and medical student, is now the world's new record holder for eating chicken nuggets. In just 60 seconds she managed to gulp down a record 10.5 ounces of chicken nuggets. The record is measured by weight but for those counting, she had 16 nuggets. Zisser also has held records for downing 22 Big Macs in an hour and 27
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in 100 seconds. Check out her nugget video below! Photo: Getty Images
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We've all been there - the day-after-the-night-before, when we have to devour a fast-food meal. But unlike this guy, we've never had to devour 100 of them! We can't believe our eyes (or guts!)
We're not going to lie - how good does a box of six chicken nuggets sound right about now? SIX. That's it. No more.
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He has recently broken the record for eating 100 chicken nuggets in one sitting, having completed it in a measly four minutes, 44 seconds. THAT'S 284 SECONDS, PEOPLE!
And you know what the most impressive part of it all is? He even managed to wipe his mouth afterwards. Manners cost nothing, after all.
On that note... Is anyone else REALLY hungry right now, or is it just us? Who wants to pop out for 86 hamburgers with us?