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Brittany Albrecht attempts Kookamonga challenge

Brittany Albrect has a blog entry about her attempt at the Kookamonga burger challenge at Kooky Canuck’s in Memphis in which she ate more of the 7.5 pound burger than any previous female challenger (and more than Adam Richman did in the Memphis episode of Man vs. Food as well).

update Feb 14 Brittany has competed in three bodybuilding contests (Perhaps she could become the female “Furious” Pete)

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Andrew "A-Bomb" Lane has posted a blog entry about his attempt at the "Beast the Feast" barbecue challenge at Rib City Grill in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
For her fourth public eating challenge, Grace Lee of Atlanta GSpots will attempt to eat as much crawfish as possible over two hours at The Nook in Atlanta on February 16.
A website about Piranha's (of Nashville, TN) 10 pound cheesesteak sandwich challenge has been set up at http://www.piranhas10lbcheesesteak.com/. There have been three finishers according to the website.
The Hill Country twitter says that its barbecue challenge will end after this weekend.
The team size for the 54 inch pizza challenge awarding $1,000 at Big Mama's & Papa's pizza in Los Angeles will be increased by one to seven next week.
The TooJay's facebook has information about amateur qualification for the World Class Corned Beef Eating Competition. Five finishers of a 1.5 pound Jaynormous sandwich will be chosen at random to receive a slot in the St. Patrick's Day contest.
The Phoenixville News reports that the "Annihilator" 5.5 lb. roast beef sandwich challenge will debut Saturday at Tony's Family Restaurant in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

Difficulty of Hill Country BBQ challenge increased

(via Eater NY) Gothamist reports that Hill Country in New York City increased the amount of meat in its “Feed Your Face” eating challenge by a pound (and its price by $20) after an unnamed female competitive eater finished the challenge in 8 minutes on Saturday.

update Midtown Lunch has a 200+ comment post about a group challenge attempt on March 2.

update #2 Feb 13 In a yelp threadKarin G reports that a Hill Country manager said the woman who finished the challenge in 8 minutes was non-Asian, which rules out Sonya Thomas and Juliet & Floria Lee.

Eater NY has a post
about the challenge termination.

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DennysBeerBarrelPub.com has been updated to announce that "Furious" Pete Czerwinski set the Pub Super Challenger record.
The TravelChannel.com announces Dave "MegaMunch" Shoffner's picture of the 120 ounce steak at Gregory's Steakhouse in Allentown, PA has won the Fan vs. Food Photo contest.
Westword reports that three Denver-area Taste of Philly locations have started a five pound cheesesteak sandwich challenge.
News10 reports that Fagundes Meats in Manteca, California constructed a 250 pound burger, believed to be the largest ever in California.
Will Millender was the first to finish the 18 inch pancake challenge at the Windsor Diner in Clark, New Jersey.
Joe Wait has uploaded a video of him completing the Fritatta Challenge at Mother's Cupboard Fish Fry and Diner in Syracuse, NY with reportedly a record time.
Virgilio's Pizzeria challenge page has been updated to announce that Patrick Vandam was the first finisher of a challenge pizza (via dogsarefunyes)
Webcastr has a video from a 13 pound steamed cheeseburger eating event at Sarah J's in Connecticut.

Site of a free 48 ounce steak

The 48 ounce steak at Shula’s Steak House does not offer any awards besides being added to the finishers list, but Sam’s Steakhouse in Terre Haute, Indiana and Marshall, Illinois has a 48 ounce steak that is available for free. The time limit is 20 minutes, same as Adam Richman’s goal time. Bodybuilder Isabelle Turell received a free 48 ounce steak in 2008.

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Dave “Megamunch” Shoffner is Man v. Food picture finalist

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Dave “Megamunch” Shoffner, who has a competitive eating website at http://megamunch.blogspot.com/, is one of the three finalists for the Man vs. Food photo contest. Text A to 66789 to vote for Dave.

You can also vote
by tweeting A, B or c to twitter.com/manvfood

update Here is the blog entry on megamunch where the picture of the 120 ounce steak at Gregory’s in Allentown, PA was taken.

update #2 Will Millender at Chick & Ruth’s Delly in Annapolis is #4 in the list of Fan v. Food Photo Contest winners.

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In a bodybuilding.com forum thread, Ben Monson reports he completed the Big Foot Challenge at I Love Big Al's in Vancouver, Washington and received a prize package containing a 46 inch TV, a home theater system and a Playstation 3
AnnArbor.com has a report by John Moors of EpicPortions.com about his attempt to set the Double Dagwood sandwich record at Doby's Dagwoods.

Man vs. Food February 3 (live from Miami) episode links

Travel Channel Episode Home Page | Episode Guide | Slideshow | Fan v. Food photo contest

Babe v Food promo videos: Nori (milkshakes) | Jen (chili cheese fries)

Restaurants

411Mania interviews Adam Richman about the episode

list of Miami area eating challenges
in the eatfeats database

updated Feb 11 Episode writeups: Slashfood | Sun-Sentinel

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DMagazine reports that three Dallas Freeb!rds locations will hold a Super Monster Burrito Eating Contest on February 20.
Andrew "A-Bomb" Lane has a blog entry about his attempt at the Peanut Butter Burger Challenge at the Rock Rest Lodge in Golden, Colorado.
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