Three random Tennessee eating challenges
| 5 lb. pork burrito | El Gigante Comida Challenge | Sweet P's Barbecue & Soul House | Knoxville, TN | includes 1/2 lb. mac & cheese and 1/2 lb. of banana pudding |
| 3 lb. pancake | Three 3 Pound Pancakes | Connie's Kitchen | Seymour, TN | |
| 3 lb. burger | Blue Raider Burger Challenge | Your Burger of Rutherford County | Murfreesboro, TN | consists of 4 half pound patties, 20 strips of bacon, 6 oz blue cheese, 3 bun halves, includes basket of fries and large Blue Raider Shake |
The Southern Hotwing Festival will hold a wing eating contest in Memphis on April 21 awarding $300.
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.
Grassy Knolls Movie Nights will hold a hard boiled egg eating contest as part of its showing of Cool Hand Luke in Nashville on Sunday.
Kooky Canuck in Memphis is best known for its burger challenges, but on July 1 it will hold a poutine eating contest.
Man vs. Food Nashville episode links
Travel Channel Episode Guide | Restaurants & Activities Map
Restaurants
- Roosters Texas Style BBQ and Steakhouse challenge – 72 ounce steak
Facebook | Yelp
Lannae Long blog entry about first 72 ounce steak challenge attempt
Nashville Post article about recording
Nashville Scene article about recording - Pancake Pantry
Home Page | Yelp - Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack
Urbanspoon | Yelp
List of Nashville-area eating challenges and contests in the eatfeats database
Tbird's Pizzerian & Grille in Lexington, Tennessee will award $500 on Saturday to a two person team that can finish its 10 pound pizza challenge in under an hour.
A hot wing eating contest at the Southern Hotwing Festival in Memphis April 16 will award $500 to the winner.
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.
According to TotalVibration Man vs. Food: Nation is recording at the Pancake Pantry in Nashville today. The next site is reportedly Prince's Hot Chicken. update Nashville Scene has a report on yesterday's recording at Rooster's Texas-Style BBQ and Steakhouse where the 72 ounce steak challenge was attempted by two country singers.
Nashville Scene notices a Craigslist request for three unpaid interns to assist in the recording of Man v. Food in Nashville this week.
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.
TarHeelFootball reports players from the University of North Carolina football team defeated players from the University of Tennessee in the Music City Bowl pre-game rib eating contest 58 ribs to 55. Quinton Alton of UNC was the individual winner with 21 ribs in 2 minutes.
There are two recent blog entries about eating contests from the 1880s: OCWeekly has an entry about an 1885 garlic eating contest in Orange County (the winner ate 3 pounds) and OldNewsTom reports on a bet that a diner could not gain more than five pound from a single meal (via Nashville Scene)
The Tennessean reports that 22 members of Kappa Alpha at Rhodes College in Memphis were suspended from the fraternity after a pledge competing in an ice cream eating experienced frostbite.
WMCTV reports that the Kappa Alpha fraternity at Rhodes College in Memphis is under investigation after a freshman claimed he experienced frostbite during an ice cream eating contest in September.
Noshville Delicatessen will hold a hot dog eating contest in November. Each Nashville-area location will hold a qualifier and the top 4 in those contests will compete in the finals at the Nashville Auto Show.
Man vs. Food October 13, 2010 (Knoxville) episode links
Travel Channel Episode Guide | Gallery
Restaurants
- Sweet P’s Barbeque and Soul House challenge – “El Gigante Comida” 4 pound BBQ burrito
Home Page | Facebook
Episode clip about burrito
Announcement that John Lomascolo was the first to finish the challenge on October 10
Metropulse blog entry about episode recording - Ye Olde Steakhouse meal – 60 ounce steak
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp - Dixson Bar-B-Q meal – Pig Burger
Yelp | Urbanspoon
List of Knoxville eating challenges and contests in the eatfeats database
The facebook page for Sweet P's announces that John Lomascolo was the first person to finish the "El Gigante Comida" burrito, which will be the featured challenge in tomorrow's Knoxville, TN episode of Man vs. Food.
A Hamburger Today has a blog entry about the Kookamonga challenge burger offered by Kooky Canuck in Memphis.
Metropulse has a blog entry about Adam Richman attempting the five pound BBQ burrito at Sweet P's, which will be the challenge in the upcoming Knoxville episode of Man vs. Food.
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