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The facebook for Harrah's in St. Louis has made a request for some eating challenge ideas at its casino's restaurants.
YoMofo has some pictures of a team attempt at the 9 Pounder burger at BGR in Washington, DC.
Maria "The Incredible Sulk" has a blog entry about setting the house record of 21 hot dogs at Big Daddy's Hot Dogs in Pompton Lakes, NJ. She also has a report on eating 8.5 hot dogs at a Spike's Junkyard Dogs in Boston to win a T-shirt. (Greg "The Great Moomsi" Maloomian and an unnamed woman have set house records of 17 at Boston Spike's).
WKRG reports that Ken Orndoff broke a 7 year old record at Wintzell's Oyster House in Mobile, Alabama by eating 421 oysters in an hour. During the attempt, oysters entered his mouth more than 421 times. (See this al.com video for an explanation.)
Jennifer "TallBlondeAndFun" has a blog entry and gallery about being the first woman to finish the five pound BeHemoth burger at the Ram Restaurant and Brewery. Jennifer's feat is also mentioned on the facebook page about the burger challenge.
Brian Gray has a report on his wife's unsuccessful attempt at the 7 pound burrito at Jack n Grill in Denver. While talking with the waiter, he learned that a 105 pound female marathoner finished the burrito in about an hour, then she completed the challenge in 28 minutes to win a $20 bet during her next visit to the restaurant.
A facebook page has been set up about the Sweet Lew Burger challenge at The Chef's Table in Rocklin, California (Sacramento area). CakeGrrl has an interview with the burger creator, chef Stephen "Sweet Lew" Lewis.
A Hamburger Today has a blog entry about the Kookamonga challenge burger offered by Kooky Canuck in Memphis.
DonSturdy.com has a blog entry about the competitive eating portion of the Sturdy Cup, which involved eating a Yeti Burger at the Sequoia Brewing Company in Fresno.
AnnArbor.com reports that Adam Richman is attempting the "Mount Nacheesmo" challenge at Tio's today. for the Ann Arbor challenge. Epic Portions would have selected a different location for the Ann Arbor challenge.
Metropulse has a blog entry about Adam Richman attempting the five pound BBQ burrito at Sweet P's, which will be the challenge in the upcoming Knoxville episode of Man vs. Food.
Spicy RV has a series of entries about an attempt at the Flamethrower Pizza at Stevi B's in Tallahassee Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3. They received a response from Adam Richman after claiming that the Man vs. Food host declined an attempt at the pizza.
Melissa Provost reports that she is the first person to finish an unnamed eating challenge.
C & C Cafe in Perkasie, PA (north Philadelphia / south Allentown area) has started a 5 pancake challenge. At $8.95, it is one of the least expensive challenges which is free if completed.
Time Out Singapore has a list of four Singapore eating challenges.

Man vs. Food September 8, 2010 (Portland, Maine) episode links

Travel Channel Episode Guide | Gallery

Restaurants

Press Herald article about episode recording
Pictures of Adam Richman’s trip to the Portland Art Museum
List of Portland, Maine eating challenges and contests in the eatfeats database.

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Stephanie Wu has updated her website with a report on setting the new Challenge Dog record of 8:39 at Roy's Chicago Doggery in Petaluma, California, breaking the previous mark by almost 4 minutes. A video of the attempt is available on Stephanie's new youtube page.
Steak and Main in North East, Maryland has set up a facebook page for its steak challenge consisting of five steaks weighing a total of 74 ounces with an online wall of fame.
Topeka.net has an article about "Fed and Faded" an online video series about Kansas eating challenges which has a website and facebook.
Burger Conquest has a report on recording Outrageous Foods for the Food Network at the Clinton Station Diner in Clinton, NJ. For the upcoming episode, a team assembled by Burger Conquest attempted to eat all of the diner's specialty burgers from the "Nano Bite" mini-burger to the 50 pound Mount Olympus.

Notable eating challenges never completed by women

An email request was received for a list of notable eating challenges which have never been completed by women. The Kookamonga (formerly Sasquatch) challenge at the Kooky Canuck in Memphis is probably the most famous challenge which has only been completed by males. The woman who came closest to finishing the Kookamonga, Brittany Albrecht, wrote a blog entry in February about her attempt.

The Wing King Challenge in Boulder probably has the longest all-male online finishers list (34 men) The Walls of Fame for the Mac Daddy Pancake challenge in Honolulu and the Manimal Challenge in Maine (the upcoming Man vs. Food challenge) also consist solely of men.

I am unaware of any female finishers of the Kitchen Sink sundae in Walnut Creek, CA, Tony Luke’s Ultimate cheesesteak in Philadelphia and the R U Hungry 5 sandwich challenge in New Jersey, but cannot verify this as these challenges lack online finishers lists.

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CityView has an article about Knoxville eating challenges. Yesterday Adam Richman attempted one of the challenges listed, the "El Comida Gigante" at Sweet P's BBQ and Soul House.
Stephanie Wu is the first person to finish the banana split challenge at the Fenton's in Vacaville, CA.
Don Sturdy has a blog entry and gallery about Jessica "Queen of Cuisine" Abdul Hussain's challenge attempt at Pho Garden in San Francisco. Jessica's server claimed that no woman has completed the challenge, which is contradicted by a challenge attempt report from March claiming a woman held the house record (30 minutes) at that time (Joey Chestnut has since broken that mark). (Nancy Hua also claims to have finished the challenge in April)
NorCalBBQ has a blog entry about Adam Richman attempting the five pound chili dog at Parker's Hot Dogs in Roseville, CA, which will be televised on the Sacramento Man vs. Food on September 29.
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