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pizza eating challenges
(All pizza eating challenges in database)
Daurizio's FatBoy Style Pizza & Catering in Schenectady, NY has a Fat Boy challenge that will award $500 to a two person team that can finish a Fat Boy Pizza, 20 wings, and orders of Garlic and Cinni Knots in under an hour.
Spicy RV has a series of entries about an attempt at the Flamethrower Pizza at Stevi B's in Tallahassee Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3. They received a response from Adam Richman after claiming that the Man vs. Food host declined an attempt at the pizza.
PMQ Magazine has an article about pizza eating contests and how they can benefit restaurants. The article starts on page 48 and includes an interview with Joey Chestnut. (via Micah Collins)
Eva Longoria brought a giant pizza from Big Mama's & Papa's to a recent party. (via Big Mama's & Papa's twitter)
KelcyLovesLife has a blog entry about three two-person teams finishing the 24 inch pizza at Venezia's Pizza in the Phoenix area, including the first all female pair to complete the challenge.
WSBTV has a video about the Carnivore Challenge pizza at Big Pie in the Sky in Kennesaw, Georgia.
KKTV has a blog entry about a 1987 attempt at the Grand Sicilian 14 pound pizza challenge at the Boulder Beau Jo's.
In a bodybuilding.com forum thread, PhillipH states he was a member of the first four person team to complete the 42 inch pizza at Big Lou's in San Antonio. Phillip ate 6 of the 16 slices of the 30 pound pizza, making his total amount eaten more than 11 pounds.
The Dallas Observer reports that Russo's NY Coal-Fired Pizzeria in Richardson, TX will have a 28 inch pizza eating contest on July 29 that will award $500 to the winner. The entry fee is $50.
TopCultured has an article about a pizza eating contest between 350 pound "Red Beard" and 128 pound "Flacco Libre". (via Eating the Road)
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
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp
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
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp
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
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp
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
The facebook for Paventi's Pizzeria in Charlotte reports that Jon Squibb completed their 32 inch pizza last week with a time of 34 minutes and was awarded $500. Dale Boone was the only person to previously defeat the challenge (time 42 minutes).
MetromixDenver has a video about the 7 pound burrito challenge at Jack n Grill and the 14 pound pizza at Beau Jo's.
Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria has a gallery of the first successful 54 x 54 inch pizza challenge attempt.
The twitter for Big Mama's pizza in Los Angeles reports that the 54 inch pizza challenge was completed for the first time today by a 7 person team, resulting in a $1000 award. Pictures of the challenge (with the identity of several members hidden) are available.
Fox2Now: Randy Santel won $450 after being the first person to finish the 18-inch square pizza at the Pizza Haus in Jefferson City. Santel was also part of the most recent team (with Dan Graham) to complete the Pointersaurus pizza in St. Louis.
BeauJos.com has a commercial for its 14 pound pizza challenge, which looks more like a giant bread bowl.
twitter.com/amethystone11: "I need 2 more people on my team to finish a 54X54 inch pizza in 2 hours, $1000 award"
"Munchin" Mike Longo was the first person to complete the "Steakosaurus" 6.5 pound steak sandwich at the Family Pizzeria in Stafford, Virginia. Longo also completed the 28 inch pizza challenge at the Family Pizzeria with a partner and won tonight's wing eating contest at the Wing Hub in Bethesda, MD.
The author of InLeBronWeTrust wants to do an 11 pound team pizza challenge (and 22 other things) to encourage LeBron James to resign with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
twitter.com/ultimateboy: "Man vs Food being filmed at Beau Jo's in Boulder. 12 lbs of pizza between two people in one hour."
Linda of GirlEatsWorld has a blog entry about ordering the 42 inch, 30 pound pizza from Big Lou's Pizza in San Antonio with 8 of her friends.
The team size for the 54 inch pizza challenge awarding $1,000 at Big Mama's & Papa's pizza in Los Angeles will be increased by one to seven next week.
Virgilio's Pizzeria challenge page has been updated to announce that Patrick Vandam was the first finisher of a challenge pizza (via dogsarefunyes)
Andrew "A Bomb" Lane has a blog entry about the attempts he and Jimmy Mares took at Virgilio's new "Hugilio" pizza challenges. He also has a list of the #21 - #40 restaurants on the Travel Channel's list of the top 101 places to chow down on his twitter.
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