The new poll asks how many eaters in the world do you believe are capable of finishing Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 15 pound Belly Buster burger (10.5 pounds of meat) in under 3 hours without assistance. No one has yet to complete that sandwich singlehandedly.

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Prices are from this ad, weights are the amount of meat in the burger. Total weight is around twice the weight of the meat.

Pub Challenger: $15.95 / 2 lb. = $7.98 / lb.
Pub Super Challenger: $21.95 / 3 lb. = $7.32 / lb.
Ye Old 96er : $35.95 / 6 lb. = $5.99 / lb.
Belly Buster: $49.95 / 10.5 lb. = $ 4.76 / lb.
Belly Bruiser: $179.95 / 50 lb. = $3.60 / lb.
Main Event Charity Burger: $379 / 80 lb. = $4.74 / lb.

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The Clearfield Progress has an article about the unveiling of Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 123 pound burger. The burger took 6-8 hours to cook and a heat shield had to be installed on the oven. The burger meat will be used in chili and other non-burger items.

The article also mentions the UEPa meeting, the German television crew and Ian Hickman breaking the 2 lb burger record. The previous record of 15 minutes was set by Daryl Teats of Woodland, PA in 1993. Dave Schoffner is quoted.

A shorter version of the article was produced by the Associated Press which has been picked up by dozens of outlets. (From flash383)

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Megamunch has a preliminary report about the UEPa meeting at Denny’s yesterday. Both Mark Lyle and Ian Hickman broke the 2 pound burger record of 15 minutes. Megamunch hopes to have a longer report up soon.

updated Wing Tut has a blog entry, a flickr gallery and three youtube videos of the giant burger. The sandwich made the front page of the local newspaper’s website.

update #2 Megamunch has a longer entry and a flickr gallery

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A picture of a burger unveiled today at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub appears on dennysbeerbarrelpub.com The restaurant claims the new sandwich is the world’s largest burger. No information is provided about the results of today’s contest or other challenge attempts.

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There is a page on ebay claiming that Kate Stelnick finished the 15 pound “Belly Buster” burger in addition to completing the 11 pound 96er. I have no idea why this page was placed on ebay since there is no associated merchandise for auction.

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Megamunch reports that German TV will be filming during the UEPA meeting at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub on Saturday, and they would like to record a two person attempt on the 15 pounder Belly Buster burger .

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Megamunch reports that Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub will hold a 2 pound burger eating contest after the new world’s largest burger is unveiled on Saturday. The burger is free to competitors. (This is probably the only way to receive a 2lb burger without paying for it as people who finish it in an hour only get a 50% discount.)

The blog entry lists the 2 lb record at 36 minutes, but I believe that is Lori Weiss’ record for the 3 lb. burger. Megamunch’s picture of the 2 lb finishers plaque reports that Andy Pentz ate the 2lb burger in 23 minutes on New Year Eve 2005.

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The most convincing evidence that Kate Stelnick did finish the 96er burger in under three hours without assistance is probably found in this fark forum thread in which RSquared18 posts several times. Rsquared18 was a member of Kate’s travel part to Denny’s and the photographer of her eating the giant burger. Rsquared18 says that Kate needed 2:53 to finish the burger, one minute shorter than the official time.

2005-01-15 02:46:28 AM Rsquared18

I was with her when she did it. The 4 of us drove almost 5 hours this wensday morning to do this. All the pictures you will see of this have been taken by me. I will post all the pictures of our adventure if someone can help me with hosting/html (i have no idea how to post pictures)
/I know someone famous!

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DennysBeerBarrelPub.com has replaced the picture of the United Eaters of Pennsylvania on its home page with an events calendar. Tomorrow the restaurant will host a meet & greet with former PSU football players Blair Thomas and Kenny Jackson.

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Megamunch reports that Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub will unveil a cheeseburger weighing more than 110 pounds on February 24, reclaiming the title of the world’s largest commercially available cheeseburger from the Clinton Station Diner. Denny’s has invited the United Eaters of Pennsylvania to put togetether a group of approximately 12 eaters to attempt to consume the giant sandwich.

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(from megamunch) Last Saturday’s meeting of the United Eaters of Pennsylvania to Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub has made the home page of that restaurant.

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In a recent blog entry, Wing Tut is skeptical about the claims that Kate Stelnick and Lori Weiss are the only people to finish Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 11 pound 96er burger in under three hours. Neither woman has participated in any public eating contests or challenges outside Denny’s. The new poll asks how many people you think have actually finished the 96er in under three hours.

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In a recent blog entry, Wing Tut expresses skepticism about the claims that Kate Stelnick and Lori Weiss are the only people to complete Denny’s 96er burger in under three hours. There is a good deal of evidence to support Denny’s claims that Lori Weiss did accomplish what the restaurant claims. Lori Weiss ate the three pound burger (5+ pounds with toppings) in 36 minutes at a contest recorded for the Food Network in 2002, setting a record (which I believe still stands based on megamunch’s picture of the recent finishers of that burger) The archived versions of Denny’s websites have two articles about that contest:

Lancaster New Era
Clearfield Progress

I am not sure if this contest was ever televised by the Food Network since I have not been able to find any information about the show it was on. If it was, Lori’s appearance might have been cut.

Lori’s conquest of the 96er last July was documented in a blog entry at
http://baxojayz.blogspot.com/2005/07/4th-of-july-weekend-dennys-beer-barrel.html (Surprisingly, the blogger claims that the record Lori was aiming to break was under 2 hours, when the official mark by Kate Stelnick is 2:54. I am not sure if there is a lower unpublicized record or if he just got confused.)

If Lori Weiss’ feats are hoaxes, they are extremely well constructed ones.

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Megamunch has a trip report and gallery from yesterday’s meeting of the United Eaters of Pennsylvania at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA. Ian “The Invader” Hickman, Pete “Broken Wing” Maurizio, Derek “Wing Tut” Payne joined Dave “Megamunch” Shoffner in attempting Denny’s giant burger. Megamunch attempted the 3 pound burger, while the others tried the 6 pound 96er. Ian Hickman ate the most, finishing over 2/3 of his megaburger, but the 96er finishers and 3 lb burger finsher plaques will not need to be updated following their visit. Congratulations to the UEPa for some great efforts.

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The new poll asks how the best eater will perform at the United Eaters of Pennsylvania meeting at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA Saturday.

Megamunch that the gathering will be advertised in a local paper, so some unexpected eaters might show up.

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Wing Tut reports that the first meeting of the United Eaters of Pennsylvania will take place at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA on November 4 at 3pm.

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No roadtrip reports have been posted at http://thebigburgerblog.blogspot.com/, which was set up to chronicle four Canadians’ trip to Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA, but one of the travellers, Anthony Stuart, has uploaded a travelog to his personal blog.

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(from megamunch) Two residents of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada have set up a blog devoted to their upcoming road trip to Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA at http://thebigburgerblog.blogspot.com/. They hope to leave on September 14 and reach Clearfield on the 16th where they will attempt Ye Olde 96er. Two other voyagers have been added to the travel party, but they might be looking for additional passengers so you might want to send them an email if you want to join the expedition and live in New Brunswick or New England.

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The Pittsburgh Tribune review has an article about Denny’s Beer Barrell Pub’s new 50 pound burger, The Belly Bruiser. Lori Weiss is listed as a finisher of the 96er in the article. Denny’s weill be on the Food Network in November.

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In this blog entry, Baxojayz says he witnessed Lori Weiss complete Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 15 pound Belly Buster burger in about two hours. Last year, he said she finished the 11 pound 96er. I have sent a comment to Baxojayz, but it has yet to be approved or answered.

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A post on the the new forum at supersizedmeals.com hints that Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub will announce a new giant burger some time next week.

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Reports from last weekend’s bike rally to Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA, along with some nice pictures of the PA mountains can be found in this forum thread. I don’t think any biker made a serious attempt at one of Denny’s larger burgers, but at least one group ordered a 96er which they split.

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According to sport-touring.net, a motorcycle rally to Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA will take place this weekend. Currently 75 bikes from 6 states are expected. Could this be the start of the next big gathering of bikers?

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Megamunch has done further analysis on the picture of Eric “Badlands” Booker wearing a helmet. The photograph with the helment and without the helment are exactly the same except for Booker’s head. The odds that large areas of two pictures taken at different times would be exactly the same are miniscule, but other unlikely things have happened at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub.

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