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"Where's the beef?"

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 8:14 am
by azsnowman
WOW....I can't EVEN imagine eating a "6 lb BURGER!" :sick:

http://www.azcentral.com

Woman eats 6-pound burger
100-pound student, 19, 1st to meet pub challenge

Associated Press
Jan. 16, 2005 12:00 AM

CLEARFIELD, Pa. - A 100-pound female college student is the first to meet the Denny's Beer Barrel Pub challenge: down the restaurant's six-pound hamburger, and five pounds of fixings, within three hours.

Kate Stelnick, 19, of Princeton, N.J., made the five-hour drive with two friends from the College of New Jersey on Wednesday, after they saw pictures of the monster burger, dubbed the Ye Old 96er, on the Internet and on TV's Food Network.

"I just saw it on TV and I really thought I could do it," Stelnick said, after downing the burger in two hours, 54 minutes. advertisement




Stelnick didn't eat for two days to prepare for the challenge. "I felt very full, but I was too excited that I actually ate it to notice," Stelnick said.

Denny Leigey Jr., the owner of the bar 35 miles northwest of State College, had offered a two-pound burger for years and conceived of the six-pounder after his daughter went to college and phoned him about a bar that sold a four-pounder.

But nobody had finished the big burger in the three-hour time limit since it was introduced on Super Bowl Sunday 1998 - not even competitive eater Eric "Badlands" Booker. The 420-pound Booker, who has eaten such things as 49 glazed doughnuts in eight minutes and two pounds of chocolate bars in six minutes, tried three times to eat the burger and finally did on his third effort. But it took Booker 7 1/2 hours.

The burger takes 45 minutes to cook, and those who try to meet the three-hour limit must use no utensils and eat all of these fixings: one large onion, two whole tomatoes, a half head of lettuce, 1 1/4pounds of cheese, top and bottom buns, and a cup each of mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, relish, banana peppers and some pickles.

Leigey said he was pretty sure somebody would meet his burger challenge, though he didn't have a petite woman in mind.

"I wouldn't have made it if I didn't think it was possible," Leigey said.

For her trouble, Stelnick got a special certificate, a T-shirt and other prizes and - as advertised - Leigey picked up the $23.95 tab for the burger.

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 9:40 am
by coriolis
Wow! 11-pound instant weight gain, not counting drinks! The burger doesn't sound so bad, but the half-head of lettuce, two tomatos and onion would add a lot of bulk. I wouldn't want to be her in another day or two.

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:51 am
by azsnowman
LOL @ Ed.....no kiddin'.

6 LBS of MEAT at one sitting, I love meat but DANG!

Dennis

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:53 am
by Rainband
Ed maybe we can go there when Me and Tony come up :lol: It's near my Bro In Laws parents house.

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:08 pm
by coriolis
:lol:, Jon, that would be quite the road trip. I haven't been on a road trip since....let's see....since I've been married!!! :oops: :oops:

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:14 pm
by Brent
That's just insane. I can't even eat THIS!!!

:crazyeyes:

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Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:17 pm
by depotoo
have you ever noticed it seems to be the light weight that win contests or challenges like this?!?!

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:39 pm
by Rainband
coriolis wrote::lol:, Jon, that would be quite the road trip. I haven't been on a road trip since....let's see....since I've been married!!! :oops: :oops:
it's only about an hour and a half drive, isn't it??

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:09 pm
by The Big Dog
There a steakhouse somewhere around me that advertises a 48-ounce Porterhouse that is free if you can eat it and all the "fixin's" in a half hour. They actually have a clock. I think it's Shula's restaurant, but I wouldn't swear to it. It's about $50 if you can't do it.

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:14 pm
by Skywatch_NC
Nathan's Famous Franks Coney Island Contest EAT YOUR HEART OUT!!!! :eek: :lol: :wink:

Eric 8-)

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 5:38 pm
by breeze
I wanna know if she barfed when she left the
establishment with her prizes!

"Buuuuuuuuuuuiiiiiiiiccccckkkkkkkk......"

"Mitzuuuuuuuuubiiiiiiiiiiiiiishiiiiiiii........"

"OK..." (*straightens her clothes and hair...)

"Took care of THOSE calories!"


:lol: :lol:

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 9:25 pm
by coriolis
Thank you for that play by play, Annette.




Yeah, Jon, that's true. I can promise the Bridge tavern, though. We'll play Clearfield by ear.