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Don Gorske

An American from Wisconsin who has eaten a Big Mac a day since 1972. Guinness World Records keeps the count; McDonald's has never asked anything of him.

In brief

  • First Big Mac: 17 May 1972, in Fond du Lac (Wisconsin).
  • Holds the world record for the most Big Macs eaten, certified by Guinness World Records.
  • 35,000 Big Macs reached on 15 March 2025.
  • He keeps the receipts and maintains a log — that is what makes the record certifiable.
  • Appears in Super Size Me (2004) by Morgan Spurlock.

Don Gorske is neither an employee, nor an ambassador, nor a clinical case: he is a private individual who decided, in 1972, to eat a Big Mac a day, and kept it up. His method of proof is what got him into the book of records: he keeps the receipts.

He is regularly cited on both sides of the nutrition debate — as a counter-example to the claims of Super Size Me, or as an isolated case that proves nothing. The only established fact is the count: the record is certified, and the company had nothing to do with it.

Sources

External sources.

  1. Most Big Mac burgers eaten — Guinness World Records

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