Upcoming Denver eating contests
| 2012 May 27 | Sausage Eating Contest | The Big Eat | Denver, CO | |
| 2012 Jun 2 | Hot Dog Eating Competition | Brighton Pavillions | Brighton, CO |
| 4 lb. pho | Pho King Challenge | Pho 95 | Denver, CO | includes 2 lb. noodles, 2 lb. meat and a gallon and a half of broth, requires 2 days advance notice |
| 50 oz. porterhouse | Bull Shipper - defunct | Traildust Steakhouse | Dallas (also Denver), TX | No longer on everyday menu, requires preorder - first competitive eating experience for Sonya Thomas |
| 9 lb. breakfast | 9 Pound Breakfast Skillet | Sapp Brothers Truck Stop | Commerce City, CO |
Mannie & Bo's Pizzeria in Golden, Colorado will award $500 to the first person to finish its 6 pound calzone in under an hour. Only one two person team consisting of Andrew Lane and Jimmy Mares has finished the challenge.
Westwood.com reports the 11 pound pizza challenge at Virgilo's in Littleton, CO will be featured on tonight's episode of Outrageous Food on the Food Network at 10 pm eastern. Nathan's finalist Stephanie Torres was the first person to complete the challenge earlier this year, earning her a prize of $1,000.
The Aurora Sentinel has an interview with Bryan "Big Sexy" Beard.
Andrew Lane has a blog entry about being the first Big Haas finisher at Caldonia's in Aurora, CO.
Woody's will hold a foot long eating contest at the Culturefest in Brighton on June 4 awarding $2,000 to the winner. The contest is limited to amateurs.
Andrew Lane winning the taco eating contest at Mezcal in Denver for the third time in a row is the subject of a Westword blog entry.
Mezcal in Denver will hold a taco eating contest tonight.
Denver on a Spit has a blog entry about StevO's Pizza and Ribs mentioning an eating challenge awarding $100 to a 2 person team that finishes a pizza of unspecified size and weight in under an hour.
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.
Gordo Loco in Denver will hold a 5 pound burrito eating contest during its grand opening on March 20. The winner will receive $50 and a free burrito for a year.
The Denver Post has an article mentioning Stephanie Torres finishing the "Hugilio" Pizza challenge. (via Andrew Lane twitter)
The page about the "Hugilio" challenge on Virgilio's web site has been updated with pictures and a video of Stephanie Torres finishing the 11 pound pizza in an hour and 51 minutes on February 22. update Andrew Lane has a blog entry about Stephanie eating the 7 pound burrito at Jack n Grill (via comment).
A video of Stephanie Torres receiving $1000 for finishing the 11 pound "Hugilio" pizza challenge at Virgilio's in Lakewood, Colorado has been uploaded to youtube.
A team of Andrew Lane and Jimmy Mares was the first team to finish (after 32 failures) the 28 inch pizza challenge at Abo's Pizza in Littleton, Colorado.
A commenter on the KBPI message board reports that Mongo Marquez won yesterday's Wing Bowl held at halftime of a Colorado Mammoth game. update A video about the contest reports Mongo ate 5.7 pounds of wings (via commenter)
A Los Angeles Times article about calorie-heavy meals links to a blog entry by Andrew Lane about finishing the seven pound burrito at Jack N Grill.
Andrew Lane has a blog entry about competing in a wing eating contest at Rock Rest in Golden, Colorado recorded for an upcoming episode of Outrageous Food.
MileHighSoapbox reports that Outrageous Food will record at Corona's Mexican Grill in Broomfield, CO on January, which has a 6.66 pound taco salad challenge.
KBPI has a page about the 2011 Denver Wing Bowl. Qualifying starts tomorrow and the first prize is a 50 inch television.
"Casting calls" for hot wing eaters on two upcoming episodes of "Outrageous Food" have been posted: Badboyz Bistro in Bedford, Pennsylvania needs five people (3 men and 2 women) to eat its "Hellraiser" wings on January 3 and Rock Rest in Golden, CO is looking for hot wing eaters for recording sessions on January 9 and 13.
Qualifiers for the KBPI (Denver) Wing Bowl will be held at the Rock Rest Lounge in Golden, Colorado on January 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 & 21.
A press release announces that the finals of the Denver Wing Bowl will be held at half-time of the January 22 Colorado Mammoth game.
A picture of Karen, a 104 pound grandmother, and the Jack N Grill 5+ pound burrito has been posted to the Man vs. Food forum. The caption says she finishes the burrito every time she dines at Jack N Grill, which is free due to her having previously completed the burrito challenge. (A woman has reportedly finished the burrito at least five times)
The Denver Daily News reports Andrew Lane won last night's taco eating contest at Mezcal with a total of 28 tacos. update Denver Westword has a contest video
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