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Three random sandwich eating challenges
| big sandwich | Philly Challenge | 51 Grill | Asheville, NC | includes 1 lb. fries |
| pounds | The Big Haas | Caldonia's | Aurora, CO | 2 juicy lucy patties (1lb of cheese stuffed ground beef) 1/4 lb hot links, 1/4 beef brisket, 1/4 smoked ham, 1/4 lb pulled pork, 6 slices of bacon, 2 fried eggs, includes 2 lb. chili cheese fries |
| 4.5 lb sandwich | Mammoth Sandwich | Rolli Pork Loin | Melbourne, FL |
Cincinnati.com reports Joe LaRue was prevented from officially competing in a five pound Reuben sandwich eating contest held to promote the 110th anniversary of Izzy's in Cincinnati due to being considered too good by the contest organizers.
Joey Chestnut's victory at Dorney Park was not the only cheesesteak news this weekend. Takeru Kobayashi went to Tony Luke's and dined with Bill "El Wingador" Simmons. Another Philadelphia cheesesteak pilgrimage was made when Paul Wozniak went to Jim's Steaks to pay homage to his mother in law Lynda Kuerth eating 11 sandwiches in 1978 to set the house record, since broken by Bob Shoudt. He wore Lynda's 30+ year old Jim's Steaks T-shirt to the restaurant. (An article from 1978 mentioning the feat)
Lumiere Place casino in St. Louis has posted a video of Randy Santel finishing its six pound Reuben sandwich in 13:45 at the grand opening of the Stadium Sports Bar & Grill.
Dan Bloomfield ate three 2+ pound Jumbo Subs in 21 minutes to make the wall of fame at Dan's Suber Subs in Woodland Hills, California.
Yale Daily News has a report on a freshman attempting the Caseus Cheese Truck Challenge for the upcoming New Haven, CT episode of Man vs. Food Nation (contains spoiler)
During the month of March, the Royal Palms Resort in Phoenix will award a one night's stay to a diner that can finish its $60 sandwich challenge in under an hour.
OurSportsCentral has a list of 10 possible new choices for the West Michigan Whitecaps ballpark menu. One item "Walking Spaghetti" has 5630 calories, another sandwich has 3670 calories. MLive has pictures of the items.
DNAinfo reports the Carnegie Deli has added a Carmelo Anthony sandwich with a price of $21.95 to its menu in honor of the newest New York Knick. The deli added a sandwich named after LeBron James this past summer to encourage him to sign with the Knicks. update TMZ has a picture
The Wall Street Journal has a blog entry about the Hong Kong "Eatcredibles" competitive eating team with a video of a 1.5 kg sandwich challenge attempt. The group's founder, Taylor Mak, offers several training tips.
HamptonRoads.com has an article about Mike Leonard's attempt at the "Woo Woo" sandwich at the 3Way Cafe in Norfolk, Virginia. LeonardLegend.com also has a report on the attempt.
The facebook for Delicatessen in Philadelphia reports that David Brunelli won yesterday's "Maccabee" pastrami sandwich eating contest with a time of 5:42.
Bakasurain has a video of Dale Boone eating the Chicken Whammy sandwich from Peppa Zzing in Bangalore, India in 2:10, less than 10% of the previous record of 22 minutes.
BeautifulBrian.com has some pictures of Dave "US Male" Goldstein finishing the sandwich challenge at the Kibitz Room in Cherry Hill, NJ in 28 minutes and 37 seconds. Dave Goldstein has also posted pictures to the restaurant's facebook page.
The Feast reports that Delicatessen in Philadelphia is holding a 48 ounce "Maccabee" sandwich eating contest on January 20. Qualify by eating a 24 ounce "Big Macher" in under 15 minutes before that date.
Culinary Neophyte has a blog entry about Outrageous Food recording at Jake's Sandwich Board in Philadelphia last week.
Outrageous Food will be recording footage tomorrow at Jake's Sandwich Board in Philadelphia for a segment about the Philly Challenge defeated by Dave "US Male" Goldstein. [City Paper Meal Ticket]
Naader Reda has a blog entry about successfully completing a burger challenge, a sandwich challenge and a team pizza challenge with Tom Gilbert in Las Vegas on Christmas Eve.
Matt Mounier of Crespi High School set the record at Dan's Super Subs in Woodlands Hills, CA by eating 4 jumbo subs in 50 minutes. (Stephanie Wu holds the women's record.)
The Plixi gallery of Sydney Raine documents Maggie becoming the first woman to finish an unnamed sandwich challenge last night.
“Outrageous Food” December 3, 2010 (Super Spicy Sushi) links
Food Network Episode Guide
Restaurants
- Bartolini’s Midlothian, IL (South Chicago area) meal – 10 pound meatball sandwich
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PDF file about the challenge
Southtown Star article about the challenge – an unnamed man from Minnesota is the only person to finish the sandwich alone
picture of the four woman team that will attempt the challenge in tonight’s episode - Yagumo Sushi Van Nuys, CA meal – #10 spicy sushi roll
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Online wall of fame - Slaw Dogs Pasadena, CA meal – hot dogs
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Outrageous Food Nov 26, 2010 episode links
Food Network episode summary:
Restaurants
- Fat Sandwich Company (Champaign, IL) meal – “Big Fat Ugly” sandwich
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U of Illinois student paper article about challenge
Article about “Big Fat Ugly” recordholder John Jaeger - Church Brew Works (Pittsburgh, PA) meal – rattlesnake pierogies
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp - Randy’s Premier Pizza (St. Paul, MN) meal – 48 inch pizza
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Page about pizza challenges
Press release about Tim “Gravy” Brown and Hall Hunt completing the 30 inch challenge in 2009
Outrageous Food November 19, 2010 episode (The Knishwich) links
Restaurants
- Lansky’s Delis New York City meal – “Ultimate New Yorker” 7 pound deli sandwich
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The on-menu sandwich challenge is the Jackpot | Picture - Feast Houston meal – heart, black pudding & pig face
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Culturemap blog entry about recording - Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor Dania Beach, FL (Fort Lauderdale area) meal – “Kitchen Sink” sundae
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Serious Eats blog entry about the Kitchen Sink
Joey Chestnut, Tim "Eater X" Janus and Erik "The Red" Denmark will compete against Jimmy John's sandwich makers at Arizona State on Saturday before the football game against Stanford.
KTVI did a segment about the meatball sandwich challenge at Cusumano's in O'Fallon, Missouri, which displayed a picture of Randy Santel, the only finisher of the challenge.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has upload a video of him breaking the grilled cheese challenge record at Melt in Cleveland.
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