You need 1652 lbs of Spam to get into the Guinness Book of Records

The town of Fremont, Nebraska has been celebrating its eventual entry into the Guinness Book of World Records this week, after residents gathered on Saturday to help create the largest open-face sandwich in the world.

So here is the disgusting part - they used 1,652-pounds of Spam to complete the task at the annual John C. Fremont Days festival. What a wonderful way to pay tribute to the town's founder. His descendants must be thrilled.

Now this wasn't an easy task. To put together the sandwich dough was spread on a 14-foot by 6-foot baking surface designed for the event. Once the dough was ready, a forklift placed it in a special oven made from a trailer body that was rigged with heating elements capable of producing 400,000 BTUs.

Hormel employees and their families grilled about 11,500 slices — 1,242 pounds — of Spam for the sandwich, and spent hours piling those slices onto the freshly baked bread. The Spam was topped with nine cases of pickles and two cases of mustard to meet the Guinness specifications.

Now the town could have pulled together to make a difference in the world, like build a school in Africa, plant a forest or bought prosthetic limbs for children living in worn torn regions. But those activities would never have gotten you into Guinness.

Way to go citizens of Fremont!