The website for Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub has been revamped and now has a blog listing challenge burger attempts and other news. No links to the old finishers database appear to be present on the new site, but the database still works. Brad Sciullo finishing the Belly Bruiser is not mentioned on the new site, but a picture of Brad is present.

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In February, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Kyle Kendrick believed he was traded to Japan for “Kobayashi Iwamura” before he learned the transaction was fake. Kendrick’s Wikipedia page says that the names of the fabricated player came from Takeru Kobayashi and infielder Akinori Iwamura of the Tampa Bay Rays, who are currently opposing the Phillies in the World Series. Kendrick did not pitch effectively enough in the regular season to make the post season roster.

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The Mouthpiece Sports blog has an interview with Brad Sciullo about his successful completion of the Belly Bruiser challenge. Brad finishes the interview in the following manner:

It’s opening some eyes. This is great for all competitive eaters. Everyone of us is going to benefit from this because this raises the bar. I’m guaranteeing you that from this day forward bigger numbers will be put up — numbers like no one’s ever seen. Things that make this look ridiculously easy because everyone’s going to realize that this is possible. That someone like myself — who isn’t as good as the top-ranked eaters — can do this this is going to send everyone into a frenzy. And it’s going to be great for the sport in general.

And what’s next:

I’m either going to go back to Denny’s and eat every one of their burgers on their menu in the same day, which will equal about what that burger weighed. I’ll eat the two-pounder, the three-pounder, and the Ye’ Olde 96er in the same day. Or I’m going to do a pizza competition.

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update Oct 2, 2009 A post about Brad Sciullo’s appearance on The Colbert Report has been made

(from Kelly Jordan email) Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s homepage reports that Brad Sciullo was the first person to complete the Beer Barrel Belly Bruiser burger by himself. The burger is listed as having 15 pounds of meat and its total weight was 20.2 pounds. Sciullo’s time was 4 hours and 39 minutes, 21 minutes under the 5 hour limit.

update The burger Brad Sciullo finished was not the 9-11 pound “Ye Olde 96er” burger completed by Kate Stelnick and Lori Weiss. It is the next larger size.

update #2 The Evening Sun has an article about Brad Sciullo completing the burger which says he won $400 and three T-shirts. He made three trips to the bathroom where he was accompanied by a cook to make sure he did not throw up.

update #3 Yahoo’s story about Brad Sciullo is currently the most-emailed article (from Steakbellie)

update #4 PittsburghLive has an article There is also a blog entry in an Indian language

update #5 The Herald Standard has an article about Brad Sciullo. He says his next contest will be Wing Bowl 17 and he will use his technique which involves eating part of the wing bones at that event.

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(From megamunch email). The blog for Turkey Hill Ice Cream announces an ice cream contest

The contest will feature four preliminary showdowns held at the WIP game day tent at the Wachovia Center before the first four Eagles home games of the season. In each contest, eight contestants will battle to see who can eat the most ice cream. But there’s a catch: They can’t use their hands (you didn’t think it would be easy, did you?). The winner will advance to the final eat-off on November 8 and will also receive a poster and helmet autographed by Eagles star Brian Dawkins.

On November 8, the four winners of the preliminary rounds will face off and the champion will receive two tickets to see the Eagles take on the Giants in New York as well as limo transportation and hotel accommodations!

A registration form and rules are available at 610 WIP’s website

The qualifier dates are:
9/7/2008 Vs Rams
9/21/2008 Vs Steelers
10/5/2008 Vs Redskins
10/26/2008 Vs Falcons

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1 Ian Hickman 15 burgers
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The website for Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub reports that Elizabeth “Rubber Gut” Canady set the record for consuming the Super Pub Challenger burger, which contains three pounds of meat, on July 31. Her time of 20 minutes was 10 minutes faster than the previous record of a half an hour and almost halved the previous female record held by Lori Weiss of 36 minutes.

Elizabeth Canady is not the most recent female finisher of the Super Pub Challenger, April Frisco (picture on right) completed the challenge on August 8.

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Full results from Saturday’s pierogi eating contest held at Old Home Week in Forest City, PA have been posted. The top 3:

1 Russ Keeler 51 pierogis in 10 minutes
2 Larell Marie Mele 48 (one of the more impressive female debuts of 2008)
3 John Skubic 43

2007 winner Mike Novak ate 38 before being disqualified

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MCall.com has a report on the competitive eating comedy “Nacho Mountain”, which began filming in the Allentown, PA area on July 19. The main eating contest scene was filmed on Friday. Joey Chestnut, listed as a co-star of the movie on IMDB.com, is not mentioned in the article, but it does report that the final food battle scene will be recorded in August, so he might appear in that scene.

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According to the online Wall of Fame, As the size of Denny’s Beer Barrel burger increases, the percentage of female finishers does as well:

2 pounds 3 female finishers (Coleen Kasanovich, Holly McCarty, Lori Weiss) / 295 total finishers (duplicates removed) = 1%

3 pounds 4 female finishers (Lori Weiss, Michelle Goldstein, Nichole Yankevich, Stacy Frantz) / 51 total finishers (duplicates removed) = 7.8%

6 pounds 2 female finishers (Lori Weiss & Kate Stelnick) / 2 total finishers = 100%

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Tara has a blog entry about the beet eating contest held in Scranton, PA last Saturday to promote the release of “The Office” DVD game. Actress/producer Mindy Kaling participated in the competition. The Ladys of 102 blog has a report about Mary’s belief that she is the rightful third place finisher in the contest.

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