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"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a video of his recent attempt to defend his "Big A" Burger title in North Carolina.
Someone claiming to be Jordan Lloyd, winner of the 11th season of CBS' Big Brother, is listed as having finished the 72 ounce steak at the Big Texan in Amaraillo, TX on May 8. Jordan appears to be the first female 72 ounce steak finisher of 2012. Jordan's boyfriend Jeff Schroeder, another Big Brother cast member, also finished a 72 ounce steak.
The Las Vegas Review Journal covered Rich LeFevre becoming the first person to finish the eight pound burger challenge at The Pub in the Monte Carlo in an article about southern Nevada eating challenges. The article mentions Naader Reda's completion of the 12 pound nacho challenge at Cabo Wabo, but does not give his name.
I Love Las Vegas Magazine blog has an entry about Juan “More Bite” Rodriguez' attempt at a 10 pound burrito at Coconuts where he will face off against two teams of six opponents to raise money for Best Buddies Nevada. update May 19 Fox5Vegas has a video about the event.
Philly.com reports that the Travel Channel program Food Paradise will record attempts at the sandwich challenge at Jake's Sandwich Board in Philadelphia on Friday (via Danny Ozark)
Get Stuffed TV is a new series focusing on bizarre international contests that will debut July 3 on OLN. The program will record an attempt at the the chicken fried steak challenge at Wine Country Casino & Restaurant in Lodi, CA on Friday. The only finisher displayed on the challenge facebook gallery is an unnamed woman.
Jimmy John's has been removed from the likes list on the MLE facebook page which probably implies that the sandwich makers vs. eaters series will not be returning in 2012. (Pepto Bismol remains on the like list despite reports that it has yet to extend its sponsorship deal for 2012.)
DiPiazza's Pizzeria in Grand Rapids, MI will award $500 to someone who can finish its 30 inch pizza challenge in under 30 minutes. ($225 to a pair than can complete it)
Johnnie Excel has uploaded a video of his attempt at the 36 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's pizza in Burbank, CA with an unnamed friend.
Eric "Silo" Dahl and Marty were the first pair to finish the 14 pound Mangum pizza challenge at Chick-N-Pizza in Buffalo.

Matt Stonie’s Spike’s hot dog record broken?

The Spring 2012 issue of SUMOSkinny has a list of Boston eating challenges (page 5) reporting that the same woman holds the house hot dog record at all Spike’s Junkyard Dogs Boston locations. If that is accurate, Matt Stonie’s Spike’s record with 23 hot dogs set in late 2010 has been surpassed. A commenter on a 2009 livejournal entry encountered the record-holder at Spike’s during an attempt to surpass her mark, who said she would come in the next day to reclaim her record if it was broken.

Boston.CBSlocal.com has a list of eating challenges and an iPhone/Android app for locating challenges.

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Philebrity reports that Takeru Kobayashi will be at the renaming ceremony for Harrah's Philadelphia (formerly Harrah's Chester) on Friday and will attempt to break his cheesesteak record. Tony Luke will also create a 20 foot long cheesesteak for the occasion.
Randy Santel announced that he accomplished his 100th eating challenge success last night by winning the 6 pound burrito eating contest held at Masa in Tacoma, WA. For victory #98, Randy finished the 72 ounce steak at the Wedgewood Broiler in Seattle, which had never been completed according to the restaurant. update May 7 Seattle Weekly has a blog entry about Randy Santel's steak challenge success. update May 8 The Daily Mail of London has an article about Randy Santel's weekend. update May 9 SeattlePI, MSN, MyNorthwest, and PitchWeekly have articles and a video is available.
Taco Del Mar will hold a five pound burrito challenge in honor of Cinco de Mayo on Saturday. (list of participating locations (requires facebook log-in) in the Pacific northwest and Hawaii).
TheStuffTV has a video about a puppet attempting to eat a burger challenge.
Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez will compete in a 10 pound burrito eating contest against two six-person teams at Coconuts Beach Bar & Mexican Grill in Las Vegas on May 19 to benefit Best Buddies.
Wreckless Eating has started a sub-channel devoted to Naader Reda, who has posted a blog entry about doing three Los Angeles challenges in four hours and a behind the scenes outtake clip from various eating contests and challenges.
The facebook for Carmie's Grill in Tiffin, Ohio announces that Stephanie Torres is the first person to finish its five pound burger challenge an receive and award of $300. (via email) update Apr 29 The Advertiser Tribune mentions Stephanie Torres finishing the challenge
In his first contest of 2012, "Furious" Pete Czerwinski defended his Highway 55 Big A title in Mount Olive, NC, finishing the 50 ounce burger in a time of 3:39. (His time last year was 3:02) update May 2 NewsArgus.com has a gallery.
NewsTribune has an article about Randy Santel's attempt at the Mega Moose Challenge at Moose Brothers BBQ in Jefferson City, MO today. The news video clip of Randy breaking the Crown Candy Kitchen malt record is also available. update April 29 NewsTribune.com has an article about Randy Santel completing the challenge.
Hogan's Bar and Grill in Newberry TWP, PA (Harrisburg area) offers the 22 Under Par burger challenge consisting of a 17 pound burger and 5 pounds of fries. The $122 burger is free for teams of three that can finish it in under an hour.
Phoenix Magazine has a list of three Arizona eating challenges which mentions Stephanie Torres' time (but not her name) of under 3 minutes for Papi Chulo's burrito challenge.
Rob Rains has an article about Randy Santel's appearance on Truck Stop America on the Travel Channel on Thursday. Tomorrow, he will attempt to break the Crown Candy Kitchen record on Fox 2 News and then attempt an eating challenge at O'Learys in St. Louis. (episode photos | video) update April 18 Randy announces that he did the challenge in 2:29, breaking Ben Monson's (as "Kevin Ross") record.
The facebook for Panhandler Pizza in San Marcos, TX announces that Stephanie Torres was the first person to finish the 7 pound pizza challenge in under one hour and win $250. Videos: Part 1 | Part 2
Naader Reda has a video of his attempt at the 28 inch pizza topped with ghost chilis with "The Spicialist" at Surfer Joe's in San Bernardino, CA. Stephanie Torres provided advice.
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