The 48 ounce steak at Shula’s Steak House does not offer any awards besides being added to the finishers list, but Sam’s Steakhouse in Terre Haute, Indiana and Marshall, Illinois has a 48 ounce steak that is available for free. The time limit is 20 minutes, same as Adam Richman’s goal time. Bodybuilder Isabelle Turell received a free 48 ounce steak in 2008.

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Dave “Megamunch” Shoffner, who has a competitive eating website at http://megamunch.blogspot.com/, is one of the three finalists for the Man vs. Food photo contest. Text A to 66789 to vote for Dave.

You can also vote by tweeting A, B or c to twitter.com/manvfood

update Here is the blog entry on megamunch where the picture of the 120 ounce steak at Gregory’s in Allentown, PA was taken.

update #2 Will Millender at Chick & Ruth’s Delly in Annapolis is #4 in the list of Fan v. Food Photo Contest winners.

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Youtube has a video about the construction of the set for tonight’s live episode of Man vs. Food. The show’s facebook page lists what will be involved in the program:

300 guests, 150 crew members, 120 minutes of MvF fun, 68 degrees (tonight’s forecast), 48oz Porterhouse, 16in Cuban sandwiches, 10lb hamburgers, 8 hi-def cameras, 6 NFL players taking spicy hot wings challenge (including Dhani Jones), 5 food stations for guests, 1 giant Man v Food Live scoreboard.

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Travel Channel Episode Home Page | Episode Guide | Slideshow | Fan v. Food photo contest

Babe v Food promo videos: Nori (milkshakes) | Jen (chili cheese fries)

Restaurants

• Shula’s Steak House challenge – 48 ounce steak in under 20 minutes
  Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp
  Finishers database on donshula.com – Taft Parker has completed the challenge over 175 times

• Burger & Beer Joint challenge – 10 pound “Mother Burger”
  Home Page | Menu | Yelp
  Video of 4 models (2 female, 2 male) attempting a “Mother Burger”

• Joe’s Stone Crab
  Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp

• La Moon meal – Supermoon Perro Columbian style hot dog
  Yelp | Urbanspoon

• Sarussi meal – The Sarussi Original 2.5 pound Cuban sandwich
  Citysearch | Yelp | Menupages
  episode video clip of Adam Richman at Sarussi

411Mania interviews Adam Richman about the episode

list of Miami area eating challenges in the eatfeats database

updated Feb 11 Episode writeups: Slashfood | Sun-Sentinel

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Some links about Wednesday’s live episode of Man vs. Food from Miami:

• ESPN.com interview
• ESPN Mobile Five Minutes for the Fans
• Pictures from Adam Richman’s appearance on ESPN’s SportsNation
• Associated Press interview

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Adam Richman’s chat session on ESPN.com has started. He says he would like to retry the Carnivore Challenge pizza in Atlanta with Greg “The Great Moomsi” Maloomian as his partner. Some pictures from Adam Richman’s appearance on ESPN First Take earlier this morning are available on twitpic.

A podcast of Adam Richman’s appearance on the Paul and Young Ron Morning show is also available.

update A video clip of Adam Richman’s appearance on First Take is available.

Here is information about the Hall of Famer burger challenge attempted by Adam Richman and John Ritchie on First Take.

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Man vs. Food is running an eating challenge photo contest. The following competitive eaters have submitted pictures. (I will add more links if they are submitted)

Paul Barlow & Hall Hunt
Will Millender
Pat Bertoletti.
Dave Shoffner (“Megamunch”)
Russ Keeler
Bergg (Bergg vs. Food)
Joel “The Cannon” Podelsky added

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MiamiNewTimes.com reports that a portion of the “live” episode of Man vs. Food will be recorded at Don Shula’s Steakhouse at the Alexander Hotel in Miami tomorrow between 1 and 2:30 pm. The session is open to the public.

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Clay Cartland has set up a website documenting his Miami-area eating challenges at http://www.panclayke.blogspot.com/ The December 17 entry describes his setting the record for the Doomsday burger at Kingdom and confirms that the restaurant will appear on the February 3 live episode of Man vs. Food. The blog also has a link to donate to Feeding South Florida.

The Broward-Palm Beach New Times has an article about a five pound “Beast” burger challenge attempt at the restaurant owned by former Miami Dolphin Kim Bokamper in Plantation, Florida.

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The Man vs. Food home page has the following announcement:

We want to see photos of you taking on your own food challenges across the country. Your photo could be selected to appear on-air during our 2-hour Man v. Food LIVE event on February 3 at 9 E/P.

The photo contest begins on Wednesday, December 16, at 10:30 p.m. EST and ends on Tuesday, February 2, at 11:59 p.m. EST.

The contest rules indicate that photo submitters are granting the Travel Channel a “non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, fully paid up license to make use of and distribute your photograph”.

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