Lily Jang of Q13 Fox in Seattle attempted the 5 pound burrito from Taco Del Mar with a co-worker. Reportedly she finished in 47 minutes

update A video has been posted on q13fox.com

Billy the Fridge is another Seattle resident who completed the challenge

update #2 The Taco Del Mar facebook page has links to reports of 5 pound burrito attempts

Erik Denmark wants to attempt the challenge (he found a location offering the burrito all week)

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“Furious” Pete Czerwinski announces that he has uploaded a video of him eating a 4 pound burrito recorded for a documentary

That video is embedded below with the Burritozilla video uploaded earlier this week to Joey Chestnut & Pat Bertoletti’s yardbarker blog.

update The video is not from the documentary

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All Taco Del Mar locations will offer a five pound burrito on May 5. Customers who complete the burrito without assistance in under 30 minutes will receive a $20 gift certificate.

A video of the burrito’s construction

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update #5 Photocalpyse has a blog entry with some pictures

update #4 NBCChicago has an article

update #3 The top 5 from IFOCE.com & http://twitter.com/erikdenmark/
1 Pat Bertoletti 7 lbs 5.81 ozs.
2 Joey Chestnut in 7 lbs 2.81 ozs.
3 Eric “Badlands” Booker 5.0 lbs
4 Erik Denmark ?
5 Nate Biller ?

This ends Joey Chestnut’s 4 year winning streak at the Asparagus Festival

update #2 PodcastStockton has the first report: “And the winner is Patrick “Deep Dish” #asparagus. That’s a lot of asparagus! 7.581lbs in 10 minutes”

update http://twitter.com/PodcastStockton is also at the contest

Badlands Booker reports that he has arrived in California and finished the Burritozilla last night with a time of 5:15, so hopefully we will have real time contest updates on http://twitter.com/BadlandsBooker or http://twitter.com/erikdenmark

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“Furious” Pete Czerwinski reports he ate a four pound burrito in 40 seconds in a bodybuilding.com forum thread. The feat was recorded for a documentary about his life.

Another poster in the thread says he saw Joey Chestnut and three friends (probably funnel cake competitors) eat Burritozillas at Iguana’s last night. The fastest time was 1:39.

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KCRA has a preview of the eating contest to be held at the Stockton Asparagus Festival next month. Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Erik Denmark and Eric “Badlands” Booker are listed as expected entrants.

The San Jose Mercury has an article about the Burritozilla which mentions Joey Chestnut completing it in 3 minutes and 10 seconds on a recent episode of Man vs. Food

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• Jack N Grill challenge meal – 7 pound breakfast burrito
  Home Page – Reviews: CitySearch | Yelp
  Denver Post report on the filming (contains spoilers)
  Denver Metromix gallery of three women attempting to finish the burrito
  Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane’s blog entry about his challenge attempt

• Buckhorn Exchange meal – 64 ounce steak
  Home Page – Reviews: Citysearch | Yelp
  The largest steak served weighs 4 pounds and costs $178
  BiggestMenu page about the steak

• The Cherry Cricket meal – burgers with a possible 21 toppings
  Home Page – Reviews: Citysearch | Yelp

list of Denver area eating challenges in the eatfeats database

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A twitter update reports Joey Chestnut finished a Burritozilla from Iguana’s Taqueria in 3 minutes and 10 seconds on tonight’s episode of Man vs. Food

updateFrom “I” comment – Skinnyboy has uploaded Joey Chestnut’s segment to youtube. Here are some captures from it:

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Episode slideshow | picture of Joey Chestnut on TravelChannel.com

• Smoke Eaters (formerly University Chicken) 911 hot wing challenge
  Home Page | Reviews: CitySearch | Yelp
  Cooking for Engineers blog entry about a 911 Challenge attempt
  SJSU student newspaper article about restaurant

• Iguana’s Tacqueria meal: 5 pound Burritozilla
  Home Page Reviews: CitySearch | Yelp
  SJSU student paper article about a 2004 Burritozilla contest
  SJSU student paper profile of Joey Chestnut mentioning his victory in the 2004 contest
  Pat Bertoletti’s records page reports he has the best Burritozilla time

• Henry’s Hi Life
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(From “I”/dogsarefunyes) A picture of Joey Chestnut, apparently eating a Burritozilla from Iguana’s Taqueria, is on the home page of Man vs. Food. Next week’s episode will feature restaurants from San Jose.

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LA Times blog entry about the recording of the episode

• Orochon Ramen – Challenge: Special #2 spicy ramen
  Home page | Citysearch | Yelp
  Blog entry with videos of the challenge attempt
  Picture of the Wall of Bravery, which is reportedly taken down and restarted every month

• El Tepeyac Cafe
  Home page | Citysearch | Yelp
  Blog entry about the restaurant’s signature dish, the five pound Manuel Special burrito

• Philippe the Original
  Home page | Citysearch | Yelp
  LA Times article about the restaurant’s centennial last year and its claim to the creation of the French dip sandwich

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Pat Bertoletti commented that he ate the 5 pound Burritozilla at Iguana’s Taqueria in San Jose in 1 minute and 41 seconds, breaking Joey Chestnut’s record. (Joey Chestnut may have since regained the record). Pat’s Burritozilla mark is included on the list of eating challenge results on deepdisheats.com which includes feats such as the 40 inch pizza (with a partner) at the Pizza Machine and the Tex-ass doughnut from Voodoo doughnuts in Portland, OR in 23 seconds which have not received much media attention.

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RockyMountainNews reports that Man vs. Food will be recording at Jack n Grill in Denver on January 22. The restaurant will also host a film crew from the Travel Channel’s new Extreme Places to Pig-Out show on January 19.

The challenge food will be the 7 pound Grande Breakfast Burrito. Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has a blog entry about his attempt. The restaurant offers free food for life to women who complete the challenge without assistance. Metromix has a gallery of three attempts to claim that prize.

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OCMexFood has a review of Green Burrito in La Habra, California which includes a picture of the restaurant’s burrito champion. The picture has the following caption:

This is a winner, who came to the GREEN BURRITO one lucky Saturday in November. Our winner ate three (3) Big Ed Burritos and claimed $300.00. The owner of the GREEN BURRITO could not believe that this little 130lb, 5’9″ girl really ate all three Big Ed Burritos. He challenged her. “Come back next Saturday, eat three Big Ed Burritos and I’ll give you $1000.00. If you cannot do it, you must return the first $300.00

SHE DID IT

Again – three Big Ed Burritos weighing over 7 lbs. [presumably total – not 7 lb. each] in less than 35 minutes and won $1,300.00. BELIEVE IT OR NOT!!

Reports about the burrito champion have been floating around the internet have been floating about the internet since at least 2001. No information is provided in the blog entry about the champion’s name or date of her challenges (it was probably in the 1980s based on the jacket style). The $300 award for finishing three Big Ed burritos has apparently not been available since Carl’s Jr. acquired the Green Burrito chain.

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In 2004, Iguana’s Taqueria in San Jose held a contest in which $500 was awarded to the fastest finisher of a 5.25 pound “Burritozilla” burrito. Joey Chestnut would win that contest with a time of 4 minutes and 26 seconds, which would launch his competitive eating career. A yelp thread about the restaurant reports that Joey continues to train on Burritozillas. A picture of the burrito with a ruler shows it is about a foot and a half long.

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Krystal Square Off finalists offer advice on how to eat as much as possible in as short a period of time as possible in USAToday.com
The Hollywood Reporter on Super Bowl halftime viewing options
Giant sushi roll eating contest for teams of Japanese female college students
Blog entry & gallery by recent Quick Chek sub winner
Picture of Sonya Thomas & fan at Washington Capitals game
NY Daily News on Brooklyn vegan wing eating contest
Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane attempts 7 pound breakfast burrito challenge (Female burrito finishers receive free food for life)
Don “Moses” Lerman is upset about not being named a jalapeno judge
Krystal Super Bowl photo contest

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A video of Joey G attempting to win a free meal by eating two three pound burritos at Pinata’s on Long Island has been uploaded to youtube. Cookie Jarvis’ record in the challenge is mentioned at the start of the video.

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