Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Largest snow cone: Bahama Buck's sets world record
LUBBOCK, TX, USA-- Bahama Buck's, a shaved ice company built a massive snow cone which weighed-in at 25,095 pounds and stood taller than a house - setting the new world record for the Largest snow cone.
Photo: Blake Buchanan shapes an attempt at the world's largest snow cone Thursday in the Bahama Buck's parking lot. Photo by: John A. Bowersmith (enlarge photo)
The previous Guinness world record for the Largest snow cone was a 4,600-pound snow cone make ten years ago by Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort in California.
Bahama Buck owner Blake Buchanan told the Avalanche-Journal that the goal was to shatter the previous Guinness world record, not just just break it.
"If you're going to do something, do it right," he said."Do it once so you don't have to do it again."
About 1,000 customers participated in what Bahama Buck's called its Sno Angel Project Sno Shaving Fundraiser benefiting the Children's Home of Lubbock.
Those who donated $10 or more received a snow cone and the opportunity to shave a 5-pound block of ice for use in the giant snow cone — an 11-foot-tall polyethylene tank in front of the shop.
The effort raised more than $12,000 for charities that provide local children with safe housing.
Bahama Buck CFO Eric Lee told AOL News that the hardest part about setting the record came when windy conditions limited how high the ice could stick out of the giant cup.
"We wanted to pack the ice above the cup, but the winds came and blew it around as we were packing it on," he said. "It was windier than we expected so we settled for 5 feet above the rim."
Buchanan said representatives for Guinness World Records were not present for the final weigh-in but, at Guinnesses' request, Buchanan selected several members of the community to serve as witnesses.
Bahama Buck's will give free samples of the Worlds Largest Snow Cone, which is expected to feed nearly 60,000 people, until the treat runs out or melts.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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