To have a “March Madness” themed tournament, I have set up a series of polls for 64 eating challenges in the United States. The first round will match up challenges based on food types and the second round will have the winners of the first round polls. You can use whatever criteria you like (fame, history, food quality, uniqueness, etc.) to choose the top eating challenges.

A listing of the “brackets” follows after the jump. Please list any challenges in the comments that you think should be added. To be included, challenges must award prizes to finishers or at least maintain a “Wall of Fame” or challenge record. First round voting will start on Friday or Saturday.

Burger bracket

• Ye Old 96er Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub Clearfield, PA
• Zeus Burger Clinton Station Diner Clinton, NJ
• Andy’s Big “A” Burger Challenge Andy’s Cheesesteaks NC (over 100 eastern NC sites)
• Eagle’s Challenge burger Eagle’s Deli Boston, MA
• Kookamunga (formerly Sasquatch) Burger Kooky Canuck (formerly Big Foot Lodge) Memphis, TN
• Quadruple Bypass Burger Heart Attack Grill Chandler, AZ
• Ethyl Burger R Place Restaurant Morris, IL
• Big Max Burger Grandma Max’s Restaurant 4 Great Plains locations, NE

Sandwich / Hot Dog bracket

• #13 Sandwich Challenge Carnegie Deli New York, NY
• The Dagwood Challenge The Ohio Deli Columbus, OH
• Jim’s Steaks record Jim’s Steaks Philadelphia, PA
• Big Fat Ugly Challenge Fat Sandwich Company Champaign (also Norman, OK), IL
• Spike’s Kennel Club Spike’s Junkyard Dogs Boston (9 MA/RI/CT locations), MA
• Hot Dog Hall of Fame Rockford Corner Bar Rockford, MI
• Chili Dog Record The Roast Grill Raleigh, NC
• Homewrecker Hot Dog Hillbilly Hot Dogs Huntingdon, WV

Steak bracket

• 72 oz. steak Big Texan Steak Ranch Amarillo, TX
• 76 oz. Steak Challenge J & R’s Steak House Long Island (4 locations), NY
• Shula’s 48 oz. Club Shula’s American Steak House 15 locations nationwide, FL
• 160 oz. prime rib Extreme Cut Black Otter Supper Club Hortonville, WI
• Great Five Steak Challenge Steak & Main North East, MD
• 120 Ounce Steak Brand Steakhouse Las Vegas, NV
• The World’s Largest (120 oz.) Steak Gregory’s Steakhouse Allentown, PA
• 72 oz. Top Sirloin Dinner Sayler’s Old Country Kitchen Portland, OR

Pizza bracket

• 54″ x 54″ Pizza Big Mama’s & Papa’s Pizzeria Los Angeles, CA
• Grand Sicilian Pizza Beau Jo’s Pizza 9 Colorado locations, CO
• Schiappa’s 29 inch pizza challenge Schiappa’s Restaurant O’Fallon, IL
• World’s Largest (60 inch) Pizza The Pizza Machine Springfield, IL
• Pointersaurus challenge Pointer’s Pizza St. Louis, MO
• Pauliesaurus Rex Paulie’s Pizza New Brunswick, NJ
• Belly Buster Pizza Pizza Party Santa Clara, CA
• Randy’s Pizza Challenge – 48 Inch Premier Pizza Oakdale, MN

Mexican bracket

• Manuel Burrito El Tepeyac Cafe Los Angeles, CA
• Burritozilla Iguana’s Taqueria San Jose, CA
• Breakfast Burrito Challenge Jack-n-Grill Denver, CO
• The Bomb NASCAR Cafe at the Sahara Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV
• Monster Burrito Challenge Pinata’s Mexican Grill Bethpage, NY
• Big Ed Burrito Challenge Green Burrito multiple southern Cal sites, CA (burrito is still reportedly available even though $300 is no longer awarded)
• Don Juan breakfast taco Wall of Fame Juan in a Million Austin, TX
• Taco Wall of Fame Downtown Trini’s Sparta, MI

Breakfast bracket

• Broken Yolk Café Special Broken Yolk Café San Diego, CA
• 12 Egg Omelet Beth’s Cafe Seattle, WA
• Pancake Challenge Seiad Valley Store & Cafe Seiad Valley, CA
• Giant Pancake Challenge Charlie Parker’s Springfield, IL
• Tiny’s Tall Stack Niner Diner Nanty Glo, PA
• The Tex-Ass Challenge Voodoo Doughnut Portland, OR

Ice Cream bracket

• Fenton’s Ice Cream Challenge Fenton’s Oakland, CA
• Tchoupitoulas Challenge The Creole Creamery New Orleans, LA
• Dare to be Great Sundae The Parlour Jackson, MI
• 15 Scoop Challenge Ricky’s Candy, Cones & Chaos several northeast US locations
• Outrageous Split BR Frozen Custard & Sweets Woodbridge, VA includes 9 toppings 3 bananas 3 cherries & whipped cream
• 5 Malt Challenge Crown Candy Kitchen St. Louis, MO
• Awful Awful Challenge Newport Creamery Newport (10 RI & 2 MA sites), RI

Spicy bracket

• Hellfire Challenge Smoke Eaters 3 locations, CA
• Special #2 Orochon Ramen Los Angeles, CA
• Cold Sweat spicy ice cream Sunni Sky’s Homemade Ice Cream Angier, NC
• P’hall of Fame Brick Lane Curry House Manhattan, NY
• Great Balls of Fire Salvador Molly’s Portland, OR
• Atomic Hot Wings Quaker Steak & Lube Pittsburgh, PA
• Flamethrower Pizza Stevi B’s Pizza Tallahassee, FL

Misc. meat (seafood / BBQ) bracket

• 15 Dozen Club Acme Oyster House New Orleans, LA
• Oyster Eating Record Wintzell’s Oyster House Mobile, AL
• The Squealer Muddy River Smokehouse Portsmouth, NH
• The Swingbelly Challenge Swingbelly’s Beach Side BBQ Long Beach, NY

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