The reward in an epic eating challenge is usually in the meal itself. That and the prestige. However, if you're hoping to find a restaurant that has a more tangible reward, this might be it. Brooklyn taqueria Don Chingon raised the stakes slightly higher than a simple name on the wall. If you can finish a massive burrito, you'll own a part of the restaurant.
How's that for a challenge?
The burrito in question, though, is pretty formidable. At 30 pounds, the Gran Chingon is more than three feet long. It's filled with chicken, steak, chorizo, carnitas, cheese, rice, beans and salsa. Imagine having 30 pounds worth of all that in your belly. We usually clock out after 20 pounds of burrito fillings.
If you're attempting to tackle the Gran Chingon, Don Chingon makes you sign a waiver releasing them from any responsibility of death or illness from the enormous dish. Sheesh.
Food & Wine presents the rules as such:
- You pay $150 to enter.
- Eat the massive 30-pound burrito.
- Drink 1 Ghost Pepper Margarita.
- Finish everything in an hour or less. The clock starts when the burrito is touched.
- No bathroom breaks of any kind, under penalty of forfeit.
The man or woman who completes these terms will be entitled to 10 percent ownership of Don Chingon. Ownership, however, will not be transferable upon death. Which, from the looks of that challenge, may be a few years closer to whomever enters.
Sounds like a pretty impossible feat with a pretty awesome payoff. Who's in?
Photo: Not actual 30-pound burrito.
