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| 2h30m Challenge units: hamburgers | Doodle Burger - defunct
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Yankee Doodle Coffee Shop thedoodle.com New Haven, CT http://thedoodle.com/hall.htm http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2006_07/sports.html Restaurant closed Jan 2008, hope to reopen, Only record holder listed in wall of fame |
| ? | 2006 May 25 | 34 | Tim "Eater X" Janus | New York City, NY | ||
| ? | 2006 Feb 24 | 33 | Tim "Eater X" Janus | New York City, NY | former record | |
| ? | 2004 Oct 16 | 32 | Eric "Badlands" Booker | Selden, NY | former record | |
| ? | 2003 Jul 25 | 31 | Ed "Cookie" Jarvis | Nesconsett, NY | former record, took 23 minutes | |
| ? | 2007 Dec 23 | 28 | Mike Springer | Milford, CT | ||
| ? | 1999 Oct 21 | 28 | William "Black Tie" Stobierski | Ansonia, CT | former record | |
| ? | 2003 | 27 | "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti | Wallingford, CT | DQed after eating 27 | |
| ? | 1999 May 26 | 26 | John Bockstoce | former record | ||
| ? | 1999 Feb 15 | 25 | William "Black Tie" Stobierski | Ansonia, CT | former record | |
| ? | 1997 Oct 12 | 24 | Armando Valdes | former record | ||
| ? | 1999 Aug 31 | 23 | Jessica Lynn Sheehan | unofficial women's record | ||
| ? | 1997 Oct 5 | 23 | Ben Falit | former record | ||
| ? | 1997 Jul 21 | 22 | Armando Valdes | former record | ||
| ? | 1996 May 3 | 21 | Matt Siskosky | former record | ||
| ? | 2005 Mar 18 | 20 | Arnie "Chowhound" Chapman | Oceanside, NY | ate 33 buns & 20 patties | |
| ? | 1994 Feb 1 | 20 | Steve Esposito | former record | ||
| ? | 1991 Sep 13 | 19 | Garrison Smith | former record | ||
| ? | 2004 Oct 16 | 18 | Allen "Shredder" Goldstein | Plainview, NY | ||
| ? | 1991 Mar 6 | 18 | John Bonow | former record | ||
| ? | 2004 Oct 16 | 17 | "Beautiful" Brian Seiken | Brooklyn, NY | ||
| ? | 1990 May 14 | 16 | Jeff Fehervari | former record | ||
| ? | 1990 Mar 30 | 15 | Will Shields | former record | ||
| ? | 1999 May 7 | 12 | Chris Gagliardi | former unofficial women's record | ||
| ? | 1997 Oct 18 | 6 | Marrissa Wagner | former unofficial women's record |