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Friday, July 10, 2009

Chow For Your Stomach's (and Your Wallet's) Consideration: A Giant Burger

Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:47 PM

Tomorrow at the Spectator, eat an 8-pound, 7-ounce bacon cheeseburger in a contest-winning manner (fastest, one presumes?) and win $150. Here it is pictured with a regular burger for scale:

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I watched the Super Bowl at the Spectator once; the fact that it's a sports bar where Sorry Charlie's used to be (and, hell, even Sorry Charlie's successor, the Mirabeau Room) made me melancholy.

Details on tomorrow's contest—and the recipe for the burger, which has a 2.3-pound bun—after the jump.

The Spectator Sports Bar and Grill will be hosting Seattle's First
Annual Bacon Cheeseburger Eating Contest featuring the largest bacon
cheeseburger in the State of Washington

When: July 11th 5:30 p.m.

Where: 529 Queen Anne Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109

What: After months of development the folks at The Spectator Sports
Bar and Grill have built the Largest Bacon Cheese Burger in the State
of Washington. This behemoth dresses out at an astounding 8 lbs. 7ounces. To
commemorate this creation The Spectator will host Seattle's First
Annual Bacon Cheeseburger Eating Contest.

About the burger:

2.3 lbs 13 inch custom house made made bun
3.2 lbs lean ground beef
1 lbs. sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 lbs bacon
1/2 lbs. onion
1/2 lbs tomato
1/4 lbs romaine lettuce
1/4 lbs pickle
plus mayo, mustard and ketchup

It is festooned with one pound of Tator Tots at the base.

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8 1/2 lbs! That is impressive. A truck stop in the town I grew up in had a 4 lb burger (2 lbs of meat) -- if you finished in an hour or less you got it for free. A number of my friends have attempted it over the years, and I believe only one was successful. Immediately thereafter he went to the bathroom and vomited. So, yeah, 8 lbs. Good luck with that.

Posted by Julie in Eugene on July 10, 2009 at 4:09 PM

I can eat 5+ pounds of meat after a good 2 hour workout, but, you know... drained, low-fat, no bread or tater tots or onions or bonus grease. And usually not beef.

In fact, given all that, I don't think I should have even implied that I could possibly maybe have eaten this monster burger.

Posted by Baconcat on July 10, 2009 at 4:25 PM

The dimensions on that "regular burger" aren't exactly ideal for the purposes of comparison.

Posted by Mike on July 10, 2009 at 4:27 PM

Meh. I could down that and an Oreo shake in one sitting, no problem.

Posted by TVDinner

on July 10, 2009 at 8:28 PM

My experiences at The Spectator have been lame. One time, the staff was all about making fun of gay people. I had to check myself, What? Was this Uptown, or some shit hole in Eastern Washington? The next time, it was all frat boy bullshit. No thanks, I'll do the Mecca...

Posted by Wild Bill on July 18, 2009 at 4:17 PM