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(From Paul Barlow) San Jose Citysearch has a list of "Practice Spots for Competitive Eaters" in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Man vs. Food August 12 (Las Vegas) episode links

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LVJR.com has a preview of Wednesday's Las Vegas episode of Man vs. Food in which the challenge meal will be the six pound burrito from the NASCAR cafe.
Andrew "A Bomb" Lane has posted a blog entry about his attempt at the 12+ pound Beau Jo's pizza challenge with Jimmy "Jimineater" Mares.
(via A Bomb email) The online Mac Daddy Hall of Fame has been updated to list Dale Boone as the new record holder in the Elvis Mac Daddy pancake challenge. The record was set when Boone travelled to Hawaii for the Woody's hot dog contest.
PioneerLocal is doing a weekly series called Megabites about big meals offered by Chicagoland restaurants which include a 72 ounce steak and a 2 pound hot dog originally created for White Sox club seats.

Man vs. Food August 5 (San Antonio) episode links

TravelChannel.com episode Travel Guide | Slideshow | Adam Richman vlog

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A video of a bearded Pat Bertoletti completing a 12 pound pizza challenge with a teammate at an unnamed restaurant in Detroit has been uploaded to his yardbarker page. The challenge took place on June 20 when Bertoletti did the Jimmy John's makers vs. eaters event in Detroit, which is available in Pat Bertoletti's yardbarker videos. Youtube also has a Saturday's taco contest in its entirety.
(via Darren Rovell twitter) WZZM has an article and video about the Galley restaurant in Wyoming, Michigan (Grand Rapids area) starting a three foot long Coney dog challenge.

Lucrative Washington state eating challenges past & present

Big Al’s in Vancouver, WA (north Portland, OR area) has a 10 pound burger challenge that will award a 46 inch TV, a Sony home theater surround sound system and a Sony Play Station 3 to a diner who completes it. It is not clear if the prize package will be awarded to the first finisher, the fastest finisher or if all finishers will be entered into a lottery.

One of the largest previous eating challenge payouts also occurred in Washington State. The Google News archive has a column about Mandy Brown, a school bus driver weighing 125 pounds, being the first to complete a meal billed as the world’s largest chicken fried steak at Thudpucker’s restaurant in Spokane in 1992. There were 850 previous unsuccessful attempts at the challenge before Ms. Brown finished it in 84 minutes and she received a prize of $1,200.

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Andrew Lane has a blog entry about becoming the first customer of Cactus Jack's Saloon and Grill to complete their "Bust it Big" burger challenge. "A-Bomb" received a shot of Patron Silver for completing the challenge.
Videos of Hatsuyo "The Witch" Sugawara competing against members of the group KAT-TUN in a 6kg ramen challenge, a 3kg burger challenge and a 2.5 kg curry eating challenge are available on youtube. The caption says Sugawara has won 4 million yen (about $40,000) in her competitive eating career.
HeavyTable reports that Tom "Goose Gilbert" will attempt to win $1,000 by eating the 30 inch pizza at Randy's Pizza (Minneapolis area) tonight without assistance. The challenge will be webcast starting at 7:30 pm central (8:30 eastern). update The challenge is over and a video of the webcast is available.
(Via the Konformist) Las Vegas Weekly has an article about Playboy Playmate Laura Croft's (Miss July 2008) attempt at the 6 pound B^3 Burrito at the NASCAR Cafe. (The article also confirms that the 9 pound burger challenge at the Plaza is defunct)
Andrew "A-Bomb" Lane has a blog entry and gallery about his attempt to avenge his defeat at the Jack N Grill 7 pound burrito from Jack N Grill. Jimmy Mares also attempted the challenge.

Adam Richman to attempt Krispy Kreme burger tomorrow

BND reports that Adam Richman of Man vs. Food will attempt “Baseball’s Best Burger” at tomorrow’s Gateway Grizzlies game in Sauget, IL (East St. Louis area). The sandwich uses a split Krispy Kreme doughnut as a bun. This will be the third time Man vs. Food has recorded at a minor league stadium (Charleston, SC, W. Michigan) and St. Louis will become the third metropolitan area to be visited twice (SF Bay area, Raleigh-Durham)

SJ-R has a report
(no spoiler) about Adam Richman’s attempt at a bowl of Firebrand Chili in Springfield, IL yesterday.

update The article reports that Jim Hamrick, who has been ranked in the IFOCE top 50, set the Firebrand Chili record of 5 bowls last week.

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(from bodybuilding.com) CalSun reports that Tommy Burger Bar in Calgary, Alberta has created a giant triple cheeseburger with three 45 pound patties (total weight 141.73 lbs.)
The Heart Attack Grill has started a facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/heartattackgrill
(from Eating Ed email) The online Hall of Fame for Big Pie in the Sky (Kennesaw, GA) has been updated to report that Paul Barlow was one of the members of the second team to defeat the Carnivore Challenge.
The Seattle Times has a list of Puget Sound area restaurants offering big meals including the famous 12 egg omelet at Beth's Cafe.
Dealbreak reports that an analyst at JP Morgan is currently attempting to eat all the items in a vending machine, possibly in response to a failed attempt to eat 70 McNuggets in an hour.
A press release reports that Hall Hunt & Tim Brown completed the 30 inch pizza challenge at Randy's Pizza in Oakdale, MN in 25 minutes and received $500.
MLive has an article and video about Adam Richman's attempt to eat the Fifth Third Burger at last night's West Michigan Whitecaps game. (contains spoiler)
Philly.com has a blog entry listing the restaurants that will be featured on an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food The challenge was a 5 pound cheesesteak at Tony Luke's.
The Denver Post has an article about 6'8" 390 pound strongman competitor Brian Shaw who eats 10,000 calories a day and is reluctant to go to restaurants for fear of breaking their chairs.
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