Chinook Centre Stampede breakfast sets record for number of pancakes served
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In fact, the feat to conquer the Guiness Book of World Records' mark was set with about 3-1/2 hours left to spare, said Darren Milne, the mall's general manager.
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'The line moves quickly and efficiently which really helps us break a record.'
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Flapjack fans weren't encouraged to take seconds or thirds, he added, 'but we weren't against it.'
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On Saturday, the city's largest Stampede breakfast pumped out 26,994 pancakes in just under 4-1/2 hours, beating the previous standard set last March 1 by an IHOP restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., of 25,689.
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A verification official with the world records organization was on hand to ratify the number of pancakes served and a plaque was presented to the new champions an hour after the feeding frenzy ended, said Milne.
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And not everyone at the mall's parking lot breakfast gobbled a flapjack because it's estimated more than 35,000 turned out for the annual event, said Milne.
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'Some people might just come out to listen to music — there's a lot of different activities at the breakfast beyond the food,' he said.
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Also key to the breakfast's success in record-breaking and just plain satisfying are a squad of retired city firefighters who show up early in the morning to mix gargantuan amounts of pancake batter and runners who deliver that product to grilling stations, said Milne.
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