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by dietrichepp 3604 days ago
Oh, burritos can easily get into the 2000+ kcal range. Burritos from Chipotle get well into the 1000–2000 kcal range without even trying.
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I tried the calculator at

https://chipotle.com/nutrition-calculator

and added the highest-calorie individual meat (steak), rice (white rice), beans (black beans), salsa (chili-corn), sour cream, cheese, and guacamole, and still got only 1365 kcal.

While adding every single topping does reach 2425 kcal, one would have to order 4 kinds of meat, tofu, 2 kinds of rice, 2 kinds of beans, fajitas, 4 kinds of salsa, sour cream, cheese, guacamole, and lettuce. I would think that should count as "trying"! :-)

Here's some better data:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/02/17/upshot/what-do...

You can see that 2000 kcal is in the 98th percentile, but the 1000+ kcal range is very common.