Chef Matthew Mitnitsky cheers after his meatball weighed in, breaking the world record for the largest meatball, in Concord, United States on Sunday, Nov. 1,2009. Photo by AP.
Matthew Mitnitsky, owner of Nonni's Italian Eatery in Concord, said Sunday that a 101kg meatball was authenticated as the world's largest after being weighed by state weights and measures officials.
A Guinness Book of World Records official confirmed the big meatball as a record breaker and presented Mitnitsky with a plaque.
The old record of 90kg was set just over a month ago after Los Angeles-based talk show host Jimmy Kimmel vowed to beat a record set in Mexico. That record - 50kg - was set in August.
Mitnitsky said he got involved "to bring the meatball back to the East Coast because that's where it originated."
