United States eating challenges and contests category

A king cake eating contest at the Mardi Gras Festival in Kansas City Saturday will award $500 to the winner.
Johnny D's in Pleasantville, NJ (Atlantic City area) will award $1000 to a customer that finishes its 36 inch pizza in under 45 minutes in March.
Hunt Strong has a blog entry about Man vs. Food: Nation recording at Rapscallions in Land O Lakes, Florida on Friday. On of the diners attempting the challenge was professional wrestler Jerry Sags, half of The Nasty Boys tag team.
Aaron Ybarra was the first person to finish the six pound burrito from the White Rabbit Truck yesterday. His time was 16 minutes.
WoodNTap.com has the qualifier schedule for 2011 Munch Madness slider eating relay has been released. The first qualifier will take place in Southington, CT on March 21 and the finals in Hartford April 4 will award Patriots tickets with a VIP Pre Game pass to the tail gate party.
Chubby's BBQ in Emmitsburg, MD has a gallery of an unnamed woman who is the first person to finish its "Avalanche" burger challenge.
Pie-Fection in Orlando announces the Pie-Zilla Challenge that will award $20,000. update The contest is closed to professionals. Five teams of two amateurs will be selected.
Naader Reda announces he ate 201 chicken nuggets in two hours at the Chick Fil A in La Habra, California to win a contest. update The Chick Fil A facebook has a picture.
The page about the "Hugilio" challenge on Virgilio's web site has been updated with pictures and a video of Stephanie Torres finishing the 11 pound pizza in an hour and 51 minutes on February 22. update Andrew Lane has a blog entry about Stephanie eating the 7 pound burrito at Jack n Grill (via comment).
The facebook for Skipper's Smokehouse reports that Man vs. Food recorded at that Tampa restaurant on Thursday and that the fourth season of that series will premier on June 1.
The promotions calendar for the New York Mets lists a Nathan's hot dog eating contest on June 4 (via The Ropolitans).
Clarion Online has an article about the challenge offered by The Cookie Mill in Azuza, CA consisting of 8 scoops of ice cream between two big cookies.
AJ's Casual Eatery in Roseville, CA will hold a pancake eating contest Tuesday morning that will be televised on Fox 40 Live.
DeSha's in Lexington, Kentucky will hold a gator bites eating contest before the Kentucky vs. Florida basketball game awarding a $500 prize package to the winner.
KyoChon New York in Manhattan will hold a wing eating contest on March 13 awarding $400 in gift cards.
The Heart Attack Grill website announces the restaurant will be opening a Dallas location on June 1. (via D Magazine)
SanFrancisco.CBSLocal.com has a list of 7 Bay Area eating challenges.
OurSportsCentral has a list of 10 possible new choices for the West Michigan Whitecaps ballpark menu. One item "Walking Spaghetti" has 5630 calories, another sandwich has 3670 calories. MLive has pictures of the items.
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.
The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News have articles about Patrick Vandam's family suing the Utah resort for not having adequate supervision of geothermal pool where he died in a freediving accident.
A video of Stephanie Torres receiving $1000 for finishing the 11 pound "Hugilio" pizza challenge at Virgilio's in Lakewood, Colorado has been uploaded to youtube.
Philly.com lists Pat Bertoletti, Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston and Sean Gordon as expected entrants in the World King Cake Eating Championship on March 8 at the Showboat in Atlantic City, NJ.
BBQ Fanatics Smokin Grill in Oak Ridge, NJ will hold a rib eating contest Saturday with a cash purse of $250 ($150 to the winner).
Patrick Michels has a report and slideshow on the vegan pancake eating contest held at the Spiral Diner in Dallas.
Kaleidoscope Weekly has an article about Randy Santel finishing the Route 66 (ounce) burger challenge from Cookin from Scratch in Doolittle, Missouri. (from Atlas & Zeus facebook)
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