Meredith Boxberger has uploaded a video recorded at the Kooky Canuck in Memphis where she was the first woman to finish the 7.5 pound Kookamonga challenge burger. (Here is a blog entry by Brittany Albrecht about almost finishing the Kookamonga in 2010.
Meredith Boxberger became the first woman to finish the 7.5 pound Kookamonga burger today at Kooky Canuck in Memphis with a time of 40:40. Eric "Badlands" Booker also finished the burger with a time of 37:10. The Kooky Canuck lockerz gallery has some pictures.
The facebook for Kooky Canuck says that there is a possibility that Pat Bertoletti might appear Friday night at the Memphis restaurant, where he is the record holder for the Kookamonga Challenge burger.
Kooky Canuck in Memphis is best known for its burger challenges, but on July 1 it will hold a poutine eating contest.
The Memphis Flyer has an article about area eating challenges which reports that 8 out of 2895 people have succeeded at finishing the Kookamonga challenge burger at Kooky Canuck. (via Kooky Canuck twitter)
Blake Griffin, probable 2011 NBA Rookie of the Year, and Chris Kaman of the Los Angeles Clippers ordered a 12 pound King Kookamonga burger at Kooky Canuck in Memphis, but apparently did not attempt the challenge.
David Sanders and Chris Barrett are the second pair to finish the King Kookamonga burger challenge at Kooky Canuck in Memphis.
iLisaLisa reports that a 110 pound woman attempted to eat the Kookamonga challenge at Kooky Canuck in Memphis for an upcoming episode of a new program Road Eats on the Discovery Channel.
Filipe Viegas Barros from Brazil is the most recent finisher of the Kookamonga challenge burger at Kooky Canuck in Memphis.
A Hamburger Today has a blog entry about the Kookamonga challenge burger offered by Kooky Canuck in Memphis.
The facebook for Kooky Canuck announces that the 12 pound King Kookamonga burger was completed in under an hour for the first time by two customers last night.
Brittany Albrecht attempts Kookamonga challenge
Brittany Albrect has a blog entry about her attempt at the Kookamonga burger challenge at Kooky Canuck’s in Memphis in which she ate more of the 7.5 pound burger than any previous female challenger (and more than Adam Richman did in the Memphis episode of Man vs. Food as well).
update Feb 14 Brittany has competed in three bodybuilding contests (Perhaps she could become the female “Furious” Pete)
Greg Albrect is uploading pictures of Brit's attempt to be the first female finisher of the Kookamonga challenge at Kooky Canuck's in Memphis. update Brittany says she did not complete the burger but the restaurant staff told her she came closer to finishing that any previous female and that she ate more than Adam Richman did when he recorded an episode of Man vs. Food
Rachel Cooper is in Memphis this evening attempting to become the first woman to complete the 7 pound Kookamonga challenge burger at the Kooky Canuck.
Kooky Canuck (formerly the Big Foot Lodge) now has a King Kookamonga burger challenge weighing 12 pounds, which is free if completed by a team of 2 diners in less than an hour. A video of the first customers to order the burger is available.
Pat Bertoletti has posted a blog entry to his Yard Barker blog about breaking the Kookamonga (Sasquatch) burger record at the Kooky Canuck in Memphis.
(From kookycanuck twitter) Youtube has a video of Pat Bertoletti breaking the 7.5 lb. Kookamonga burger challenge record. update KookyCanuck.com has a gallery.
Pat Bertoletti breaks Kookamonga burger challenge record
The twitter for Kooky Kanuck (formerly Big Foot Lodge) reports that Pat Bertoletti will attempt the Kookamonga (formerly Sasquatch) burger challenge tonight at 8 pm (9 pm eastern). After completing the burger, he will attempt the 18 scoop Avalanche sundae.
update The Kooky Canuck twitter reports that Pat Bertoletti finished his Kookamonga burger in 7 minutes and 15 seconds, breaking Joey Chestnut’s previous record by 21 seconds.
Pat Bertoletti to do Kookamunga Challenge March 20
The twitter for KookyCanuck reports that Pat Bertoletti will attempt to break Joey Chestnut’s record of 7:36 for the Kookamunga Challenge on March 20.
The Memphis restaurant is also developing a 12 pound burger and a burger with pizzas as buns.
Big Foot Lodge (TN) changes name to Kooky Canuck
The Memphis Business Journal reports that The Big Foot Lodge in Tennessee has changed its name to Kooky Canuck to settle a lawsuit from a California restaurant with the same name. The Sasquatch Burger challenge has been renamed to the Kookamunga Challenge.
The restaurant’s website has been redesigned and the URL has changed to KookyCanuck.com from eatatbigfoot.com
Information about December 3 “Man vs. Food” restaurants
Here is some additional information about the challenges featured in the Man vs. Food episodes which debuted on December 3:
Big Texan Steak Ranch 72 ounce steak Amarillo, Texas
- BigTexan 72 ounce steak statistics home page
- 72 ounce steak challenge webcam
- List of all finishers 1991-2005 in the eatfeats.com database
- BBC article about the Big Texan Steak Ranch
- Amarillo.com article about Joey Chestnut breaking the Big Texan’s 72 ounce steak record
- News video (without audio) about Joey Chestnut breaking the record
- Former Big Texan record holder Frank Pastore’s blog entry about Joey Chestnut breaking his record. Pastore was a Cincinnati Reds pitcher when he broke the record for the seventh time in 1987 and is now a conservative talk radio host.
- Video clip from 2000 episode of Ripley’s Believe it or not about the Big Texan starring Rich & Carlene LeFevre
Big Foot Lodge Sasquatch Burger Memphis, TN
update Dec 22, 2008 The Big Foot Lodge changed its name to Kooky Canuck and its challenge burger is now called the Kookamunga Challenge to settle a lawsuit with a California restaurant
- The Big Foot Lodge’s page about the challenge
- The Big Foot Lodge’s Hall of Fame and Hall of Shame. Joey Chestnut is the current record holder at 7 minutes 36 seconds. Roger Robinson has completed the challenge 3 times in 2008.
- Memphis Commercial Appeal article about Jeremy Payne becoming the second finisher of the challenge
- Memphis Flyer article about Pat Bertoletti becoming the first person to finish the challenge
- The picture of the burger below was photographed at a ball in Memphis, so it is probably the Sasquatch Challenge burger. According to the photographer, the woman holding the burger completed it.
Man vs. Food on Travel Channel Dec 3
(From Kevin Ross email) A web page has been set up for the Travel Channel series Man vs. Food. The program will feature Adam Richman traveling around the country to attempt restaurants’ eating challenges. The first two episodes will be televised on December 3 and the locations will be Amarillo, Texas (Big Texan Steak Ranch) and Memphis (The Big Foot Lodge). A list of all locations is available on the website.
Earlier this year, a producer placed a casting call on eatfeats for a host for the show.
Jeremy Payne completes Sasquatch burger challenge
CommercialAppeal.com reports that Jeremy Payne finished a Sasquatch burger from the Big Foot Lodge in Memphis in 53 minutes earlier this month, becoming the second person to complete the burger in under an hour. Pat Bertoletti completed the sandwich in 11 minutes in January 2007. The listed total weight of the burger is 7.5 pounds.
update Joey Chestnut became the third person to complete the challenge on March 23 and is the current record holder with a time of 7 minutes and 36 seconds.
Pat Bertoletti finishes Sasquatch burger
The Memphis Flyer reports that Pat Bertoletti was the first person to finish the 7 pound (4 lb of meat) Sasquatch burger at the Big Foot Lodge in Memphis. Pat stopped at the Big Foot Lodge on his way to New Orleans to break the Acme Oyster House record and his time of 11:05 is less than 1/5 of the hour allowed.
The burger in the “Big Burger Girl” picture (from a July post) is most likely a Sasquatch burger because the picture is tagged with “Memphis” The photographer claims the unknown trencherwomen finished her burger in the picture comments, but this would not count because it took place outside the restaurant.
Unknown Big Burger Girl
Kate Stelnick and Lori Weiss might have a possible rival on the horizon. BullyRook has a picture of an unnamed woman (who looks a little like Mandy Moore) holding a four pound burger (I am not sure if this is the meat weight or total weight) which he claims she consumed without assistance (but he did not witness her finish it). The restaurant is not named either.
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