Isaac "Sir Eats-A-Log" Martin ate a 20 patty burger at Cafe 51 in Melbourne in 51 minutes, which is billed as an Australian record.
The Toowoomba Chronicle has an article about Isaac Martin's attempt at a burger with 3.6 kg (7.9 lbs.) at Café 51 in South Melbourne on May 9. If successful, he will try to have the feat certified as a world record.
The new poll asks who you think is most likely to take the Big Texan 72 ounce steak record (currently 4:18) from Molly Schuyler.
Molly Schuyler eats 3 Big Texan 72 oz. steaks in 20 minutes
update April 20
The times for all three challenges were 4:18, 7:29 and 8:13. All three times broke Joey Chestnut’s previous record of 8:52. Her times from 2014 (4:58 & 9:59) giver her 5 of the 7 sub 10-minute finishes. Former MLB pitcher Frank Pastore (RIP) has the other (9:30 from 1987)
This morning, Molly ate a 9.5 burrito on Kiss FM to giver her a total of over 22 pounds of food consumed in 15 hour (before | after | video )
Rich and Carlene LeFevre did not compete against Molly despite being mentioned as a competing team.
Amarillo.com has an article, gallery and video
More local coverage: MyHighPlains | ConnectAmarillo.com | News Channel 10
National Coverage: People | Huffington Post | E! Online | Perez Hilton | USA Today | AOL | Time | Washington Post |
The third challenge is now finished with a time of about 20 minutes
Molly has finished the second challenge at 11:47
Molly’s official time for the first steak is 4:18, a new record.
Molly Schuylers’s attempt at 3 (or more) 72 ounce steak challenges at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX is about to start and can be viewed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/amarillo-globe-news ama big-texan molly-schuyler
Molly Schuyler to attempt two records in Des Moines
Molly Schuyler will attempt to break two records this weekend in Des Moines: her mark of 4:50 for the “Emmenecker Challenge†at Jethro’s BBQ on Saturday and the record for five pounds of bacon on Sunday. update Jethro’s is looking for competitors to face Molly. udpate Mar 28 The Des Moines Register and KCCI have articles. A video of Molly’s appearance on Great Day Des Moines is also available.
update March 28 #2 Molly finished the challenge in 2:55 to break her record. KCCI has an article and Simon Conway has a video
update March 30 KCCI reports that Molly finished five pounds of bacon in 5 minutes and 2 seconds.
Matt Stonie ate 182 slices of bacon in 5 minutes in his record attempt at the Daytona International Speedway today.
SpeedwayDigest.com reports that Matt Stonie will attempt to set a five pound bacon record before the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Stonie will also judge an amateur bacon eating contest.
Evolution of Wing Bowl men’s & women’s records
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Dave Brunelli wins Rock the Tot finals
Dave Brunelli won tonight’s Rock the Tot finals in Cleveland with a total of 3 pounds and 12.7 ounces. Guinness is crediting that amount a record even though Molly Schuyler ate over 6 pounds in last year’s contest. (via Chance DeWerth) update Oct 27 The Times Tribune has an article about runner up Dave Wood.
update Oct 28 The finals results are now posted on rockthetot.com
1) Dave Brunelli
2) Dave Wood
3) Bob Kuhns
4) Tedy Delacruz
5) Amory Ronquillo
Joe Menchetti was originally listed as a finalist. His place was taken by Amory Ronquillo
The Otago Daily Times has an article about New Zealand composer Jeremy Mayall, who claims to possess 15 competitive eating world records.
TheChive.com has a list of 15 AICE/APE records (which are billed as world records).
The Telegraph has an article about the 60th birthday of Guinness World records mentioning the dropping of untimed eating benchmarks.
Pat Bertoletti ate 105 perogies in 4 minutes yesterday in Winnipeg which is claimed to be a world record. Bertoletti competed against Pete Czerwinski, who had the previous record of 64. (CTVnews video)
WBUR has a podcast of an interview with Crazy Legs Conti, who claims that the fatality at the Custer, SD hot dog contest could have been prevented with onsite medical personel (Custer County EMTs were present at the event site according to the contest sponsor.) Conti is billed as the world record holder in string beans, pancakes, bacon, beef brisket and Twinkies; for those five foods, MLE records page only lists him as the holder for green beans, Pat Bertoletti, Erik Denmark, Bob Shoudt and Joey Chestnut have the other four records.
Molly Schuyler breaks Big Texan 72 ounce steak record
update May 29 More Links: CNN | Huffington Post | Gawker | Jezebel
Molly is now on the BigTexan..com home page
Reddit.com forum thread with over 2000 comments, request for Ask Me Anything interview session.
update May 27 Molly Schuyler has a video and facebook gallery
Fox Sports, the Daily Mail and NBC Dallas Fort Worth have articles
The Big Texan reports that Molly Schuyler finished the 72 ounce steak challenge meal in 4:58, almost half the time of Joey Chestnut’s previous record. After finishing her first challenge meal, she ate another challenge in 9:59. This makes the new all time wall of fame top 4 (Amarillo.com article)
- Molly Schuyler 4:58 2014
- Joey Chestnut 8:52 2008
- Frank Pastore 9:30 (Cincinnati Reds pitcher) 1987
- Molly Schulyer 9:59 2014 (attempt #2)
Molly Schuyler is the 3rd person to finish two 72 Big Texan steaks in one session. Pro wrestler Klondike Bill ate two in 1966 and Rich LeFevre consumed 144 ounces of steak on the Donnie and Marie Osmond show in 2000.
I think Carlene LeFevre had the previous women’s Big Texan record at 30 minutes, 6 times longer than Molly Schuyler’s duration. As far as I know, no women have done the challenge in 10:00Â – 29:59.
update May 27 Here is the updated list for fastest female finishing times for 72+ ounce steaks. Molly Schuyler has at least five attempts under 10 minutes. I am not aware of any other women finishing in under 20 minutes.
- 2:44 Molly Schuyler Sayler’s Portland, OR (did not finish all vegetables).
- 3:22 Molly Schuyler, Steak and Main, North East, MD (74 oz).
- 4:48 Molly Schuyler The Big Texan, Amarillo, TX 2014
- 8:03 Molly Schuyler, Black Iron Grill, Rock Port, MO 2013
- 9:59 Molly Schuyler The Big Texan, Amarillo, TX 2014 (attempt #2)
- 16:09 Molly Schuyler Little Richard’s Independence, MO (total weight 12 lbs) 2013
- 18:55 Molly Schuyler, Jess & Jim’s Steakhouse, Kansas City, 2013
- 21:47 Tracy Dalkin, Cattlemens, Harrogate, England, 2012
- 29:? Meredith Boxberger, Lone Star Grill, Newmarket, Ontario, 2012
- 32:? Carlene LeFevre, Big Texan, 2002
- 32:40 Johanna Hickey, Big Texan, 2005
Reddit.com has a thread on Guinness' requirement that giant food items submitted for records be fully edible and distributed to the public.
Dish Nation has a video of Molly Schuyler eating 12 pounds of pudding in 3 minutes to set a Guinness record for eating pudding. (via email) update April 27 Jezebel Metro and MyDaily have blog posts
Tailgate fan has a list of competitive eating records for foods associated with Easter.
NJ.com has a preview of this weekend's New York City Hot Sauce Expo, which will have several spicy eating contests, one of which will be a Carolina Reaper pepper eating contest officiated by Guinness World Records.
Rebels' Smokehouse in Beverley, Yorkshire, England will hold World Record Eating Championship Week from March 23 to March 27. Records customers can attempt include Molly Schuyler's 72 ounce steak in 2:44 and Sonya Thomas' 9 pound burger in 27 minutes.
Hayden "Hungry Haydo" Wilson will attempt to break his Australian record of 80 pancakes in 17:26 on March 2.
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
Kevin Ross appeared in a ghost pepper eating contest on tonight's rerun of Guinness World Records Unleashed on Tru TV. (video)
The Tailgate Fan blog has a list of the most bizarre competitive eating records.
Molly Schuyler appeared on yesterday's episode of Guinness World Records Unleashed to attempt the 16 inch pizza eating record. She finished in 2:12 but did not break the record.
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