Iowa organizers hoping giant pork burger sets record

(AP) - Organizers are hoping a 240 pound pork burger grilled in Humboldt will be one for the record books.

Five cooks began grilling the burger at 7 a.m. Saturday during the city's inaugural Pork and Putt Classic. When they were done 10 hours later, the giant burger was slid onto a bun of similar proportions.

Cook J.D. Myers says it took two days to prepare the burger, which was placed in a specially constructed pan and placed in a cooler at a local Hy-Vee grocery store overnight Friday. The store also baked the bun for the burger.

Lead griller Gary Vinsand says the biggest challenge was sliding the burger onto the bun in one piece.

The men say they hope the burger, which measured 42 inches across and 10 inches thick, is big enough to make it into Guiness World Records.