Man Eats 23,000 Big Macs in 36 Years

Posted by Robyn Lee, September 10, 2008 at 4:15 PM

Don Gorske has accomplished something few of us could even imagine—he has eaten nearly 23,000 Big Macs in 36 years. The 54-year-old Gorske has been keeping track of his consumption ever since 1972, driven by a mix of his obsessive compulsive disorder and a never ending love for Big Macs.

He's even written a book about his Big Mac-filled life, titled 22,477 Big Macs. The 212 pages reveal that there's more to being obsessed with Big Macs than just eating them:

By 1991, I had eaten a Big Mac in all 26 Major League Baseball Stadiums, and by 1994, in all 48 contiguous United States. By 2001 I had eaten a Big Mac at all 22 NASCAR tracks, and by 2003 at all 32 National Football League venues. With all the new stadiums being built, in 2006 I ate a Big Mac at my 49th NFL venue, my 49th Major League Baseball park and at the 46th Major League Baseball park that the Milwaukee Brewers have played in.

That's dedication.

11 Comments

Tags: Big Mac, books, burger weirdness, McDonald's

11 Comments:

Does nobody remember that this guy was featured in "Super Size Me"?

agk685 at 4:11PM on 09/10/08

Morgan Spurlock = genious. Great documentary.

dyella13 at 4:39PM on 09/10/08

36 years to reach his goal! Now that's what I call slow food.

JudgeFudge at 4:48PM on 09/10/08

@agk685 I remembered! In fact, that's the first thing I thought of when I saw the picture.

I didn't realize he has OCD, but that makes a lot of sense.

benzado at 4:57PM on 09/10/08

I'm not exactly sure this is a feat to be glorified or proud of.

DaveFaris at 5:20PM on 09/10/08

Does he sneak the Big Mac's into the stadiums?

He eats 2 Big Macs a day and nothing else. He keeps Big Macs in his freezer in case he can't get out during a snow storm. That must be the only thing in his freezer because if that's all you eat why else would you need a freezer?

2 Big Macs a day is only about 1100 calories. So, you could go on a Big Mac diet and lose weight.

eatorama at 7:47PM on 09/10/08

I recall seeing this guy years ago on,i think it was the today show,or cbs Sunday morning, either way, i hope he has many more big macs left in him!

jword2001 at 8:48PM on 09/10/08

he should be required to post his Cholesterol data and Blood Pressure information.

suburbangourmet at 10:44AM on 09/11/08

wow... i'm really impressed anyone can keep this up for that long...

foodinmouth at 10:59AM on 09/11/08

gross.

gastronomeg at 11:13AM on 09/11/08

Why do all of the morons need to come from Wisconsin?

EatWisconsin at 3:33PM on 09/11/08

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