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Three random eating challenges
1 lb. hot dog Safari Dog Halfway Cafe Boston area (7 MA sites), MA
3 lb. burger The B E A S T Burgers Galore Lacy Lakeview, TX also have a "Pounders Club" for 1 lb. burger finishers
10 lb. burrito 10 Pound Burrito Yum Yum Food Truck Fort Worth, TX
(All eating challenges in database)

The Rib Line BBQ & Grill in San Luis Obispo, CA is adding a team option for women only to its Tri-Tip sandwich challenge, seen on Man vs. Food: Nation. The two women currently holding the record will be entitled to free lunch every Friday.
WLOCE announces that Bella Mooz in Bangalore, India will hold the World Ice Cream Eating Championship on April 1. Four-person teams will need to eat a Moozilla ice cream challenge to qualify. The four teams qualifying for the finals will compete against Dale Boone.
Patch.com has a report on Bear Silber attempting to eat two "Pounder Challenge" sandwiches in under 48 minutes at Togo's in Cupertino, CA.
The Harvard Crimson has a report on the Chickwich Challenge, in which competitors are required to eat a chickwich sandwich from 12 different Harvard dining halls. The winning team consisted of a pair of conceptual artists.
AL.com reports that offensive lineman Robert Leff attempted the Jubilee Challenge, consisting of 7.5 pounds of seafood, at The Complete Angler in Daphne, AL after signing a football scholarship to Auburn.
The BBC reports The Robert Pinto was the first person to finish the Kidz Breakfast at Jesters Diner in Great Yarmouth, England. He finished the 9 pound meal which includes 12 rashers of bacon, 12 sausages and six eggs in 26 minutes. In the article, Mike Antolini of MLE discusses the possibility of a future British Nathan's qualifier (the last was held in 2005). Flashback 2005 BBC article about a steak eating contest in England won by Sara Manifold with a total of 100 ounces.
Randy Santel reports that Brooksider in Kansas City canceled its Super Bowl eating contest even though it was publicized in NightlifeKC. The weekend was not a total waste for Randy since he set the challenge burger record at Hickok's Bar & Grill after losing a contest there last week.
Bub's, seen in the Indianapolis episode of Man vs. Food catered a post-practice meal for the New York Giants, but did not serve any one pound "Big Ugly" challenge burgers.
A Washington Post blog has a gallery of the staff attempting to eat the 15+ pound challenge burger from BGR. The Washington Post will have an article about local food challenges on February 17.
Teddy's Burger Joint in Indianapolis will hold a contest on Friday where teams will eat an 8 pound burger and 29 inch pizza.
Bill "El Wingador" Simmons was the first person to complete the "American Voyage" 4 sandwich challenge at America's Pie in West Chester, PA.
Naader Reda has a blog entry about an attempt by "The Spicialist" at the OMG Burger challenge at The Catch in Anaheim on New Year's Eve. He was declared ineligible for the $500 prize because he had previously competed in a taco eating contest.
Youtube has a video of Stephanie Torres eating the challenge burger at Woodside Bar & Grill in Johnstown, PA in 8:55. 40 minutes earlier, she ate the restaurant's spicy burger challenge.
Naader Reda was the first person to finish the 28 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's Pizza in Burbank, CA. He needed 46 minutes to finish the 9 pound pizza.
Someone claiming to be Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is the most recent entry in the list of 72 ounce steak finishers at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX.
Jared Lorenzen, a former backup quarterback for the New York Giants, will be competing in a pizza eating contest at Raniero's in Cold Spring, KY on Sunday with Kentucky high school player of the year Patrick Towles as his teammate. (The listed weight of the team is 565 pounds. Towles' weight is 235 pounds which would give Lorenzen a current weight of 330 pounds.) via SBNation
The San Jose Mercury has a short article about Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie completing the Coliseum pizza challenge at Tony & Alba's. The other two members of the team, Doug Blacksill and Christian Hill, are San Jose State football players. (via Tony & Alba's facebook) update Jan 18 A video of the challenge has bee uploaded.
Half Shell Seafood and Gaming in Henderson, NV has a 6 pound burger challenge and 6 pound nacho challenge.
Vegas CheeseSteaks reports that Tom Gilbert (7:30) and Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez (17:52) finished its 10 pound cheesesteak challenge today. update Jan 16 A video of the challenge is available.
Naader Reda announces that he was the first person to finish the new 12 pound pizza challenge at Surfer Joe's in San Bernadino, CA.
Andrew Lane has a blog entry about being the first person to finish the Big Sicilian pizza challenge at Verrazano Pizza in Las Vegas.
Jessica "Queen of Cuisine" has resumed eating challenges after a year's hiatus and has posted videos of two recent successful challenges: The Real Meal Deal at The Original Pancake House in Roseville, CA and the Super Challenge Roll at Miyozen and Emeryville, CA. update Jan 16 Jessica has also uploaded a video of a team pizza challenge she attempted with Kevin Ross at Graziano's in Corona, CA.
Jacob Anders was the first person to finish the 3 pound challenge burger at Spokes Pub & Grill in Farmington, MO.
Meredith Boxberger has uploaded a video of her eating the 72 ounce steak meal at the Lonestar Grill in Newmarket, ON. Her time of 29 minutes was the best for the Newmarket location.
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