The 5,000 calorie Titanic Burger at Oscar's Diner, Telford
This belly-busting burger could be the biggest in Britain – and it is on the menu at a Shropshire diner.
Bosses at Oscar’s in Telford claim there is no bigger burger in the country than the Titanic and have set up a new challenge for anyone brave enough to try and sink it.
For £15, competitors eating at the diner attached to the Odeon Cinema in the town get 45 minutes to clear their plates, which also include chips, salad and a pint of milkshake, for the chance to win a T-shirt which proudly proclaims “I Sank The Titanic” and have their picture on a wall of honour.
But it is not for the faint-hearted. Oscar’s owner Tony Kular said of the 100-odd people to take it on since it started two weeks ago, only 15 had triumphed.
The burger itself is thought to contain a whopping 5,000 calories – more than double the recommended daily calorie intake for an average man.
Squashed between a burger bun is two 1lb beef patties, an 8oz chicken breast, six rashers of bacon, two potato waffles, four onion rings, lettuce, onion and pickles.
Mr Kular said: “We wanted to do something a bit quirky by introducing a food or an eating challenge to the restaurant.
“People have come from all over, from Wales to Birmingham to try it out. Not many have succeeded.”
Find out how our reporter got on when he tried a Titanic Burger – click here
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I reckon the boss has been watching Man V. Food!
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Hmmmmm, burrrrger…
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this is just encouraging and praising unhealthy eating, things like this is why we now live in a seriously obese society
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To be fair though I don’t they are advertising as part of a 5-a-day lifestyle.
I’ll pass all the same thanks, too much salad for my liking.
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you may have noticed that I missed out the word *think* from my statement. Feel free to insert the word back in, perhaps as part of an entertaining lunchtime game.
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You are wrong Katherine, the reason we live in a society with a problem with obesity is lack of excercise. Very few ‘fatties’ 60 years ago, that was mainly due to everyone having an active lifestyle – remember, everything back then was fried in lard, no marge, just butter, suet, dripping etc….salad was a garnish. These days there’s nothing wrong with an unhealthy ‘blow out’ once in a while as long as you keep active and don’t spend the whole of your life sat at a desk or in front of the telly.
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Damn. That’s me in trouble then
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Correct! I’m an experienced marathon runner and one of the best ‘eaters’ I know, we often joke about my competition standard eating abilities! I might well take on the challenge myself, but will soon burn the energy off :)
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Get a sense of humour Katherine, its not forcing anybody to try it. I wish some people would live a little!
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Are there many fat people in Telford?
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http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2011/01/19/one-in-10-shropshire-children-start-school-overweight/
Big Boned.
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I quote “The burger itself is thought to contain a whopping 5,000 calories – more than double the recommended daily calorie intake for an average man.”
If this isnt promoting obesity in the making then what is?
Telford as many other areas are going on at the children in school about healthy eating and not to eat burgers etc and then we have this put on a plate as a competition to win a T shirt have a name on the wall of fame and if your really going for a heart attack!!!
I do not find this at all amusing like some people will be finding the same, as others will find it to start on me for an arguement.
Anyway freedom of speach and all that.
Thank you.
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It isnt amusing, blatant publicity more like. It looks absolutely foul, why anyone would want to eat it is beyond me.
The only thing healthy is the chicken & salad which would be ideally placed on a plate together looking good enough to eat (as long as it isnt deep fried)
I hate to think what your digestive system would feel like once you ate it??
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I really think that you’re over thinking it. I have been to this place and it is set up as an american diner, their burgers are really good and are all freshly made this is a novelty thing and nobody forces you to eat one. It’s not as though you are going to eat one every day, you wont become obese just by having one. Obeseity is a lifelong problem brought on mainly by a lack of exercise not one burger.
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Jane Stevens (above) has pasted a link you may find interesting.
While I’m thinking that one burger alone is not a problem. Frequency is.
I agree entirely with Suzanne & KLLK.
It’s 5-a-day, not 5,000.
Please, let the Titanic sink quickly. The loss of this Titanic will not be a tragedy.
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Pay Attention McDonalds, THIS is a ‘Big Mac’, Not that squashed Rat burger YOU serve up :)
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A fat feast for the fat!
Can I get it with a Diet Coke?
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It looks like a very tasty burger.
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The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast…
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This stunt has got the restaurant publicity and will probably help it drum up some business.
But what will the cost be to people’s lives? This suggests that eating loads of meat is cool. It’s not.
KLLK is right.
Be healthy, slim and happy.
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‘Be healthy, slim and happy’
Why do you have to have slim in that sentence? Anorexics and bulimics are slim but they’re neither healthy not happy
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Ah Shropshire the foodie’s home!
County of culinary delights, county of flavours, gourmet heaven – and the Titanic burger.
Can’t wait for comments from the foodie lobby group.
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Indeed!
Half a dozen of our finest Shropshiremen couldn’t dismantle that monstrosity!
This is no meal for one. It’s a dish for sharing. Launched just in time for Valentine’s Day, this is the Chavs’ answer to chateaubriand!
Can you imagine that ghastly offering gracing the menu of any of the fine eateries in lovely Ludlow?
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snob
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Sums it up perfectley
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I don’t think that the diner is supposed to be a gourmet eatery, i’ve been and the food is actually very good. All the burgers are made from fresh mince not frozen processed rubbish. You can’t take this Titanic as a true indication on what Oscar’s is really like. Everybody isn’t going to like it but that’s life.
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And we wonder why diabetes and obesity rates are rising,people have a choice to eat or not to eat this stuff.How about some good wholesome healthy grub on the menu as well!
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What flavours the Milkshake?
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banana vanilla ice cream milk and toffee sauce oh and spray cream haha
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Kipper flavour
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Thing is no ones asking you to eat it.
Most parents would not feed the kids this junk its not meant as a regular thing.
No point in caalling them for making it no ones forcing anyone to actually eat it if no one buys then it will stop being produced.
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Is there a veggie version?
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omg does everyone have to moan about obesity and blah blah blah blah! Its a bit of fun and a laugh, stop taking stuff so seriously its not like you’d be eating this £15 meal everyday and i know 3 people that sank the titanic last week and they are far from obese! Lighten up!
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that looks tasty
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there is a fish bar in filton in bristol that does something similar but much bigger.
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and they also provide a bottle or can of diet coke to wash it all down with
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If you don’t like the thought of it, don’t go! It’s just a bit of fun!
Everyone knows, everything in moderation is absolutely fine and a massive burger once isn’t going to kill you!
I’d be interested to know how many people (HONESTLY!) that has left negative comments REALLY live a healthy lifestyle; i.e. not smoking, drinking or ever overindulge! I’m sure your custom won’t be a great loss to the company in any case!!!!
Well done on your successful opening of Oscars and creating much needed new jobs for local people and also being up for having a laugh!!!! I’ll certainly be visiting!
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It strikes me a as sad that someone thinks that from Wales to Birmingham is “all over”.
Lift your head a little, there’s a bigger world out there.
As for all the obesity comments, get over yourselves. If only 100 people have tried it in a couple of weeks, it is hardly going to prompt an epidemic of fatties from Wales to Birmingham.
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Stop stressing everyone! It’s for a one off bit of fun incorporating a huge tasty meal! No one in their right mind would eat this regularly, in fact I don’t think it would be humanly possible! Calm down dears, it’s only a commercial….
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Don’t believe it some idiot will try it to impress their mates.
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Better hope that burger also comes with a free defibrillator.
Anyone who tries to eat it is just begging for a heart attack.
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I would not – even for a nanosecond – be tempted, but it does look kind of succulent and tasty. Get rid of 80% of it and I might give it a go.
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Chill out everyone!!! LOL
We’re all getting fat so let’s just enjoy ourselves, sit back have a fag and a two for one booze offer and let it happen.
Here’s some stats from ONS:
In England in 2008, 24.5 per cent of adults aged 16 and over had a body mass index (BMI) classed as obese, a rise of almost 10 percentage points since 1994. More than one in three adults (36.9 per cent) had a BMI considered overweight; a slight decrease from the proportion in 1994 (37.4 per cent).
In England, the proportion of adults considered morbidly obese has doubled over the last 15 years, from 1 per cent of the adult population aged 16 and over in 1994 to 2 per cent in 2008.
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Too much salad with it for me!!
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Better than my normal diet, which is the tasty stuff that collects at the bottom of the bin- mixed with grass clippings for one of my ‘five a day’
Oink !
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I’d have to have the money to waste, but I wouldn’t mind a bash at that. It’s just a bit of fun and unlikely to lead to a local epidemic of obesity or a tidal wave of distended stomachs to A&E. Smart move on the manager’s part though, to have cornered some free advertizing for the place – which was what it was really all about.
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Do they deliver? I’m too fat and unfit to make it there!
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Wolf that 10lb Death Burger down lettuce dodgers…bbuuurrrppppp…tomorrow never comes and the NHS will pay anyway…while we’ve still got it.
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Everyone is getting a bit over excited about this, including the national press. No one is making anyone eat this and it’s not being suggested that you eat one of these a day.
I bet that many people have tried one of those ‘monster’ mixed grills and I suspect that they are worth a few thousand calories.
One of the biggest eaters I ever knew was built like a racing snake! He could out eat and out drink most people but could hide behind a lampost. I bet he could’ve eaten one of those, personally I wouldn’t give it a go.
People who complain about things like this and about TV programs etc need to remember you have a choice.
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WOuld have liked it if they offered a free pudding instead of a t shirt
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