We had the discussion last week here on the ROK Drop in regards to Korea holding a BBQ festival and that is kind of what the good folks Chungcheongbuk-do are planning on doing:

More than 700 kg of samgyeopsal – pork fatback – will be consumed by 5,000 people on Sept. 19 in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the number of people eating pork at one event.

Korea holds the current world record, set in 2003 when the Seoul Yeouido Livestock Festival fired up grills more than 100 meters long and brought together 2,000 hungry folks for a juicy feast and record-setting event.

This time, organizers say, the grills will be twice as long and more than double the number of partiers will be called out to enjoy grilled pork as they go for another world record.

The event is part of Insamgol Festival, a ginseng promotion event, and will take place in a sports park in Jeungpyeong, North Chungcheong Province.  [Korea Herald via the Korea Rum Diary]

If you have nothing planned next week what better way to spend a weekend then eating 700 kg of samgyupsal?