 |  | Chef Matthew Mitnitsky cheers after his meatball weighed in, breaking the world record for the largest meatball. -- PHOTO: AP |
CONCORD (New Hampshire) - THE bouncing mega-meatball record has landed in the East Coast.
Matthew Mitnitsky, owner of Nonni's Italian Eatery in Concord, said on Sunday that a 222.5-pound (101-kilogram) meatball was authenticated as the world's largest after being weighed by state weights and measures officials.
A Guinness Book of World Records official confirmed the big meatball as a record breaker and presented Mitnitsky with a plaque.
The old record of 198.6 pounds (90 kilograms) was set just over a month ago after Los Angeles-based talk show host Jimmy Kimmel vowed to beat a record set in Mexico. That record - 109 pounds (50 kilograms) - was set in August.
Mr Mitnitsky said he got involved 'to bring the meatball back to the East Coast because that's where it originated.' -- APWorlds largest meatball
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