Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Colorado 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.
Man vs. Food June 16 (Boulder, CO) episode links
Travel channel episode guide | slideshow
Restaurants
- The West End Tavern challenge – Wing King Challenge 50 wings in 30 minutes
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Challenge page | online Wall of Fame
Andrew Lane’s blog entry and gallery about his successful attempt at the challenge
Man vs. Food watch party June 16 at the tavern - Beau Jo’s meal – Grand Sicilian 12-14 pound pizza
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Successful Grand Sicilian challenges
Jason and Todd from the Longmont Fire Department
Anna and Micah (110 pound Anna ate over half of the pizza)
Two unnamed thin women
Unsuccessful Grand Sicilian challenges
Metromix.com gallery of Alex & Adolpho’s attempt
Blog entries about Andrew Lane’s attempts: 2009 | 2006
According to Andrew Lane, the challenge was started in 1973 and only 11 attempts out of 1960 (as of August 2009) have succeeded.
Videos
Grand Sicilian commercial
Metromix video about the construction of the Grand Sicilian - The Buff Restaurant – meal Saddleback pancakes
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List of Boulder eating challenges in the eatfeats database
List of Denver eating challenges in the eatfeats database
Andrew Lane’s Colorado eating challenges & contests blog
Episode links for the Denver episode of Season 1 of Man vs. Food
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.
Three “Outrageous Food” restaurants
Here are three restaurants that will appear on Outrageous Food on the Food Network on Saturday at 10 pm eastern.
- McGuire’s Irish Pub, Pensacola, FL – meal: “Terrible Garbage Burger”
- King’s Chef Diner, Colorado Springs, CO – meal: “The Thing” (5 pound breakfast)
- Pizza Machine Springfield, IL – meal: 60 inch pizza delivered by crane
BeauJos.com has a commercial for its 14 pound pizza challenge, which looks more like a giant bread bowl.
The University of Colorado's buffalo mascot will co-star in the upcoming Boulder episode of Man vs. Food
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.
twitter.com/ultimateboy: "Man vs Food being filmed at Beau Jo's in Boulder. 12 lbs of pizza between two people in one hour."
Boulder Weekly has an article about Denver area eating contests and challenges focusing on this month's oyster eating contest at Jax.
Brush News Tribune has an article on Digger's Diner in Brush, Colorado and its 6 pound "State Champion Burger", which will be on sale for $25 in March.
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.
Reuters reports that snowboarder Shaun White named the jump that concluded his gold medal winning performance the "Tomahawk" after a 30 ounce steak he ate at a restaurant in Aspen, Colorado. White said he could have all the "Tomahawk" steaks he wants for free if he returned to Colorado to play with the restaurant owner's son.
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.
Andrew "A-Bomb" Lane has posted a blog entry about his attempt at the "Beast the Feast" barbecue challenge at Rib City Grill in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
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.
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