Gorske sat down for his 30,000 Big Mac this week. Photo / WBAYTV
Gorske sat down for his 30,000 Big Mac this week. Photo / WBAYTV
A man dubbed the 'Big Mac Daddy' ate his 30,000th Big Mac at a Wisconsin McDonald's this week.
Don Gorske, 64, has been one of the world's most dedicated Big Mac fans since he first tried the burger 46 years ago, reports the Daily Mail.
The grandfather claimsthat 90 per cent of his diet consists of the burgers and he has even been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Somewhat miraculously, Gorske says his cholesterol and blood pressure are normal despite having eaten at least one of the 540-calorie fast food burgers almost every day for the past four decades.
Gorske sat down for his 30,000 Big Mac on Friday in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on Friday.
Gorske said he is still in good health despite the fact that the burgers are far from healthy. Photo / WBAYTV
He told WBAY: "If I go for 40,000, that'll take me another 14 years or whatever like that. I don't think people celebrate 35,000 at all, so we're probably looking at 14 more years down the road, and I'll be 78 years old then! So we'll have to see how I'm doing then, you know?"
The retired prison guard first sunk his teeth into a Big Mac on May 17, 1972, and has been keeping track of his consumption ever since.
He suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder and has kept almost every receipt for every Big Mac he's purchased.
While the price has jumped from $0.75 in the 70s to $3.57 today, with an individual Big Mac costing $6.60 here in New Zealand, Gorske would have spent an estimated $80,000 ($114,000) on the fast food hamburgers in the last 46 years.
"A person like me, I just don't change too much," he said after hitting the 25,000 mark in 2011. "It's pretty much two Big Macs a day."
He's only gone without the burgers for a handful of days, and even keeps them in his freezer just in case.
As much as he loves the Big Mac, he can't actually taste it because his taste buds don't work.
A McDonald's Big Mac contains 540 calories with 28g of fat and 80mg of cholesterol. Photo / Getty Images
Gorske said he is still in good health despite the fact that the burgers are far from healthy.
Each Big Mac consists of two 1.6oz beef patties, three slices of bread, American cheese, lettuce, pickles, onions and a 'special sauce' made up mainly of mayonnaise and ketchup.
According to the restaurant, the burger clocks in at 540 calories with 28g of fat and 80mg of cholesterol.
It has 50 per cent of the daily recommended value of saturated fat and sodium at 10 grams and 950mg respectively.
On Friday Gorske revealed that he had actually lost five pounds since hitting the 25,000 mark in 2011.
