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burger eating challenges
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Fuddruckers will offer a 3 pound Fat Tuesday burger on February 17. 24 hours notice is required. (List of participating locations)
A burger eating contest will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal. Entrants will need to eat 1 kg burger in under 5 minutes between February 1 and February 24 to qualify.
The Derailed Pour House in Durango, CO will hold a 6 pound burger eating contest Thursday awarding an 8 day trip to Mexico.
Hell Yeah Detroit has a report on an attempt at the 10 pound burger at Mallie's in Southgate, MI.
Christian Ucles says he waited in line during halftime and most of the third quarter of yesterday's Greeen Bay Packers game, only to be told that they were no longer available when he ordered. Stacey Dales and Mike Silver attempted the burger on the NFL network. Flashback: 2003 article about Stacey Dale's appetite when she was a WNBA player.
Leah Shutkever finished the burger challenge in 7 minutes at Stacked Samui in Bophut, Thailand to set a house record.
The Green Bay Packers will offer a 3.5 pound "Big Game Burger" (1.5 pounds of meat) for $20 at Sunday's playoff game vs. the Dallas Cowboys.
Romagnanoi.it has an article about the 1.2 kg burger challenge offered by the Bounty pub in Rimini, Italy. Caterina Bianchi is the overall record holder for the challenge with a time of 10:56.
The Lad Bible has a post on Kate Ovens finishing the 24 ounce Gut Buster burger challenge at the Stateside Diner in Newcastle, England, which took place 11 months ago.
Anne Bermans announces she set the women's record (27:30) for the Balense Reus burger challenge at Broodjeshoek in Balen, Belgium.
The Guardian reports that its story about the Hungry Horse's doughnut burger was the fourth most viewed article about "sustainable food" in 2014.
"Gentleman" Joe Menchetti appears in WFSB's segment about the Triiple Triple burger offered by Wayback Burgers.
KDBProductions has a video of Naader Reda attempting the Quadruple Bypass Burger at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has a video of his attempt at the 24 slider challenge at Citizens in Las Vegas.
The Chinook Observer has a report on Patrick “Pac-Man” Thomas of the Big Eaters Club attempting the 6 pound burger challenge at Don’s Portside Café in Ilwaco, WA.
The previous record on 25 minutes for Bobby Hebert's Cajun Cannon burger challenge in Metaire, LA was halved by bodybuilding twins Ahmed (12 min) and Amir Zaki (11 min). update Nov 25 WGNO has a video and article about the challenge.
The University of Iowa student paper has a report on an attempt at the Airbus burger challenge at the Airliner in Iowa City, IA.
BBC Health News and the Morning Advertiser have articles about criticism the English pub-restaurant chain Hungry Horse is receiving for offering a burger with donuts for buns containing 1,996 calories. update Nov 20 Lynn News and the Guardian have challenge attempt reports. The Guardian also has a critical column about the burger.

Stephanie Wu finishes Big Texan challenge in 30:40

Stephanie Wu announced that she finished the 72 ounce steak challenge at The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX in 30:40. This would make the five fastest times for women in the official finishers list (a fire destroyed pre-1991 records)

  • 4:59, Molly Schuyler, 2014
  • 9:58, Molly Schuyler, 2014
  • 30:40, Stephanie Wu, 2014
  • 32m, Carlene LeFevre, March 20, 2002
  • 32:24, Johanna Hickey, August 9, 2005

In a 2000 Ripley’s Believe it or Not program, Carlene LeFevre finished the steak challenge in 32 minutes, which was billed as a new women’s record. (Results from that episode do not appear in the finishers list).

update Nov 12 On her trip, Stephanie also set the women’s record for the milkshake challenge at Crown Candy Kitchen in St. Louis and the overall Onion Burger record at Dust Bowl in Tulsa.

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The Northern Echo has an article about a 67 pound burger created by The George in Stockton, England which is billed as Britain's biggest.
The Sporting News reports that the Charlotte Hornets will serve a giant "Wow Burger" at home games this season for $70+ containing 7 pounds of meat.
Aubrey Koehn was the first woman to finish the burger challenge at Grill Masters BBQ in Clovis, CA.
Meshack Moseki was the first person to finish the One & Only burger challenge at Lansmore Masa Square in Gabarone, Botswana winning him a prize of 9000 puta (about $1,000).
What's on Xiamen has a post about a 2kg burger available at Langham Placein Xiamen, China.
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