Upcoming Pittsburgh eating contests
Pittsburgh eating challenges
(All Pittsburgh eating challenges and contests in database)
Bob Kuhns won Saturday's pierogi eating contest at the Men's Culinary Classic in Washington County, PA by eating 50 pierogies in 3 minutes (via email)
Brian Subich will serve as emcee for a pierogi eating contest held at the Men's Culinary Classic Washington County (PA) Agricultural Fair & Expo Center on March 19.
Bob Kuhns won the Burrito Bowl contest at a Pittsburgh Qdoba. update A video has been posted
Waffles, INCaffienated in New Brighton, PA is holding a waffle eating challenge this week awarding a "Stairway to 7" T-shirt to finishers (video)
Qdobas in Milwaukee and Pittsburgh will hold burrito eating contests on February 5. The times from the two contests will be compared and the overall winner will receive a flat screen TV.
Outrageous Food Jan 7, 2010 (“Nuclear Wings”) episode links
Food Network episode guide
Restaurants
- Lumpy’s Diner (Antioch, CA) challenge – “Intimidator” 6+ pound breakfast combo & Kitchen Sink 12 egg omelet
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp
Gallery of filming session
Videos of Jessica’s attempts at Lumpy’s challenges: “Intimidator” | Dog Pounder Burger
Blog entries by Stephanie Wu about Lumpy’s challenges: Kitchen Sink omelet | Dog Pounder Burger - The Flying Monkey (Philadelphia) meal – “Pumpple” Pie (apple & pumpkin pie baked in a chocolate cake)
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp
Appearance of the Pumpple Cake on the Rachael Ray show - CK’s Wing-N-Things (Johnstown, PA) meal – “Nuclear Hell” wings (6 million Scoville units)
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp
Gallery of Nuclear Hell record holder
Tribune-Democrat article about filming at CK’s
List of Oakland / East Bay eating challenges & contests in the eatfeats database
List of Philadelphia eating challenges & contests in the eatfeats database
List of Pittsburgh eating challenges & contests in the eatfeats database
Outrageous Food Nov 26, 2010 episode links
Food Network episode summary:
Restaurants
- Fat Sandwich Company (Champaign, IL) meal – “Big Fat Ugly” sandwich
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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
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp
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.
PittsburghLive reports that Pittsburgh is a possible location in the 2011 Nathan's qualifier circuit.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Boring Pittsburgh has a report on the Bacon Bash with some pictures of the bacon eating contest. AJ was the winner of that event.
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.
Pittsburgh Live has a report on the milk chugging contest at the Fayette County Fair where Brad Sciullo drank a gallon of milk in 52.35 seconds.
Brad Sciullo defeats Bob Kuhns in Sloppy Joe Showdown
Tim Cain has emailed the following results of the Sloppy Joe Showdown held at Downey’s House Saturday. The contest was 8 minutes with picnic style rules:
1st Brad Sciullo 29 sandwiches (7 1/4 lbs)
2nd Bob Kuhns 28 3/4 sandwiches ( 7 lbs.)
3rd Ryan DeCaro 16 sandwiches (4 lbs.)
The blog for Downey’s House has some pictures
update July 28 ObiWingKenobi has uploaded a video
The Carson City Saloon in Pittsburgh will hold a wing eating contest on July 26 awarding a pair of Jimmy Buffet tickets to the winner.
A wing contest at Wolfendale's in Indiana, PA May 7 will award Pittsburgh Penguin Eastern Conference Finals tickets before the Penguins have won their Eastern Conference Semifinal against Montreal.
Tim "Obi Wing Kenobi" Cain has uploaded a video of his second place finish in at a Rock the Tot contest at a Pittsburgh Bar Louie. Brad "The Lunatic" Sciullo won the contest with by eating 5 pounds and 13 ounces of tater tots, an amount greater than the national winner ate the previous two years.
The facebook for the Double Wide Grill reports that Brad "The Lunatic" won its eating contest last night by eating a 1.5 pounds of tofu and seitan wings in 40 seconds.
Brad Sciullo wins Men’s Culinary Classic pierogi contest
The Herald Standard reports that Brad Sciullo won the pierogi-eating contest at the Men’s Culinary Classic at the Washington County Fairgrounds by eating 58 pierogis in 3 minutes. Some more facts about Sciullo from the article:
- He says he almost died and had a temperature of 104 after eating the 15+ pound Denny’s Belly Buster burger
- He claims to have won the world milk drinking competition by drinking a gallon of milk in 22 seconds
- His next contest will take place Thursday at the finals of the tofu wing eating contest at the Double Wide Grill.
Post-Gazette reports that Brian Subich will serve as MC for the pierogi eating contest at the March 20 Men's Culinary Classic in Washington County, PA (Pittsburgh area).
Post-Gazette.com: Double Wide Grill in Pittsburgh will hold a tofu wing eating contest next month. (Qualifiers March 11 & 18, finals March 25 to award a $100 gift card to Whole Foods)
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