Here at the Lab, we are big fans of crazy and large food concoctions, but a couple of recent stories have left even us scratching our heads.

This is why you’re fat, the game

We’ve told you before about the website called This is Why You’re Fat, a site devoted to pictures of hilariously frightening, gigantic, fatty meals and snacks, such as Twinkie Casserole, deep-fried chocolate cake and Chicken McNugget Pie.

Last week the website hosted an Eat N’ Tweet contest in New York City, which involved six different food trucks across the city that concocted diabolical fatty creations just for the contest. Participants followed the site’s Twitter feed to learn the location of the trucks, and then they raced across the city to be the first had themselves photographed with each of the heart-stopping concoctions.

Some of the foods included an ice cream sandwich made with waffles, a cinnamon roll cupcake, a gigantic burger and dessert nachos. The winner managed to visit all the sites fastest with the help of a Vespa, but amazingly the second-place finisher, competitive eater Will Millender, completed the challenge on foot, which may at least partly compensate for the huge amount of calories likely consumed by competitors (though the rules didn’t specify they had to eat the treats).

The winner of this dangerous contest will receive a party for 25 of his friends catered by one of the food trucks, as well as free copies of the website’s book.

Giant burgers in Japan

Another food trend we like to talk about is the apparent enjoyment Japanese people have for gigantic food. Late last month, Burger King introduced a new player to the giant food scene: the Windows 7 burger.

Apparently Microsoft approached the chain in Japan and wanted to do a tie-in that would alert non-techies to the fact that the company had released a new operating system. What Burger King came up with was a towering sandwich composed of seven patties (of course) and coming in at more than a pound, five inches tall and with a whopping 2,120 calories.

The first 30 burgers sold every day go for the price of 777 yen (that’s $8.45), after that, the price jumps to 1,450 yen ($15.75). Reports say the chain sold 1,700 of the sandwiches in the first two days of the promotion and were up to 6,000 two days after that. The promotion was intended to last seven days, but it’s been extended thanks to all the interest in artery-clogging meals.

(By Sarah E. White for CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)

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