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Longest Barbeque as Worl Record

Sto. Tomas, Pangasinan is in the Guinness World Records with the longest barbecue measuring 3,803.96 meters using its own product, the white glutinous corn. The new record which dethroned Montevideo, Uruguay, was confirmed by Kaoru Ishikawa, records manager of the Guinness World Records based in London. In a statement, he confirmed that the achievement was entered into the record books as “The longest barbecue measured 3,803.96 meters and was created by the municipality of Santo Tomas (Philippines) in Santo Tomas, Pangasinan, Philippines on February 11 2008. Local government officials said the much-coveted crown which they wrestled from a large South American city was a product of a year-long sacrifice and several sleepless nights, series of dry-runs just to perfect their grilling.
Pangasinan Longest Barbecue

The longest barbecue bid of this agricultural town was made on Feb. 10 where the grills were set up along the 10 barangays here from the boundary of Rosales up to Alcala towns as the highlight of their 10-day celebration of the town’s centennial celebration. In their offical bid submitted to Guinness, there were 1,559 meters interconnected fabricated grills made of bamboo, chicken wires and galvanized iron sheets, where 93,540 pieces of corn ears were grilled by 3,500 cooks. Prior to its creation as a municipality in year 1898, Sto. tomas was only a barrio of Alcala. The town is bounded on the northern part by Villasis town, on the eastern part by Carmen, Rosales, western part by Alcala and southern part by San Manuel, Tarlac.

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