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| San Antonio, TX | 1 (19) | August five, 2009[nine] | Man |
| Richman traveled to San Antonio, the domicile of the Alamo, in early June to tape the flavour 2 premiere.[10] Richman visited Lulu'due south Bakery and Café to examine the plate-sized chicken fried steak and sample one of their famous 3.5-pound (1.6 kg) cinnamon rolls[4] [11] (after the episode aired, Lulu'south began shipping the cinnamon rolls statewide to encounter popular demand).[12] His adjacent stop was Big Lou's Pizza[13] for barbecue brisket pizza and to tackle the "Big Lou Super 42". Richman sat downwardly with Lou'south extended family to try ane of the restaurant'southward signature 42-inch (1.1m), 30-pound (xiii.6 kg) monster supreme pizzas.[4] [11] [14] This week's claiming, taped on Midweek, June 3, was to complete the "Four Horsemen Challenge" at Chunky's Burgers & More.[11] Richman had to consume ane of Chunky's ultra-hot Four Horsemen Burgers in nether 25 minutes so wait for an additional five-infinitesimal 'burn period' earlier he tin can drink or swallow anything to cool himself off.[four] [11] The Four Horsemen Burger is a 1/ii-lb (0.23 kg) hamburger topped with sautéed jalapeño, serrano, and ghost chili peppers, covered in melted cheese and drenched in habanero chili sauce.[11] The burger is so hot that while over a hundred people had taken the claiming, upwardly to this bespeak only three had finished it.[iv] To psych himself up for the claiming, Richman went skeet shooting with hamburgers for targets. Wearing latex gloves to forbid spice burns, he was stopped by the outset bite, sweating and visibly in pain, for 5 minutes. Richman made a comeback, though, and managed to end the spicy burger in fourth dimension.[11] He completed the five-minute waiting menses before gulping milk to quench the flames. For his efforts, Richman's photo was added to the restaurant's "Wall of Flame". Richman later described this as the most excruciatingly painful challenge he had ever successfully completed.[11] |
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| Las Vegas, NV | two (20) | August 12, 2009[15] | Food |
| Richman went to Las Vegas, Nevada, in early on May to face off against fried craven eggs Bridegroom at Hash Business firm a go go and spicy crawfish at Hot'north'Juicy Crawfish.[fifteen] This week's competition is the "Big Badass Burrito" Challenge at the NASCAR Café in the Sahara Hotel and Casino.[v] [16] [17] The burrito is a vi-pound ii-feet-long concoction packed with more 5,000 calories of food. Over 140 people have tried it prior to Richman's attempt, but only two had finished information technology. Richman'southward challenge is to become the third person to complete the burrito in nether xc minutes.[18] Everyone who completes the challenge wins a "Conqueror" T-shirt and "lifetime access to the Sahara'south roller coaster".[5] [18] Ultimately, Richman failed, surrendering with only 1 pound of the burrito remaining, and for that he was forced to clothing a small pinkish "Certified Weenie" T-shirt and get his picture posted on the café's "Weenie Wall of Shame". Later on taping for the challenge was complete, Richman spent an hr on a treadmill, telling the Las Vegas Review-Periodical: "Existence sedentary is incredibly uncomfortable. [...] [D]espite the fact that the first 10 minutes or 15 minutes on the treadmill might suck, information technology actually does alleviate a lot of pressure, and you feel better".[five] The Hash House A-Go-Get taping took place on Friday, May 8, and the NASCAR Café challenge was taped on Saturday, May 9.[17] [18] [19] |
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| Charleston, SC | 3 (21) | August 19, 2009[20] | Human being |
| Richman journeyed to Charleston, South Carolina, for Lowcountry cuisine. This includes a shovel full of oysters at Bowen's Isle and a fried craven sandwich with sausage gravy at Hominy Grill plus this week'south challenge spicy tuna sushi rolls at Bushido.[20] [21] Richman arrived in Charleston on Sun, May 24, taped a segment for the "Baseball Special" to air later this flavour on Tuesday, May 26, visited Bowen's Isle on Wed, the 27th, and tape the challenge at Bushido on Fri, the 30th.[22] The Charleston Urban center Newspaper reported that "locals who have completed the claiming got first dibs on reservations [at Bushido] for the special dark".[23] The Spicy Tuna Hand Ringlet Challenge requires a "warrior" to consume ten spicy tuna rolls that escalate from balmy to "feels like someone decided to lite a match and fire y'all alive from the inside out".[vi] The three hottest rolls use a different pepper in their sauces; the "Level eight" sauce is made with a habanero pepper, then the "Level nine" sauce makes utilise of a greenish thai chili, and finally, "Level 10" (Bushido'due south hottest sauce) uses a ruby thai chili. The challenge has no time limit and nearly who complete information technology do and then one roll per visit over several months, thereby earning the title of "warrior". Richman's challenge was to eat all 10 rolls in one evening (which would earn him the title of "legend" if he did then), a feat accomplished past only eight people (out of 475) before him.[6] Those who complete the challenge in one sitting receive a commemorative headband, their flick on the restaurant'south "Legends of the Roll" wall, a $25 Bushido souvenir certificate, and also, the honor of the Bushido staff bowing to them in subsequent visits. Despite the intense hurting of the escalating levels of the spicy tuna, Richman - taking some past legends' advice to eat the rolls quickly - managed to finish all 10 rolls in 16 minutes and 25 seconds, a new tape ready at Bushido. |
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| San Francisco, CA | four (22) | Baronial 26, 2009[seven] | Man |
| Richman visited San Francisco in mid-June. His stops included the Taquería La Cumbre, where he tried the Mission Style Super Burrito (which weighs in at 2 pounds) while dressed in a sombrero and Mexican-style article of clothing.[24] [25] He visited sandwich shop Ike'southward Place on June 21, where he sampled the "Kryptonite" Sandwich, a large sandwich filled with thirteen ingredients (including 5 different meats, 2 whole avocados, and appetizers including mozzarella sticks, onion rings and jalapeño poppers) and weighing in at a total of 4 pounds.[24] [26] The challenge this calendar week was at the San Francisco Creamery in nearby Walnut Creek, California, where Richman attempted the Kitchen Sink Challenge: an enormous, 2-gallon sundae consisting of 8 scoops of water ice foam, 8 different toppings, and 8 servings of whipped cream, all served on a "kitchen sink".[25] [27] If he could cease the sundae in nether one hr, he would receive a spot on the creamery's Wall of Fame and exist immune free ice foam there for a year. Prior to Richman's attempt, just iv people had ever succeeded at finishing the unabridged sundae. To fix himself for the challenge, Richman ate a "magical" sugar cube and fantasized himself as a 1970s-style hippie chasing a walking water ice cream cone.[26] During the claiming itself, Richman got off to a strong outset merely about halfway through, he began to struggle; he helped his crusade by eating some French chips (which was immune) to help neutralize the level of sugar intake some, but even after finishing all the ice cream, he still had to consume the melted water ice foam that fell onto his tray.[26] While very most giving up, Richman summoned the strength to slurp information technology all and he ultimately won the challenge at the 45-infinitesimal mark. His picture was then taken and posted on the creamery's Wall of Fame. NOTE: A week afterwards this episode aired, some other challenger took on the Kitchen Sink Challenge and defeated information technology in an unprecedented 7 minutes, thereby prompting the Creamery to lower the challenge's time limit from 1 hour to 30 minutes.[28] A year later, the time limit was reset to 1 hour since no one succeeded in chirapsia the challenge during that menstruation. As a new status, each person to defeat the challenge volition set a new time for the adjacent challenger to come.[29] |
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| Durham, NC | 5 (23) | September 2, 2009[30] | Food |
| Richman visited Durham, North Carolina, in late May 2009 to showcase local cuisine as a follow-up to flavour one's North Carolina episode.[31] Richman visited Backyard BBQ Pit, Durham's simply open-pit barbecue, on the evening of Thursday, May 21.[32] He helped set up and sampled Eastern North Carolina chopped pork barbecue. Richman visited Wimpy's Grill in West Durham to feel the "Garbage Burger", a 20-ounce (0.6 kg) bacon double-cheeseburger with the works including chili and coleslaw, on the forenoon of Tuesday, May xix.[32] [33] On May 23, Richman fielded a 4-person team, dubbed "MvF Nutrient Fighters", in the Doughman, a 15-mile (19.3 km) relay race that has each team fellow member at a dissimilar local eating house where they eat a meal and so perform "an athletic activity" including running, cycling, or pond, then race to a central location where they encounter upwardly with their teammates, consume dessert together, then run to the finish line while holding hands.[thirty] [33] [34] The "MvF Food Fighters" team included a cheerleader named Tiffany, a gymnast named Jordan, and Cincinnati Bengals role player and Travel Aqueduct host Dhani Jones.[31] For the 2009 Doughman race, leg one started at Blu Seafood and Bar where Tiffany ate the Diablo Del Mar, a macaroni and cheese dish mixed with crab meat and topped with a fried egg, then ran 2 miles (3.two km), swam 1 lap, then tagged the second team member.[34] Jones cycled ii miles (three.2 km) to Iv Square for the Bull Metropolis BLT sandwich then cycled another five.5 miles (8.9 km) to Nosh to tag upward.[34] Richman ate Nosh's Triple Lycopersicon esculentum Threat, a fried green tomato plant sandwich on sun-dried tomato plant bread with a lycopersicon esculentum spread, before a 1.eight-mile (two.9 km) run (during which he suffered a severe ankle sprain) to Dain's Identify Pub & Grub where he tagged up.[34] At that place Jordan ate the Portable Defibrillator, an viii-ounce (0.23 kg) cheeseburger covered with chili, bacon, a 4-ounce (0.11 kg) hot canis familiaris, and cole slaw, before a 2.five mile (4 km) run to rejoin the team at Daisy Cakes. There the entire team had to swallow 4 "Sunny Side-Ups", maple cupcakes topped with cream cheese frosting made to await like a fried egg plus candied salary, earlier running hand-in-hand two blocks to the finish line.[34] The Man 5. Nutrient team placed 19th out of 51 entries, sixteen minutes behind the winning squad.[35] |
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| Honolulu, Hullo | 6 (24) | September nine, 2009[36] | Food |
| Richman visited Honolulu in tardily June to sample local restaurants and accept on an existing "large food" challenge.[36] [37] Richman sampled the local cuisine at the Hukilau Cafe in Laie, where he tried the Hukilau Burger, a large burger topped with a fried egg, teriyaki beef and grilled onions.[38] While there he also tried the "Loco Moco" - ii burger patties served with two fried eggs and gravy over a bed of white rice. Richman also visited Helena's Hawaiian Nutrient in Kalihi, where he sampled pipikaula brusque ribs and Laulau - pork and cod wrapped in Luau and ti leaves.[39] For this calendar week's challenge, taped Monday, June 29, Richman took on the Mac Daddy Pancake Challenge at Mac 24–seven in the Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel.[40] [41] The challenge is to eat an entire plate of 14-inch-diameter (360 mm) pancakes (which weigh in at 4 pounds) in ninety minutes without getting upwardly from the table for any reason. At the time of the taping, only four people out of 297 had successfully completed this challenge.[xl] Any topping can exist chosen to be mixed into the pancakes, and here, Richman chose blueberries.[38] The pancakes were likewise topped with butter and a vanilla glaze. Richman started off strongly, but halfway through information technology proved to exist too much for him and ultimately, despite the aid of bacon and coffee, his time ran out with roughly a pound of the pancakes remaining.[42] |
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| Sarasota, FL | 7 (25) | September 16, 2009[43] | Food |
| Richman visited Sarasota, Florida, where his exploration of that city's big food involved deep-fried hot dogs, bootleg pies, and his first-always "Mystery Challenge".[43] [44] Richman's showtime stop was at the Old Salty Dog in Metropolis Island, where he tried the namesake "Salty Dog", a hot dog dipped in beer concoction, deep-fried and served in a bun while topped with onions, mushrooms, sauerkraut, bacon, and a mix of cheeses. Richman's next end was at Yoder'south Restaurant, which is well known for its Amish carte du jour - especially their homemade pies. There, he tried fried chicken that was prepared in a special "pressure fryer", and later on had a slice of their bootleg peanut butter cream pie. This episode's claiming was at the Munchies 4:20 Café, which is recognized for its stuffed "fat sandwiches" including the "Fat Sandy" (which consists of 2 hamburgers topped with cheese, chicken fingers, Mozzarella sticks, onion rings, French chips, and macaroni and cheese) and their biggest sandwich, the "Super Fatty Daddy" (which has 6 burgers topped with cheese, French fries, Mozzarella sticks, chicken fingers, Philly steak, mushrooms, onions and peppers, all smothered in a Cheddar cheese sauce). Notwithstanding, the café's Mystery Claiming itself was revealed to exist: 10 "Fire in Your Hole" hot wings - chicken wings deep-fried and prepared with an intensely fiery sauce consisting of: Habanero peppers, hot sauce, Cayenne, chili pulverisation, crushed red pepper, garlic, and Ghost Republic of chile extract. Richman's challenge was to eat these wings within twenty minutes without the aid of milk (h2o was allowed in sips), and if he could succeed, he would get his picture on the "Wall of Hurting". Unlucky for Richman, however, the wings proved way too hot for him, as he went for the milk and gave up the claiming later only two wings. Therefore, his picture was posted on the café's "Hall of Shame" along with the other 95% of challengers who accept failed this challenge previously. Richman was in so much pain after his try that he wound upwardly standing inside a freezer while drinking a gallon of cold milk, as he quickly admitted defeat. He had said that these wings were the hottest matter he had ever eaten and this claiming was the hardest he e'er attempted. This is the simply spicy food challenge that Richman has lost. In later interviews, Richman said that Munchies 4:20 sabotaged him by using an unabridged bottle of the excerpt in gild to "smoke him out".[45] [46] |
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| Philadelphia, PA | 8 (26) | September 23, 2009 | Man |
| Richman visited Philadelphia in late July to tape this episode.[47] [48] Richman's journey began at Tommy DiNic's Roast Beef and Pork at the Reading Terminal Market, where he tried their signature Roast Pork Sandwich. The production crew besides spent two days taping at Franklin Fountain, an "old school" ice cream scoop store in Old City, where Richman sampled the "Franklin Mint", a sundae consisting of mint chocolate chip ice cream (which Richman says is his best favorite flavor of ice foam), marshmallow cream, bittersweet fudge, crème de menthe syrup, and whipped foam; while in that location he also took on the "Mt. Vesuvius", a big sundae fabricated with vanilla ice cream, homemade credibility pieces, hot fudge, malt pulverisation, and whipped cream.[47] This week's challenge took place at Tony Luke'south, where Richman became the first person to e'er attempt Tony Luke'south Ultimate Cheesesteak Challenge: a 5-pound cheesesteak fabricated with 3 pounds of beefiness, 1 pound of American cheese (which Richman chose over the traditional Cheez Whiz), and stuffed within a 20-inch curl topped with a half pound of fried onions.[47] [49] This creation is the crude equivalent of 6 normal-sized cheesesteaks. Richman had to eat the Ultimate Cheesesteak in under one 60 minutes to get his picture posted on the Wall of Fame. At Richman'south request, Luke as well took on this challenge (using Cheez Whiz instead of American cheese). The duo started off potent, with Richman devouring 3 pounds in eleven minutes, but later it became a struggle. Luke bowed out of the challenge after consuming 2-thirds of his cheesesteak, but Richman kept fighting, finishing his 4th pound at the nineteen-minute mark. To further help his cause, Richman used hot sauce on the terminal pound of his cheesesteak, a tactic that served him well as he easily finished the entire challenge at the 28-minute mark. For his victory, Richman received a T-shirt and got his picture posted on the Wall of Fame as the first person to ever successfully consummate this challenge. |
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| Baseball Special | 9 (27) | September 30, 2009 | Man |
| Richman visited minor league baseball stadiums in 3 different cities to sample their unique food offerings.[l] On July 22, Richman attended a Gateway Grizzlies game at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Illinois (simply across the river from St. Louis, Missouri).[51] There, he tried the so-called "Baseball's Best Burger", a quarter-pound hamburger with cheddar cheese and two slices of salary served between two halves of a Krispy Kreme doughnut.[51] [52] While sitting downwards to watch the Grizzlies play, Richman besides sampled some Philly Cheesesteak Nachos, too known as "Baseball's Best Nachos", which is a bed of "tri-colored" tortilla chips topped with a mixture of philly steak, grilled peppers and onions, and a creamy Monterey Jack cheese sauce.[51] Richman also visited "The Joe" in Charleston, South Carolina for a Charleston RiverDogs game on May 26.[23] It was in that location that he tried "The Homewrecker", an 8-ounce foot-long hot dog with up to 25 toppings, including chili, jalapeño cheese, coleslaw, pimento cheese, and pickled okra.[53] [54] On July xv, Richman went to Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park, Michigan (just north of One thousand Rapids), the home of the West Michigan Whitecaps, to throw out the game'south formalism get-go pitch and take on the Fifth Third Burger Challenge.[55] The Fifth Third Burger is made with v 1/iii-pound burger patties and topped with American cheese, nacho cheese sauce, chili, shredded lettuce, diced tomato, salsa, sour cream, and tortilla fries, all blimp inside an 8-inch sesame seed bun. To win a commemorative "Call 911" T-shirt and get his photo posted on the Wall of Fame, Richman had to stop this 5-pound, iv,800-calorie burger in under the concluding 2 1⁄two innings of the Whitecaps game (that is, after the Seventh Inning Stretch). Clad in a customized Whitecaps jersey, Richman managed to cease the burger with only one strike left in the game.[56] As of the fourth dimension of the taping, one,213 Fifth Third Burgers had been sold with Richman becoming just the 157th person to earn the T-shirt.[56] |
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| Springfield, IL | x (28) | October 7, 2009 | Man |
 The sign at the Cozy Domestic dog Drive In, featuring the original logo Richman traveled to Springfield, Illinois, the state capital, to try the horseshoe sandwich at D'Arcy'south Pint, a deep-fried dilapidated hot dog on a stick at the Cozy Canis familiaris Drive In, and the Firebrand Chili Claiming at Joe Rogers' Original Recipe Chili Parlor.[57] The Cozy Dog Drive In claims to be the commencement place to serve the corn dog,[58] which there they call the "Cozy Dog". Richman also went to D'Arcy'south Pint to experience the archetype "Horseshoe" sandwich, which is meat (whatever kind may be used), cheese sauce, and crinkle-cut fries served open-faced on Texas toast. The Spicy Supreme horseshoe sandwich Richman ate contains two pounds of "basis beef, bacon bits, tomatoes, scallions and a spicy cheese sauce".[59] [lx] In this week's challenge, Richman attempted to break the record for how many bowls of extra-spicy Firebrand chili at Joe Rogers' Chili Parlor could exist eaten (the record at the time was five bowls). Each serving of the chili weighs 12 to 16 ounces. Anybody able to finish even one bowl of the extra-spicy Firebrand variety of chili (which contains superlative-surreptitious spices that are said to be nine times hotter than the restaurant'due south normal chili) has their names posted on the eatery's wall.[57] Richman fought hard, in pain from the spiciness of the chili, and while he did not pause the record, he managed to eat five bowls of the chili, tying the tape. The testify was taped at D'Arcy's Pint on Friday, July 17, at the Cozy Canis familiaris Bulldoze-In on Saturday, July 18, and Joe Rogers' on Monday, July 20.[59] |
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| Boise, ID | 11 (29) | October 14, 2009[61] | Human being |
| Richman visited Boise, Idaho, the domicile of hockey'south Idaho Steelheads, in mid-Baronial with stops at Big Jud's, Flight Pie Pizzeria, and Rockies Diner.[61] [62] At the outset stop, Big Jud'southward, Richman attempted to eat the Double Big Jud, which consists of 2 1-pound burger patties stacked on pinnacle of one another with various toppings (Richman's picks included blue cheese, Swiss cheese, mushrooms, onions and bacon) and blimp inside a big bun. Birthday, the burger weighs roughly 4 pounds (1.81 kg). At Flying Pie Pizzeria, Richman tackled the ultra-spicy Triple Habanero Pizza (which features a sauce made with 18 Habanero peppers) during the August 14 taping. This week's claiming, taped on Baronial 11, took place at the Rockies Diner. It was there that Richman went up against the Johnny B. Goode Claiming - aka "The Stone" - which consists of the Johnny B. Goode Burger (three 1/3-pound hamburgers topped with shredded lettuce, tomato plant, Swiss and Cheddar cheese, grilled onions, pastrami, and a 1/4-pound hot dog, all served open up-faced on a toasted bun and smothered with chili), a 1 1⁄2 -pound order of chili cheese fries, and a sixteen-ounce vanilla milkshake; altogether, the challenge weighs in at 6 one⁄ii pounds (2.95 kg), with the burger alone weighing roughly four.5 pounds (2 kg).[62] Richman'south task was to end this challenge in thirty minutes or less, and if he could do so, he would win his very own Fender guitar. At the fourth dimension of the taping, 1,119 people had attempted the Johnny B. Goode Challenge, with simply 30 having finished it.[62] Prior to the challenge, Richman fantasized himself as a '50s-style stone north' curl musician performing in front of a crowd of screaming '50s-style fans (some property food). During the challenge, he breezed through the Johnny B. Goode Burger, setting a new record by completing it in x minutes and 48 seconds, but struggled with the chili cheese fries. Richman was inspired to keep fighting after the managing director showed him the guitar that was on the line, which Richman said "will be mine". Once he finished the fries, he only had 2 minutes to eat the 16-oz. milkshake, simply ultimately succeeded in finishing the claiming right in the final seconds. For his efforts, Richman was rewarded with a free T-shirt and the Fender guitar.[62] |
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| Washington, DC | 12 (30) | October 21, 2009 | Man |
 Iconic front of Ben's Chili Bowl, Washington D.C. Richman visited Washington, D.C. in late August and early September.[63] Stops included Ben's Chili Basin, where Richman tried the "Half-Smoke", a half-pork, half-beef frankfurter topped with Ben's famous chili. On September 1, Richman visited Horace & Dickie'due south Seafood Carry Out for a "jumbo" version of their signature fried fish (whiting) sandwich, which is topped with coleslaw and tartar sauce and placed between 8 slices of staff of life - 4 on the lesser, iv on the summit.[63] [64] This week'south challenge, filmed on Baronial thirty, was the "Colossal Challenge" at Chick & Ruth'south Delly in Annapolis, Maryland.[64] Richman'due south task was to eat a half-dozen-pound (2.7 kg) "Colossal" milkshake and a i.5-pound (0.7 kg) common cold cutting "Colossal" sandwich or ane-pound (0.46 kg) hamburger with a one-hour fourth dimension limit for completion.[64] [65] Richman chose a vanilla milkshake and a sandwich with 1 pound (0.46 kg) of turkey and 0.5 pounds (0.23 kg) of corned beef, a combination that normally costs $xvi.50 at the restaurant.[64] [66] To make things more interesting, Richman competed alongside local shake enthusiast and Chick & Ruth's regular Heather Wright.[66] Wright chose the 1-pound burger and a "Moose Tracks" (chocolate and peanut butter) shake. Whatsoever person who bests the Colossal Challenge in under an hour is awarded a commemorative "I Survived the Chick & Ruth'southward Challenge" T-shirt.[65] During the challenge, Wright started by ignoring the burger and going straight at her milk shake, while Richman alternated between his milkshake and the sandwich (only subsequently suffering brainfreeze from sipping the shake likewise fast). Richman used Russian dressing to give his sandwich more flavour. About 25 minutes in, Wright gave upward her challenge after drinking merely a quarter of her milkshake and not even touching her burger. Richman finished his milkshake in 35 minutes, and at that bespeak, had roughly a one-half-pound of his sandwich remaining. He finished his sandwich with only 10 minutes to get. Only two people out of "a few hundred" had successfully finished this claiming prior to this taping, and with his victory, Richman became just the 3rd person to succeed. |
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| Baltimore, Dr. | 13 (31) | Oct 28, 2009 | Nutrient |
| Richman visited Baltimore. His first stop was the Chaps Charcoal Restaurant on Pulaski Highway, where he sampled pit beef in the form of their famed Pit Beef Sandwich, which is topped with sliced onions and "Tiger Sauce" - a mixture of horseradish and mayonnaise. While there he also tried their ane-pound sandwich known equally "The Raven", which consists of pit beef, corned beefiness, and turkey topped with American cheese, barbecue sauce, sliced onions, and the Tiger Sauce. Richman as well visited Obrycki'south Crab House and Seafood Eatery at Fells Point to sample their crab cakes and their steamed blueish crabs. This week'southward claiming was at Steak & Main, which is located an 60 minutes exterior of Baltimore in North E, Maryland. At that place, Richman faced off with the Not bad Steak Challenge - he had to eat two 13-ounce Delmonicos, a 12-ounce New York Strip, an 8-ounce Filet Mignon, a xvi-ounce Flat Atomic number 26, and a 12-ounce Prime Rib (for a total of 74 ounces of meat), plus a pound of assorted sides (including homemade mashed potatoes and creamed spinach), all in nether 1 hour; doing and then would win him $100 in cash (nevertheless having to pay the remaining $40 charge on remaining bill), simply failure meant he would have to pay the entire $140 cost tag of the meal. Two dozen challengers accept tried this challenge prior to Richman's attempt, and upward to this point just 4 had succeeded. During the challenge, Richman started potent, hands finishing the Filet Mignon, Apartment Atomic number 26 and Prime Rib in 20 minutes, but struggled at the Delmonicos. He managed to finish them, as well as all of his side dishes, at the 40-minute mark, leaving him with only the New York Strip, which gave him fifty-fifty more than problem; though he fought hard, he ran out of fourth dimension with simply a couple of bites to go, and thus he had to pay the $140 bill. |
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| Detroit, MI | 14 (32) | November 4, 2009 | Food |
| Richman visited Detroit, Michigan to take on a 190-pound burger at Mallie's Sports Grill & Bar which was topped with 4 pounds of bacon, 3 pounds of tomatoes, three whole heads of lettuce, pickles, onions, and 10 pounds of assorted cheese. Before the challenge, Richman tasted Coney Island (eatery) hot dogs from American Coney Island and Lafayette Coney Island. Richman was about to land his preference when his cell phone rang and he wisely declined to declare a favorite. He as well visited Slows Bar-B-Q to eat the "Triple Threat Pork", a sandwich made with Applewood smoked bacon, pulled pork and grilled ham. He used an orange pop BBQ sauce with the sandwich, which he enjoyed. For the challenge, which took identify at Mallie's Sports Grill & Bar, Richman fielded a team of twoscore people, consisting of policemen, firemen, hockey teams, semi-pro wrestlers and a Buss tribute ring, to aid him take on the 190-lb "Absolutely Ridiculous" burger challenge in a 2-hour time limit. The team managed to eat through 160 pounds of the burger, merely ultimately they were unable to consummate the challenge in the allotted fourth dimension. |
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| Brooklyn, NY | xv (33) | November xi, 2009 | Human |
| Richman returned to his hometown of Brooklyn, New York to exact revenge on a challenge that had previously bested him. His first finish was the Brennan and Carr Restaurant in Gravesend, which is known for its signature Hot Beefiness Sandwich, a roast beef sandwich which is noted for its various usages of beef broth: one can choose to have just the beefiness dipped (known every bit a "dingle-dangle"), have both the beef and the bun dipped (known equally a "double dip"), or cull the K.F.J. ("Pocketknife and Fork Job") - pouring broth all over the sandwich, thus requiring the use of a pocketknife and fork. While there, Richman tried their "Gargiulo Burger", which is a burger topped with melted American cheese, roast beef, and sautéed onions, and also served with goop; he sat down with Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz to enjoy the burger. Richman besides visited L&B Spumoni Gardens pizzeria in Bensonhurst to try "The Square", a Sicilian pizza that is noted for beingness prepared with mozzarella cheese topping the pizza earlier the lycopersicon esculentum sauce. His final finish was at the Buffalo Cantina in Williamsburg for a rematch with the Suicide Half dozen Wing Claiming, a challenge that Richman tried before this bear witness was created - and failed after simply one seize with teeth. "Suicide Wings" feature a sauce made with jalapeño, serrano, chile de árbol, and habanero peppers, as well equally a dose of chili pepper extract. In the challenge, Richman had to eat six of these wings - in six minutes. Hundreds beside Richman had tried this challenge, only at the fourth dimension of his rematch, only 10 had beaten information technology. Actualization at the restaurant to inspire Richman was New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain, who told Richman "not to call back about it" and only consume. During the challenge, Richman wore latex gloves on his easily to prevent any spice burns. He was almost stopped by the first wing once again, just remembered Chamberlain's communication and went on to finish all half-dozen wings in the allotted time, much to the delight of his hometown oversupply. |
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| Anchorage, AK | 16 (34) | November xviii, 2009 | Human |
| Richman journeyed northward to Anchorage, Alaska. For his first finish, Richman visited the Roadhouse in Talkeetna to try the "Roadhouse Standard", which consists of scrambled eggs, home chips, bacon and honey whole wheat toast; he enjoyed this dish with a side of sourdough pancakes. Richman besides visited the West Rib Deli & Pub, besides in Talkeetna, to try the "Seward's Folly", a iv 1⁄2 -pound double-stacked burger made with Caribou meat (in the form of two i-lb. patties) and topped with American and Swiss cheese, 12 slices of bacon, a pound of ham, "FatAss Sauce" (made with mayonnaise, horseradish, salary, and balsamic vinaigrette), caramelized onions, lettuce and tomatoes, and served within toasted sourdough staff of life. The burger is held together with a small Alaskan flag and served with a pound of fries. For this week's claiming, Richman ventured into the metropolis of Anchorage itself and visited Humpy's Alaskan Alehouse. At that place, he took on the Kodiak Arrest Challenge, which consists of 3 pounds of male monarch crab legs, 12 ounces of reindeer sausage,[27] 7 2-ounce wild Alaskan salmon cakes, 6 ounces of sour-cream-and-chive mashed potatoes, 6 ounces of assorted sautéed vegetables, and for dessert, mixed drupe crisp (served à la mode). Richman had to eat the entire vi-lb., 7-class meal in 90 minutes or less. Dozens have tried this claiming prior to Richman, simply no one had ever defeated information technology. During the claiming, Richman lost the start fifteen minutes trying to shell the crab legs, merely fabricated upwardly for it by rapidly downing the reindeer sausage and mashed potatoes. At the 22-minute marking, he finished the salmon cakes and vegetables. He slowed down at the crab legs, simply at the 40-infinitesimal mark, managed to make it to dessert, which he ultimately finished with 43 minutes to go. Richman received a commemorative "I Got Crabs at Humpy's" T-shirt and became the commencement person to e'er defeat the challenge. Richman later went on to say that the Kodiak Arrest Challenge was his favorite challenge due to the variety of flavors that the challenge consisted of.[67] |
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| Fiddling Stone, AR | 17 (35) | Nov 25, 2009 | Man |
| Richman visited Trivial Stone, Arkansas. For his start stop, he visited the Osborne Family Farm to partake in their barbecue benefiting the Little Stone Police force and Burn Departments, which included heaping servings of oven-barbecued ribs, brisket, sausage, chicken, pulled pork, and turkey. Richman as well visited Cotham'south Mercantile in Scott, Arkansas to attempt the Quadruple Hubcap Cheeseburger, which involves four i-pound, "hubcap"-sized beef patties stacked on summit of i another and topped with melted American cheese, pickles, lettuce and love apple; Richman ate his with a side of Cotham's double-dipped onion rings. This week's challenge was the Close-Up Juice Challenge, which took place at the Mean Pig BBQ in Cabot, Arkansas. The claiming involves a big smoked pulled pork sandwich topped with coleslaw and "Close-Upwardly Juice" - barbecue sauce mixed with a tablespoon of concentrated, undiluted habanero excerpt. Out of most 4,000 people who have previously tried this sandwich, only 64 people accept finished it.[27] Richman, while allowed to drink anything he wanted, had to finish the sandwich and hold it downward for five minutes afterward. If he could do so, he would get a commemorative T-shirt with the phrase "I Survived the Shut-Up Juice". To forbid spice burns during eating, Richman wore latex gloves. He as well signed a waiver earlier the challenge. After only two bites, Richman felt intense pain from the Close-Upwardly Juice. He then picked up speed, but stopped again with merely three bites left. Ultimately, though, he managed to take downwards the unabridged sandwich and survive the whole five-minute burn down period; thus he won the T-shirt for his victory. In his "press release", Richman claimed that the Shut-Up Juice temporarily "shut him up", truthful to the challenge's proper name. |
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| Tucson, AZ | 18 (36) | December 2, 2009[68] | Human |
| Richman visited Tucson, Arizona, to tape this episode in late September. Richman sampled Mexican eats including a Sonoran hot dog at El Guero Canelo and the "President'south Plate" at Mi Nidito earlier this week's challenge. He visited a hamburger articulation chosen Lindy's on Fourth on September 25[68] to battle said challenge, which was the O.G.Grand. Burger—a three-pound hamburger made upwardly of 12 patties, 12 slices of cheese, and "all the fixings".[68] Just 30 people out of 300 had finished the burger prior to this episode's taping. Richman'due south claiming was simply to finish the entire burger (which would earn him a spot on the Wall of Fame), but equally an added bonus, he would get the meal for free if he could finish information technology in under 20 minutes. He started by eating the first v burger patties in almost 5 minutes, but soon struggled and was unable to meet the 20-minute bonus mark. However, he managed to rebound and ultimately went on to finish the unabridged burger in almost 44 minutes. Though he had to pay the bill, Richman got his motion-picture show posted on the Wall of Fame. |
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| New Brunswick, NJ | 19 (37) | December 9, 2009 | Food |
| Richman visited several locations in New Brunswick, New Jersey, dwelling house of Rutgers University. His start terminate was at Harold'south New York Cafeteria Eating place[69] in nearby Edison, where he tried a x-lb., i-foot-tall (0.xxx m) Triple Decker Sandwich, which features 3 pounds each of pastrami, corned beef and turkey. Richman'southward second stop was at Stuff Yer Face in New Brunswick itself. Stuff Yer Face (where Mario Batali got his starting time job in the culinary industry equally a dishwasher) is known for its several varieties of Stromboli, including the option to brand your own Stromboli. Richman picked a "huge"-size (18 in.) Stromboli with the following: Cheddar and Brie cheeses, beef sirloin, grilled chicken, caramelized onions, fresh onions, tomatoes, spinach, Ancho-Chipotle sauce and roasted garlic spread. Altogether, Richman'southward Stromboli weighed in at roughly 2 pounds. On October 10, Richman was seen filming at Rutgers University Homecoming. At that place, he went up against the Fat Sandwich Claiming at R.U. Hungry?, ane of Rutgers' famed Grease Trucks. His claiming was to eat v of their blimp Fat Sandwiches in 45 minutes or less; doing so would permit Richman to create and name his very ain Fat Sandwich as well as earn him a spot on the Grease Trucks' Wall of Fame. Richman picked a Craven Fatty True cat (grilled craven strips, cheese, French chips, lettuce, tomatoes, ketchup, and mayonnaise), a Veggie Fatty True cat (aforementioned as the Chicken Fatty True cat, except using deep-fried veggie burger patties instead of chicken), a Fatty Romano (thin steak slices, over-easy egg, Taylor pork whorl, French fries, lettuce and tomatoes), and ii Fat Kokos (steak, marinara sauce, mozzarella sticks and French fries). Altogether, the 5 sandwiches weighed over 7 pounds. Prior to Richman, around 250 people had tried the challenge, and xvi had succeeded. In the challenge, Richman ate 4 1⁄ii sandwiches before he ran out of time: he ate the two Fatty Kokos in the outset xiii minutes, simply struggled with the Fat Romano and Chicken Fat True cat, causing him to run out of time when he was halfway through the Veggie Fatty True cat. The Fatty Romano, named after Belleville, New Jersey native Rich Romano, a Rutgers student in the mid-1990s (making it one of the first sandwiches to be named after a educatee), was Richman's ultimate undoing. During the "Greatest Moments" episode (which aired after the conclusion of the 2nd flavour), Richman expressed his disappointment with not finishing this challenge, noting that he would take finished it if the fourth dimension limit were an 60 minutes, and feeling like he had let the entire school down past failing the challenge. |
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| Hartford, CT | xx (38) | December 16, 2009 | Human being |
| Richman visited Hartford, Connecticut. For his showtime terminate, Richman visited Woody's eating place in downtown Hartford, which is well known for its various hot dog creations. There he tried a "Deputy Dog", a human foot-long hot dog topped with pulled pork, Cheddar cheese and barbecue sauce and served in a toasted bun. He also visited Doogie'south Long Dogs and Fat Burgers in Newington, Connecticut to try the "Doogie Canis familiaris", a 2-foot-long (0.61 m), char-grilled hot dog topped with sauteed onions and peppers, cheese, chili and bacon and served on iii German-way buns. Richman's next cease was at Ted's Restaurant in Meriden, Connecticut, where he tried a steamed cheeseburger (with the meat and White Cheddar cheese prepared in separate steam cabinets) with various toppings served in a Vienna gyre, and a side of dwelling chips topped with melted, steamed White Cheddar cheese. This week'south claiming took place at Randy's Wooster St. Pizza Store in Manchester, Connecticut, where Richman was faced with the Stuffed-Pizza Challenge: a 22-inch, 10-pound stuffed pizza filled with various meats (including pepperoni, ground beef and bacon), cheeses (including Romano, Pecorino and Mozzarella) and vegetables (including onions, peppers and broccoli).[70] This was a two-person challenge, and Richman's partner was Greg Maloomian (aka "The Great Moomsi"), who has finished this challenge previously. If they could finish the pizza in nether an hour, they would become gratuitous T-shirts and hats and be allowed to sign the restaurant's claiming tabular array, but if they failed, they would have to sign the Hall of Shame. Out of 442 teams that take attempted this challenge prior to Richman and Greg, but two teams take succeeded (with Greg being on one of those teams). During the claiming, Richman tried eating the filling showtime and leaving the crusts for later, while Greg tackled whole slices. Greg finished all of his slices at about 35 minutes, but Richman struggled with the leftover crusts. Seeing this, Greg helped Richman with the crusts, and this tactic allowed the pair to end the whole pizza with just one second remaining, thus the team won. This was Richman'southward commencement victory in the challenge, and Greg'due south second. |
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