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Steven Ruppel drank one litre of gravy in 38.22 seconds in Wausau, Wisconsin, on 24 November 2020, setting the current published Guinness World Record.
The current published Guinness World Record for drinking one litre of gravy stands at 38.22 seconds, set by Steven Ruppel in Wausau, Wisconsin, on 24 November 2020.
Ruppel had held the record previously, lost it, and then reclaimed it — a pattern familiar in competitive eating, where records tend to be traded between a small number of specialists rather than standing unchallenged for decades.
Putting it in perspective¶
A litre is roughly the quantity this site recommends making for six or seven people at a roast dinner, on the basis of 150 ml a head — see gravy for christmas dinner. Ruppel drank the lot in the time it takes to read this paragraph.
For a sense of what a litre of gravy is in domestic terms, it is:
- about two-thirds of a full batch of BIR base gravy scaled to a saucepan;
- roughly what a large-batch recipe yields per kilo of onions;
- rather more than a standard gravy boat holds, most of which are around 500 ml.
⚠️ Not a challenge
Gravy is hot, salty and fatty, and drinking a litre of it quickly is not a sensible thing to do without the preparation and supervision a record attempt involves. Guinness attempts run to strict protocols for good reason.
Source¶
- Fastest time to drink one litre of gravy — Guinness World Records