Fire up the grills! Thousands of South Africans try to set a record for the biggest cookout
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Participants grill meat during an attempt to break a world record for the most people cooking simultaneously at a barbecue at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)
Participants attempt to break a world record for the most people cooking simultaneously at a barbecue at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)
Participants cook during an attempt to break a world record for the most people cooking simultaneously at a barbecue at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)
Guinness World Records adjudicator Paulina Sapinska, right, monitors an attempt to break a world record for the most people cooking simultaneously at a barbecue at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)
Participants help themselves to food during an attempt to break a world record for the most people cooking simultaneously at a barbecue at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)
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Participants grill meat during an attempt to break a world record for the most people cooking simultaneously at a barbecue at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)
