When chef Eitan Bernath set out to cook the world’s largest matzah ball soup in Brooklyn, he needed a scale up to the task — and Arlington Scale Company delivered.
On February 27, 2026, a large warehouse in Brooklyn, New York became the site of something extraordinary: the official Guinness World Record attempt for the Largest Serving of Matzah Ball Soup. At the center of the production — both literally and figuratively — was an Arlington Scale Company industrial floor scale, tasked with delivering the certified weight that would make or break the record.
The event was organized and led by Eitan Bernath, a well-known culinary content creator and chef, with the support of the New York City food rescue nonprofit City Harvest. Ten chefs worked side-by-side for eleven grueling hours, ladling broth and carefully placing matzah balls into a massive vessel resting directly on the Arlington scale platform.
When the team finished, the scale displayed the final weight: 615.5 kg (1,356.9 lb). Guinness officially certified the result as a new world record. The batch included 847 matzah balls and an enormous volume of broth. Together, they created the largest serving of its kind ever recorded.
Precision mattered. When Guinness says a record is official, every gram counts.
For a Guinness World Record attempt, accuracy is non-negotiable. Independent adjudicators require that measurement equipment meet strict standards — and Arlington Scale Company’s floor scale was equal to the occasion. The scale’s remote digital indicator was mounted on a stand at eye level, allowing both the chefs and the Guinness adjudicators to monitor the cumulative weight in real time as each ingredient was added.
Guinness World Records certified the attempt official, and the record now stands on their global records database. After the weigh-in, the soup was donated to City Harvest, putting all 1,356 pounds to good use feeding New Yorkers in need.
Records don’t happen by accident. Teams must execute flawlessly, and equipment must perform without error. Arlington Scale Company delivered both reliability and precision. Because of that, this Brooklyn event now holds a permanent place in Guinness World Records history.
