Three random Nashville eating challenges
| 10 lb. sandwich | 10 Pound Cheeseteak Challenge | Piranha's Bar & Grill | Nashville, 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 |
| 5 16 in pancakes | G's Triple Nickle Challenge | G's Pancake House | Clarksville, TN |
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.
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
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.
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)
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.
A website about Piranha's (of Nashville, TN) 10 pound cheesesteak sandwich challenge has been set up at http://www.piranhas10lbcheesesteak.com/. There have been three finishers according to the website.
The facebook for Around the Way Dog (Nashville area) reports that Dale Boone was the first to finish their #33 Challenge consisting of 3 pounds of hot dogs and 3 pounds of fries. The website for Paventi's Pizza has also been updated to show that Dale Boone was the first to complete its 32 inch pizza.
Nashville Krystals: Gravy take the gold (jacket)
update #2 The KSO twitter has the official top 3:
1) Tim “Gravy” Brown 54 points
2) Erik Denmark 52
3) Jim Reeves 50
Bryan Beard reports that Tim Brown won with 54 points.
update The contest is over, but the winner is not clear according to the KSO twitter
Bryan Beard might have contest reports on his twitter
The Krystal Square Off blog has a previews of Saturday's qualifer in Nashville and Sunday's qualifier in Knoxville listing confirmed and possible entrants.
The KSO blog lists the ranked eaters expected for this weekend's qualifiers in Nashville and Knoxville.
The Nashville Scene reports that Crazy Legs Conti will compete in Saturday's Krystal qualifier in Nashville. No other competitors are mentioned.
The Leaf Chronicle has an article about the Five Star General challenge at Cheeseburger Charlie's in Clarksville, Tennessee. Diners who complete the challenge will receive access to a private dining room.
Link Buffet: December 30, 2008
- Joey Chestnut wants to drop below 200 lbs. before resuming eating contests
- Hungry Sisters look back on their 2008 competitive eating goals
- Music City Bowl rib eating contest between members of the Vanderbilt and Boston College football teams
- Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 6 pound burger serves 17
- Videos from the
MinnesotaChicagoland Nathan’s qualifier - IGreggor attempts the Muddy River Smokehouse Challenge and dedicates it to Furious Pete’s charity challenge
- Hot dog eating challenge at Philadelphia Eagles game
- Furious Pete wants a big facebook group to promote his charity stunt
- Cartoon about eating as a sport from Will Millender
Link Buffet: October 10, 2008
- Picture of Juliet Lee at the Nashville qualifier
- Favorite KSO V pictures at Krystalist
- Kobayashi has some pictures from the Krystal Square Off on his blog
- Tomoko Miyake has posted a FAQ using questions sent by her fans (Her favorite baseball team is the Hanshin Tigers)
- Craigslist posting about Raleigh, NC wing contest Sunday
Juliet wins Nashville qualifier after 3 way OT
The Krystal Square Off twitter reports that Juliet Lee won the Nashville qualifier after a 10 burger was held between her, Badlands Booker and Juris Shibayama. The official amount eaten in regulation time has not been posted yet.
IFOCE.com reports that there was a lot of controversy over the results and possible new rules might be implemented:
Juliet Lee maintained a five second dunk throughout regulation but pre-chewed so aggressively the judges had difficulty determining her final count. Many fans and eaters alike questioned the outcome. Judges determined that the eat off should occur.
Major League Eating has announced it will hold an an impromptu conference call this evening to consider the adoption of a new rule to eliminate confusion in future contests.
update The official amount in regulation time is 51 burgers, which puts Juris Shibayama and Badlands Booker in the top 3 wild card positions.
update #2 BeautifulBrian.com has a contest report with full results
DNJ.com has a contest report
September 13 IFOCE contest previews
The Shreveport Times has an article about the grits eating contest to be held at Harrah’s Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, LA. Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Tim Janus are listed as expected entrants. The article does not mention the possibility of the contest being cancelled due to hurricane Ike.
The Nashville Krystal qualifier entrants have been posted on the Krystal Square Off blog:
Juliet Lee
Eric Booker
Erik Denmark
Juris Shibayama
Nathan Biller
Pete Davekos
Bill Myers
Dave Goldstein
Andrew Wong
Steve Larson
Fox 17 Juris Shibayama video
WZTV (Fox 17/ Nashville) has an article and video about Juris Shibayama with footage from his medical office. The reporter surprises “Dr. Big Time” with a Twinkie eating contest, which the spinal surgeon wins.
U of Kentucky repeats as Music City Bowl rib victors
kentucky.scout.com reports that members of the University of Kentucky football team defeated players from Florida State University in both team and individual rib eating contests held by the Music City Bowl in Nashville. The Florida State contingent’s performance might have been hurt by a mass suspension due to a cheating scandal.
The University of Kentucky also won the event last year, defeating Clemson in a contest marred by Clemson defensive tackle Elsmore Gabriel requiring the Heimlich maneuver after getting a piece of bone lodged in his throat.
update Tallahassee.com has a gallery of the rib contest
Juris Shibayama in Nashville Medical News
(From Dr Big Time) An article on Dr. Juris Shibayama appears in the Nashville Medical News:
Throughout medical school, Shibayama competed in body building. While he doesn’t have the time for that anymore, he’s up at 5 a.m. for an elliptical workout daily and lifts three or four times a week. His best bench press was an impressive 500 pounds when he was 22. “I got it on videotape, because I knew I’d never be able to do it again,” he said.
Shibayama approaches competitive eating with a similar drive, preparing for last month’s competition by expanding his stomach. When training first began, he could drink a gallon of water in about six minutes, “and I felt terrible for like an hour. But now I’m to the point where I can drink it in 45 seconds, and I feel pretty good after about two or three minutes,” he said. Once he mastered that, he would drink a gallon of water in the parking lot of an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant, and then head inside to eat all he could eat.
Another Juris Shibayama article
DNJ.com has another article about Juris Shibayama’s second place finish in the Nashville Krystal qualifier.
Dr. Big Time article in the Tennessean
The Tennessean has an article on Dr. Juris Shibayama’s second place finish in the Nashville Krystal qualifier:
Shibayama brought a cheering squad that included Linda Sykes, a patient he operated on in July.
She said she never thought she’d see the muscular doctor scarf down hamburgers so fast, but she expected him to do well in the contest.
As for herself, she expects to remain in the crowd watching.
“I like Krystals, but I don’t think I could do that,” she laughed.
The article also has video from the qualifier.
Humble Bob sets Krystal qualifier record
Top 3 from today’s Nashville qualifier from Krystal Square Off.com
One day after setting the two-minute Krystal Record, Humble Bob Shoudt ate 69 Krystals to set the new Nashville, TN eight-minute record. Shoudt’s 69 Krystals easily outpaced second-place finisher Juris Shibayama’s 39 Krystals. In third place was Kevin Ross with 30.
Shoudt’s 69 sets a qualifier record, breaking the mark set by Sonya Thomas last year. Shibayama’s 39 puts him in first place in the wildcard standings.
GJoe not on Nashville roster
KrystalSquareOff.com has the list of competitors in today’s Nashville qualifier. “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti is not on the list.
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