# Have you ever done a (lot of food) challenge? How did you do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [November 4, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-a-lot-of-food-challenge-how-did-you-do/974329 "2022-11-04T05:09:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-a-lot-of-food-challenge-how-did-you-do/974329/1 "2022-11-04T05:09:55Z")
Not much, but the closest I came was I wanted to take the local Bob’s Big Boy 2lb burger challenge. But sadly, the place burned down before I could give it a try. It’s not much, but I once ate 8 Quarter Pounders, so I’m sure I could do it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-a-lot-of-food-challenge-how-did-you-do/974329/2 "2022-11-04T09:37:00Z")
I’ve eaten at the Heart Attack Grill in Vegas, where one of their gimmicks is that if you can’t clean your plate, your waitress gets to paddle you in the middle of the restaurant. I had no problem finishing the smallest possible meal (8 oz. chili cheeseburger with 5 oz. of undrained bacon, with a side of lard-cooked fries), but any of the bigger burgers would have been pushing it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-a-lot-of-food-challenge-how-did-you-do/974329/3 "2022-11-04T13:34:27Z")
I ate at a local place with my gf and my daughter. We all finished our meals. On the dessert menu was a challenge; a big old fashioned banana split, that really looked good. My daughter asked if we wanted to share one. We did. Toward the end of the dessert my daughter got a text and had to head home. I was finishing the last bit of ice cream when my gf decided to stop for groceries on the way home, so she left. The waitress brought my check, which I paid. Then she came back with a crown, a certificate, and a coupon for my next visit. It was embarrassing as hell, and the waitress didn’t want to hear about the details. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-a-lot-of-food-challenge-how-did-you-do/974329/4 "2022-11-04T14:34:48Z")
I maybe could have pulled it off in my younger days. But not anymore. I consider myself lucky if I can finish an 8oz steak. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-a-lot-of-food-challenge-how-did-you-do/974329/5 "2022-11-04T22:01:45Z")
I did a spicy chicken wing challenge a long time ago. I had to sign a waiver to order them. They were hot but I didn’t have any trouble finishing them in the time required to beat the challenge. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-a-lot-of-food-challenge-how-did-you-do/974329/6 "2022-11-04T22:09:08Z")
Yeah, I did the same thing with my cousin about ten-fifteen years ago at a place here called Jake Melnick’s – back when the Red Savina habanero was the hottest pepper (so pre-ghost, pre-reaper, pre-scorpion). It was … easy. We got our picture on the wall and a plastic fireman’s hat. I was a little nervous because of the waiver, but I’ve had much hotter food from certain Thai places when I’ve ordered them Thai hot or Thai extra hot. I’m not sure I’d want to do a proper hot wing challenge today, though. I still have about half of one of those Paqui challenge chips I’m working through. Holy Christ. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-a-lot-of-food-challenge-how-did-you-do/974329/7 "2022-11-05T02:30:34Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I still have about half of one of those Paqui challenge chips I’m working through. Yea, those chips can go ahead and fuck right off. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-a-lot-of-food-challenge-how-did-you-do/974329/8 "2022-11-05T05:01:24Z")
Sort of, I did the gallon of milk thing back what, 10 years ago? Accomplished it, despite being lactose intolerant =) ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-a-lot-of-food-challenge-how-did-you-do/974329/9 "2022-11-05T14:04:58Z")
I did this too. The Ghost Face Killa challenge at Arooga’s. It was 5 minutes for 10 insanely spicy wings. They gave you a shot glass of milk to drink after the last wing. I completed it with a few seconds to spare, and earned that damn shirt. My mouth was numb for a little while after that. ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-a-lot-of-food-challenge-how-did-you-do/974329/10 "2022-11-05T14:22:49Z")
I did the 72 oz. steak at the Big Texan in Amarillo. 53 minutes. I still have the free T-shirt somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-a-lot-of-food-challenge-how-did-you-do/974329/11 "2022-11-05T14:38:06Z")
I won a pizza eating contest in college at 17 slices. Lost a 2-liter water drinking contest. Could not make it past 1 1/2 liters as my stomach was completely full. I did discover that water filters through your stomach pretty quickly since I was able to try again a few minutes later only to have that “stomach absolutely full” feeling at exactly 1 1/2 liters again. I knew enough about water to not try again or it would be dangerous. Some of the “contestants” at the impromptu dorm contest did actually succeed in downing the entire 2 liters. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-a-lot-of-food-challenge-how-did-you-do/974329/12 "2022-11-05T14:40:06Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > The waitress brought my check, which I paid. Then she came back with a crown, a certificate, and a coupon for my next visit. It was embarrassing as hell, and the waitress didn’t want to hear about the details. When I was a teenager we had an ice cream parlor chain called “Farrell’s”. Their big dessert was an eight scoop sundae called a pig trough. If you finished it you got a ribbon that said “I made a pig of myself at Farrell’s.” You also had to announce it to the restaurant. I ordered and ate the sundae, got my ribbon and humiliation. I then proceeded to order and finish another pig trough. They weren’t expecting that… How I miss that metabolism…