Brett Healey attempted the 14 pound pizza challenge at Beau Jo's in Denver with Ricardo Corbucci.
Darron Breeden and Gideon Oji attempted the Grand Sicilian deep dish pizza challenge at Beau Jo's in Denver, CO.
PigOut4Hunger is going to do Denver-area eating challenges to raise money for hunger charities. Their first challenge will be at Beau Jo's on September 7.
KKTV has a blog entry about a 1987 attempt at the Grand Sicilian 14 pound pizza challenge at the Boulder Beau Jo's.
Man vs. Food June 16 (Boulder, CO) episode links
Travel channel episode guide | slideshow
Restaurants
- The West End Tavern challenge – Wing King Challenge 50 wings in 30 minutes
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Challenge page | online Wall of Fame
Andrew Lane’s blog entry and gallery about his successful attempt at the challenge
Man vs. Food watch party June 16 at the tavern - Beau Jo’s meal – Grand Sicilian 12-14 pound pizza
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Successful Grand Sicilian challenges
Jason and Todd from the Longmont Fire Department
Anna and Micah (110 pound Anna ate over half of the pizza)
Two unnamed thin women
Unsuccessful Grand Sicilian challenges
Metromix.com gallery of Alex & Adolpho’s attempt
Blog entries about Andrew Lane’s attempts: 2009 | 2006
According to Andrew Lane, the challenge was started in 1973 and only 11 attempts out of 1960 (as of August 2009) have succeeded.
Videos
Grand Sicilian commercial
Metromix video about the construction of the Grand Sicilian - The Buff Restaurant – meal Saddleback pancakes
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List of Boulder eating challenges in the eatfeats database
List of Denver eating challenges in the eatfeats database
Andrew Lane’s Colorado eating challenges & contests blog
Episode links for the Denver episode of Season 1 of Man vs. Food
MetromixDenver has a video about the 7 pound burrito challenge at Jack n Grill and the 14 pound pizza at Beau Jo's.
BeauJos.com has a commercial for its 14 pound pizza challenge, which looks more like a giant bread bowl.
twitter.com/ultimateboy: "Man vs Food being filmed at Beau Jo's in Boulder. 12 lbs of pizza between two people in one hour."
Female finishers of Beau Jo’s pizza challenge
A metromix gallery of an attempt at the 12-14 pound pizza challenge for two person teams at Beau Jo’s (Denver area) includes a picture of the “Wall of Fame” dedicated to Anna & Micah, the most recent pair to finish the challenge. 110 pound Anna reportedly ate more pizza than Micah.
On the Man vs. Food forum, an employee at the Glenwood Springs Beau Jo’s location reports that the only finishers at that site have been two thin women.
Andrew “A Bomb” Lane states that only 11 teams out of 1960 have successfully completed the pizza challenge since it became available in 1973, one of the lower success ratios.
Andrew "A Bomb" Lane has posted a blog entry about his attempt at the 12+ pound Beau Jo's pizza challenge with Jimmy "Jimineater" Mares.
Link Buffet: May 23, 2008
- Erik Denmark appears on local afternoon news
- Beautiful Brian has a contest report and video of the watermelon eating contest at Rockefeller Center
- Hall Hunt predicts Saturday’s Pennsylvania qualifiers
- Don Lerman retells the legend of the half blanket
- Jill Stoler will compete in the Virginia strawberry contest
- Beau Jo’s Pizza to host pizza eating contest May 31
- A new trailer for the “Chili Dawg” documentary about the 2002 Wing Bowl.
- Burger eating contest for MTV employees
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