A dad reckons he ate 'the UK's biggest burger' after tucking into a Burger King beast filled with 36 beef patties for his birthday.
Burger-lover Craig Harker wanted to celebrate his big day in style and did just that with the towering 6,000-calorie meal.
To create the monster meal, the 36-year-old ordered a regular Burger King Whopper meal before adding an extra 35 patties - one to celebrate each year of his life. He also enjoyed a side of fries and Diet Coke.
The extraordinary feat was shared in a video to Facebook. In the clip, the pub owner causally ordered the £53.49 burger, before being handed a bag so heavy he likened it to going to the gym.
Thankfully, Craig did not shy away from the challenge, and his eyes lit up when he saw the towering treat.
""Diet Coke's for me, I'm watching the calories," he jokingly added, while explaining he wore elasticated jeans that are 'like pregnancy pants for men' for the occasion.
But in the end the birthday boy's eyes were bigger than his belly, as he 'only' ate 12 of the £1.30 patties, before donating the rest to friends and family.
The dad, from Hardwick, County Durham, said: "I think it's the biggest burger ever ordered at Burger King - a proper birthday treat.
"I think it's an absolute bargain for the size of the burger. If you went to a restaurant for that size burger, you'd be paying a lot more than what you're paying for the extra patties at Burger King."
Craig, who runs food blog Dad Loves Food alongside owning The George Pub and Grill in his hometown, thinks it might be the 'biggest most commercially available burger' going.
He added: "When they handed the burger over, it was almost like them handing the baton over at the Olympics in the relay. I had to be careful when taking the food, especially as it was so heavy.
"I stopped at 12 because my stomach was starting to look like the burger - it was absolutely huge and I thought if I forced any more down I was going to throw up.
"I got to the point where I thought 'right this is me done comfortably' without me popping a button off my pants.
Luckily, his friends and family benefited from his attempt. "I have quite a big family and we all live locally so I offered the burgers out to everyone to put on their own buns and then any leftovers went to the dog so there was no waste," Craig explained.
A Burger King spokesman said: "We always encourage customers to have it their way – whatever and however that may be. Thanks to Craig for choosing the Home of the Whopper to create his almighty birthday burger."
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