DENNY'S GIANT BURGER UPDATE

This week I've been exchanging emails with Denny from Denny's Beer Barrel Pub. He wants the United Eaters of Pennsylvania to come up to his restaurant in Clearfield, PA on the 24th of this month to be a part of the unveiling of his new world record largest burger ("over 115 pounds"). Right now it's going to be me, Beau, Carey and possibly one other coming up from Harrisburg. Wing Tut has said that he's clear that weekend too and Ian Hickman may join us as well. We still need to dig up 6 or so more eaters.

Denny and I were kicking around some ideas for the event. Initially he wanted about 12 of us to try to eat the giant burger, to which I suggested cutting it in half and having two teams of six compete to see which team can eat the most in one hour. After the hour, the remants (oh yes, there will be remnants) would be weighed and one team would win. I like the concept of a team competition. You don't see that a lot in competitive eating.

He liked the idea too, but has reconsidered carving up the giant burger because he'd like to keep it intact for follow-up media inquiries and photos that are likely to trickle in during the days following the ceremony. Instead he suggested something involving several one- or two-pound burgers on a platter and the UEPa gang can eat those. Maybe we'll still do the team thing. Maybe we'll turn it into an individual event. His crew is still ironing out the details. I'm just glad he doesn't want us to come up a week later to eat the seven day old burger.