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Three random hot dog eating challenges
| 3 lb. hot dog | The Junkyard Dog | Hawg n' Dawg Express | Phoenix, AZ | topped w/quart of chili, bacon, cheese, onions, Fritos and French fries |
| 2 boss dogs | The Boss Challenge | Super Perros | Tallahassee, FL | boss dogs are hoagie roll with 2 hot dogs, chicken, potato chips, pineapple, cheese, bacon, must also eat 2 orders of fries or tater tots & 2 drinks |
| 18 hot wieners | Hot Wiener Record | Olneyville New York System | Providence, RI | record is 18, set 2 weeks ago |
Juan "One More Bite" Rodriguez was the first person to finish the "Get Beefed" foot long challenge at Sonio's in Las Vegas with a time of 26:55.
The Rockford Corner Bar announces that the amateur record holder for its chili dog challenge (43 chili dogs in 4 hours), Balinda Gould-McIntosh, passed away on September 2 at the age of 46 after a struggle with cancer.
Dale Boone ate 13 monster dogs in 17 minutes to set the house record at Hungry Hogs in Bangalore, India. (video)
Matt Stonie has a facebook gallery of breaking the Spike's Kennel Club record by eating 23 hot dogs in under 90 minutes. Greg "The Great Moomsi" Maloomian held the house record of 17 hot dogs at one Spike's location. (via Don Sturdy).
Jessica "Queen of Cuisine" has uploaded a video of her finishing the Burritozilla and 3 other videos: Tornado Sundae | Knucklehead chili dog | Matt Stonie finishes Grand Slam pancake
Man vs. Food September 29, 2010 (Sacramento) episode links
Travel Channel Episode Guide | Gallery
Restaurants / Food sites
- Parker’s Hot Dogs challenge – “Knucklehead Challenge” (5 hot dogs in one roll topped with 3 pounds of chili)
Home Page | FaceBook | Yelp
Episode clip about the challenge
Gallery of two diners attempting the Knucklehead Challenge
RosevillePT article about episode recording
NorCal BBQ blog entry about episode recording at Parker’s – gallery of recording
Video of Knucklehead Challenge eating contest in July - Jim Denny’s meal – “The Works” 2 pound omelet
Home Page | FaceBook | Yelp
Sacramento Press article about recording
youtube video of recording outside Jim Denny’s - California State Fair
Home Page
Jessica “Queen of Cuisine”‘s youtube page of eating challenge videos, mainly recorded in northern California
Stephanie Wu’s website about northern California eating challenges and contests
List of Sacramento area eating challenges and contests in the eatfeats database
The commercial for Wednesday's Sacramento Man vs. Food episode about the "Knucklehead Challenge" is now out. A picture of Jessica "Queen of Cuisine" competing in a Knucklehead eating contest appears in the clip.
Youtube has a video of Everett Heiden eating the Meltdown challenge, containing over 4 pounds of ice cream, at Scoops in Mountville, PA (the previous record was 17:51). He also set a record of 2:38 in the Diggity Dog challenge at Hot Diggity Dog in Lancaster.
Maria "The Incredible Sulk" has a blog entry about setting the house record of 21 hot dogs at Big Daddy's Hot Dogs in Pompton Lakes, NJ. She also has a report on eating 8.5 hot dogs at a Spike's Junkyard Dogs in Boston to win a T-shirt. (Greg "The Great Moomsi" Maloomian and an unnamed woman have set house records of 17 at Boston Spike's).
Stephanie Wu has updated her website with a report on setting the new Challenge Dog record of 8:39 at Roy's Chicago Doggery in Petaluma, California, breaking the previous mark by almost 4 minutes. A video of the attempt is available on Stephanie's new youtube page.
NorCalBBQ has a blog entry about Adam Richman attempting the five pound chili dog at Parker's Hot Dogs in Roseville, CA, which will be televised on the Sacramento Man vs. Food on September 29.
The Dawg House in Pendleton, IN (Indianapolis area) has a five foot long Coney dog which is free if finished in less than an hour.
RosevillePT has an article about Adam Richman attempting a five pound chili dog at Parker's Hot Dogs for an upcoming Sacramento episode of Man vs. Food.
Youtube has a video of a Sonic Drive In commercial where two customers have a competition involving the new foot long quarter pound hot dog. (Via Will Millender twitter)
twitter.com/BikiniBurgers/: The five pound chili dog at Parker's Hot Dogs will be featured in the Sacramento episode of Man vs. Food
A Rockford Independent article about the Rockford Corner Bar's quest to appear on Man vs. Food calls the host of that program "Adam Richardson" twice.
Joey Chestnut's hot dog record attempt at Lucha Libre Taco Shop is mentioned in BlogCritics diary of the Comic Con in San Diego.
Matt Stonie sets Manimal record
The facebook for Tradewinds Cafe in Arundel, Maine reports that Matt Stone set the record for the “Manimal” challenge. After completing the challenge consisting of 2 loaded kraut or slaw dogs, an “ocho” eight patty cheeseburger, a small order of fries, a can Moxie and a one pound milkshake in 5 minutes, less than a third of the previous record, Matt ate another kraut dog, a quarter pound burger, 3 chicken taquitos and 3 chicken quesadillas before the 20 minute time limit expired.
The Manimal challenge will appear on an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food
OneSweetKiss, Lance Thomas and Gordon Miller report that Joey Chestnut ate 30 Tijuana style hot dogs at Lucha Libre while in San Diego for the Mars bar contest.
MLive reports that the Rockford Corner Bar's "Not Dog" vegetarian hot dog challenge has received the first Animal-Friendly Eating Competition Award from PETA. A facebook group has also been started to encourage Man vs. Food to record at the restaurant.
MLive.com reports that the Rockford Corner Bar in Rockford, Michigan will start adding diners who eat 12 or more veggie dogs to its Hot Dog Hall of Fame, which currently has over 5,000 members. A contest will take place at 6pm tonight to see who will be the first veggie dog Hall of Famer. update Nicole Rowland ate 8.25 veggie dogs, the best of the initial challengers.
Man vs. Food July 14, 2010 (Phoenix) episode links
Travel Channel episode guide | gallery
Restaurants
- Chompie’s challenge – Ultimate Slider Challenge
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Online Wall of Fame | Wall of Shame
Articles about recording: East Valley Tribune | JewishAZ - Alice Cooper’s Town meal – “Big Unit” 22 inch hot dog
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Episode clip about the hot dog
BPongDude blog entry about recording - Los Reyes de la Torta meal – Torta del Rey
Yelp | Phoenix New Times
List of Phoenix eating challenges & contests in the eatfeats database
twitter.com/rivalshotdogs: "competive eater dale boone just attempted the hellhound challenge and was headed to the hospital hope gonna be ok" update A video of Boone's challenge has been uploaded.
CTV has an article about Jim Harrison's bet that he can eat 450 hot dogs in the Month of April.
Hell's Kitchen Lounge in Newark, NJ has started a hot dog challenge: a customer who can eat 5 fully loaded hot dogs in under 5 minutes will receive the frankfurters and a T-shirt for free.
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