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hot dog eating challenges
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The Dawg House in Pendleton, IN (Indianapolis area) has a five foot long Coney dog which is free if finished in less than an hour.
RosevillePT has an article about Adam Richman attempting a five pound chili dog at Parker's Hot Dogs for an upcoming Sacramento episode of Man vs. Food.
Youtube has a video of a Sonic Drive In commercial where two customers have a competition involving the new foot long quarter pound hot dog. (Via Will Millender twitter)
twitter.com/BikiniBurgers/: The five pound chili dog at Parker's Hot Dogs will be featured in the Sacramento episode of Man vs. Food
A Rockford Independent article about the Rockford Corner Bar's quest to appear on Man vs. Food calls the host of that program "Adam Richardson" twice.
Joey Chestnut's hot dog record attempt at Lucha Libre Taco Shop is mentioned in BlogCritics diary of the Comic Con in San Diego.
Matt Stonie sets Manimal record
The facebook for Tradewinds Cafe in Arundel, Maine reports that Matt Stone set the record for the “Manimal” challenge. After completing the challenge consisting of 2 loaded kraut or slaw dogs, an “ocho” eight patty cheeseburger, a small order of fries, a can Moxie and a one pound milkshake in 5 minutes, less than a third of the previous record, Matt ate another kraut dog, a quarter pound burger, 3 chicken taquitos and 3 chicken quesadillas before the 20 minute time limit expired.
The Manimal challenge will appear on an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food
OneSweetKiss, Lance Thomas and Gordon Miller report that Joey Chestnut ate 30 Tijuana style hot dogs at Lucha Libre while in San Diego for the Mars bar contest.
MLive reports that the Rockford Corner Bar's "Not Dog" vegetarian hot dog challenge has received the first Animal-Friendly Eating Competition Award from PETA. A facebook group has also been started to encourage Man vs. Food to record at the restaurant.
MLive.com reports that the Rockford Corner Bar in Rockford, Michigan will start adding diners who eat 12 or more veggie dogs to its Hot Dog Hall of Fame, which currently has over 5,000 members. A contest will take place at 6pm tonight to see who will be the first veggie dog Hall of Famer. update Nicole Rowland ate 8.25 veggie dogs, the best of the initial challengers.
Man vs. Food July 14, 2010 (Phoenix) episode links
Travel Channel episode guide | gallery
Restaurants
- Chompie’s challenge – Ultimate Slider Challenge
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Online Wall of Fame | Wall of Shame
Articles about recording: East Valley Tribune | JewishAZ - Alice Cooper’s Town meal – “Big Unit” 22 inch hot dog
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Episode clip about the hot dog
BPongDude blog entry about recording - Los Reyes de la Torta meal – Torta del Rey
Yelp | Phoenix New Times
List of Phoenix eating challenges & contests in the eatfeats database
twitter.com/rivalshotdogs: "competive eater dale boone just attempted the hellhound challenge and was headed to the hospital hope gonna be ok" update A video of Boone's challenge has been uploaded.
CTV has an article about Jim Harrison's bet that he can eat 450 hot dogs in the Month of April.
Hell's Kitchen Lounge in Newark, NJ has started a hot dog challenge: a customer who can eat 5 fully loaded hot dogs in under 5 minutes will receive the frankfurters and a T-shirt for free.
Hot dog eating challenges in forum threads
A forum thread on twoplustwo.com is documenting a bet on an attempt to eat 450 hot dogs during the month of April (15 hot dogs a day) (via Michael Fortenberry)
A male commenter on AmpleCuties says he intends to eat 36 hot dogs in 10 minutes during a webcam session, and then 50 HDB at the Hartford Nathan’s qualifier and 70 at Coney Island on July 4.
The Beer Pong Dude has a blog entry about Man vs. Food recording at Alice Coopers Town in Phoenix, which offers a 22 inch hot dog called "The Big Unit".
Frank's Chop House in Houston will offer a foot long hot dog eating challenge that will be free for diners who finish it the first week of March.
Greg "The Great Moomsi" Maloomian has uploaded a video of his attempt to reclaim the "Top Dog" status by eating more than 16 dogs at a Spike's Junkyard Dogs in Boston.
After this weekend, the Rockford Corner Bar will require diners to eat at least 20 chili dogs to receive the hot dogs free. A 12 hot dog minimum has been in place for the holiday season.
Greg Avola has pictures of Greg "The Great Moomsi" Maloomian setting a house record (17 hot dogs) at a Spike's Junkyard Dogs location. (Not at the Somerville location, as the record there was already 17).
(via HitchcockBlonde) Adam Richman will judge a baby bratwurst eating challenge at Majors Sports Cafe in Minneapolis tomorrow. The top performer will receive a $500 gift card.
The facebook for the Rockford Corner Bar announces that during the holiday season diners who can eat 12 or more chili dogs in 4 hours will receive their hot dogs for free in addition to having their names listed in The Hot Dog Hall of Fame. 20 is the usual minimum for free hot dogs.
Man vs. Food December 16 (Hartford) episode links
Travel Channel episode guide | slideshow | facebook gallery
Restaurants
- Randy’s Wooster Street Pizza challenge – Stuffed Pizza Challenge for 2 person team
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Videos: episode commercial | segment about pizza
Adam Richman’s challenge partner is Greg “The Great Moomsi” Maloomian – home page
Picture of team wearing “Hartford Inhalers” shirt
Video of Greg’s previous successful Wooster Street challenge
Youtube channel with more of Greg’s New England eating challenge videos - Doogie’s meal – 2 foot long “Works Dog”
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Hartford Courant gallery of recording
NBCConnecticut article about filming - Woody’s meal – Deputy (Hot) Dog
Home Page | Yelp - Ted’s Restaurant meal – steamed burgers
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List of Hartford area eating challenges in the eatfeats database
List of Bridgeport / New Haven eating challenges in the eatfeats database
Another Connecticut pizza challenge is available at Bang Bang Pizza in Norwalk. According to the restaurant’s facebook page, no one has finished the 22 inch pizza in the 30 minute limit and the only person to complete the pizza after the time expired is the woman pictured below:
A 7 pound, 16 inch hot dog can be purchased via mail order at http://bighotdog.com/. The hot dog is on sale for $24.95 until midnight central time tonight.
Herald-Dispatch on Dale Boone in WV
The Herald Dispatch has an article about Dale Boone’s recent trip to West Virginia where he won $1,000 in a pumpkin pie eating contest and and an article about Hillbilly Hot Dogs where Boone set the record for the Homewrecker hot dog challenge.
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