“Furious” Pete Czerwinski reports he set the record for Denny’s Beer Barrel 3 pound burger today. His time of 9:02 is less than half of the previous record held by Elizabeth Canady. update A video has been posted.

Pete also confirms that he won yesterday’s Wing Off in northern Virginia.

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Here is a quick recap of the highlights of Brad Sciullo’s competitive eating career for newcomers to this web site:

• 2007 Competes in 6 IFOCE contests in 2007. Sciullo’s highest finish is runner-up in a Nathan’s qualfier.
• February 2008 Competes in Wing Bowl 16 and is in second place halfway through the contest (ahead of Pat Bertoletti and behind Joey Chestnut), but is disqualified for “snotting a wing”.
• March 2008 Announces retirement from competitive eating, no reason provided.
• July 2008 Competes in a non-IFOCE meatball eating contest in suburban Chicago under the name Eric “The Herald” Durst and finishes in 8th place.
• August 2008 Returns to IFOCE competition at the Buffalo Wing Festival. While in Buffalo, Sciullo records a video disparaging the victor of the meatball contest, Furious “Pete” Czerwinski, and AICE, the organization which sanctioned the competition.
• September 2008 Wins the cannoli eating contest at the Festival of San Gennaro in New York City. Footage from the contest appears in an ESPN E:60 segment about the IFOCE in which Sciullo’s passion for competitive eating impresses reporter Jeremy Schaap.
• October 2008 Becomes the first person to complete the 15-20 pound Belly Buster burger at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub. Sciullo is not listed in the new IFOCE rankings for October 2008, which probably indicates he has been banned for doing an eating challenge which was not sanctioned by the IFOCE.
• December 2008 Completes the 10-11 pound burger at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in 2 hours and 23 minutes, breaking the 2005 record of 2:54 jointly held by Kate Stelnick and Lori Weiss. Sciullo’s feat will appear in a Travel Channel program called Extreme Restaurants
• April 2009 Finishes fourth in the Wing Madness contest in Pittsburgh.
• October 2009 Sciullo’s completion of the Belly Buster Burger is the subject of 2 segments on The Colbert Report Part 1 | Part 2

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The second part of Brad Sciullo’s attempt at the 15+ pound Belly Buster Burger at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub on last night’s episode of The Colbert Report is now available on the program’s website. The segment closes with Sciullo expressing his desire to eat a live shark and Colbert responding “I think we’re going to need a bigger throat”.

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The website for the Colbert Report has a video clip from last night’s episode about Brad Sciullo’s attempt at the 20+ pound Belly Bruiser burger at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA. The second part of Brad Sciullo’s appearance will probably be televised on Monday. Colbert gives Sciullo the “Martin Burger King” nickname. No mention was made of Brad Sciullo’s ejection from the IFOCE.

George Wendt, who has a burger challenge named after his Cheers character, was an in studio guest.

Related Links

• Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub home page
• Mouthpiece Sports interviews Brad Sciullo
• PittsburghLive article about Sciullo completing the Belly Bruiser.
• Kate Stelnick (Tony Danza show appearance) and Lori Weiss (eyewitness blog entry) along with Brad Sciullo are the only other people to appear on the Wall of Fame for Denny’s 10-11 pound Ye Olde 96er burger.
• ESPN E:60 competitive eating clip starring Brad Sciullo
• Stephen Colbert segment about Don “Moses” Lerman from a 2001 episode of the Daily Show.

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The website for Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub reports that it will appear on Extreme Pig Outs on the Travel Channel on April 8 at 9 pm. A list of the restaurants which will appear on the program is available, which include the Heart Attack Grill and Jack n Grill

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• Joey Chestnut wants to drop below 200 lbs. before resuming eating contests
• Hungry Sisters look back on their 2008 competitive eating goals
• Music City Bowl rib eating contest between members of the Vanderbilt and Boston College football teams
• Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 6 pound burger serves 17
• Videos from the Minnesota Chicagoland Nathan’s qualifier
• IGreggor attempts the Muddy River Smokehouse Challenge and dedicates it to Furious Pete’s charity challenge
• Hot dog eating challenge at Philadelphia Eagles game
• Furious Pete wants a big facebook group to promote his charity stunt
• Cartoon about eating as a sport from Will Millender

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DennysBeerBarrelPub.com reports that Brad Sciullo broke the record for the “Ye Olde 96er” burger by completing the 11 pound sandwich in 2 hours and 23 minutes. The previous record of 2:54 was set in 2005 by Kate Stelnick and tied later that year by Lori Weiss. Brad’s feat was recorded by the Travel Channel.

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The blog for Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub reports that the Travel Channel will be recording at that restaurant on Thursday. The program is not mentioned, but it might be for another episode of Man vs. Food.

The new poll asks if you think Brad Sciullo completed the giant Belly Bruiser burger at Denny’s two months ago. This picture is only documenation of the Belly Bruiser at an intermediate stage of completion I have seen. Kate Stelnick has several pictures documenting her attempt at the Olde 96er burger and Lori Weiss had an eyewitness report for her challenge.

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