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Ramsey Hilton announced last night that he got his 200th food challenge victory.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Moshe Tamssot used McDonald's new burger customization kiosk to create a sandwich that weighed 3.8 pounds and cost him $24.89.
Cheerleaders in Boise, ID will award $300 to the first person to finish its Big Bertha Challenge.
DNAinfo has an article on the opening of Taco in a Bag in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago. The restaurant owned by Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown plans a five pound "Taco in a Trough" challenge. update April 24 DNAInfo reports that Taco in a Bag sold out of food on its day and had to shut temporarily today to prepare more food.
Molly Schuyler has been announced as a competitor in Saturday's Five Five Challenge sponsored by Hwy 55 Burgers in Mount Olive, NC. Joe Menchetti will also compete; it does not appear "Furious" Pete Czerwinski will defend his title.
Thrillist.com has eating challenge lists for restaurants in Portland and Minneapolis.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a video recorded in 2012 of him eating several spicy items with the Schärfe Queen, billed as the top hot food eater in Germany.
Sofia Laczko reports Pat Bertoletti ate a 5 pound corned beef sandwich in about 4 minutes at Dooley's in Roseville, MI to win the first prize of $500. update Apr 20 Metro Times has a gallery

Molly Schuyler eats 3 Big Texan 72 oz. steaks in 20 minutes

update April 20

The times for all three challenges were 4:18, 7:29 and 8:13. All three times broke Joey Chestnut’s previous record of 8:52. Her times from 2014 (4:58 & 9:59) giver her 5 of the 7 sub 10-minute finishes. Former MLB pitcher Frank Pastore (RIP) has the other (9:30 from 1987)

This morning, Molly ate a 9.5 burrito on Kiss FM to giver her a total of over 22 pounds of food consumed in 15 hour (before | after | video )

Rich and Carlene LeFevre did not compete against Molly despite being mentioned as a competing team.

Amarillo.com has an article, gallery and video

More local coverage: MyHighPlains | ConnectAmarillo.com | News Channel 10

National Coverage: People | Huffington Post | E! Online | Perez Hilton | USA Today | AOL | Time | Washington Post |

The third challenge is now finished with a time of about 20 minutes

Molly has finished the second challenge at 11:47

Molly’s official time for the first steak is 4:18, a new record.

Molly Schuylers’s attempt at 3 (or more) 72 ounce steak challenges at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX is about to start and can be viewed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/amarillo-globe-news ama big-texan molly-schuyler

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Lauren Mazzo has a blog entry about her attempt at Pinesburger challenge at the Glenwood Pines in Ithaca, NY.

Stephanie Wu Oregon / Washington trip report

Aaron’s Food Adventures has a report on Stephanie Wu’s recent trip to the Pacific Northwest which includes an account of her finishing two 72 ounce steaks at Sayler’s in Portland. A list of the fastest female finishing times for 72+ ounce steaks has been updated with the time for the first challenge.
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Yahoo! has a blog entry about the Charlotte Motor Speedway offering a 6 pound "Speedway Picnic Burger" and a 6.5 pound "Crank Shaft Burrito" during All Star Race weekend May 15-16.
Amarillo.com has a preview of Molly Schuyler attempting three (possibly four) 72 ounce steak meals at the Big Texan on Sunday. The event will be live-streamed at 3pm central time.
Youtube has a video of the end of the Brutus Burger challenge held at the Hard Rock Casino in Tulsa earlier this month. An unnamed competitor would have won $5,000 if he had avoided a "reversal of fortune". Adam Richman served as MC for the event.
The Daily Mail has an article and video of a London commodities trader experiencing a "reversal of fortune" after he attempted to eat eight Quarter Pounder burgers in his office. He would have received £300 if he was successful.
Molly Schuyler recently finished two of the challenge burgers at The Power Club in Auburn, CA in 16 minutes. As of April 8, the burger had not been finished once.
TheJobsMenu.com has a column titled Has the World Had Enough of Food Challenges?
Australian competitive eater "Chompamatic" announces that he completed both the burger and ice cream sundae challenges at Bobo's Diner in Frankston, VIC, Australia in one session.
The Daily Sparks Tribune has an article about Molly Schuyler finishing the Super Mondo challenge (intended for two customers) at Pizza Plus in Sparks, NV without assistance. The reporter did not plan to write a story about the challenge; he just happened to be in the pizzeria while Molly stopped on her trip home from Iowa.
Bodybuilders Rich Piana and Jenaya Hofer attempted the 30 inch pizza challenge at Santa Lucia Pizza in Winnipeg.
SBNation and First We Feast have lists of eating challenges available at stadiums.
Jane Anastasia announces that she completed the burger challenge at Maggio's in Southampton, PA to celebrate her 50th birthday.
Erik "The Electric" Lamkin and Devon "Beast Aesthetics" Palombo have produced videos where they attempt to eat 30,000 calories in a day.
BigTexanEvents.com is accepting reservations for spectators who want to watch Molly Schuyler attempt 3 72 ounce steak challenges on April 19 in Amarillo, TX. Sponsors can also reserve tables for sums of $500-$2500.
Geoff Esper became the first person to finish the Bearwich challenge at Bear's Smokehouse and claim the $500 prize.
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