Jeff Dino has produced a picture comparing the challenge meals he and his friends received (which appears to be the Ironman omelet from the Broken Yolk Cafe) with the meal eaten by Adam Richman on an episode of Man vs. Food

May 12, 2011 at 7:39 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food, Omelet Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (11)

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  1. A. Nonymous said (Registered April 27, 2011)

    May 12, 2011 @ 10:44 am

    Didn’t someone else already complain about this, specifically Broken Yolk’s challenge? Any restaurant that posts a challenge, and then modifies it at will to prevent completion should just stop offering the challenge. Eventually word gets out that they alter it, and eventually nobody attempts it, which defeats the purpose of having the challenge in the first place: PUBLICITY!

  2. A. Nonymous said (Registered April 27, 2011)

    May 12, 2011 @ 10:49 am

    Pete & Elda’s in Jersey do their pizza challenge FOR publicity. Yes, you have to pay for the pizza, but it’s only a very thin crust 16 or 18 inch pizza. Many people complete it, and every time they run out of shirts, they change the design, which is numbered – they’re up to 119:

    http://www.peteandeldas.com/challenge.html

    They WANT you to complete the challenge!

  3. A. Nonymous said (Registered April 27, 2011)

    May 12, 2011 @ 10:57 am

    Apparently they’re up to 147:

    http://www.peteandeldas.com/news.html

  4. Jamminjoe said

    May 12, 2011 @ 12:23 pm

    looks like the same thing I encountered in bowling green Oh. with the case of the growing gyros

  5. Nathan in Cali said

    May 12, 2011 @ 1:00 pm

    Broken yolk challenge has been around for years, the portion they give somebody is extremly inconsistant, it all depends on the cook and location (they have 3)… As far as I know they advertise it as a 12 egg omlete but don’t actually crack 12 eggs, they just have a huge tub of already cracked eggs and pour them on the skillet till they see fit.

    So depending on the day and location you can get 4.5lbs of food and others you might gets 7.5lbs of food… Go on youtube and type in “Broken yolk challenge” and you can see all the different portions people get.

    The B3 in vegas was another one that advertised the burrito as 6lbs but everybody I know who took the challenge says it’s more like 8lbs.

    Every kitchen should have a food scale, how’s it so complicated to put a plate on the scale and add food til it hits the amount that they advertise?

  6. Gentleman Joe said (Registered December 8, 2005)

    May 12, 2011 @ 3:50 pm

    I has a guy weigh a reported 6lb burrito in front of me. It weighed 9.5lbs. He tried telling me that the tray weighed 3-3.5 lbs. It was a very cheaply made, orange plastic cafeteria tray…half an lb at the most right?? Somehow he got it down to 8.5 lbs, wouldn’t go any further.

    I should have walked out, but I think I had already paid for the damn thing. So, I did complete it, but it took around 40 minutes instead of getting the record that was under 10 min. If it was a true 6lbs, the record would have been close. I’d name the place, but they don’t deserve any publicity, good or bad.

  7. tHE sLOB said

    May 12, 2011 @ 5:31 pm

    Lots of these damn challenges are scams I say. They gave Adam Richman the soft glove treatment for an easy win on the TV screen. Good publicity for the Broken Yolk, lots of people coming in. Too many challenge restaurants mis-advertise weights or straight out lie. The Slob has had enough of this.

  8. nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)

    May 12, 2011 @ 6:53 pm

    “put a plate on the scale and add food til it hits the amount that they advertise”

    Really? You think they honestly care if it is that accurate? Have you ever worked in a kitchen? Lines cooks do not give a shit about proption control. It is hard enough to get proper weights at contest it is not going to happen from a bunch of dirty cooks.

  9. anonymous said

    May 12, 2011 @ 7:18 pm

    How about Pat Philbin completing the Rutgers University Greasetruck challenge (that Adam Richman failed) and still the greasetruck has not added his sandwich to their menu board. If you complete the challenge, you can create and name your own sandwich. I believe Pat went with a Fat Opie & Anthony sandwich. Tell us Pat, what happened?

  10. Nathan in Cali said

    May 13, 2011 @ 11:34 am

    nunonabun2 said (Registered November 10, 2009)

    May 12, 2011 @ 6:53 pm

    “put a plate on the scale and add food til it hits the amount that they advertise”

    Really? You think they honestly care if it is that accurate? Have you ever worked in a kitchen? Lines cooks do not give a shit about proption control. It is hard enough to get proper weights at contest it is not going to happen from a bunch of dirty cooks.

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    When I was a kid I worked in a sandwich shop and for inventory purposes, yes we actually weighed the meat portions. I was actually speaking from an integrity standpoint, if you advertise something at a certain weight, you should at least get darn close to that advertised weight, or just simply advertise it as a BIG ASS BURRITO with no weight discolsed.

  11. Everything Equal said (Registered April 28, 2011)

    May 13, 2011 @ 1:12 pm

    gjoe how bout some initials at least so we know before we go

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