Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Pennsylvania eating challenges and contests in database)
Outrageous Food Nov 26, 2010 episode links
Food Network episode summary:
Restaurants
- Fat Sandwich Company (Champaign, IL) meal – “Big Fat Ugly” sandwich
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp
U of Illinois student paper article about challenge
Article about “Big Fat Ugly” recordholder John Jaeger - Church Brew Works (Pittsburgh, PA) meal – rattlesnake pierogies
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp - Randy’s Premier Pizza (St. Paul, MN) meal – 48 inch pizza
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Page about pizza challenges
Press release about Tim “Gravy” Brown and Hall Hunt completing the 30 inch challenge in 2009
Lava Lounge in Pittsburgh will hold a taco eating contest tonight. The restaurant will be holding weekly eating contests on Tuesday.
Demolition of the Philadelphia Spectrum, site of Wing Bowls 6 and 7 will start today at noon eastern time. Little Arlene also reportedly ate 23 hot dogs, 22 large slices of pizza and 16 large Cokes during a 76ers game promotion at the Spectrum.
The Pocono Record has an article about Larell Marie Mele and a video of her eating 10 doughnuts in 2 minutes.
PittsburghLive reports that Pittsburgh is a possible location in the 2011 Nathan's qualifier circuit.
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)
Youtube has a video recorded on August 26 of Lisel Parillon completing the 33 tacos (in under 13 minutes) challenge at Drinker's Tavern in Philadelphia. The video caption calls her one of the world's top amateur competitive eaters and asks if she will compete in the 2011 Wing Bowl.
The facebook for Kretchmar's Bakery reports that Pete Maurizio won Saturday's cake eating contest by eating 13 cupcakes in 3 minutes without using liquids.
Kobayashi considering competing in Wing Bowl
Philly.com has a blog entry about Takeru Kobayashi’s appearance in Philadelphia today where he considered an offer to compete in the 2011 Wing Bowl and sampled chicken wings which were reported as the first he had eaten, even though he competed in a 2007 wing eating contest in Las Vegas. The blog entry cites jaw health issues, and not a contractual dispute, as the reason Kobayashi did not compete in the 2010 Nathan’s finals.
The facebook for Kretchmar's Bakery in Beaver, PA lists "Gentleman Joe" and "The Lunatic" as expected competitors in Saturday's cake eating contest.
Kretchmar's Bakery will hold a cake eating contest on October 23 at the Beaver, PA (North Pittsburgh area) Fall Festival for pros at the Beaver, PA Fall Festival awarding $600 ($500 to the winner) and an amateur competition awarding $300 ($250 to the winner).
An October 10 pickle eating contest at Pickles Steakhouse in Emmaus, PA (Allentown area) will award two tickets to the October 17 Eagles-Falcons game.
The facebook for the Celtic Classic announces that Bob Kuhns repeated as champion of the haggis eating contest today.
Youtube has a video of Everett Heiden eating the Meltdown challenge, containing over 4 pounds of ice cream, at Scoops in Mountville, PA (the previous record was 17:51). He also set a record of 2:38 in the Diggity Dog challenge at Hot Diggity Dog in Lancaster.
The twitter for Miss Pennsylvania announces she will compete in a spaghetti eating contest at Rizzo's Malabar Inn in Crabtree (Pittsburgh area) on Sunday.
C & C Cafe in Perkasie, PA (north Philadelphia / south Allentown area) has started a 5 pancake challenge. At $8.95, it is one of the least expensive challenges which is free if completed.
David Brunelli and Michael Longo tied for first with 11 burgers in 8 minutes in the burger eating contest for professionals at A Taste of Hamburg-er Festival.
The burger eating contest at a Taste of Hamburg-er Festival in Hamburg, PA Saturday will have amateur and professional divisions. If seven or more professional eaters compete, the professional contest will award $350.
Lisel Parillon eats 99 tacos in under 36 minutes (in 3 sessions)
(via Stephanie Wu twitter) CityPaper reports that Lisel Parilon, a female student at the the University of Pennsylvania’s dental school, completed the 33 taco challenge in under at all three Drinker’s locations in the Philadelphia on August 20, 23 and 26, beating the 13 minute limit in each attempt. The prize for completing the “Triple Crown” in under a week is free drinks at all Drinker’s locations. On her most recent attempt last Thursday, she completed the challenge in 9 minutes.
Philly.com reports that Ms. Parillon plans to attempt to qualify for Wing Bowl 19 and calls her the first serious female competitor at that event since Sonya Thomas stopped participating in it.
Images from Drinkers facebook gallery
update Aug 31 Shadow Scene was there: “New record. Girl just polished off 33 huge tacos in 9mins!!! While drinkin a beer!”
update Sept 1 Shadow Scene’s pictures have been posted
Herald Standard reports that Brad Sciullo ate five pounds of spaghetti in 4:23 at the Italian Festival in Uniontown, PA, breaking a world record of 4:31. The official IFOCE pasta record is 6.67 pounds in 10 minutes by Cookie Jarvis even though Takeru Kobayashi ate 13 pounds in 14 minutes at the 2005 US Open of Competitive eating.
ChesCoPress has a report on the Jake's Burgers qualifier held in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania on August 7. David “Tiger Wings and Things†Brunelli defeated Jon Squibb, Bob Kuhns and Brian “Dudd-Light†Dudzinski to advance to the finals.
Boring Pittsburgh has a report on the Bacon Bash with some pictures of the bacon eating contest. AJ was the winner of that event.
The Wishing Well in Philadelphia has started the SHAME challenge consisting of 2 one pound Shame burgers, 2 pieces of scrapple, 2 fried eggs, 2 orders of fries and 2 pints of beer. The challenge is free if finished in under 45 minutes and the finisher also receives a $25 gift card.
TwoEatPhilly has a report on three people attempting the Philly Challenge at Jake's Sandwich Board. The total time was 39 minutes, slower than Dave "US Male" Goldstein's time of 34 minutes to finish the challenge without assistance last month.
Tim "Obi Wing" Cain is organizing a group trip to the All You Can Eat seats at PNC Park in Pittsburgh for the September 4 Pittsburgh Pirates game.
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