A segment about Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub containing footage from a 2002 event in which diners attempted 3 and 6 pound burgers has been uploaded to youtube. No one was able to finish a 6 pound burger, but Lori Weiss did manage to set the record for the three pound burger.

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Some captures from the segment about Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub on the Travel Channel’s “All You Can Eat Paradise” have been attached. The program will be televised tomorrow at 8pm and the following times:

TRAV Wed 4/30 8:00 PM
TRAV Thu 5/1 12:00 AM
TRAV Sun 5/4 9:00 PM
TRAV Mon 5/5 1:00 AM

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A segment about Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub was televised on the Travel Channel’s “All You Can Eat Paradise” this evening. Denny says that $500 will be awarded to a diner who can finish the 15 pound “Belly Buster” burger in under 4 hours and that 357 customers have finished the 2 pound burger and 111 people have completed the 3 pound burger challenge. There are still only two finishers (who are not mentioned by name) of the 6 pound 96er burger. The program will be rerun 2 times this week.

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DennysBeerBarrelPub.com announces that the restaurant presented a trophy to Lori Weiss on her recent birthday to honor her eating achievements at that establishment. Ms. Weiss is one of two people to have completed the monster 96er burger and also holds the female speed records for the two and three pound burgers. (The website lists Lori’s last name as “Weis”, but her 96er finisher plaque and other articles list it as “Weiss”. )

Denny’s website also mentions that it will be featured on a Travel Channel program, “All You Can Eat Food Paradise”, later this month. The program will debut on April 26 at 6pm eastern and be rerun on April 30 at 8pm.

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Philip Maramba of the Charleston (WV) Daily Mail went to Punxsutawney, PA on Saturday for the Groundhog Day festivities and then drove an hour to Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub to attempt the two pound burger challenge.

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Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 100+ lb. burger was recently featured on a recent episode of the Rachael Ray Show. The segment can be viewed online. The segment shows how the burger was created.

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In a thread about Kate Stelnick’s completion of Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 96er burger, a commenter from Australia calling herself “QueenQeeko” makes the following claim:

And I look at that burger and I seriously think I could devour that in less than two hours tops.

Here is one small example of what I am capable of. I went to the mall with two friends not all that long ago. This was their silly attempt at making me more of a girly-girl and made me wear pink. I showed them later. Anyways, by late morning we decided for an early lunch. My friend Kitty Kat and I went straight for the Chinese buffet. Now here is where I’m also a master of stacking food. I don’t know how tall the pile was but I know that I did it well. I ordered a large size plate and stacked it up with at least 8 pounds of food. Huge meal. Kitty Kat did the same (she’s taller than me too and said I’d never down my meal).

In the space of 20 minutes, I chowed down all of the food I had bought, then ate half of what Kat had bought (she couldn’t make it pass a third of it). I took the rest home in a plastic container. Immediately after this I bought a tray of doughnuts and a gigantic smoothie that was 90% fruit, yogurt and icecream.

That day I out-ate what every member of my family can do and they are all big eaters. And I still felt I had room for something else.

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The following paragraph is currently at the bottom of ABC 23′s list of local news stories. I have quoted it since it will probably scroll off soon:

Tiny’s Challenge
Dec 01, 2007

The holidays are times when many of us – whether intentionally or not – overeat. But today one group is stuffing their stomachs to the max – all in the name of competitive eating. Niner’s diner in Nanty Glo serving up five helpings of Tiny’s Challenge this afternoon. It’s three pounds of ground beef – a pound of cheese – and a pound of toppings – complimented by five pounds of fries. Five eaters from across the state – one even as far as Brooklyn -taking on the challenge today. In the five-year history of Tiny’s Challenge only one person has been able to put down all ten pounds of food. For today’s eaters the challenge ranks up there with some of the best in the state.

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Four videos of the UEPa’s attempts on the Niner Diner challenge can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/user/SweetJillStoler

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Megamunch has a report from yesterday’s UEPa meeting at the Niner Diner in Nanty Glo, PA. Two eaters finished the three pound burger, but noone finished the five pounds of fries required to complete the challenge. The restaurant’s owner claims the only successful finisher of the entire eight pounds was an unnamed 90 pound woman who works in a Wal Mart. Ian HIckman did not attend due to a film session. The meeting received local media coverage. A gallery is available.

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Megamunch has a post on the date & site of the next UEPa meeting which will probably take place on December 1 at the Niner Diner in Nanty Glo, PA. The diner offers a 3 pound burger challenge which includes 5 pounds of fries along with a pancake challenge. At $5.95, the pancake challenge is the cheapest eating challenge that will be free if eaten under a time limit I am aware of.

Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub has fallen out of favor with some UEPa members due to lack of notification about the team 15 pound burger contest and confusion on whether the Wall of Fame has been updated to include the successful challenges at the last UEPa meeting at Denny’s. DennysBeerBarrelPub.com has an online wall of fame, but it has been completely empty for at least 6 months.

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A segment from “Inside the NBA” about Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 11 pound “Ye Olde 96er” burger can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdRnqoQLIU After Kate Stelnick is mentioned as the first person the finish the burger in under three hours, Charles Barkley inquires about her appearance. (Embedded video after the jump)

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The Clearfield High School football team’s attempt to eat Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 100+ pound burger will appear on Country Fried Home Videos (epsisode title is “Slightly Used” on Country Music Television this weekend (all times eastern):

Friday Aug. 17th at 8:30 pm
Saturday Aug. 18th at 1:00 am
Saturday Aug. 18th at 7:30 pm
Sunday Aug. 19th at 1:30 am

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After the “Science of Speed Eating” documentary appears on the National Geographic Channel at 9pm eastern and pacific (midnight eastern), the next appearance for competitive eating on cable television might be the Clearfield High football team attempting to eat Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 100+ pound burger on Country Music Television’s “Country Fried Home Videos” on August 17 according to dennysbeerbarrelpub.com

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A video from a road trip to Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub to attempt the 15 pound Belly Buster burger is available at http://youtube.com/watch?v=OUkcRa-d-jU

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dennysbeerbarrelpub.com reports that more than 25 members of the Clearfield High football team attempted to eat the restaurant’s 123 pound burger on April 13. The attempt was filmed for CMT’s Country Fried Home Videos.

In a more successful group megaburger challenge, life’s a fight’s livejournal reports that the 50+ pound burger was completed by a group of unlisted size.

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StarGazetteNews.com has a column about Denny’s Beer Barrel 123 pound burger and its unveiling ceremony February 24. The burger did not have the most glorious ultimate fate:

The burger party included a burger-eating competition won by a Virginia man. Ian Hickman, 23, downed his 5-pound burger in 14 minutes, 45 seconds. Pat said five minutes later, the guy was chomping down on a big piece of chocolate cake. Pat said the 123-pound burger, after people gawked at it for a few days, was turned into dog food.

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The “Stuff Yo’ Face” Hot Dog Eating Contest to be held at Penn State on April 29 will have both individual and team events. The contest page describes the prize for the individual contest:

Each person will be competing to qualify for an official Nathan’s sponsored event to qualify for the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest this July 2007. We will have a representative from Nathan’s coordinating this category to make sure the rules and regulations are in cooperation with Nathan’s.

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A news video of the 123 pound burger from Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub can be viewed at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17402466/

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Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 123 pound burger is the subject of a Japanese blog entry.

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The Gant Daily has an article about the making and unveiling of the 123 pound burger at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub which mentions the United Eaters of Pennsylvania. Ian Hickman’s record breaking performance appears in the article and there is also a picture of the Invader in the article slideshow.

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The new poll asks how many eaters in the world do you believe are capable of finishing Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 15 pound Belly Buster burger (10.5 pounds of meat) in under 3 hours without assistance. No one has yet to complete that sandwich singlehandedly.

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Prices are from this ad, weights are the amount of meat in the burger. Total weight is around twice the weight of the meat.

Pub Challenger: $15.95 / 2 lb. = $7.98 / lb.
Pub Super Challenger: $21.95 / 3 lb. = $7.32 / lb.
Ye Old 96er : $35.95 / 6 lb. = $5.99 / lb.
Belly Buster: $49.95 / 10.5 lb. = $ 4.76 / lb.
Belly Bruiser: $179.95 / 50 lb. = $3.60 / lb.
Main Event Charity Burger: $379 / 80 lb. = $4.74 / lb.

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The Clearfield Progress has an article about the unveiling of Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 123 pound burger. The burger took 6-8 hours to cook and a heat shield had to be installed on the oven. The burger meat will be used in chili and other non-burger items.

The article also mentions the UEPa meeting, the German television crew and Ian Hickman breaking the 2 lb burger record. The previous record of 15 minutes was set by Daryl Teats of Woodland, PA in 1993. Dave Schoffner is quoted.

A shorter version of the article was produced by the Associated Press which has been picked up by dozens of outlets. (From flash383)

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Megamunch has a preliminary report about the UEPa meeting at Denny’s yesterday. Both Mark Lyle and Ian Hickman broke the 2 pound burger record of 15 minutes. Megamunch hopes to have a longer report up soon.

updated Wing Tut has a blog entry, a flickr gallery and three youtube videos of the giant burger. The sandwich made the front page of the local newspaper’s website.

update #2 Megamunch has a longer entry and a flickr gallery

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