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sandwich eating challenges
(All sandwich eating challenges in database)
The Wall Street Journal has a blog entry about the Hong Kong "Eatcredibles" competitive eating team with a video of a 1.5 kg sandwich challenge attempt. The group's founder, Taylor Mak, offers several training tips.
HamptonRoads.com has an article about Mike Leonard's attempt at the "Woo Woo" sandwich at the 3Way Cafe in Norfolk, Virginia. LeonardLegend.com also has a report on the attempt.
The facebook for Delicatessen in Philadelphia reports that David Brunelli won yesterday's "Maccabee" pastrami sandwich eating contest with a time of 5:42.
Bakasurain has a video of Dale Boone eating the Chicken Whammy sandwich from Peppa Zzing in Bangalore, India in 2:10, less than 10% of the previous record of 22 minutes.
BeautifulBrian.com has some pictures of Dave "US Male" Goldstein finishing the sandwich challenge at the Kibitz Room in Cherry Hill, NJ in 28 minutes and 37 seconds. Dave Goldstein has also posted pictures to the restaurant's facebook page.
The Feast reports that Delicatessen in Philadelphia is holding a 48 ounce "Maccabee" sandwich eating contest on January 20. Qualify by eating a 24 ounce "Big Macher" in under 15 minutes before that date.
Culinary Neophyte has a blog entry about Outrageous Food recording at Jake's Sandwich Board in Philadelphia last week.
Outrageous Food will be recording footage tomorrow at Jake's Sandwich Board in Philadelphia for a segment about the Philly Challenge defeated by Dave "US Male" Goldstein. [City Paper Meal Ticket]
Naader Reda has a blog entry about successfully completing a burger challenge, a sandwich challenge and a team pizza challenge with Tom Gilbert in Las Vegas on Christmas Eve.
Matt Mounier of Crespi High School set the record at Dan's Super Subs in Woodlands Hills, CA by eating 4 jumbo subs in 50 minutes. (Stephanie Wu holds the women's record.)
The Plixi gallery of Sydney Raine documents Maggie becoming the first woman to finish an unnamed sandwich challenge last night.
“Outrageous Food” December 3, 2010 (Super Spicy Sushi) links
Food Network Episode Guide
Restaurants
- Bartolini’s Midlothian, IL (South Chicago area) meal – 10 pound meatball sandwich
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PDF file about the challenge
Southtown Star article about the challenge – an unnamed man from Minnesota is the only person to finish the sandwich alone
picture of the four woman team that will attempt the challenge in tonight’s episode - Yagumo Sushi Van Nuys, CA meal – #10 spicy sushi roll
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Online wall of fame - Slaw Dogs Pasadena, CA meal – hot dogs
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Outrageous Food Nov 26, 2010 episode links
Food Network episode summary:
Restaurants
- Fat Sandwich Company (Champaign, IL) meal – “Big Fat Ugly” sandwich
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U of Illinois student paper article about challenge
Article about “Big Fat Ugly” recordholder John Jaeger - Church Brew Works (Pittsburgh, PA) meal – rattlesnake pierogies
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp - Randy’s Premier Pizza (St. Paul, MN) meal – 48 inch pizza
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Page about pizza challenges
Press release about Tim “Gravy” Brown and Hall Hunt completing the 30 inch challenge in 2009
Outrageous Food November 19, 2010 episode (The Knishwich) links
Restaurants
- Lansky’s Delis New York City meal – “Ultimate New Yorker” 7 pound deli sandwich
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The on-menu sandwich challenge is the Jackpot | Picture - Feast Houston meal – heart, black pudding & pig face
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Culturemap blog entry about recording - Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor Dania Beach, FL (Fort Lauderdale area) meal – “Kitchen Sink” sundae
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Serious Eats blog entry about the Kitchen Sink
Joey Chestnut, Tim "Eater X" Janus and Erik "The Red" Denmark will compete against Jimmy John's sandwich makers at Arizona State on Saturday before the football game against Stanford.
KTVI did a segment about the meatball sandwich challenge at Cusumano's in O'Fallon, Missouri, which displayed a picture of Randy Santel, the only finisher of the challenge.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has upload a video of him breaking the grilled cheese challenge record at Melt in Cleveland.
Adam Emmenecker has a behind the scenes report on the recording of the sandwich challenge bearing his name for the Des Moines episode of Man vs. Food
TKolb13 has a video of the Jimmy John's makers vs. eaters contest held at the Texas State Fair on Sunday.
Man vs. Food October 6, 2010 (Des Moines) episode links
Travel Channel Episode Guide | Gallery
Restaurants
- Jethro’s BBQ challenge – “Adam Emmenecker” sandwich
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Page about challenge on restaurant website
Episode clip about challenge
video of challenge completion by Randy Santel (his eating challenge facebook page)
Adam Emmenecker’s personal blog & page about the challenge
The Dish on Des Moines article about recording - Black Market Pizza meal – “Reuben” pizza
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Iowa State Daily article about flooding & other challenges faced by restaurant - High Life Lounge meal – crispy pressure-fried chicken
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DesMoines.com article about Randy Santel’s recent trip to Des Moines, where he successfully completed four challenges in a weekend
List of Des Moines eating challenges and contests in the eatfeats database
The Texas State Fair twitter has some pictures of yesterday's Jimmy John's makers vs. eaters contest. The makers defeated a team of Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Nate Biller. update Patrick Michels has a report about the event for the Dallas Observer.
The promo clip for next week's Des Moines episode of Man vs. Food contains a segment about the Adam Emmenecker sandwich challenge. Randy Santel was the second person to complete the challenge last weekend.
The Brown Bag Deli in Suwanee, GA (north Atlanta area) will hold a four pound Dagwood sandwich eating contest (date unlisted) awarding $500 to the winner.
The MLE facebook announces that Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Nate Biller will compete against a team of Jimmy John's sandwich makers at the Texas State Fair on Sunday.
The University of Illinois student paper has an article about the Big Fat Ugly sandwich challenge from Fat Sandwich.
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