Upcoming Cleveland eating contests
Cleveland eating challenges
(All Cleveland eating challenges and contests in database)
Scott Bickel will attempt to eat all the meals offered in Applebee's 2 for 20 deal at the Strongsville, Ohio Applebee's on November 4.
There will be two attempts at challenges which have never been completed today. Randy Santel will attempt the Ultimate Destroyer BBQ sandwich seen in the Kansas City episode of Man vs. Food and Scott Bickel will try to finish the 7 pound Dumpster burger at Cleats in Westlake, Ohio.
Cleveland.com has an article about Scott Bickel and his competitive eating training regimen. Scott has started a facebook group to document his eating challenges and quest to qualify for the 2011 Nathan's finals.
Nicole Vlajkovich is the second woman (and 21st person overall) to complete the 5+ pound grilled cheese sandwich challenge at Melt Bar & Grilled in the Cleveland area.
The Plain Dealer has a blog entry about "Mushmouth" Mariano Pacetti, who competed in a weekly pizza eating contest on local Cleveland television in the 1970s. Pacetti now lives in Newnan, Georgia, home of Loren "Bubba" Yarbrough.
Flickr has a gallery of the "Competitive Eating Olympics" at last night's Lake County (Ohio) Captains game which required entrants to eat one food item (list) each innning. update The News-Herald has an article about the contest.
West Life News has a report on Bob Kuhn's victory in the Wing King of Cleveland. Chris "The Mad Greek" Abatsas was second with the margin of defeat less than an ounce.
The twitter for ESPN Cleveland reports that Bob "Killer" Kuhns repeated as Wing King of Cleveland in today's finals. Other finalists were the Mad Greek, Wing Assassin, Wags, Wing Blade and Bone Gobbler.
The Lake County (Cleveland-area) Captains will hold the "Captains Competitive Eating Olympics" on Wednesday, August 4 that will award 4 tickets to the Cleveland Indians Fan Cave to the winner. Competitors will receive one food item per inning that must be finished by the end of the inning to advance.
The Happy Dog in Cleveland will hold a hot dog eating contest tomorrow. Registration is $20.
Qualifiers for the Wing King of Cleveland will take place on Wednesdays in July at Cleveland-area Buffalo Wild Wings. "Tiny" Tim Rauscheder won the first qualifier.
The facebook for Melt Bar and Grill in Lakewood, OH reports that Christina Palangio was the 8th person (and first woman) to complete the five pound grilled cheese challenge. Her time was 21 minutes (Adam Richman needed 45 minutes on the Cleveland Man vs. Food. )
Cleveland.com has an article about "Tiny" Tim Rauscheder and Kevin "The Lion" Kordalski competing in a contest at the National Hamburger Festival in Akron on July 17.
Man vs. Food June 23, 2010 (Cleveland) episode links
Travel Channel episode guide
Restaurants
- Melt Bar & Grilled challenge – Melt Challenge 5 pound grilled cheese sandwich
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp
Page about the challenge | Online wall of fame displaying 9 finishers
Episode clip about the sandwich
Broken Headphones blog entry about the recording
Cleveland Scene blog entry about the challenge - Steve’s Gyros meal – Jumbo Gyro
Home Page | facebook | Yelp - Hot Sauce Williams meal – Polish Boy
Yelp | Citysearch
List of Cleveland / northeast Ohio eating challenges in the eatfeats database
The new June 23 episode of Man vs. Food will be recorded in Cleveland. Galleries of next week's new Boulder and San Diego episodes
Cleveland egg roll contest report
Art Bento has a report about the egg roll eating contest at the Asian Festival in Cleveland. Kevin Kordalski was the winner, “Tiny” Tim Rauscheder was the runner-up.
The author of InLeBronWeTrust wants to do an 11 pound team pizza challenge (and 22 other things) to encourage LeBron James to resign with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Cleveland Scene has a blog entry about attempting the 5 pound grilled cheese sandwich at Melt Bar and Grilled, which will be the challenge in the upcoming Cleveland episode of Man vs. Food
Man v Food at Melt Bar & Grilled
CandisAshley and LaurelMackenzie report that Man vs. Food is recording at Melt Bar and Grilled in Lakewood, Ohio today. update Dana Cahill has some pictures. update March 1 A facebook gallery is available.
update March 2 BrokenHeadphones has a blog entry about the filming.
Man vs. Food is recording at Steve's Gyros and the Westside Market in Cleveland today. update Man vs. Food is recording at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on February 25.
The News Herald reports that "Tiny" Tim Rauscheder tied for first place in a Chick-fil-A nugget eating contest after eating 24 chicken nuggets in a minute. update Fox 8 has a video of the contest
"Tiny" Tim Rauscheder has uploaded a video of his victory at a wing eating contest at the Cleveland Boat Show.
Cleveland.com has a list of ten northeast Ohio eating challenges.
The WMJI Wing Eating Contest at the Cleveland Boat Show January 22 will award a pair of suite tickets to a Cleveland Cavaliers game.
(from "Tiny") The wing eating contest in Vermilion, Ohio originally scheduled for today has been moved to November 4.
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