Jill Stoler has a blog entry about Saturday’s get together at the J & R Steakhouse. The results from the 76 ounce steak challlenge:

Joel “The Cannon” Podelsky, 57 minutes
Paul “Porkslap” Arcaria, DQ

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Country music superstar Toby Keith has a restaurant at Harrah’s casino in Las Vegas which offers a 100 ounce eating challenge. In addition to two pounds of hamburger, the challenge also requires diners to finish 32 ounces of beer and 16 ounces of “freedom fries” along with other items. Customers who complete the challenge will receive a T – shirt. A picture of the burger is available on flickr. With the demise of the Plaza Casino’s Big Daddy challenge, this might be the only burger challenge in Las Vegas.

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(From Kevin Ross email) A web page has been set up for the Travel Channel series Man vs. Food. The program will feature Adam Richman traveling around the country to attempt restaurants’ eating challenges. The first two episodes will be televised on December 3 and the locations will be Amarillo, Texas (Big Texan Steak Ranch) and Memphis (The Big Foot Lodge). A list of all locations is available on the website.

Earlier this year, a producer placed a casting call on eatfeats for a host for the show.

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A yelp post announces an untimed eating contest based on the number of plates consumed will be held at the Garden Buffet BBQ & Seafood in Artesia, California tomorrow night. Yuki M, who claims to have eaten 7,000 calories a day at her height of training as a powerlifter, will represent the XX chromosome in that event. An older post about the contest is also available.

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Beautiful Brian has posted a video from his lunch today at the Todai sushi buffet with Crazy Legs Conti, Nate Biller and Leon Feingold.

Zach of Midtown Lunch was also present, and he will have a report on the meal tomorrow.

update Nov 12 – a Midtown Lunch blog entry and gallery have been posted

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• English language tribute to Gal Sone
• Videos of Lynchburg, VA Dickey’s BBQ qualifier
• Forney, TX Christmas pie eating contest December 6 (open only to Forney residents) first prize is a large flat screen TV
• Kobayashi dyes his hair green
• Request for Atlanta area Tostino’s Pizza Roll eating contest competitor
• Picture of Juris Shibayama at the Nashville Krystal qualifier
• B. C. Pizza (MI, GA & KY) to offer Sarge pizza challenge

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• The meat in Denny’s Beer Barrel’s big burgers gets a bad review
• Tim Rauscheder beer drinking video
• NYC wing eating contest tonight
• Gal Sone wins a poll of the Japanese celebrity people most want to see without makeup
• A large image of the Joey Chestnut baseball card
• Picture of victorious (and wet) Juliet Lee at Nashville qualifier
• Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara wins the Morioko wanko soba noodle eating contest with 383 bowls in 15 minutes

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(from email) R & I Magazine has an article about giant sandwich challenges. A new challenge on the list is the Big Ugly Sandwich Challenge at the Fat Sandwich Company. According to the article, The Big Ugly contains:

four cheeseburgers, a double cheesesteak, chicken cheesesteak, gyro meat, grilled chicken, bacon, sausage, pork roll, mozzarella sticks, chicken finger, chicken nuggets, macaroni-and-cheese bites, fried mushrooms, jalapeno poppers, pizza bites, onion rings, hash browns, American cheese, ketchup and mayonnaise

and is free to a diner who can finish it in less than 15 minutes. The Fat Sandwich company has locations in Norman, Oklahoma and Champaign, Illinois.

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• Pat Bertoletti has some videos from the Trnkobrani Festival in the Czech Republic
• AICE ranking of the top collegiate eaters
• Beautiful Brian says he will return at an undisclosed date
• Video of Denny’s Beer Barrel 2 pound burger attempts
• Podcast about a 50 apples in 90 minutes proposition bet
• Report on Denny’s Belly Bruiser contest for 12 person teams

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A video on youtube of “Seabass” breaking the “Kitchen Sink” record at the San Francisco Creamery Co. in Walnut Creek, CA is available. “Seabass” ate the sundae consisting of 8 large scoops of ice cream, 8 toppings, whipped cream and 12 cherries in 15 minutes.

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The Heart Attack Grill’s web site has set up a news page which says that a segment will be recorded on Saturday to be televised on CBS News Sunday Morning. It does not say if the segment will be broadcast on November 9 or later. The Grill will also appear on HDNet’s Deadline on November 20.

The online “Wall of Fame” listing the fastest finishers of the Quadruple Bypass Burger appears to have been dropped.

update The segment was televised on November 23 and is available online.

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RawVegasTV has a video clip of an interview with Rich and Carlene LeFevre conducted while Rich ate a 120 ounce steak at Brand Steakhouse in Las Vegas. Thrillist has a transcript of some of the interview.

updatePokerati has a blog entry about Rich’s feat

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The website for Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub has been revamped and now has a blog listing challenge burger attempts and other news. No links to the old finishers database appear to be present on the new site, but the database still works. Brad Sciullo finishing the Belly Bruiser is not mentioned on the new site, but a picture of Brad is present.

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The date and time for the get-together at J & R’s Steakhouse in Long Island has been announced as 2 pm on November 15. Email saltwaterpaul[AT]yahoo.com by November 7 if you are interested in participating.

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• Videos from the San Antonio Dickey’s BBQ qualifier
• Gallery of IHOP All You Can Eat
• Kate Westfall’s food blog from Brian Seiken
• 76 ounce Pompano Beach, FL steak challenge
• Kobayashi has some Halloween costumes on his blog, including the Kobayashi & bun couple

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Morganton.com has an article about Dale Boone finishing a 3+ pound burger at Doughboys Pizzeria Café in Morganton, NC. After completing the sandwich in under 30 minutes, Dale was allowed to name it “Dale’s Daniel Boone Burger”. The article says that a diner who finishes the burger in less than the 27 minutes it took Dale Boone will receive the right to rename it. The possibility of renaming the burger was not mentioned in the original article about it.

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Paul “Pork-Slap” Arcaria has proposed a meeting at J & R Steakhouse in Long Island, NY some time in November. Email saltwaterpaul[AT]yahoo.com if you are interested in attending.

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Charleston.net has a column about Brad Sciullo finishing Denny’s Belly Bruiser burger which calls for an end of the megaburger “arms race”.

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• Gallery of Famous Famiglia pizza contest with French captions
• Kobayashi meets fashion designer Diane von Furstenburg
• Student wins Don Lerman style hot dog hat after eating 9 HDB in 3 minutes
• Bubba Yarbrough leaves IFOCE for the WLOCE according to comment
• Dale Boone finishes unnamed 4 pound burger in Morganton, NC and names it “Dale’s Daniel Boone Burger” according to WLOCE.com
• BeautifulBrian.com has commentary on the new rankings
  
• Video of Cookie Jarvis at the WBAB studios last week

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• Santa Clarita, CA hard boilded egg eating contest Sunday, $250 first prize
• George Shea to be honored at Coney Island benefit November 3
• Mini-documentary about the Garlicky Greens contest
• Video of 3 pound burger attempt at the Cottage Cafe in Traverse City, MI
• Yogurt Eating contest for breast cancer research

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The Mouthpiece Sports blog has an interview with Brad Sciullo about his successful completion of the Belly Bruiser challenge. Brad finishes the interview in the following manner:

It’s opening some eyes. This is great for all competitive eaters. Everyone of us is going to benefit from this because this raises the bar. I’m guaranteeing you that from this day forward bigger numbers will be put up — numbers like no one’s ever seen. Things that make this look ridiculously easy because everyone’s going to realize that this is possible. That someone like myself — who isn’t as good as the top-ranked eaters — can do this this is going to send everyone into a frenzy. And it’s going to be great for the sport in general.

And what’s next:

I’m either going to go back to Denny’s and eat every one of their burgers on their menu in the same day, which will equal about what that burger weighed. I’ll eat the two-pounder, the three-pounder, and the Ye’ Olde 96er in the same day. Or I’m going to do a pizza competition.

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The BBC has an article and video about the creation of a 1500 meter long (.93 mile) sandwich in Tehran. The sandwich contained 1000 kg (2200 lbs.) of ostrich meat and was created to promote Iranian ostrich farming. Onlookers devoured the sandwich before it could be officially recorded by the Guinness Book of World Records, but the event organizers hope that video of the sandwich will result in it supplanting a 1378 meter long Italian ostrich sandwich in the official records.

FarsNews has a picture of Kobayashi in its article about the sandwich.

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Rich LeFevre reports in a comment that he successfully completed the 120 ounce steak challenge at the Brand Steakhouse in 40 minutes. The list price of the steak is $267. Video of his attempt will appear on rawvegas.tv.

update Some pictures have been emailed:

Paul “Porkslap” Arcaria has sent the following email: (pictures of his challenge can be seen below)

On sunday [October 11] I went to Thurmans in Columbus, They had a 3 pounder but that wasn’t enough. I had them make me a 4.5 pounder. She said if I finish it I could name it.
Its called “Pauls East Coast Pile”

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• BeautifulBrian.com has commentary on Sonya Thomas and Juliet Lee
• BeautifulBrian.com also has a poll on who should be the IFOCE commisioner
• George and Rich Shea highlight video clips
• The Brad Sciullo article is picked up by the Associated Press
• Quinnipiac University bans on-campus eating contests, citing the death of an unnamed student competitive eater (I am unaware of any deaths in collegiate eating contests)
• Cancelled lumberjack eating contest receives bad reviews from Jill Stoler and others.
• WalletPop on how buffets trick patrons into consuming less food
• David Letterman says the format of the next presidential debate will involve competitive eating in his monologue.
  Rich LeFevre to attempt 120 ounce steak today

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Big Mama’s & Papa’s Pizza has a 54 inch square pizza available at its Hollywood Boulevard location. The pizza is listed as the largest delivered pizza in the world and the price is $199.99. The restaurant also has a 36 inch pizza available.

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