Stephanie Torres is one of the most recent additions (December 18) to the list of 72 ounce steak finishers at the Big Texan in Amarillo, Texas. At 105 pounds, she is one of the all time lightest successful challengers. Aty Vargas was an eyewitness to Ms. Torres’ meal and reports that she defeated her father, the owner of the restaurant, in a steak eating contest.

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Clay Cartland has set up a website documenting his Miami-area eating challenges at http://www.panclayke.blogspot.com/ The December 17 entry describes his setting the record for the Doomsday burger at Kingdom and confirms that the restaurant will appear on the February 3 live episode of Man vs. Food. The blog also has a link to donate to Feeding South Florida.

The Broward-Palm Beach New Times has an article about a five pound “Beast” burger challenge attempt at the restaurant owned by former Miami Dolphin Kim Bokamper in Plantation, Florida.

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Andrew “A Bomb” Lane has posted blog entries and galleries about his attempts at a 24 inch sandwich, the B^3 Burrito at the NASCAR Cafe and the Undertaker Challenge burger (5.5) at LBS during a recent trip to Las Vegas.

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After watching the Hartford episode of Man vs. Food, kk has made the following request for Boston area female competitive eaters:

i went to an all-women’s college, and i’m ready to shake up some gender norms. i want to create the greatest female competitive eating team this world has ever seen. so far, i’ve recruited my sister, and my friend claudia. my sister can eat like a beast – it’s genetic. i mean that as a compliment. while my sister and i are both fairly small women, claudia is going to be our secret weapon. she is my height, and roughly a size 000. yes, three zeros. i just made up a size for her. don’t be fooled; homegirl can EAT. especially cheeseburgers.

if you want in on this, let me know. additionally, if you know of any eating challenges in the boston area, tell me.

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Today’s episode of Man vs. Food announced that a live episode of the program will be televised from Miami on February 3. (The Super Bowl will be played in Miami that week).

update BurgerBeast relays a rumor that the program will be televised at K_____m. (There is only one restaurant on the Miami eating challenges list which fits this pattern)

update #2 The program description lists the 48 ounce steak at Don Shula’s steak house as another challenge.

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Travel Channel episode guide | slideshow | facebook gallery

Restaurants

• Randy’s Wooster Street Pizza challenge – Stuffed Pizza Challenge for 2 person team
  Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp
  Videos: episode commercial | segment about pizza
  Adam Richman’s challenge partner is Greg “The Great Moomsi” Maloomian – home page
  Picture of team wearing “Hartford Inhalers” shirt
  Video of Greg’s previous successful Wooster Street challenge
  Youtube channel with more of Greg’s New England eating challenge videos
• Doogie’s meal – 2 foot long “Works Dog”
  Home Page | Facebook | Citysearch | Yelp
  Hartford Courant gallery of recording
  NBCConnecticut article about filming
• Woody’s meal – Deputy (Hot) Dog
  Home Page | Yelp
• Ted’s Restaurant meal – steamed burgers
  Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp

List of Hartford area eating challenges in the eatfeats database

List of Bridgeport / New Haven eating challenges in the eatfeats database

Another Connecticut pizza challenge is available at Bang Bang Pizza in Norwalk. According to the restaurant’s facebook page, no one has finished the 22 inch pizza in the 30 minute limit and the only person to complete the pizza after the time expired is the woman pictured below:

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(Via Greg Avola twitter) The commercial for next week’s episode (Hartford) of Man vs. Food is available on youtube and it reports that Greg “The Great Moomsi” Maloomian will be Adam Richman’s partner for the two person pizza challenge at Randy’s Wooster St. Pizza. Previous New England eating challenges by “The Great Moomsi” can be seen at Grippa69’s youtube page.

update This will be the second national cable TV appearance for a bodybuilding.com member in ten days. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski appeared on last Sunday’s episode of “Humanly Impossible” on the National Geographic Channel.

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Travel Channel episode guide | slideshow

• RU Hungry Grease Trucks challenge – 5 fat sandwiches
  Yelp | Facebook
  Extreme Pigouts segment about grease trucks
  Rutgers student newspaper article about recording (contains spoilers)
• Harold’s New York Deli meal – triple decker sandwich
  Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp | flickr gallery
  Episode clip about triple decker sandwich
  2008 New York Times article
• Stuff Yer Face meal – giant stromboli
  Homepage | Citysearch | Yelp

List of north New Jersey eating challenges in the eatfeats database.

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