The 10 wildest Thanksgiving-themed Guinness World Records

Talia LakritzNov 24, 2020, 21:02 IST

That's a lot of pumpkin pie.Courtesy of Guinness World Records

The Guinness World Record for fastest turkey carving is three minutes and 19.47 seconds.
The world's largest pumpkin pie weighed 3,699 pounds.
Macy's Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City remains the world's largest inflatable parade.

If you think your Thanksgiving table is piled high with traditional festive foods, you've clearly never seen a 3,699-pound pumpkin pie the size of a small pond.

Guinness World Records tracks the most extreme creations, stunts, and accomplishments on the planet. Come Thanksgiving time, some of these milestones include record-breaking pies, cranberry sauce speed-eating, and balloon floats visible from miles away.

Here are 10 Thanksgiving-related Guinness World Records we're thankful for.

The world's largest serving of green bean casserole weighed 1,009 pounds.

The world's largest green bean casserole. Courtesy of Guinness World Records

The world's largest pumpkin pie weighed 3,699 pounds.

The world's largest pumpkin pie. Courtesy of Guinness World Records

The largest sweet potato pie in the world weighed 703 pounds, 4 ounces.

The world's largest sweet potato pie. Courtesy of Guinness World Records

The heaviest turkey in the world was an 86-pound bird named Tyson.

Male turkeys usually weigh between 16 and 24 pounds. david scott dodd/Shutterstock

The Guinness World Record for fastest turkey carving is three minutes and 19.47 seconds.

Turkey carving takes skill. Richard Theis/EyeEm/Getty Images

The largest pecan pie ever made weighed in at 41,586 pounds.

Pecan pie. Thomas Yau/South China Morning Post/Getty Images

The fastest time anyone has eaten 500 grams (17.6 ounces) of cranberry sauce is 42.94 seconds.

Cranberry sauce isn't usually eaten plain. EBMarketa/Getty Images

The largest serving of mashed potatoes weighted 2,641 pounds.

Mashed potato. Joe Gough/Shutterstock

Macy's Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City remains the world's largest inflatable parade.

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City features balloon versions of recognizable characters. Carlo Allegri/Reuters

The first-ever video game character float to appear in the parade was Sonic the Hedgehog in 1993.

Sonic the Hedgehog became a regular parade float. Charles Sykes, File/AP

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