--- description: A video that might make you rethink your next meal title: Watch This Woman Devour 20 Cheeseburgers in 16 Minutes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch This Woman Devour 20 Cheeseburgers in 16 Minutes  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 10, 2015 4:55 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 10, 2015 4:55 PM CUT A New Zealand woman has amazed the Internet by posting a video that shows her consuming 20 McDonald’s cheeseburgers in just over 16 minutes. Nela Zisser, a former beauty pageant winner and current competitive eater, attempted the stunt as part of a one-on-one competition with a friend, [Erik ‘The Electric’ Lamkin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%5Fi%5FBnupbrSo "undefined"). Zisser defeated Lamkin by more than two minutes. “This was a lot of food and was seriously not easy,” Zisser wrote on YouTube. “I ate the first 5 in [1:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yamVYngWayE# "undefined") and I had finished 10 by [3:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yamVYngWayE# "undefined") which I was pretty happy with but as they got colder it became a lot more difficult.” Zisser has been on a competitive eating binge recently, according to [The Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/woman-eats-20-mcdonalds-cheeseburgers-isnt-lovin-it%5F55f186eee4b093be51bdbfad "undefined"). She took on Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in July for the first time and has posted several other challenge videos to her [YouTube page](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO9-JxPuNA4UhhlGVwY%5FVdQ "undefined"). A notable few include her consuming [five pounds of Kiwiyo frozen yogurt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6FOgaoy2Wo "undefined") in 9 minutes 45 seconds, [five Subway Footlongs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zo3mEQxvps "undefined") in 9 minutes 17 seconds and over [8000 calories of cheesecake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQQqBZP8psA "undefined") in 16 minutes 44 seconds. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4029504/woman-20-mcdonalds-cheeseburgers-16-minutes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4029504/woman-20-mcdonalds-cheeseburgers-16-minutes/"},"headline":"Watch This Woman Devour 20 Cheeseburgers in 16 Minutes","datePublished":"2015-09-10T16:55:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:24:32.961Z","description":"A video that might make you rethink your next meal","url":"https://time.com/4029504/woman-20-mcdonalds-cheeseburgers-16-minutes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Food","Mcdonald's"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4029504/woman-20-mcdonalds-cheeseburgers-16-minutes/","name":"Watch This Woman Devour 20 Cheeseburgers in 16 Minutes"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Our food. Your questions. What are McDonald’s fries made of?","description":"Our food. Your questions. What are McDonald’s fries made of?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/nGOOAY0j/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-01-20T22:40:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nGOOAY0j.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4029504/woman-20-mcdonalds-cheeseburgers-16-minutes/","duration":"PT5M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4029504/woman-20-mcdonalds-cheeseburgers-16-minutes/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```