The world's biggest doner kebab

A one tonne doner kebab made from the meat of seven cows has been recognised as the biggest in the world.

Prepared in Turkey, the doner stood two and a half metres tall and needed a crane to heave it into position.

It weighed a total of 1,198 kilograms and needed ten cooks working on scaffolding to prepare it, reports The Mirror.

Guinness officials in the Turkish capital of Ankara confirmed that it was a new record-breaker.

The hefty kebab smashed a previous record set in Australia in 2004, weighing almost double the size.

It was later cut up into pieces for spectators at the Ankara Shopping Fest in Genclik Park.