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• 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

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• Papa Bob’s Bar-B-Que challenge – “Ultimate Destroyer” 6 pound barbecue sandwich
  Home Page | CitySearch | Yelp
  Page and gallery about the “Ultimate Destroyer” on the restaurant web site
  Episode clip about the construction of the sandwich
  BonnerSprings.com article about the recording
• Oklahoma Joe’s BBQ
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• Stroud’s Oak Ridge Manor meal – homestyle pan fried chicken
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List of Kansas City area eating contests and challenges in the eatfeats database.

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(via Eater NY) Gothamist reports that Hill Country in New York City increased the amount of meat in its “Feed Your Face” eating challenge by a pound (and its price by $20) after an unnamed female competitive eater finished the challenge in 8 minutes on Saturday.

update Midtown Lunch has a 200+ comment post about a group challenge attempt on March 2.

update #2 Feb 13 In a yelp threadKarin G reports that a Hill Country manager said the woman who finished the challenge in 8 minutes was non-Asian, which rules out Sonya Thomas and Juliet & Floria Lee.

Eater NY has a post about the challenge termination.

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(from Man vs. Food forum) The Broward Palm Beach New Times has an article about the opening of Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain’s new restaurant, Rock N Roll Ribs, in Coral Springs, Florida. One of the items on the menu is called “The Appetite of the Beast”, which consists of 1.5 racks of ribs, a pound of pulled pork and beef, half a chicken, and side items of fries, beans, Cole slaw, corn on the cob, and Texas toast and is free to a diner who completes it without assistance.

The 22 inch “Big Unit” hot dog at Alice Cooperstown in the Phoenix area hot dog is the only other eating challenge offered by a restaurant owned by a rock star I am aware of.

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Meal Sites

• The Mean Pig BBQ challenge – sandwich with “Shut Up Juice” sauce
  Home Page | Facebook | Citysearch | Yelp
  KATV article and gallery
• Cothan’s Mercantile meal – Quadruple hubcap Hamburger
  Home Page | Citysearch | Yahoo | Urbanspoon
  Blog entry about Food Network Magazine listing the hubcap burger as the best burger in Arkansas
• Osborne Family Farm (not a restaurant)
  Family home page | BBQ page
  episode commercial about the farm

List of Little Rock eating challenges in the eatfeats database.

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• Crown Candy Kitchen – challenge: 5 malt milkshakes in 30 minutes
  Home Page Reviews: Citysearch | Yelp
  The restaurant’s website says the milkshake challenge has been offered since its opening in 1913, which might make it the oldest eating contest or challenge
  A book about the Crown Candy Kitchen, which includes the malt milkshake Wall of Fame is available on amazon
  When the book was published, Rich LeFevre held the record of six milkshakes, Pat Bertoletti has since broken that mark by one.

• Pappy’s Smokehouse
  Home Page Review: Yelp
  STLMags blog entry about the recording says that Adam Richman’s meal was the Big Ben which consists of a full slab of ribs, 2 sandwiches, a 1/4 a chicken, and 4 side dishes

• Iron Barley
  Home Page Reviews: Citysearch | Yelp
  Iron Barley was in an episode of Diner, Drive-Ins and Dives last March

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