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"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.
On March 20, Diontaye Gordon and Alex Burrel became the first duo to finish the Colossus Challenge at Greek Tony's Pizza and Subs afer 544 unsuccessful pairs. The pizzeria will award $1000 to the first solo finisher of the 30 inch pizza.
Qualifying for the 2015 Beef Bath Bonanza begins today. The fastest finishers of a 1 pound burger at Sylvester's Burgers locations on the central California coast will qualify for a five pound burger eating contest awarding $1000 to the winner.
The Highway 55 Big A Burger contest will take place at the NC Pickle Festival on April 25. An invitation has been made to Molly Schuyler to compete for the $2500 first prize.
Stephanie Wu announces she ate two 72 ounce steak challenges at Sayler's in Portland. She finished the first meal in 16:%2 and the second in 56:12. As far as I know, this is the fourth time someone has finished two 72 ounce steaks in a session. Two 72 ounce meals at the Big Texan has been finished three times: wrestler Klondike Bill (1966), Rich LeFevre (2000), Molly Schuyler (2014).

Molly Schuyler to attempt two records in Des Moines

Molly Schuyler will attempt to break two records this weekend in Des Moines: her mark of 4:50 for the “Emmenecker Challenge” at Jethro’s BBQ on Saturday and the record for five pounds of bacon on Sunday. update Jethro’s is looking for competitors to face Molly. udpate Mar 28 The Des Moines Register and KCCI have articles. A video of Molly’s appearance on Great Day Des Moines is also available.

update March 28 #2 Molly finished the challenge in 2:55 to break her record. KCCI has an article and Simon Conway has a video

update March 30 KCCI reports that Molly finished five pounds of bacon in 5 minutes and 2 seconds.

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The Telegraph and Argus reports Adam Moran was the first person in over 700 attempts to finish a giant naan bread challenge at Omar's Balti House in Bradford, England. Adam Moran has a facebook page and youtube channel about his eating challenges under Beard Meats Food.
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