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Central Pennsylvania eating challenges
(All Central Pennsylvania eating challenges and contests in database)
Dan "Killer" Kennedy ate the 11+ pound BBQ challenge in 67:15 at Harvey's Country Cupboard in Big Run, PA last night to celebrate hitting 1000 subscribers on his youtube challenge.
Darron Breeden announces that he finished the 10+ "Ye Olde 96er" burger challenge at Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA. I think he is the fourth person to finish the challenge (Lori Weiss, Kate Stelnick, Brad Sciullo) and the first person to do so since 2008.
Denny's Beer Barrel Pub announces that Brian Subich finishing its 2 pound burger challenge in 18 minutes.
The Student Book Store at Pennsylvania State University will hold a wing eating contest on Friday in conjunction with a "Restore the Wins" rally for former football coach Joe Paterno.
Bradley's in State College, PA will hold a cheesesteak eating contest on October 4 awarding an XBox One to the winner. The runner-up will receive a Samsung Galaxy tablet.
A Swiss roll eating was held in a Penn State economics class today. Students who selected the winner will reportedly receive a 2% bonus on their final grade.
Bradley's Cheesesteaks & Hoagies in State College, PA is holding a cheesesteak eating contest on October 5 awarding a Samsung Galaxy tablet.
Brian Subich will attempt to set the Twinkie eating record at the June 26 Altoona (PA) Curve game as part of a one day "counter fitness" initiative called "Eat:60". Takeru Kobayashi ate 14 Twinkies in one minute.
Kildare's in West Chester and State College, PA will hold a wing eating contest on Wednesday awarding a $150 gift card.
Kildare's Irish Pub in State College, PA will hold a burger eating contest on April 26 that will reportedly give the winner the opportunity to appear on an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food.
The first episode of the second season of Outrageous Food will be televised on the Food Network tonight at 10 pm eastern. The restaurants will be Mallie’s Sports Grill and Bar in Southgate, MI (meal 100+ pound burger), Bad Boyz Bistro in Bedford, PA (meal hot wings) and Three Brothers Bakery in Houston, TX (meal pies baked into cakes). Altoona Mirror has an article about Bad Boyz Bistro's appearance.
"Casting calls" for hot wing eaters on two upcoming episodes of "Outrageous Food" have been posted: Badboyz Bistro in Bedford, Pennsylvania needs five people (3 men and 2 women) to eat its "Hellraiser" wings on January 3 and Rock Rest in Golden, CO is looking for hot wing eaters for recording sessions on January 9 and 13.
Hulu has a segment from the Food Network's "Unwrapped" from 2004 about Denny's Beer Barrel Pub's Ye Olde 96er 10+ pound burger including footage of an AICE contest. Kate Stelnick was reportedly inspired by the program to finish the burger in early 2005. (via mediaoverdose)
DennysBeerBarrelPub.com has been updated to announce that "Furious" Pete Czerwinski set the Pub Super Challenger record.
The website for Denny's Beer Barrel Pub was updated yesterday to report two finishers of the two pound burger; "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's recent breaking of the three pound burger record is not mentioned.
Furious Pete halves Denny’s 3 lb. burger record
“Furious” Pete Czerwinski reports he set the record for Denny’s Beer Barrel 3 pound burger today. His time of 9:02 is less than half of the previous record held by Elizabeth Canady. update A video has been posted.
Pete also confirms that he won yesterday’s Wing Off in northern Virginia.
DennysBeerBarrelPub.com has posted its first challenge finishers of 2010. Joel "The Cannon" Podelsky was the only diner to complete a three pound "Super Challenger" burger.
Monroe Files has some pictures from a contest at Dubois Mall where competitors ate two pound burgers from Denny's Beer Barrel Pub to win Steelers tickets. A 100 pound burger was created for the contest.
Part 2 of Brad Sciullo on The Colbert Report
The second part of Brad Sciullo’s attempt at the 15+ pound Belly Buster Burger at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub on last night’s episode of The Colbert Report is now available on the program’s website. The segment closes with Sciullo expressing his desire to eat a live shark and Colbert responding “I think we’re going to need a bigger throat”.
Brad Sciullo & Denny’s Beer Barrel on Oct 1 Colbert Report
The website for the Colbert Report has a video clip from last night’s episode about Brad Sciullo’s attempt at the 20+ pound Belly Bruiser burger at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA. The second part of Brad Sciullo’s appearance will probably be televised on Monday. Colbert gives Sciullo the “Martin Burger King” nickname. No mention was made of Brad Sciullo’s ejection from the IFOCE.
George Wendt, who has a burger challenge named after his Cheers character, was an in studio guest.
Related Links
- Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub home page
- Mouthpiece Sports interviews Brad Sciullo
- PittsburghLive article about Sciullo completing the Belly Bruiser.
- Kate Stelnick (Tony Danza show appearance) and Lori Weiss (eyewitness blog entry) along with Brad Sciullo are the only other people to appear on the Wall of Fame for Denny’s 10-11 pound Ye Olde 96er burger.
- ESPN E:60 competitive eating clip starring Brad Sciullo
- Stephen Colbert segment about Don “Moses” Lerman from a 2001 episode of the Daily Show.
Thad Bloom reports that Steven Colbert will be recording a show at Denny's Beer Barrel Pub about its giant burgers. No date or other details are listed.
Alex Nye reports he has attempted to complete Denny's Beer Barrel Pub's 6 pound burger five times without success.
Brad Sciullo breaks Denny’s “Ye Olde 96er” record
DennysBeerBarrelPub.com reports that Brad Sciullo broke the record for the “Ye Olde 96er” burger by completing the 11 pound sandwich in 2 hours and 23 minutes. The previous record of 2:54 was set in 2005 by Kate Stelnick and tied later that year by Lori Weiss. Brad’s feat was recorded by the Travel Channel.
Travel Channel to film at Denny’s Beer Barrel Dec 11
The blog for Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub reports that the Travel Channel will be recording at that restaurant on Thursday. The program is not mentioned, but it might be for another episode of Man vs. Food.
The new poll asks if you think Brad Sciullo completed the giant Belly Bruiser burger at Denny’s two months ago. This picture is only documenation of the Belly Bruiser at an intermediate stage of completion I have seen. Kate Stelnick has several pictures documenting her attempt at the Olde 96er burger and Lori Weiss had an eyewitness report for her challenge.
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