Clinton Station Diner 105 lb burger conquered
Miki Sudo announced that the 10 person team consisting of herself, Molly Schuyler, Bob Shoudt, Dan Kennedy, Darrron Breeden, Geoff Esper, Brandon Clark, George Chiger, Nick Wehry and Andrew Puhl completed the 105 pound burger challenge at the Clinton Station Diner in Clinton, NJ and claimed a $5,000 prize. Flux Happens has videos of the start and end of the challenge. Molly Schuyler was the last member eating.
The Great Moomsi & partners finish Zeus burger
TheGreatMoomsi.com has a video of Greg Maloomian and two teammates completing the Zeus Burger at the Clinton Station Diner in New Jersey. The listed weight of the burger is 12.5 pounds but the actual burger weight was over 14 pounds. A picture of the list of the diner’s challenges shows an award of $500 for a three person team finishing the Zeus in less than an hour.
The restaurant staff claimed that no team had previously completed the Zeus challenge, but a three person team in a 2005 AICE contest did finish the burger.
$5,000 “8th Wonder” challenge at Clinton Station Diner
A picture of a list of burger challenges offered by the Clinton Station Diner can be viewed on flickr. $5,000 will be awarded to a team of 10 diners that can finish the “8th Wonder” burger (listed at 105 pounds) in an hour or less.
ABC News on eating challenges
(From the Consumerist) The website for ABC News has an article about restaurants’ eating challenges. The reporter, Scott Mayerowitz, attempted the 50 pound Mount Olympus burger from the Clinton Station Diner in New Jersey with “King” George Van Laar. According the the article, $1000 will be awarded to a five person team that can finish the Mount Olympus in under three hours.
Other eating challenges mentioned:
- The Pancake Challenge from the Seiad Valley Café in California
- Dare to be Great Sundae from The Parlour in Jackson, Michigan
- 76 Ounce Steak, J & R Steakhouse in Long Island, NY
“Evolve: Guts” screen captures
Some captures from the Clinton Station Diner giant burger contest footage at the start of the History Channel’s Evolve: Guts have been attached.
Furious Pete attempts Zeus burger challenge
Pictures and videos of Furious Pete’s attempt at the Clinton Station Diner’s Zeus burger challenge have been posted to bodybuilding.com. It is estimated he finished about 60% of the burger. The current prize for finishing the burger is $500. Forks are apparently allowed at the Clinton Station Diner (they are prohibited in Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s challenges)
Link Buffet: June 30, 2008
- Jill Stoler has a belated birthday tribute to Pat Bertoletti
- Poll about biggest eating baseball players: (1st Babe Ruth 2nd John Kruk 3rd Tommy LaSorda)
- Sonya has a commentary about the Nathan’s finals
- Furious Pete is seeking a dining partner for his attempt at the Zeus Burger at the Clinton Station Diner July 5.
- Kobyashi reports he is now in New York City
- Tomoko Miyake has an autograph signing session for her new book
Link Buffet: March 28, 2008
- Juliet Lee updates her WriteNow page – includes commentary on “Romeo”
- “Humble” Bob answers the IFOCE questionnaire
- “Furious” Pete is considering doing a team pizza challenge singlehandedly
- More on Gene Simmons’ New Zealand pizza eating contest
- Honolulu corned beef musubi results and picture
- Battle of the Bone qualifier #2 gallery and results
- Woman asks man out to watch a “Munch Madness” qualifier, man declines
- Lucy “Are you Gonna Eat That” Bauer wing contest video
- Profile of Gersh Kuntzman
- Gluttonous Queen rookie Atsumi Furukawa starts a web page
- R Suzuki and Tomoko Miyake comment on the Clinton Station Diner giant burger contest, which is now available on the NNN website.
AICE vs. Japan burger contest video
A video of the giant burger eating contest for three person teams recorded at the Clinton (NJ) Station Diner on February 2 televised on NTV March 20 can be seen at http://www.veoh.com/videos/v6482620yWdSfN4E The video focuses on the Japanese team consisting of Takuya Yamamoto, Tomoko Miyake and Taku Izumi and the team of Ian Hickman, Elizabeth Canady and Pete Maurizio, but Jill Stoler’s team also makes an appearance. The video also contains footage from a contest for Japanese team members at a Windmill Hot dogs.
Japan vs. AICE burger contest televised March 20
Tomoko Miyake reports that the team burger eating contest held at the Clinton Station Diner on Super Bowl weekend will be televised on March 20. The contest will be televised by NNN news, which usually posts its competitive eating videos online.
In other Japanese contest news, R Suzuki reports that Hatsuyo Sugawara won a televised sushi eating contest. The top 5 in that contest:
1. Hatsuyo Sugawara, 107 plates
2. Takuya Yamamoto, 104 plates
3. Nobuyuki Shirota, 102 plates
4. Tomoko Miyake, 81 plates
5. Taku “Artist” Izumi, 74 plates
286 lb burger served at Clinton Station Diner
Pennlive.com has a blog entry with a picture of the 286 pound burger produced by the Clinton Station Diner that was consumed at the World’s Largest Menu Burger Eating Championship today. Contest results are not provided; they will be listed in an article on Sunday.
update nj.com has an article with results:
1) Tomoko Miyake, Takuya Yamamoto, Taku Izumi – 26.4 lb in 45 minutes
2) Ian Hickman, Elizabeth Canady, Pete Maurizio – 18.1 lb in 45 minutes
? McGowan brothers 6 lb
updated AICE news has full results and a galleries of the burger’s creation and the contest
update #2 Jill Stoler has pictures in her myspace page and a blog entry about the contest