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If You Can Finish a 30-Pound Burrito, This Restaurant Will Make You Part Owner
This is Don Chingon. It’s a Mexican restaurant in New York City that just opened up.
Credit: @donchingonnyc / InstagramThey’re already giving their customers a chance to own 10% of the restaurant. But of course, there’s a catch. A big one.
Credit: @donchingonnyc / InstagramIn order to get your piece of the restaurant, you have to defeat their “Big Chingon” challenge:
Credit: Warner Bros. / ReactiongifsYou have to finish a 30-POUND burrito without any bathroom breaks (or vomiting).
Credit: @donchingonnyc / InstagramFor just $150, you get crack a this thing.
Credit: NY Daily NewsWondering how it’s made? They use two 3-pound flour tortillas…
Credit: NY Daily News10 pounds of pork and chicken drowned in 5 pounds of avocado salsa…
Credit: NY Daily News5 pounds of rice and 4 pounds of cheese…
Credit: NY Daily NewsAaaaand a pound of salsa.
Credit: NY Daily NewsLooks impossible to finish, right?
Credit: NY Daily NewsThat’s because IT IS impossible.
Credit: NY Daily News
In order to get your piece of the restaurant, you have to defeat their “Big Chingon” challenge:
Credit: Warner Bros. / ReactiongifsYou have to finish a 30-POUND burrito without any bathroom breaks (or vomiting).
Credit: @donchingonnyc / InstagramFor just $150, you get crack a this thing.
Credit: NY Daily NewsWondering how it’s made? They use two 3-pound flour tortillas…
Credit: NY Daily News10 pounds of pork and chicken drowned in 5 pounds of avocado salsa…
Credit: NY Daily News5 pounds of rice and 4 pounds of cheese…
Credit: NY Daily NewsAaaaand a pound of salsa.
Credit: NY Daily NewsLooks impossible to finish, right?
Credit: NY Daily NewsThat’s because IT IS impossible.
Credit: NY Daily News
For just $150, you get crack a this thing.
Credit: NY Daily NewsWondering how it’s made? They use two 3-pound flour tortillas…
Credit: NY Daily News10 pounds of pork and chicken drowned in 5 pounds of avocado salsa…
Credit: NY Daily News5 pounds of rice and 4 pounds of cheese…
Credit: NY Daily NewsAaaaand a pound of salsa.
Credit: NY Daily NewsLooks impossible to finish, right?
Credit: NY Daily NewsThat’s because IT IS impossible.
Credit: NY Daily News
10 pounds of pork and chicken drowned in 5 pounds of avocado salsa…
Credit: NY Daily News5 pounds of rice and 4 pounds of cheese…
Credit: NY Daily NewsAaaaand a pound of salsa.
Credit: NY Daily NewsLooks impossible to finish, right?
Credit: NY Daily NewsThat’s because IT IS impossible.
Credit: NY Daily News
Aaaaand a pound of salsa.
Credit: NY Daily NewsLooks impossible to finish, right?
Credit: NY Daily NewsThat’s because IT IS impossible.
Credit: NY Daily News
That’s because IT IS impossible.
Credit: NY Daily News
Don Chingon owner Vic Robey says he created the challenge by doubling the current world record for the largest burrito eaten: 14.25 pounds. The record is held by champion competitive eater Joey Chestnut (yep, the hot dog guy). George Shea, the chairman of Major League Eating, told the New York Daily News: “Obviously, it’s an interesting competition because it is so outrageous — no one can eat 30 pounds of anything in one sitting. We would never sanction any such event because there are no safety measures in place.”
So go ahead and give it a shot, but no matter big of a dent you make in that 30-lb monster, chances are you’ll end up like this:
