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The Facebook for Mac 24/7 in Honolulu has a picture of bodybuilder Nikki Warner, who finished the Mac-Daddy pancake challenge on April 16 and then ate an order of chicken wings. Her time of 25 minutes is listed as the third fastest overall behind Joey Chestnut (15 minutes) and the woman who finished the challenge in 24 minutes without leaving her name who was given the pseudonym "Jane Dough".
The facebook for Andy's Burgers announces that "Furious" Pete Czerwinski won today's Big A Burger eating contest with a time of 3:02, breaking Joe Menchetti's record of 4:29.
A poster has been produced for tomorrow's Big "A" Burger Challenge in Mount Olive, NC billing Dale Boone as the #1 ranked eater in the Southern United States and "Furious" Pete Czerwinski as the #1 ranked "picnic style" eater.
Ryan Tatsuko, a minor league pitcher in the Washington Nationals organization, posted pictures of him finishing an unnamed two pounder burger challenge with a time of 11 minutes and 39 seconds.
Don Sturdy has an interview with Johnnie Excel about attempting the 54 inch Pizza at Big Mama's and Papa's with three other competitive eaters.
The 120 ounce steak at Brand in Las Vegas will be featured on an upcoming episode of Outrageous Food.
Amy Bartner has a column for Metromix of Indianapolis about finishing the 2.5 pound Big Ass Brewhouse Burger at Scotty's Brewhouse.
RXMuscle.com has a video of bodybuilders attempting the pancake challenge at the Old South Pancake House in Fort Worth.

Updated eating contest / challenge metro lists

A list of all of the metropolitan areas with eating contest/challenge lists and corresponding blog categories is available after the jump. Several new metropolitan areas have been added.
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Former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner has a picture of the OMG challenge burger finished by his son at Lindy's on Fourth in Tuscon.
Tbird's Pizzerian & Grille in Lexington, Tennessee will award $500 on Saturday to a two person team that can finish its 10 pound pizza challenge in under an hour.
For the latest episode of Julien v Food, Julien has posted a blog entry about her attempt at the five pound Ram Behemoth burger.
Man vs. Food is reportedly recording in Mobile, Alabama. (video) update Lagniappe Mobile has more information. The challenge restaurant will be Wintzell's Oyster House.
Don Sturdy has a blog entry and video about Johnnie Excel finishing the Intimidator Challenge at Lumpy's Diner in Antioch, CA.
The Bay Citizen has a three part series on the noodle eating challenge at the Pho Garden in San Francisco. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 (via email)
Grace Lee will attempt to eat the five pound Macho Totcho at The Nook On Piedmont Park in Atlanta on April 23.
Matt Stonie has uploaded a video about his completion of the Pho King challenge in Fort Worth.
A video from a Swedish television program about the rib eating contest held at the Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, Texas. (video from January about the recording of the segment)
Dan Bloomfield ate three 2+ pound Jumbo Subs in 21 minutes to make the wall of fame at Dan's Suber Subs in Woodland Hills, California.
The first episode of the second season of Outrageous Food will be televised on the Food Network tonight at 10 pm eastern. The restaurants will be Mallie’s Sports Grill and Bar in Southgate, MI (meal 100+ pound burger), Bad Boyz Bistro in Bedford, PA (meal hot wings) and Three Brothers Bakery in Houston, TX (meal pies baked into cakes). Altoona Mirror has an article about Bad Boyz Bistro's appearance.
The University of New Mexico student newspaper has a list of Albuquerque eating challenge and a report on an attempt at the seven pound sopapilla challenge at Sadie's.
Columbia, Missouri eating challenges are the subject of the cover story of the current issue of Vox Magazine. The issue also has an interview with Adam Richman and a list of competitive eating tips.
Tuscon Citizen reports that Lindy's on 4th, famous for its 3 pound OMG burgers, will appear on tonight's episode of Meat and Potatoes on the Food Network (10 pm eastern)
Matt Stonie announces that he was the first person to finish the pho challenge at Pho King Way in Fort Worth, TX, which awards a prize of $1,000.
Don Sturdy has some pictures of Johnnie Excel and Naader Reda finishing the 36 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's Pizza in Los Angeles yesterday.
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