United States eating challenges and contests category

The Manteca Bulletin has a report about the first two person team two attempt the 30 inch "Big Kahuna" pizza challenge at the 8 Buck Pizza Truck in Manteca, CA.
The Lebanon, PA Bologna Fest will hold a sandwich eating contest on January 25 awarding $400 ($250 to the winner).
Takeru Kobayashi's appearance at Seton Hall in October is mentioned in an article about marketing techniques used by New Jersey college basketball programs.
Aaron Osthoff will be the featured competitor in the wing eating contest at the Big Boy Toy Show in Dubuque, Iowa on January 25.
The 2014 Throw Down at Wind Creek will take place in Atmore, AL on March 28 and 29. Tim Janus is expected to defend his Indian taco eating championship on March 29.
Philly.com has an article asking if Molly Schuyler is the favorite for Wing Bowl 22 also mentioning the return of Jon Squibb. A limited amount of tickets will go on sale tomorrow at 9am.
Whiskey River in Charlotte will award $500 to the winner of The Carolina Reaper Killer Wing Challenge on January 31. The wing sauce will contain the "Carolina Reaper" pepper, certified by Guinness as the world's spiciest.
Molly Schuyler appeared on Omaha Morning Blend today. Near the end of the interview, she mentions that a facebook fan page has been started which can be found at facebook.com/MollySchuylerOmaha. On the page, there are several videos I had not seen previously including an 8 pound burrito video and a 12 pound tenderloin challenge.
The San Jose Bar & Grill will hold an amateur hot wing eating contest on January 22 awarding $500 to the winner.
Murphy's Pub in Rockford, IL will hold a 3 pound burger eating contest on January 27 awarding $500 to the winner.
Kraig Urbik of the Buffalo Bills says he won a wing eating contest against a winner of Visa's My Football Fantasy contest with a total of about 25 wings in 5 minutes. The contest might appear in a Super Bowl commercial. Punter Brian Moorman has some pictures. update Jan 13 Rochester.twcnews.com has an article and video.
Jamie McDonald ate 38 sliders in 6 minutes to win Dog Haus Dogs' slider eating contest in Pasadena, CA. Jimmy Lin also competed. update Jan 14 LAist has a blog entry
The Lehigh Valley Wing Offs will award $500 to the winner on February 2 in Forks Township, PA. Qualifiers on January 12 and 19 will award a spot in the finals and one night in Bally’s Resort & Casino in Atlantic City.
"Farmer" Bob Garges won last night's Wing Off (final picture) at PJ Whelihan's in Cherry Hill, NJ. The "Ukraine Train" also competed and Dave "US Male" Goldstein used the contest as a training session.
The Rochester Home Page reports that Mikal Krueger will compete in a wing eating contest against members of the Buffalo Bills on Saturday after he won Visa's "My Football Fantasy" contest.
On last night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Australian actress Margot Robbie, co-star of Wolf of Wall Street, retold a story of how she ate 4 lbs. (1.8 kg) of spaghetti in an hour to win an eating contest.

Videos of Molly Schuyler finishing Sayler’s 72 oz. steak

update Jan 9 The Telegraph, Gawker, The Daily Mail, Huffington Post and Yahoo have articles. Reddit has a comment thread

update Jan 8 Omaha.com has an article.

Molly Schuyler, Aaron Wakamatsu and the Big Eaters Club have videos of Molly Schuyler finishing the 72 ounce steak at Sayler’s in Portland last week. Her time was 2:44, the fastest announced time for finishing a 72+ ounce steak (she does not finish all the vegetables on her plate in the video)

Molly has also uploaded a video of her retry at the one handed 16 inch pizza eating record she attempted on Guinness Records Unleashed.

The updated list of fastest 72+ ounce steak times follows
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John "Oink Oink" Bradley announces he won last night's Wing Off at the Sugar House Casino in Philadelphia.
Kevin "Quazy" Ambs won Friday's Wing Bowl 22 Wing Off (caption of last picture) held at PJ Whelihan's in West Chester, PA.
The qualifier circuit for the Hudson Valley Wing Bowl has been posted. The finals in Fishkill, NY on January 25 will award $1047 to the winner.

Screen capture of “Little” Arlene from “Free Spirits” doc

This is a screen capture of “Little” Arlene from the montage in ESPN’s Free Spirits documentary of halftime entertainment acts the St. Louis Spirits of the American Basketball Association used in the 1970s. She was credited with consuming 23 hot dogs, 22 large slices of pizza and 16 large Cokes during a Philadelphia 76ers game. (click for larger size)

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The Big Eaters Club reports that Molly Schuyler finished the 72 ounce steak challenge at Sayler's in Portland in 2:41, this is less than half of the previous best reported time of 6:48 by "Furious" Pete Czerwinski for a 72 ounce steak challenge.
Molly Schuyler finished the 11+ pound sandwich challenge at the Mad Greek Deli with 6 minutes left to claim a $600 jackpot. update Jan 4 Articles: KPTV | Daily Mail | The Blaze
Lawry's in Beverly Hills is also holding a Beef Bowl in conjunction with Monday's national championship game. Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston served the first cut of meat at Florida State's meal today.
Bill de Blasio was inagaurated as mayor of New York City yesterday, replacing Michael Bloomberg who was infamous for his pun laden appearances at the Nathan's hot dog weigh-ins held at City Hall Park (videos 2011 | 2012 | 2013)
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