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(All Arizona eating challenges and contests in database)
Mouth by Southwest reports that Chiun "Jimmy" Peng won the first place prize of $500 by eating 16.25 slices of pizza in 15 minutes at a contest held at Flancer's in Gilbert, AZ. Only Arizona residents were allowed to compete in this year's contest.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" is featured in a College Times article about Phoenix competitive eating.
Tuscon Citizen reports that Lindy's on 4th, famous for its 3 pound OMG burgers, will appear on tonight's episode of Meat and Potatoes on the Food Network (10 pm eastern)
La Tolteca in Phoenix will hold a torta eating contest on April 14 awarding $300 to the winner.
The Wall Street Journal has a blog entry about Jeff Motuzas, bullpen catcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who supplements his salary by performing eating challenges for money. He once received $3000 for drinking a gallon of milk in under 12 minutes. (via email)
Flancer's Pizza in Gilbert, AZ (Phoenix area) will hold a pizza eating contest on April 17 awarding $500 to the winner. ($30 entry fee, limited to Arizona residents)
The segment about the death of 575 pound Heart Attack Grill spokesman Blair River from last night's epsisode of ABC's Nightline can be viewed online.
During the month of March, the Royal Palms Resort in Phoenix will award a one night's stay to a diner that can finish its $60 sandwich challenge in under an hour.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" has posted a video of her eating the three pound OMFG burger at Lindy's in Tucson in 3:47, tying the record set by Chad Rowland.
AZCentral.com reports that Blair River, spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill, died at the age of 29 at an approximate weight of 575 pounds. The restaurant has received notoriety for its promotion offering free food to customers weighing more than 350 pounds. update March 4 1:15 am Heart Attack Grill is currently #6 in global Twitter trending topics.
Lumpy’s Diner article #3 most emailed on Yahoo News!
The Contra Costa Times article about the Outrageous Food segment recorded at Lumpy’s Diner in Antioch was picked up by Yahoo! News and is currently the third most emailed article in all of Yahoo News. (A screen capture is available after the jump.)
The video produced by Jessica “Queen of Cuisine” about her Intimidator challenge attempt at Lumpy’s was embedded in the article, and currently has over 18,000 views. She has also produced a new video about her Sugar OD challenges in Tucson.
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Jeremy Boone finished the 5 pound Big Ass Burrito at the Barrio Cantina in Phoenix in 13 minutes.
KGUN9 has an article and video mentioning Naader Reda's completion of the OMG burger challenge at Lindy's on Fourth In Tucson, Arizona. He also became the fourth person to finish the Sugar OD at Something Sweet Dessert Lounge. (via Naader Reda's blog)
TheMayorOfTempe has uploaded a video of Stephanie Torres eating the Anchor Pizza Challenge at Barney's Boathouse in Tempe in ten minutes and 50 seconds.
Jessica "Queen of Cuisine" has uploaded four new eating challenge videos: Venezia team pizza challenge (Phoenix) | Net Grill burger (Fresno) | Batter Up pancakes (Fresno) | Intimidator omelet (Antioch, CA)
The facebook for Papi Chulo's in Scottsdale, Arizona has a video of Stephanie Torres setting a new record of 2:43 for the 6.5 pound Big Papi Burrito . update Stephanie has uploaded a video of the entire challenge.
Zach Fowle of Phoenix New Times has a recap of the 17 eating challenges he has attempted.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" was the only person to finish a three pound burger in under 10 minutes (7:40) at a contest at Lobby's in Tempe, AZ on November 6. Michelle also won the previous 3 pound burger contest at Lobby's.
The Green Room in Flagstaff, AZ is holding monthly eating contests awarding $100. The next contest will take place on Sunday and the food will be pumpkin pie. The winner of the series will win a flat screen TV from Best Buy.
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.
The Heart Attack Grill is looking to hire a male model weighing more than 500 pounds for an upcoming informercial.
Zach Fowle has a blog entry for the Phoenix New Times about tying for first place in at the Arizona Taco Festival Hot Chili Pepper Eating contest. Competitors ate ghost chili peppers in the final two rounds of the contest.
Furious Pete's facebook page announces that his documentary will be shown at the Flagstaff Mountain film festival on Sunday, October 10.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" has a blog entry about being the first person to complete the Sugar OD challenge, consisting of 4 brownies, 4 pieces of cheesecake and 4 scoops of ice cream, at Something Sweet Dessert Lounge in Tucson. Tucscon Weekly produced a video of the "award ceremony" and the restaurant facebook page has a gallery.
Fanster reports that Colin Gardiner won the amateur-only Battle of the Bone wing eating contest in Chandler, Arizona for the third year in a row. Gus Beisel was the runner up.
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