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Girlvssweets.blogspot.com/ is a blog by Jackie Voigt documenting her quest to complete every dessert eating challenge in the country. Her latest entry documents her conquest of the Earthquake sundate at the Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop in San Francisco. (facebook | twitter)
Rich LeFevre and "El Toro" finished the 48 ounce prime rib challenge at Jerry's Nugget in Las Vegas on its launch date yesterday.
Naader Reda has produced a video of a 10 pound pizza challenge he did with Von at Roma Pizzerian in Arcadia, CA.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski defended his title in the Highway 55 (formerly Big A) burger challenge eating contest in Mount Olive, NC. (The first announcement for this event on the company facebook / twitter was yesterday.) update April 27 "Furious" Pete has a video travelog of his day trip (no contest footage) Update May 8 Joe Menchetti was second with a time of 6:43 NewsArgus has a gallery and Furious Pete has a video of him doing the challenge in a restaurant
Machete started a thread on reddit about finishing the La Peque burger challenge at Tetto's Burger in Hermosillo, Mexico which has over 300 comments.  
Bear's Smokehouse will appear on an upcoming episode of NBC's First Look hosted by Audrina Patridge.  
A restaurant called "Man vs. Food" will open in London tomorrow. Customers will receive a free first round of drinks.  
A Key to the City Eating Challenge containing 10 1/3 lb. burgers, 2 lbs. bbq pulled pork and 1 lb. onion rings is available at Frederick (MD) Keys home games. Diners who can eat the massive sandwich in under 90 minutes will get it for free.
Ann Hamlin ate a 3.5 pound "Elvis" sandwich containing peanut butter, jelly and bacon in 45 minutes to win a contest held at Annabelle's Own in Midland, MI. She also holds the 30 minute hot dog record at Dog Central in Mt. Pleasant, MI.  
Jerry's Nugget in Las Vegas will start a prime rib challenge on Sunday April 27. Diners who finish a 48 ounce steak in under 45 minutes will receive the meal for free.  
Kyle Hanner has a report on winning two contests (a team burger contest and a wing qualifier) in Champaign, IL on Wednesday night.
Sylvester's Beef Bath Bonanza will award $1000 to the winner of a five pound burger eating contest in Oceano, CA on May 25. Entrants will need to qualify by eating a one pound burger.
Jonathan "Junk Food Bodybuilder" Clarke was the first person to finish the 6 pound Harp Attack Challenge burger at The Harp Bar & Grill in Saul Sainte Marie, ON and win a trip to Las Vegas (video).
The America Fun Fact of the Day has a list of 10 burgers which reportedly have the highest calorie count in the world.
The Courier Mail reports that a man collapsed after a pepper eating contest in Southport,QLD, Australia. He reportedly ate a Trinidad scorpion pepper.  
The Atlantic has a column asking if women should receive a discount at all you can eat buffets on the assumption that they eat less than men. A Brazilian restaurant charges men $2.25 more for its lunch buffet. (via instapundit.com)
Rock Burgers in Myrtle Beach, SC will hold a 3 pound burger eating contest on April 10 awarding $500 to the winner.  
Time Out has a list of 10 London eating challenges that Alexi Duggins will attempt in upcoming weeks.  
Molly Schuyler finished the Stellanator burger challenge at Stella's in Bellevue, NE in 3:40, almost halving her previous record of 6:28. After finishing the Stellanator, she ate four more burgers, three grilled cheese sandwiches and a basket of fries and onion rings.(via omaha.com)  
Taste of Philly in Selinsgrove, PA will award $100 to the first person that can finish its 24 inch "RUManenough" hoagie in under 30 minutes.

Competitve Eating in “The Simpsons”

Tonight’s episode of The Simpsons, “Luca$”, in which Lisa dates an aspiring competitve eater named Lucas Bortner is not the first appearance of competitive eating in the animated series. Eating challenges from previous episodes:

There is also an eating challenge level in the Simpsons video game and the Simpsons comic book had a story titled “Man vs. Beast vs. Food”.

 

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The Arizona Diamondbacks are experiencing a shortage of its new "D-Bat Dog", an 18 inch corn dog costing $25, due to high demand. (Report by D-Bat Dog finisher)  

The Royale Brothers in Brighton, Australia will hold a lottery at the end of the month awarding $2000 to someone who finished its 1.1 kg burger challenge in April. (They are unable to get in contact the winner of March's $1000 prize, Tim Geoghagan).

On a recent episode of the Conan O'Brien show, a 72 ounce steak from the Big Texan was shot by a catapult at a basketball goal outside the Dallas Cowboy stadium (site of this weekend's Final Four).
Jorge Esquer finished the 2.5+ kg burger challenge at Holy Cow Burger & Beer Joint in Hermosillo, Mexico.  
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