Man vs Food

[mattdaniels]

Seriously, how does he do it? I'm sat here watching him eat a 5lb Philly Cheesesteak sandwich in under 28 minutes. He's not even the biggest guy. Where does it all go? How does he do it? The guy must lay some serious cable after these challenges.

[dazco]

Must be an early episode. He turns into one of the big guys

He normally takes just under en hour per five pound of food, I have discovered. he must have really liked it.

[Bungleaio]

I'm loving this programme, some of the challenges are insane though.

The one at the weekend he had an awesome looking beef sandwich (sensible size) from http://www.yelp.com/biz/brennan-and-carr-brooklyn-... I'm definitely heading there for one when I'm in NY next year.

[Drive Blind]

I've been a fan of man v food for quite a while.

I read somewhere that for the challenges he eats nothing the previous day, just lots of water to keep his stomach stretched.

[Bitzer]

Absolutely love this programme

I liked the episode the other day when Adam ate 16 pints/2 Gallons of ice cream

I've even persuaded my mrs to watch it.

[VX Foxy]

It's A recent discovery for me...so wrong, yet so right! No wonder most sceptics are obese...

[ambuletz]

I can't understand it either. Even some of the normal 'pre-challenge' meals just seem like too much food to me. Wait until you see the plate serving for Jennings Osbourne BBQs. (he has a converted barn with at least a dozen ovens.

Have you heared of FuriousPete on youtube? He's abit crazy too, although he is a competitive eater.
1 jar of vegemite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtPUbsnnYW4
1 jar of nutella
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OENU9ZMEeww

[Mastodon2]

I saw the one where he had to chug all those malt shakes, I felt sick watching it!

[CypherP]

Watching him eat that OMG burger (12 'patties') was just insane. I like to tell myself I could do it as well, but I really don't think I could.

[NotKenBlock]

My missus and I commented about how pround the yanks are of having these challenges. We dont really have anything like that over here.

Wonder if there is a market for it?!

[CypherP]

Well, we seem to be rivalling them in the obesity stakes these days, so I'm sure we could do something similar.

Although there is probably some kind of EpicMealTime gang in the UK, doing something similar by now. I'd like to see some fairly rotund Brit doing a "1Kg Pork Pie Challenge" or "Collossal Christmas Dinner". Do we really have enough typically british dishes to make a whole series?

[MSport Calendar]

NotKenBlock said:

Wonder if there is a market for it?!

I'm sure there would be. The British Café/greasy spoon 'scene' is all geared toward All Day Breakfasts so it isn't a huge leap to providing XL-sized portions of burgers or sandwiches.

[ambuletz]

NotKenBlock said:

My missus and I commented about how pround the yanks are of having these challenges. We dont really have anything like that over here.

Wonder if there is a market for it?!

Some guy in bolton has this £10 breakfast challenge. been around for a while.

http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/4390037.Bol...

Spur bar&grill has a 64oz challenge. Eat it within an hour and its free. You get a t-shirt regardless.

[CommanderJameson]

ambuletz said:

NotKenBlock said:

My missus and I commented about how pround the yanks are of having these challenges. We dont really have anything like that over here.

Wonder if there is a market for it?!

Some guy in bolton has this £10 breakfast challenge. been around for a while.

http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/4390037.Bol...

No wonder no-one's ever finished it.

It looks absolutely fking rank.

[mattdaniels]

VX Foxy said:

It's A recent discovery for me...so wrong, yet so right! No wonder most sceptics are obese...

+1

Heard people talk about it, and it's been mentioned on here. Caught it on Dave. Makes me feel sick watching it but I can't turn it over. It's somehow very very wrong at the sheer amount of gluttony going on but some of the food looks absolutely awesome - there was a slow cooked beef joint in NY I think, black on the outside, red in the middle and succulent juices pouring out. Made me do a sex wee. Then as an antidote you have something like the OMG burger from last night that looked like it needed flushing straight down the loo to cut out the middle man.

So, so wrong. But yeah - series link, hello.

[GG89]

Makes me nauseous watching this horrible fat annoying american stuff his face. Can't actually see the appeal.

[Output Flange]

The MvF challenges aren't all about quantity though - there are plenty where he has to eat something ridiculously spicy, too.

[Du1point8]

From what I saw on another show, he prepares by not eating much at all for a day or two and then after the event he spends several days working off the challenge with exercise before moving on to the next one.

Everytime I see this show it makes me want to open my own place and make something similar in London and seeing if I can make it a success.

[Pferdestarke]

I had a night of this last January. It was hilarious.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[marksx]

What this programme has taught me is that the human body is capable of almighty punishment.

Also, that Americans wouldn't know good food if it was 4ft high.