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Itza Taco in McDonough, GA (Atlanta area) has a 10 pound taco challenge that awards $200 to a customer that finishes it in under an hour.
The Los Angeles Times has an article about the "Beef Bowl" prime rib eating contest held at Lawry's in Beverly Hills for members of Rose Bowl teams which reports that TCU defeated Wisconsin in this year's contest 670 pounds to 650. In the Brazilian buffet contest for Chick-fil-A Bowl teams, South Carolina defeated FSU 3.19 pounds / person to 3.1.
Grace Lee's attempt at the Macho Totcho challenge scheduled for today has been cancelled.
Grace Lee will attempt the new five pound Macho Totcho (tater tot nachos) challenge at the Nook in Atlanta on Saturday.
The twitter for The Spot in Alpharetta, Georgia reports that Dale Boone won $300 by eating the most burgers (19) in November.
AJC.com reports that Paul Barlow will play a lawyer in the upcoming Ryan Reynolds / Jason Bateman movie, The Change Up, which is currently filming in Atlanta. Olivia Wilde, who claims that she lost a brownie eating contest to Chris Farley of Saturday Night Live when she was ten, will also co-star.
The Local Dash has an interview with Grace Lee of Atlanta G Spots in which she describes her history with restaurants' eating challenges.
Grace Lee has posted pictures of last night's meal at Coast in Atlanta where she ate 20 pounds (presumably gross weight, not net) of crab legs to set a house record. The crab challenge was done to train for an upcoming big challenge.
The facebook for the Brown Bag Deli in Suwanne, Georgia announces that Dale Boone won a Dagwood contest by eating a 4 pound sandwich in 13:25.
The Brown Bag Deli in Suwanee, GA (north Atlanta area) will hold a four pound Dagwood sandwich eating contest (date unlisted) awarding $500 to the winner.
The La Costena facebook has a gallery of the jalapeno eating contest at the Atlanta Peachtree Latino Festival won by Dale "Diego" Boone.
The facebook for Pizzeria Venti announces that Dale Boone won $300 at a pizza eating contest held at an SEC / ACC Kickoff party Friday night. update Sept 7 A contest gallery is available. A woman was apparently the runner-up.
La Costena will hold a jalapeno eating contest awarding $100 to the winner at the Festival Peachtree Latino in Atlanta on Sunday.
A pizza eating contest held at a SEC/ACC Kickoff party in Atlanta September 3 will award $300 to the winner.
WSBTV has a video about the Carnivore Challenge pizza at Big Pie in the Sky in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Grace Lee had an eight pound stuffed burger constructed at a party at the Nook in Atlanta. (It is not clear how much of it she finished)
twitter.com/rivalshotdogs: "competive eater dale boone just attempted the hellhound challenge and was headed to the hospital hope gonna be ok" update A video of Boone's challenge has been uploaded.

Dale Boone reverses in burger challenge for Good Day Atlanta

MyFoxAtlanta has videos of Dale Boone attempting the burger challenge at Vito’s Cafe in Dallas, Georgia. Boone had a reversal which is not on the videos. (via Vito’s Cafe facebook)

update: Andrew Lane got a twitter response from an eyewitness at Vito’s: “not sure of the guys name but he had on the overalls, a big burly guy. And Yes he did hurl alot….ewwwwwww”.

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The facebook for Vito's Cafe reports that Dale Boone will attempt to eat a Quadruple Bypass burger on Good Day Atlanta tomorrow.
925fmthebear.com has a gallery of last week's Nathan's qualifier in Newnan, Georgia (via Paul Barlow).

Gravy Brown edges Joe LaRue in Atlanta

update May 16 Dan Sheldon has a video of the contest with interviews of Paul Barlow and Steve “Pi Guy” Martin

update Damien Boykin has a gallery

The MLE facebook reports that Tim “Gravy” Brown edged Joe LaRue by one hot dog in the Atlanta area qualifier, 28 HDB to 27.

The eating contest twitpics have a photo of Gravy Brown with the trophy, who ate 28 hot dogs.

The qualifier in Newnan Georgia should start at 1pm. The eatingcontest twitpic has started posting pictures.

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Paul Barlow will appear CBS Atlanta's "Better Mornings" tomorrow between 6am and 8am eastern to promote the Atlanta Nathan's qualifier. updateA picture, video and results from this morning's contest are available (video from The Hangman)
The Times Herald reports that Tim "Gravy" Brown, Joe LaRue and Paul Barlow will be competing in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in Newnan, GA
Grace Lee has uploaded a video of her five pound burrito challenge last month to the Atlanta Gspots facebook.
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