Buc-ee’s doesn’t hold world records for biggest convenience store, car wash, Guinness says

A Texas passion for big Texas things is what feeds Buc-ee's. While the chain of colossal travel centers has for years touted that it is the largest convenience store in the world and hosts the longest car wash in the world, those titles are not recognized by Guinness World Records, the global authority on human achievements. Kylie Galloway, a spokeswoman for Guinness World Records, told the Express-News that the buck-tooth behemoth’s Katy location no longer holds its 2017 title for the world’s longest car wash station.

“There is no current record holder for this title,” Galloway said. “Since the competitive landscape of this record is continuously changing, the record is only valid for one calendar year and the title is further researched at that time.” As for the “largest convenience store” title, trumpeted by the company for the last decade, Galloway said Guinness does not monitor it. Neither does anyone else. Unlike the world’s tallest buildings, there is no authority that officially tracks the largest footprint. The general counsel for Buc-ee's, Jeff Nalado, says the company started bragging about its size when it built its “world record holder” travel center in New Braunfels on Interstate 35 in 2012. The title likely came from news organizations, Nalado said.