Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Texas eating challenges and contests in database)
The website for the Texas Testosterone Festival reports that Whitney, Miss January in Bikini's Bar and Grill 2009 Calendar, was the runner up in yesterday's raw onion eating contest. Chris Cubas was the winner.
There will be a pizza eating contest at Emo's in Austin, TX on Sunday that will award $350 to the winner.
Man vs. Food August 5 (San Antonio) episode links
TravelChannel.com episode Travel Guide | Slideshow | Adam Richman vlog
- Chunky’s Burgers challenge – spicy Four Horseman burger
Restaurant home page | twitter | citysearch | yelp
Promo video for challenge
MySanAntonio article and blog entry about the filming - Big Lou’s Pizza meal – 42 inch pizza
Restaurant citysearch | yelp | MySanAntonio article
Flickr Gallery and youtube video of the 42 inch pizza - Lulu’s Bakery and Cafe meals – 3.5 pound cinnamon roll and 3 pound chicken fried steak
Restaurant citysearch | yelp
Picture of half of cinnamon rollList of all San Antonio restaurant challenges in the eatfeats database
IFOCE.com reports that registration for the Kolache Factory Championship at Minute Maid Park in Houston on September 4 will open tomorrow and the purse will be $10,000.
Tonight's pizza eating contest in Austin, TX has been postponed according to auschronsports. No make up date has been announced.
In Ken Hoffman's mailbag column, Lauren MacQueen seeks assistance in getting a slot in the Houston Kolache contest, where she claims she can beat Pat Bertoletti and challenge Joey Chestnut.
A pizza eating contest awarding $400 to the winner will be held tomorrow at Emo's in Austin, Texas.
A hot dog eating contest ($200 for 1st place / $100 to the runner up) will be held at the Texas Throwdown Car Show & Concert in San Antonio tomorrow Sunday.
The home page for Man vs. Food reports that the first episode of the second season will debut on August 5 and feature restaurants from San Antonio.
The Dallas Observer has a blog entry about the corn dog eating contest held July 4 at the Libertine Bar. Patrick Michels was the runner up.
The University of Texas student newspaper has an article about the Austin veggie dog eating contest held on July 4. Scott Meyers won by eating 16 veggie dogs in 10 minutes. A gallery of the contest is also available.
The Silver Stars of the WNBA are planning on having a hot dog consuming contest at Friday's game and are debating whether the hot dogs will be consumed in solid or liquid form.
The foodingblog has an interview with Christopher "Hong Kong Hero" Huang, who holds the Juan in a Million breakfast taco record. Adam Richman attempted to break Huang's record of seven tacos in the Austin episode of Man vs. Food.
A web page for the Austin veggie hot dog contest has been set up at http://veggiedogcontest.com/. This year's contest will take place on July 4.
Levi Oliver has an interview on youtube in which he provides tips for competitors in the raw onion eating contest to be held at the Texas Testosterone Festival on August 9.
The Big Texan's website has restored the list of 72 ounce steak finishers. The restaurant would like customers who finished the steak before 1991 to send a copy of their finisher certificate to restore records lost in a fire.
MySanAntonio has an articleand blog entry about the visit of Man vs. Food to the Alamo City.
BeloBlog: Man vs. Food will record at Chunky's Burgers in San Antonio tomorrow, where the challenge will be the "Four Horsemen" spicy burger challenge.
Man vs. Food returns to Texas
The Man vs. Food twitter reports that the program will film in San Antonio this week. TN9Design reports that the program will be at Big Lou’s (home of the 37 inch pizza) on June 2.
ChouTran reports that Man vs. Food will film at Fogo de Chao in Dallas (date unlisted)
Will Millender reports that a shake and burger challenge from Chick and Ruth’s Delly in Annapolis, MD will debut on an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food. (a video of Will doing the challenge)
http://twitter.com/AgentBodah: The new NBC reality show The Great American Road Trip recorded at the Big Texan Steak Ranch today. The show will debut on July 7 and Reno Collier will host. Seven families will travel from Chicago to Los Angeles in RVs and attempt challenges along the way.
Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle, who serves as a judge in the Nathan's finals, has a column about "Humble" Bob Shoudt which lists the date for the 2009 Houston Astros kolache contest as September 4.
Pat Bertoletti wins Niko Niko’s Gyros
unoffical Gyro results from Rich Shea, verified by Pat Bertoletti’s twitter
1 Pat Bertoletti 21 gyros
2 Bob Shoudtv16.5
3 Erik “the Red” Denmark 13.5
Crabby Daddy in Tomball (suburban Houston), TX will host a crawfish tournament on Sunday, May 17. The winner of the final contest will receive $100.
The Ranger: The 72 ounce steak competition to be held in 2010 to honor the 50th anniversary of the Big Texan will be an IFOCE contest and Nathan's Famous will participate in the event.
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman and other participants in the Gumball 3000 transcontinental race stopped at the Big Texan. No racer attempted the 72 ounce steak.
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