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The third episode of Quest for the Golden Hot Dog is now available on youtube where it has the following caption:
Ron “The Legend” Wilton (Ron Lynch), 6-time Golden Hot Dog Champion, and Rick “The Voice” Rogers (Dave Anthony) announce the start of the Golden Hot Dog Invitational in Strawberry Fields, CA. Hot dogs are mashed into mouths, time is up, and a winner is declared. Or is it?!
NewRaleigh.com has information about the three Raleigh-Durham restaurants where Man vs. Food will film on January 27: Mama Dips (Chapel Hill), The Pit (Raleigh) and The Roast Grill (Raleigh). Adam Richman will attempt to eat 15 hot dogs, 15 buns, a half pint of mustard, one pint of chili sauce, and three drinks at The Roast Grill, which does not appear to have an official eating challenge.
In other Raleigh televised competitive eating news, a twitter update says that the Krispy Kreme Challenge on February 7 will be covered by ESPN.
The new polls ask who you think are the top male and female competitive eaters of the previous year.
An extended version of the commercial where Peyton and Eli Manning face off against Serena and Venus Williams is available on youtube. Peyton’s number is 8 and not the 18 he wears for the Indianapolis Colts.
I wonder if the creators of the ad were trying to reference the movie Black Sunday, in which terrorists use the Goodyear blimp to attempt an attack on the Super Bowl.
Commercial co-starring Adam Richman’s mother, facebook gallery
Facebook photo gallery
Restaurants
The Brooklyn Papers has an article about about the possible effects of the Coney Island rezoning plans on the original Nathan’s location:
The beloved frankfurter franchise — which has stood on the corner Surf and Stillwell avenues since 1916 — is a possible casualty of the controversial plan because it sits on land whose value could soar after a rezoning opens it up to development.
“[Nathan’s is] assumed to be replaced under the proposed actions with a new building, containing hotel, amusement, retail and enhancing uses,†according to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, which was posted online by the city on Friday afternoon, but not announced until the Department of City Planning distributed a press release that is embargoed until Tuesday morning.
ConeyIsland.com has a forum thread about the article.
Building a tower on top of the original Nathan’s building was mentioned as another post-rezoning possibility last February.
update The NY Post has an article and curbed.com has a blog entry containing a statement from Nathan’s CEO Eric Gatoff:
Nathan’s Famous supports all efforts to revitalize Coney Island. We remain committed to Coney Island in the long-term and we fully intend to maintain our historic flagship restaurant at 1310 Surf Avenue, which has been the heart of the company since it was established in 1916.
As to the latest report issued by the City, we believe the information relating to Nathan’s Famous is being misinterpreted and that there is no intention to replace or demolish our flagship location. In fact, the Coney Island Development Corporation’s own drawings of its intended redevelopment continue to show Nathan’s Famous in the same location on which it has stood for 93 years, on the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues, at the front door to the ‘People’s Playground.
update #2 The Brooklyn Paper has another article which points out that Nathan’s did not rule out replacing the existing Nathan’s restaurant on Surf & Stillwell with a completely new building.
Westword has information about the two Travel Channel programs recording at Jack n Grill in Denver this week:
Today at lunchtime, a film crew from the Travel Channel’s new show, Extreme Places to Pig-Out, will be at the restaurant filming fans’ attempts to down the big burrito. And on Thursday, January 22, Adam Richman, host of the channel’s Man v. Food, will be back at Jack-n-Grill at noon, taking on the seven-pounder himself.
In other Denver news, Skinnyboy has a blog entry about the final KBPI Wing Bowl qualifier.
Andrew Zimmern’s blog for MSP Magazine reports that Man vs. Food will be filming in Minneapolis / St. Paul from February 5 to 8. Restaurant locations are not listed, but one of the foods will be a juicy Lucy burger.
A UNC scout.com forum thread has the following information about Raleigh / Durham locations:
I have a friend that is a producer on the show and they are coming to Chapel Hill/Durham for a show. Thus far they have chosen the Roast Grill (hot dogs) and The Pit for barbeque and they are thinking about Mama Dip’s but are worried that the portions are not big enough.
They looked at Sutton’s and Time Out but they were too small and didn’t have large enough portions. THe sad thing about the area is that the food that is true to North Carolina doesn’t usually come in a challenge type of serving.
A twitter update from December says that Man vs. Food will record at the Roast Grill sometime in January.
The Krispy Kreme Challenge appeared to be a possibility for the North Carolina challenge, but Man vs. Food will be in Minnesota on the February 7 race date.
update BeautifulBrian.com has a review and a clip from Man vs. Food
“Super” Paul Barlow has uploaded some clips from his 14th and 15th auditions for Survivor to his youtube page.
Several clips of Joey Chestnut’s appearance on Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? last month are available on youtube
Cities for the next eight episodes of Man vs. Food after the initial batch of ten have been listed on the program’s slideshow page:
Portland, OR
Seattle, WA
Los Angeles, CA
San Jose, CA
St. Louis, MO
Denver, CO
North Carolina
Minneapolis, MN
The Travel Channel’s schedule page says that the Portland episode will be televised on February 4 and the challenge will be Salvador Molly’s Great Balls of Fire habanero chile cheese fritters. The episode was recorded on December 9.
Information about restaurants in other cities is available on the internet. The Seattle challenge will be the 12 egg omelet at Beth’s Cafe. Red Mill Burgers was another site for that episode. The Saint Louis challenge restaurant was Pappy’s Smokehouse and the meal was the Big Ben (full slab of ribs, 2 sandwiches, a quarter-chicken, and 4 side dishes)
The Denver episode has yet to be filmed and the challenge will be the 7 pound breakfast burrito at Jack n Grill
The commercial for next week’s New York episode, which co-stars Adam Richman’s mother, is available.
update El Tepeyac, which is famous for giant burritos, and Daichan Kaiten-Sushi were sites for the Los Angeles episode
Iguana’s Taqueria is a San Jose location and the challenge meal there will be the Burritozilla. Joey Chestnut started his competitive eating career in a Burritozilla eating contest and still holds the record of 4 minutes and 26 seconds.
The second installment of Quest for the Golden Hot Dog is available. The episode has the following description on youtube:
As registration for the Golden Hot Dog Invitational continues, we meet the rest of the competitors: Ron Jr., aka “The Legacy” (Armen Weitzman), accompanied by his father, Ron “The Legend” Wilton (Ron Lynch), and the sinister and mysterious Baron (Matt Besser). Watch the competitors fitting in last-minute training as well as undergoing psychological preparation with the legendary Dr. Hot Dog (Eddie Pepitone).
The Los Angeles Times has an article about the Food Network which mentions its competitors:
But these forays into food entertainment are a sign that that the network that introduced the country to round-the-clock food programming is now just one of many channels competing for the same audience.
The Travel Channel, for example, just scored its highest-ever ratings for a new debut with “Man v. Food,” in which host Adam Richman travels the country in search of food challenges, such as trying to consume a 13-pound pizza.
Mike Westinghouse commented that the Wing Bowl documentary Swallow Your Pride is available on itunes. The cost is $3.99 to rent, $14.99 to purchase.
RockyMountainNews reports that Man vs. Food will be recording at Jack n Grill in Denver on January 22. The restaurant will also host a film crew from the Travel Channel’s new Extreme Places to Pig-Out show on January 19.
The challenge food will be the 7 pound Grande Breakfast Burrito. Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has a blog entry about his attempt. The restaurant offers free food for life to women who complete the challenge without assistance. Metromix has a gallery of three attempts to claim that prize.
The movie Gluttonous (known in Japan as Gourmet Fighter, is not just available for rental on Netflix. It can also be ordered from several locations:
Family Video $11.99
Buy.com $13.49
Overstock.com $13.57
Amazon.com $17.99
The DVD contains volume 1 and volume 2. Volume 1 and 2 cost ï¿¥ 4,935 ($55.35) each on amazon.co.jp, so Japanese fans with access to a DVD player which plays North American DVDs might want to try to import the American DVDs.
videos from the episode: commercial, 2 minute youtube segment
The website for the Big Texan Steak Ranch has been updated. A page about Joey Chestnut breaking the 72 ounce steak record has been added. The foreword of the Story of the Free 72 oz. steak, which is now available at Barnes & Noble, can be read online. The webcam for 72 ounce steak attempts remains, but the finishers database, which was removed in 2005, has not been restored.
In today’s edition of the Chicago Tribune, Tim “Gravy” Brown offers some hot dog eating contest tips
Brain training. Competitive eaters override brain signals that tell them they’re full, and if you want to eat faster, you need to do the same before you slow down. “You have to trick yourself,” says Brown, who also packs an iPod with books on tape or punk rock to distract himself. “You just want to concentrate.” His brain and gut rewired, Brown finds, “I never get full. I don’t get hungry. But that doesn’t mean I don’t love to eat.”
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| 2026 Nov 12 | Denver, CO | Slider Eating Contest | ||||
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| 2026 Nov 8 Corsicana, TX
Wing Eating Contest |
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