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Zuzie's in Astoria (Queens), NY has started a "Burger Try-athlon" six slider eating challenge.
Metromix Cincinnati is looking for two big eaters to attempt a pizza challenge.
Joey Chestnut, Tim "Eater X" Janus and Erik "The Red" Denmark will compete against Jimmy John's sandwich makers at Arizona State on Saturday before the football game against Stanford.
Grace Lee has posted pictures of last night's meal at Coast in Atlanta where she ate 20 pounds (presumably gross weight, not net) of crab legs to set a house record. The crab challenge was done to train for an upcoming big challenge.
Hulu has a segment from the Food Network's "Unwrapped" from 2004 about Denny's Beer Barrel Pub's Ye Olde 96er 10+ pound burger including footage of an AICE contest. Kate Stelnick was reportedly inspired by the program to finish the burger in early 2005. (via mediaoverdose)
Johnnie's Excel's facebook page announces that he set the record for the 5 pound 5 Alarm Burger at the Buffalo Fire Department (16:37) and Stephanie Torres broke the house record at El Nopal by eating 5 "pregnant" burritos weighing 2 pounds each in 90 minutes (gallery). Johnnie has started a blog and youtube channel to document his eating challenges and contests.
An episode of Modern Marvels titled "Supersized Food" will be televisesd on the History Channel at 4pm eastern today. Meals featured include a 250 pound burger from Mallie's in Southgate, Michigan, a 54 inch square pizza from Big Mama's & Papa's in Los Angeles and the 72 ounce steak from the Big Texan Steak Ranch.
Sun-Sentinel has an article about the 24 inch "Terminator" pancake challenge offered by Shelby's in Deerfield Beach, FL which has never been completed in approximately 300 attempt. The challenge will appear on an upcoming episode of "Outrageous Food".
NBCActionNews has a video of Randy Santel winning today's "Monster Burrito Challenge" at Crown Center in Kansas City by eating a four pound burrito in 6 minutes.
Cleveland.com has a report on Scott Bickels attempt to eat all the items (8 entrees, 5 appetizers) available in Applebee's 2 for $20 deal. He fell short of his goal, but estimated he finished 90% of the food. Fox8 has a video about the attempt.
KTVI did a segment about the meatball sandwich challenge at Cusumano's in O'Fallon, Missouri, which displayed a picture of Randy Santel, the only finisher of the challenge.
A Hamburger Today has a blog entry about the construction of a homemade 30 pound burger created for a 30th birthday party.
Erik "The Red" Denmark has uploaded a video of him finishing the 12 egg omelet at Beth's Cafe in Seattle in under 12 minutes. (via crawfish twitter)
Cleveland.com has an article about Scott Bickel's attempt on Thursday to eat all the meals and appetizers available in Applebee's 2 for $20 deal. Scott was named one of northeast Ohio's most interesting people by Cleveland Magazine.
Sin bakery in Providence held a contest where commenters guessed how much of a Reilly Burger Challenge (3 lb. burger, 2 lb. fries) at Eagle's Deli in Boston employee Manuela could eat. She ate 4.25 pounds of the 5 pound challenge.
Matt Stonie has posted a video of him eating the entire Taco Bell value menu in 5:46. He also set an unofficial record at In-n-Out Burger by eating a 37 patty "37x37" burger.
Youtube has a video recorded on August 26 of Lisel Parillon completing the 33 tacos (in under 13 minutes) challenge at Drinker's Tavern in Philadelphia. The video caption calls her one of the world's top amateur competitive eaters and asks if she will compete in the 2011 Wing Bowl.
Nitally's Thai-Mex Cuisine in St. Petersburg, FL has a ghost pepper soup challenge that awards $150 if the soup is finished in under 30 minutes.
Johnnie Excel's facebook announces that Stephanie Torres broke his overall house record of 60 sushi plates by one at Sushilicious in Irvine, CA yesterday. Stephanie tripled the previous women's record of 20 plates. update Pictures have been posted.
The Heart Attack Grill is looking to hire a male model weighing more than 500 pounds for an upcoming informercial.
The facebook for Sushi Delight in Lomita, California announces that Stephanie Torres set a record of 11 minutes for the Godzilla roll challenge. Stephanie completed the spicy sushi challenge after finishing the Godzilla roll.
The NY Daily News has an article about an attempt at the 30 ounce Jawbreaker burger at Big Bites in Ozone Park, Queens.
BCHeights has an article about the history of Eagle's Deli, home of some of the largest burgers in Boston. The restaurant was closed for renovations for two and a half months after being sold to a new owner in 2008.

Johnnie Excel sets two eating challenge records

The facebook for Johnnie Excel announces that he set two challenge records this weekend. He finished the Iron Man challenge omelet at the Broken Yolk in 13 minutes and ate 60 plates of sushi at Sushilicious.

Stephanie Torres was not allowed to attempt to break the women’s record since only one record attempt per day is allowed at Sushilicious. She will attempt the record on Wednesday and finished a 5 pound burrito in 14 minutes at La Casa Garcia in Anaheim as a replacement challenge.

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"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has upload a video of him breaking the grilled cheese challenge record at Melt in Cleveland.
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