{"id":2958,"date":"2025-07-04T10:35:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/04\/sumo-wrestling-inspires-mammoth-new-burger-on-sale-in-japan\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T10:35:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:35:39","slug":"sumo-wrestling-inspires-mammoth-new-burger-on-sale-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/04\/sumo-wrestling-inspires-mammoth-new-burger-on-sale-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sumo wrestling inspires mammoth new burger on sale in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-07-04 10:35:37<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Sumo wrestlers have inspired a massive new burger on sale in Japan.<BR><br \/>\nBurger King branches in the country are stocking the 1,900-calorie &#8216;baby body burger&#8217; that weighs in on the scales at 668 grams.<BR><br \/>\nThe burger consists of five all-beef patties, four slices of cheddar cheese, bacon, tomato, lettuce and pickles, and is dripping with sauces including mayonnaise, mustard and ketchup.<BR><br \/>\nFor those struggling to grapple with the ginormous burger, staff are on hand to cut it in half.<BR><br \/>\nEating like a sumo wrestler will cost customers 2,590 yen (\u00a313) with the addition of fries and a medium drink raising the price to 2,890 yen (\u00a314.70).<BR><br \/>\nPeople who manage to finish the meal will be rewarded with a sticker reading &#8220;I did it&#8221;.<BR><br \/>\nBurger King calls the item a &#8220;yokozuna-class jumbo-size burger&#8221; in reference to the highest rank of sumo wrestling.<BR><br \/>\nThe fast food chain says it is determined to raise interest in Japan&#8217;s national sport with the burger &#8211; which has the seal of approval from governing body the Japan Sumo Association.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-07-04 10:35:37 Sumo wrestlers have inspired a massive new burger on sale in Japan. Burger King branches in the country are stocking the 1,900-calorie &#8216;baby body burger&#8217; that weighs in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2960,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2958\/revisions\/2960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}