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Three random burrito eating challenges
| 5 lb. burrito | 5 Pound Burrito | On the Border Mexican Grill | Royal Palm Beach, FL | |
| 5 lb. burrito | 5 pound burrito | Machismo Burrito Bar | Manayunk, PA | |
| spicy burrito | Jefe Fire Challenge | Guapo's | Brewster, MA | only available on Mondays |
I Love Las Vegas Magazine blog has an entry about Juan “More Bite” Rodriguez' attempt at a 10 pound burrito at Coconuts where he will face off against two teams of six opponents to raise money for Best Buddies Nevada. update May 19 Fox5Vegas has a video about the event.
Randy Santel announced that he accomplished his 100th eating challenge success last night by winning the 6 pound burrito eating contest held at Masa in Tacoma, WA. For victory #98, Randy finished the 72 ounce steak at the Wedgewood Broiler in Seattle, which had never been completed according to the restaurant. update May 7 Seattle Weekly has a blog entry about Randy Santel's steak challenge success. update May 8 The Daily Mail of London has an article about Randy Santel's weekend. update May 9 SeattlePI, MSN, MyNorthwest, and PitchWeekly have articles and a video is available.
Taco Del Mar will hold a five pound burrito challenge in honor of Cinco de Mayo on Saturday. (list of participating locations (requires facebook log-in) in the Pacific northwest and Hawaii).
Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez will compete in a 10 pound burrito eating contest against two six-person teams at Coconuts Beach Bar & Mexican Grill in Las Vegas on May 19 to benefit Best Buddies.
Naader Reda attempted two Fresno challenges on the same day with Stephanie Torres: the challenge at Legendary Pho Kitchen and the 9 pound Tortillon burrito at El Mariachi. (Aubrey Koehn was the only previous finisher of the Tortillon.)
Naader Reda & Stephanie Torres attempt NV/CA challenges
Naader Reda has a three part series about the meals he ate with Stephanie Torres in the Las Vegas area (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3) After Nevada, they attempted the following challenges in California: Cataldaldo’s 10 lb. team pizza challenge in Bakersfield, El Tortillon 9 lb. burrito in Fresno (only previous finisher Aubrey Koehn), Pho Kitchen challenge in Fresno and Big Mama’s & Papa’s 36 inch two person challenge (with two toppings).
The Texas State student paper has an article about San Marcos, TX eating challenges. Gil's Broiler will award free food for life to women who finish its 7 pound burrito in under 30 minutes.
Naader Reda announces that he (24 minutes) and Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez (16 minutes) were the first two people to finish the four foot long burrito at Coconuts Bar in Las Vegas. (picture
The Freebirds in Killeen, TX created a 50 pound burrito produced by joining together 9 Super Monster burritos. (via Ron Ruggless)
Freebirds will open in Foster City, CA (San Mateo County) on February 29. The restaurant offers an 8 pound burrito and the first 25 people in line at the grand opening will receive free burritos for a year. update Freebirds will open in Huntington Beach, CA on March 6.
Coconuts in Las Vegas has a four foot long burrito challenge which has yet to be finished.
WLOCE has a video of Dale Boone promoting a new 3kg burrito challenge available in Bangalore, India. update Dale Boone also apparently rapped and ate a Volcano Burrito at a Taco Bell in India.
The Visalia Times Delta reports Naader Reda was the first person to complete "El Grande" challenge at El Rosal Mexican Restaurant in Visalia, CA.
Kevin Ross and Naader Reda were the first people to complete the 7 pound kosher burrito challenge at Pizza World in Los Angeles this weekend.
Tonight's episode of Man v Food: Nation will feature food trucks. The challenge will be the six pound burrito from the White Rabbit Truck in Los Angeles, which has only been finished by Aaron Ybarra and Naader Reda. The Taco Bus in Tampa will be another visited restaurant.
Naader Reda has a blog entry about his trip to Tuscon in January, where he attempted the five pound burrito at La Botana and the Sugar OD at Something Sweet Dessert Lounge.
The youtube page for El Nopal in Los Angeles has a video of Naader Reda eating 6 two pound "pregnant" burritos, breaking Stephanie Torres' record of 5.
An unnamed woman (B3 Burrito finisher Aubrey?) was the first person to finish the 30 inch "Tortillon" Burrito from El Mariachi in Fresno. ABC30 has a video about the burrito confirming that Aubrey was the finisher.
Easy Reader News reports that a diner at Amigos Tacos in Huntington Beach, CA was hospitalized after completing a ghost pepper burrito challenge.
In the most recent installment of Seattle Weekly's Julien vs. Food series, Julien attempts to eat a four pound burrito from Casa D's in Bellevue, WA.
Man vs. Food Nation Albuquerque episode links
Travel Channel Episode Guide | Travel Guide & Map
Restaurants
- K & I diner challenge – “Travis on a Silver Platter” burrito
Urbanspoon | Yelp
NMGastronome blog entry about challenge – commenter claims his wife finished challenge
Advertisement recruiting Travises for challenge attempt - Sadies meal – 7 pound sopapilla
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp
UNM student paper report about challenge attempt
Ben Monson finishes sopapilla challenge in 7:56 - Frontier Restaurant meal – Green chile cheeseburger
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp
List of Albuquerque eating challenge and contests in the eatfeats database
B3 Burrito final statistics
The Sahara in Las Vegas, site of the NASCAR Cafe, closed yesterday. Here are the final statistics from the NASCAR Cafe’s B3 Burrito challenge according to public information:
- 42: Number of people who finished the burrito in under 90 minutes
- Over 4,000: Number of people purchasing the burrito (according to a yelp comment)
- 6 minutes: Record finishing time by Joey Chestnut
- Other announced sub 20 minute times: Ben Monson 12 minutes, Matt Stonie 15 minutes, Shawn Cochran 19 minutes
- 38 minutes: Announced Women’s record by Stephanie Torres (This forum thread says her women’s record was broken in January, but does not give the name or time.)
- 2: Most times finishing burrito by Aubrey (might be other unpublicized multiple finishers)
- 3+: Number of female finishers
- May 1, 2011: date of 42nd and final completion by Mark from California
The Las Vegas Review Journal has an article about the closing of the Sahara casino tomorrow, the site of the NASCAR Cafe which featured the 6 pound B^3 burrito challenge.
Andrew Lane has a report on the five pound "El Diablo" burrito eating contest held at Gordo Loco yesterday won by Jimmy Mares. Mike Boyle has a gallery of the contest.
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