The crowd of 20.000 was made up of 4.500 school children, 500 officials and special guests plus 15.000 visitors who paid the equivalent of 3 US dollars for a helping of barbecue and a soft drink.

The small city of Minas in Uruguay has set a new Guinness world record by hosting the largest barbecue ever. Almost 200 cooks used 60 tonnes of wood to fire up their gigantic barbecue on which ...