Upcoming Denver eating contests
Denver eating challenges
(All Denver eating challenges and contests in database)
Andrew Lane won a Scotch Egg eating contest by eating 13.5 Scotch eggs in 7 minutes.
Steve's Snappin Dogs in Denver will hold its Chow Down for Charity hot dog contest on Sunday. Qualify by eating 5 hot dogs in 3 minutes. The contest purse is $250 ($150 to the winner).
Metromix Denver has a gallery of last night's taco eating contest won by Andrew "A-Bomb" Lane.
IFOCE.com reports that registration for the August 21 gyoza eating contest in Los Angeles and August 28 Rocky Mountain Oyster eating contest in Black Hawk, Colorado will open Wednesday.
MetromixDenver has a video about the 7 pound burrito challenge at Jack n Grill and the 14 pound pizza at Beau Jo's.
Denver.Craigslist.org: Woody's Chicago Style will award $2,000 to the winner of its foot long hot dog eating contest at Culturefest in Brighton, Colorado on June 5.
BeauJos.com has a commercial for its 14 pound pizza challenge, which looks more like a giant bread bowl.
youtube.com: The Fine Living Network's Freakiest Foods had a segment about the 9 pound breakfast skillet challenge available at some Sapp Brothers truck stops. No one has finished the challenge at the Denver area location.
Westword reports that Woody's hot dog eating contest in the Denver area this summer will award a $1,000 travel voucher. The qualifier might take place at the Taste of Brighton Festival on June 5.
Boulder Weekly has an article about Denver area eating contests and challenges focusing on this month's oyster eating contest at Jax.
Andrew Lane has a blog entry about attempting the Apollo Challenge 20 inch cheesesteak sandwich at A Taste of Philly.
Virgilio's Pizza has a video of Patrick Vandam eating 8 pounds of the 11 pound "Hugilio #1" challenge pizza. The smallest challenge pizza, the "Hugilio #3" is no longer available.
Denver Post on area eating challenges
The Denver Post has an article about area eating challenges which lists an 8+ pound Govanator burger at Govnr’s Park that awards $100 to someone who finishes it.
In other Denver eating challenge news, Andrew “A-Bomb” Lane has a blog entry about the Peanut Butter Burger Challenge contest held at Rock Rest Lodge. “A-Bomb” set the challenge record which was soon broken by Patrick Vandam.
Westword reports that three Denver-area Taste of Philly locations have started a five pound cheesesteak sandwich challenge.
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 his attempt at the Peanut Butter Burger Challenge at the Rock Rest Lodge in Golden, Colorado.
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.
TThaFranchise's twitter reports that he will judge an eating contest at 7pm tonight that will award Nuggets and Avalanche tickets at Bender's Bar & Grill in Westminster, Colorado. update The contest food will be a four pound burger and the prize will be two Nuggets and two Avs tickets.
Denver pizza challenge increases prize to $1,000
Westword reports that Virgilio’s Pizza in Denver will award $1,000 to the first diner that can finish its 10-11 pound pizza challenge after receiving feedback that the challenge was too difficult. A 7 pound pizza challenge awarding $100 and a 5 pound challenge awarding $25 have also been added.
Westword reports that Virgilio's Pizzeria in Lakewood, Colorado has started at 10-11 pound pizza challenge which awards $100 and the cost of the pizza to a diner that can finish it without help or bathroom breaks in under 2 hours.
Ben Monson eats 59 pancakes at IHOP AYCE
The International House of Pancakes recently restarted its all you can eat offer. An IHOP official told Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle that the all time AYCE pancake record is 46, which is contradicted by Ron Koch’s total of 50 pancakes in 2008.
Andrew “A Bomb” Lane has a blog entry about eating 23 pancakes at IHOP. His server told him that he no longer hold the record at that location; a woman ate 40 pancakes earlier in the week.
A bodybuilding.com member ate 26 pancakes in 45 minutes, which he claims is 2 less than what Pete Czerwinski ate.
update Jan 11 Ben Monson has posted pictures to bodybuilding.com from his trip to IHOP today where he ate 59 pancakes (via comment)
Female finishers of Beau Jo’s pizza challenge
A metromix gallery of an attempt at the 12-14 pound pizza challenge for two person teams at Beau Jo’s (Denver area) includes a picture of the “Wall of Fame” dedicated to Anna & Micah, the most recent pair to finish the challenge. 110 pound Anna reportedly ate more pizza than Micah.
On the Man vs. Food forum, an employee at the Glenwood Springs Beau Jo’s location reports that the only finishers at that site have been two thin women.
Andrew “A Bomb” Lane states that only 11 teams out of 1960 have successfully completed the pizza challenge since it became available in 1973, one of the lower success ratios.
Andrew "A-Bomb" Lane's twitter reports that he and Jimmy Mares finished the 7 pound burrito at Jack-n-Grill and cut their previous personal best time in half. update A blog entry about the challenges has been posted.
Jimmy "Jimineater" Mares has posted some pictures on the Man v Food facebook wall of his completion of a 7 pound burrito and a one pound dessert at Jack n Grill.
A-Bomb attempts custom burger challenge
After successfully completing the “State Champion” burger at Digger’s Diner, Andrew “A-Bomb” Lane had the restaurant create a custom burger challenge weighing 4.5 pounds. The contest report includes a picture of the “Wall of Fame” for challenge finishers which has a photo of a woman who reportedly claimed to be the “#3 pro eater”.
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