MySanAntonio has a preview of Saturdays’ Krystal Square Off qualifier which contains an interview with Sonya Thomas. update The Krystal Square Off blog also has an interview in which Sonya comments on sitting out last year’s finals:

Look, I’m a fast food manager and my staff and I take great pride and work long, rigorous hours in preparing orders for our customers, who love our food. I have seen Krystal burgers getting disrespected more and more every year to the point that I didn’t want to contribute to that image any more. A Krystal burger went into the water, but what came out was something that looked like it probably could have been eaten with a spoon. It made my heart so heavy to think about being a part of that. I know how I would feel if I saw people drowning the fast food items that I pour my blood, sweat and tears into preparing each and every day. There’s just something wrong with that. The least someone can do is eat our food the way it was intended to be eaten.

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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 roll

  List of all San Antonio restaurant challenges in the eatfeats database

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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)

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• Gallery and video of the 42 inch pizza at Big Lou’s Pizza in San Antonio.
• The Heart Attack Grill segment was televised yesterday on CBS News’ Sunday Morning. I have not been able to track down an online clip.
• Video of an attempt at the Spike’s hot dog record in Boston. An unnamed woman is still was the record co-holder with 14 hot dogs in 90 minutes.
• Video of the pie eating contest for the case models on Deal or no Deal last Friday (Another video)
• Jo “Gavonne” Rose has a report on the Firehouse wings contest he competed in.
• Hatsuyo “The Witch” Sugawara eats 6.3 kg of (13.8 lb) of curry in 15 minutes. One of her competitors was the masked “Mr. Oh” who has a blog entry with some pictures from the contest.

update The Spike’s record challenger broke the store record with 15 hot dogs. Congratulations.

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• Videos from the San Antonio Dickey’s BBQ qualifier
• Gallery of IHOP All You Can Eat
• Kate Westfall’s food blog from Brian Seiken
• 76 ounce Pompano Beach, FL steak challenge
• Kobayashi has some Halloween costumes on his blog, including the Kobayashi & bun couple

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Please place results and any other information about the Dickey’s pulled pork BBQ qualifier held in San Antonio on Saturday. It appears as if this contest took place under a media blackout.

update Results have been posted. Bob “Killer” Kuhns won with 13.5 sandwiches

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Flancer’s Cafe in Gilbert, Arizona is hosting a pizza eating contest April 20 that will award $500 to the winner. The contest entry fee is $30.

Delicious Tamales in San Antonio is holding a tamale eating contest on April 26. The competition will have separate divisions for men and women and each contest will award $250 to the winner. The registration deadline is April 18.

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Beautiful Brian has a commentary on Chestnut vs. MLE and a CD update
Hall Hunt does eating contest at Rays Fan Festival and eats 13 hot dogs in undisclosed time (Kobayashi attended last year’s Rays Fan Festival)
Picture of Kobayashi before 2007 Nathan’s finals, used on wikipedia page
Frank Pastore mentions the breaking of the 72 oz steak record on his blog (from supersizedmeals comment)
Picture of 37 inch pizza from Big Lou’s Pizza in San Antonio
Dude a Palooza has male oriented events including eating contests
Liz K buys a house (gallery)

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Las Palapas 25th anniversary Macho Burrito contest results from Dan Calderón:

10 hungry hopefuls scarfed down two of Las Palapas’ famed Macho Burritos. The three fastest times were rewarded with checks for $1,000, $500 and $250.

Chris Flores, a 32-year-old San Antonio resident who lives near Helotes, won the top prize of $1,000 and set a new record by finishing his Macho Burritos in 68 seconds. Flores said it was his first eating contest.

Adolph Perez, a 19-year-old Converse resident who played right guard for the Judson High School football team last season, took the $500 second place prize. Perez, who is studying radiology at St. Philip’s College, took 1 minute, 15 seconds to finish the two one-pound burritos.

The $250 third-place prize went to San Antonio’s John Smavely, a 19-year-old construction worker with Handy Solutions. Smavely also was entering his first eating contest.

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