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Man vs. Food September 9 (Honolulu) episode links

Episode Guide | Slideshow | Commercial | Side of the City video

Restaurants

Hawaii Magazine article about the episode

List of Hawaiian eating challenges
in eatfeats database

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Kenny Stewart reports he just broke the record at the Roast Grill in Raleigh, North Carolina by eating 20 chili dogs in under an hour. Chad Miller has some pictures.
The Heart Attack Grill's home page has more information about its weight gain reality show. Two of the five spots have been filled.
Freep.com has details of the Man vs. Food filming session at Mallie's in Southgate, MI on Sunday from 3 pm to 8 pm. Members of the Motor City Metal Jackets hockey team will help Adam Richman try to consume a 180 pound burger.
The Heart Attack Grill twitter announces that the restaurant will produce a "Biggest Gainer" reality show that will debut October 1. update HeartAttackGrill.com has details. Candidates must be males between 35 and 45 and weigh between 250 and 300 pounds.

Man vs. Food Washington, DC sites

mgholwill’s twitter reports that Man vs. Food is currently recording at Horace & Dickie’s in Washington, DC. Ben’s Chili Bowl was reportedly yesterday’s taping site. HometownAnnapolis has a report on Sunday’s challenge attempt (no spoiler) at Chick & Ruth’s Delly.

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Challenges by metro area (Mid-Atlantic)

Here are lists of eating challenges for Mid-Atlantic metro areas:

Allentown | Atlantic City | Baltimore | Central Pennsylvania | Harrisburg | Newark | Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | Scranton | Washington, DC

Previous Challenges by metro areas lists: west | midwest | south central | Florida | south Atlantic

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Ben Monson’s eating challenge road trip

“Big” Ben Monson has started a bodybuilding.com thread with pictures about his recent road trip throughout the southwest where he completed the following eating challenges:

  • Quadruple Bypass Burger, Heart Attack Grill, 1:49, second to Joey Chestnut
  • Big Texan 72 ounce steak, Amarillo, TX, 9:40 (3rd person after Joey Chestnut & Frank Pastore to break 10 minutes
  • Chillz 8 waffles & frozen custard, Albuquerque, 11:12 new record
  • 5 pound Sopaipilla, Sadies, Albuquerque, 7:56 new record
  • 6 pound burrito, NASCAR Cafe, Las Vegas, 12 minutes, new record

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Andrew "A-Bomb" Lane has a blog entry about attempting a 15 egg omelet at The Carriage House in Springfield, Missouri which is billed as the world's largest.
Stephen Rutherford's twitpic page has photos of Eric Bridenstine setting a new record at the Roast Grill in Raleigh, NC by eating 19 chili dogs in 53 minutes this afternoon. NewsObserver has a blog entry about the new record.
Lo Bosworth of MTV's Orange County reality shows has posted photos of her boyfriend completing a 10 taco eating challenge (probably at OB's Bar & Grill) to her twitpic page.
Will Millender has a blog entry about being the first person to complete the burger & shake challenge at Ruth & Chick's Delly in Annapolis, MD and not appearing in an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food.
Dave Madrid claims that Jack N Grill will hold a 7 pound burrito eating contest on September 15. The contest has yet to be listed on JackNGrill.com
A Video of Ben Monson eating two Quadruple Bypass Burgers has been embedded on HeartAttackGrill.com

DelawareOnline on The Great Steak Challenge

DelawareOnline has an article about “The Great Steak Challenge” offered by My Steak and Main in North East, Maryland which will be Adam Richman’s Baltimore-area challenge in an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food. An unnamed 110 pound Japanese woman is listed as one of the diners who completed the challenge.

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Man vs. Food August 26 (San Francisco) episode links

Travel Channel Episode Guide

Videos: commercial | Haight Ashbury clip

Restaurants


List of San Francisco Bay Area eating challenges
in the eatfeats database

There will be a live chat with Adam Richman on TraveChannel.com at 10:30 pm eastern after the show.

TrueSlant has an interview with Adam Richman

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Tangbro1 has a recap of a contest held in honor of the return of never ending pasta to the Olive Garden. Winner Christine Choi did 9 miles runs to work off the 8 bowls she ate.
The Heart Attack Grill's twitter reports that Ben Monson missed breaking Joey Chestnut's Quadruple Bypass Burger record by 2 seconds. Monson will make another attempt tomorrow.
A new eating challenges website has been started at http://www.ibetyouwont.com/
PMQ has the press release that was posted in the comments about Dale Boone being the first person to finish the 32 inch pizza challenge at Paventi's in Charlotte, NC. Boone received $500 after finishing the pizza in 42 minutes.
Pat Bertoletti has posted a video of him eating a 3 pound burger and 2 pounds of fries at Gronk's Grill (Duluth area) to his yardbarker blog.

Man vs. Food August 19 (Charleston) episode links

Travel Channel episode description

The segment recorded at the Charleston minor league baseball stadium will be televised on September 30 on the Baseball Special episode.

List of Charleston eating challenges in the eatfeats database.

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KansasCity.com has a gallery of Saturday's 10 pound brisket burger eating contest for local celebrities.

1124 lb. cupcake created in Michigan

MLive has a report and video about a 1224 pound cupcake created at the Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit. The cupcake received Guinness recognition as the world’s largest and it is estimated to have 2 million calories. The cupcake was constructed after a failed attempt to cook a 7,000 pound cupcake.

In other Michigan cupcake news, Craig Reed reports that a woman who had just completed basic training won a cupcake eating contest at Cupcake Station in Birmingham by eating 18 cupcakes in 8 minutes.

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In the most recent "Extreme Amy" segment on Fox5Vegas, Ron Koch completed the 10 lb. pizza at Graziano's in Las Vegas in under 2 hours. Amy has a blog entry about the challenge.
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