A 668.6 kg serving of fries earns an Idaho event a Guinness record

Guinness World Records lists a 668.6 kg serving prepared by the Idaho Potato Commission and Spud Daddy in Boise as the largest serving of chips or fries.

The event took place on October 2; this is not an amount eaten by one person or a record covering every kind of food.

A serving weight is not a potato count

The official entry gives 668.6 kg and the rounded equivalent of 1,474 lb. It records the finished serving of fries. Raw-potato weight cannot be substituted for the result, nor does it tell us how many people ate. The number of plates and individual portion sizes are not specified.

Where the record and video coverage agree

The record authority identifies Boise, both organisers and October 2. Independent CBS19 video coverage confirms Boise and 1,474 lb, and describes more than 50 volunteers helping cook. This article uses the matching weight and location. Other reports’ 1,475 lb figure and conflicting fryer counts are not blended into the record.

The surprise is the scale of communal preparation

An ordinary food became a single serving weighing hundreds of kilograms through collective work. That size says nothing about nutritional quality or an appropriate personal intake. It is not a reason to attempt mass frying or overeating. The materials obtained do not establish how much was actually distributed or what happened to leftovers.

Keep the event date intact

The event occurred on October 2 and the retrieved CBS19 item appeared on October 6. We rediscovered it through October 13 coverage of recent food records, not through a new event. Guinness warns that records change daily and website updates can lag. Check the entry for later changes; this briefing explains the result listed at our check.

Primary sources and independent checks

Record authority: 668.6 kg, Boise, October 2 and website-update caveat: Guinness World Records

Independent video description: 1,474 lb and cooking participation; distinct from a syndicated press release: CBS19 video / Yahoo

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