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pancake eating challenges
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Annie Leblanc, a runner on the University of Oregon track team from Montreal, announces she was the first female to finish the giant pancake challenge at Addi's 'S Diner in Springfield, OR.
Diana bills herself as a powerlifter/bodybuilder on her DianasFitDiary instagram, but her top sport might be competitive eating. Last week she posted a picture of a huge stack of pancakes (at an unnamed restaurant) that she ate.
The New York Daily News has a report on Crazy Legs taking advantage of IHOP's all you can eat offer to set the house record of 14 at a Manhattan location. update Jan 31 Molly Schuyler says she ate 95 pancakes
IHOP announces all you can eat pancakes are now available at participating locations until February 8. Pictures tagged with #panuary will be submitted to a virtual "Hall of Fame". The IHOP website has no mention of a 2015 Pancake Bowl eating contest.
The 10 pound meatball sandwich at Bartolini's in Midlothian, IL was finished by Molly Schuyler in 7:57, breaking Pat Bertoletti's record of 9:20. Molly also set a new record of 2:13 for the Triple D pancake challenge at Rivers Edge Cafe in Sacramento.
The Las Vegas Sun has a report on attempt at the Stackzilla pancake challenge with Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez at Du Par’s restaurant in the Golden Gate hotel-casino.
Several IHOPs in northern Virginia will hold a pancake eating contest on February 19 in honor of National Pancake Day.
Great-Taste.net reports that Kristin Avery ate 42 Pancakes in 25 minutes to win the IHOP Pancake Bowl for the Los Angeles region. The contest went into overtime after she tied with Naader Reda and another competitor by eating 31 pancakes in 20 minutes. (picture)
Brian's 24 in San Diego will hold a Pancake Monster eating contest on Thursday morning.
2014 IHOP Pancake Bowl finals
update Feb 2
Portland, “Max Carnage”, 33
St. Louis, P.J. Brennan, 26, defeats Kyle Hanner update Feb 3 Riverfront Times has a blog entry
update Results
Des Moines, Molly Schuyler, 59 in 20 minutes
Los Angeles 42 by unnamed woman
Fort Wayne, IN 33.5 (unnamed)
San Diego, Trevor Iordanides, 28
Chicago, Israel (no last name) 25
Rockford, IL Juan Mendez 19
Rich LeFevre competed in the Las Vegas contest (results have yet to be posted)
update Ryen says she ate 18 pancakes to set a house record (I am not sure if this was in a Pancake Bowl).
The Pancake Bowls held at IHOPs across the country should be starting soon. Naader Reda has produced a video about his qualification for the Los Angeles contest.
2012 post about the college pancake contests held at IHOP in the 1960s & 70s.
The Daily Press reports that Naader Reda ate 40 pancakes at an IHOP in Victorville, CA, which qualfied him for the Pancake Bowl finals in Los Angeles.
Top IHOP AYCE pancake totals
Here are the highest publicized totals for pancakes eaten at an International House I have seen. Additional documented counts will be added to the list on request.
- 70, Molly Schuyler, 2014
- 67, Jamie McDonald, 2013
- 66, Matt Stonie, 2011
- 59, Ben Monson, 2010
- 52, Demetri Mansori, 2014 update
- 50, Ron Koch, 2008
- 50, Miki Sudo, 2014
IHOP Pancake Bowl qualifying ends today
update Molly Schuyler ate 70 pancakes to top a leader board.
Qualifying for the IHOP Pancake Bowl finals on February 1 ends today. A picture of a leader board (probably at a Las Vegas location) lists the top 3:
1) Miki Sudo 50 (probably IHOP AYCE female record)
2) Locust 45
3) Madame of Etiquette 18
The Big Eaters Club has a video of “Max Carnage” eating 43 pancakes.
Alejandra B (17 pancakes) is the first woman I have seen at the top of a leader board for IHOP's Pancake Bowl.
Naader Reda has produced a video to promote his video project where people will record videos at IHOP during the AYCE pancake promotion.
Erik L has posted a video of him eating 35 pancakes, the highest total I have seen so far for IHOP's Pancake Bowl which closes on January 26.
IHOP Pancake Bowl rules
A poster about the IHOP Pancake Bowl lists the following prizes:
- The first person at a participating location to eat 10 or more pancakes will get his or her meal for free
- Some one who beats the current house record will get his or her meal for free
- The person with the highest total for a restaurant as of January 26 will get a year of free pancakes
- The top 10 totals as of January 26 in a participating metro region will compete in head to head “Pancake Bowl” contests on February 1 and the winner of those contests will receive a $500 IHOP gift card.
- Sacramento, Des Moines, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Grand Rapids, Lafayette, IN and Rockford, IL are participating, it is not clear which other metro regions are holding contests.
update Los Angeles will also be holding a Pancake Bowl.
To promote the return of All You Can Eat Pancakes to its menu, IHOP is holding the "All You Can Eat Pancake Bowl" until February 1. The highest scoring customer from each restauarant will win free pancakes for a year.
Pitch.com has an article about City Diner's pancake challenge in Kansas City mentioning Molly Schuyler's record (but not her name).
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has produced a video of him finishing the Mac Daddy pancake challenge at Mac 24 7 in Honolulu in under 10 minutes. Joey Chestnut was the previous fastest finisher with a time of 15 minutes. Pete is not the first bodybuilder to finish the challenge; Nikki Warner ate the three 14 inch pancakes in 25 minutes in 2011.
Spencer Redmond reports a woman (possibly Molly Schuyler) won today's hot dog eating contest at Up Dog in Independence, MO with a total of 34 hot dogs.update The facebook page for the Mac, the Missouri Mavericks mascot confirms Molly's victory with a total of 34 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Gallery update July 13 KansasCity.com has a video of an interview with Molly recorded at the City Diner where she set the house record of 7 pancakes. update July 16 The Up Dog facebook has a gallery.
A 24 hour pancake eating marathon at Denny's will be livestreamed on SB Nation on June 11. The event will raise money for Laura's House.
Jamie McDonald ate 67 pancakes in 46 minutes in Kansas City this morning, which IHOP is recognizing as a chain record. (via Joseph McDonald)
The International House of Pancakes All-You-Can-Eat Pancakes offer will be available this month until January 27.
Naader Reda produced a video of him and John Rivera eating all seven meals on IHOP's $7 menu along with the entire dessert menu.
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