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hot dog eating challenges
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Dale Boone sets Hillbilly Homewrecker record
Der Standard of Austria has an article about Jamie Oliver recording an episode of Food Revolution in Huntington, West Virginia, which mentions that Dale Boone now holds the “Homewrecker” hot dog record at Hillbilly Hot Dogs: (Automatically translated by Google)
Just one was here, a young man named Dale Boone, who has broken the record for Schnellmampfen. Three minutes and 45 seconds he needed to cram in the “Home Wrecker” in itself, a hot dog, a foot long and thick as three fingers, covered with onions, peppers, cheese and cabbage, all wrapped in pasty bread. The fifteen-pound hamburger creates as big as the wheel of a small car, not only that they serve only to happy laps. Jamie Oliver? “Good idea,” says Sherry, the waitress. “Unfortunately, he has runtergeputzt us rather than we were clowns.”
Roast Grill record reclamation attempt
NewsObserver.com has an article about Gabe Gigliotti’s attempt to reclaim the record at The Roast Grill in Raleigh, NC by eating 24 chili dogs in under an hour. Gigliotti previously held records of 16 and 18 hot dogs. Adam Richman held the record between those marks when he ate 17 hot dogs on a March episode of Man vs. Food.
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.
Saosin is having a hot dog eating contest tonight at Spike's Junkyard Dogs in Providence.
Kenny Stewart reports that he reacquired the Roast Grill record by eating 23 chili dogs in 42 minutes.
Rockford Corner Bar contest Sat, 1st prize LCD TV
The Rockford (Grand Rapids area) Corner Bar will hold a hold a hot dog eating contest at Comstock 09 on Saturday. The first prize is an LCD TV. The Corner Bar twitter reports that previous chili dog record holders Sharon Van Duinen and Balinda Gould will be present.
Kenny Stewart reports he just broke the record at the Roast Grill in Raleigh, North Carolina by eating 20 chili dogs in under an hour. Chad Miller has some pictures.
Stephen Rutherford's twitpic page has photos of Eric Bridenstine setting a new record at the Roast Grill in Raleigh, NC by eating 19 chili dogs in 53 minutes this afternoon. NewsObserver has a blog entry about the new record.
PioneerLocal is doing a weekly series called Megabites about big meals offered by Chicagoland restaurants which include a 72 ounce steak and a 2 pound hot dog originally created for White Sox club seats.
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