• Crown Candy Kitchen – challenge: 5 malt milkshakes in 30 minutes
  Home Page Reviews: Citysearch | Yelp
  The restaurant’s website says the milkshake challenge has been offered since its opening in 1913, which might make it the oldest eating contest or challenge
  A book about the Crown Candy Kitchen, which includes the malt milkshake Wall of Fame is available on amazon
  When the book was published, Rich LeFevre held the record of six milkshakes, Pat Bertoletti has since broken that mark by one.

• Pappy’s Smokehouse
  Home Page Review: Yelp
  STLMags blog entry about the recording says that Adam Richman’s meal was the Big Ben which consists of a full slab of ribs, 2 sandwiches, a 1/4 a chicken, and 4 side dishes

• Iron Barley
  Home Page Reviews: Citysearch | Yelp
  Iron Barley was in an episode of Diner, Drive-Ins and Dives last March

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(From Man vs Food facebook) Digital City has a list of ten steak eating challenges located throughout the United States which concludes with the new challenge at Steak & Main in Maryland, which requires diners to eat five different types of steaks which total 74 ounces.

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A picture of a list of burger challenges offered by the Clinton Station Diner can be viewed on flickr. $5,000 will be awarded to a team of 10 diners that can finish the “8th Wonder” burger (listed at 105 pounds) in an hour or less.

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LA Times blog entry about the recording of the episode

• Orochon Ramen – Challenge: Special #2 spicy ramen
  Home page | Citysearch | Yelp
  Blog entry with videos of the challenge attempt
  Picture of the Wall of Bravery, which is reportedly taken down and restarted every month

• El Tepeyac Cafe
  Home page | Citysearch | Yelp
  Blog entry about the restaurant’s signature dish, the five pound Manuel Special burrito

• Philippe the Original
  Home page | Citysearch | Yelp
  LA Times article about the restaurant’s centennial last year and its claim to the creation of the French dip sandwich

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“Furious” Pete Czerwinski announces in a bodybuilding.com forum thread that he will attempt February 13 a stunt in which he eats all Extra Value Meals available at McDonald’s, including fries and drinks, in under 30 minutes. A page on furiouspete.com has been set up to accept donations. Proceeds will go to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and Toronto Sick Kids Hospital. A video of the attempt will be recorded and uploaded later.

update A new forum thread containing a poll has been started

update #2 Video of the attempt and a forum thread about it have been posted

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episode commercial | slideshow | Seattlest blog entry

• Beth’s Cafe Challenge Meal – 12 egg Southwestern exposure omelet
  Home page Reviews: Citysearch | Yelp
  Blog entry and forum thread about the recording at Beth’s Cafe
  # 4 Listing on the Travel Channel’s World’s Best Places to Pig Out

• Red Mill Burgers
  Home Page | Reviews: Citysearch | Yelp
  Blog entry about filming

• Crab Pot
  Home Page Reviews: Citysearch | Yelp

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An episode of Man vs. Food was recorded in Minneapolis last weekend. A picasa gallery of Adam Richman attempting a meter long sausage challenge at Gasthof zur Gemütlichkeit is available.

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(from comment) The Houston Chronicle has a video of David “SykoBozo” Cagle attempting to eat a “Bacon Explosion” at Lucky’s Pub. There is also a blog entry about the challenge.

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A list of eating challenges associated with famous athletes follows:

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KCRA has an interview with former Sacramento King Chris Webber in the kitchen of his restaurant, Center Court. The chef is preparing a 44 ounce “Fab Five” burger which Webber says is free to a customer who can finish it.

It is not mentioned if the burger challenge has a time limit and if time outs are allowed if there is a maximum duration.

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People have been searching for lists of eating challenges organized by food type, so here they are:

Burger | Burrito | Hot Dog | Ice Cream | Omelet | Pancake | Pizza | Sandwich | Spicy | Steak

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NewsObserver.com has an article about the filming of Adam Richman’s hot dog eating challenge at the Roast Grill in Raleigh for an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food. Richman ate at least 10 hot dogs, but it is not reported if he reached his goal of 17 hot dogs. Jason DiMambro attended the recording and had to sign a non disclosure agreeement that he would not reveal the results of the challenge.

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update The episode commercial and a facebook gallery are now available

• Salvador Molly’s challenge restaurant
  home page | “Great Balls of Fire” challenge | “Great Balls of Fire” eating contest March 1
  reviews: yelp | citysearch
• Voodoo Doughnut
  home page | Tex-ASS doughnut eating challenge (Pat Bertoletti currently holds the record of 23 seconds)
  UrbanHonking blog entry about 4 Portland eating challenges, including the Tex-ASS doughnut challenge
  Doughnut eating contest held for Portland mayoral candidates last May
  reviews: yelp | citysearch
• Stepping Stone Cafe
  home page
  reviews: yelp | citysearch

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(from BlessYouBoys) The blog for mlive has an entry about the food fair the West Michigan Whitecaps held to test possible new foods for the upcoming season. One of the items was a 5 / 3 pound burger with Spam, sausage gravy, fried eggs and a pickle. The burger’s weight was chosen to promote the holder of the Whitecaps’ stadium naming rights: Fifth Third Bank.

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“Furious” Pete ate two 1.5 pound burgers from Philthy McNasty’s in 3 minutes to promote the upcoming US vs. Canada burger eating contest Sunday. A video of this challenge is available on youtube. Pete accomplished this feat despite suffering a (non-gastrointestinal) injury during recording for the National Geographic network on Friday. The film crew thought Pete’s blood was ketchup.

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Willie McCovey’s restaurant in Walnut Creek, CA has a 44 ounce burger called the “521” in honor of the number of home runs McCovey hit during his career. The burger is mentioned in ESPN.com’s list of Baseball’s top 10 bars and grill and a video of it is available on youtube.

In other California burger challenge news, a youtube video documents the breaking of the 10 year old record for the Triple Bypass Challenge at 49’rs Tavern in Long Beach.

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A emailed press release announces a March 1 contest at Salvador Molly’s in Portland, OR, the challenge restaurant in next week’s Man vs. Food:

So get out your habanero barbells and train your tongue…and your stomach…for this event, which pits contestants against each other to eat as many Great Balls of Fire as possible. The contest takes over Salvador Molly’s, 1523 S.W. Sunset Blvd., in Hillsdale on March 1st, 2009, and the winner gets a prize package from Salvador Molly’s, including a party for a table of 10 at the restaurant.

Diners who complete 5 “Balls of Fire” between January 31 and March 1 will qualify for this contest.

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• Acme Oyster House Challenge (15 Dozen Club) restaurant: Home page (the website has an online wall of fame – click on Contest, then Leader Board – which has not been updated since 2005. Pat Bertoletti set the record in early 2007. A screen capture of the Wall of Fame is available after the jump
  • 15+ Dozen Club in the eatfeats database
  • #5 entry on the Travel Channel’s list of best places to pig out – video clip from that program
  • Reviews: yelp | citysearch
• Mother’s Restaurant home page | yelp | citysearch
• Deanie’s Seafood home page | yelp | citysearch

update: commercial | gallery
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BeautifulBrian.com has some pictures from the 8 pound “Beast” pizza El Toro and an unnamed partner completed from Graziano’s Pizza in Las Vegas, which is the only Nevada pizza challenge offering an award I am aware of.

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• Drew Cerza, founder of the Buffalo Wing Festival, to be emcee at Wing Bowl 17
• Report on Tuesday’s Wing Off
• L & L Corned Beef Musubi eating contest February 15. First prize includes a trip to Hawaii
• Skinnyboy’s report from the KBPI Wing Bowl semifinals
• Moses News has a lot of new material, including a review of Katz’ Deli, featured in last week’s Man vs. Food
• Picture of the Big Texan 72 ounce steak finishers list from 2007. Kevin Carr is one of the finishers.

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