"Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor is without a doubt the most widely used backing song in eating challenge videos. This video is no exception. Even with the cheesy music, this eating competition has merit! The Challenge: Eat as many chicken nuggets as possible to be crowned champion. And at 65 nuggets, Anthony wins! Not quite as many as the McNugget McMaster, but a worthy effort no doubt!

From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vk5vNpIQgE

Not content with just any old Fruit Cake? How about one worth US$1.65m, encrusted with 223 small diamonds? It's apparently edible too, with the diamonds taken out of course ;)

From: http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=456&sid=642582

TOKYO - Could this be the ultimate Christmas treat? A diamond Christmas cake is going on display Friday in Japan. It's one of 17 diamond-related designs in an exhibit called "Diamonds: Nature's Miracle." The Tokyo pastry chef who created the work of art said it took six months to develop the design and one month to actually make the cake.

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The guys over at Beat Pete's Meat like their meat... (you'd never guess huh?). Regular cooking competitions showcasing the finest in meaty cuisine, along with some entertainment, games, etc. A fantastic event! I managed to find a pic of their 20lb burger creation. Unfortunately, only one photo, but you can imagine the size of the final product!

From: http://beatpetesmeat.com/

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In an earlier post, one of the photos claimed to be "The World's Largest Gingerbread House". As Santa would say "Ho Ho Ho, I don't think so!". Turns out the World's Largest Gingerbread House has been created at the Mall of America, in Bloomington, MN. Standing at a whopping 67 feet, this massive mountain of Gingerbread has officially been crowned the World's Largest by Guinness World Records Representative Stuart Claxton. Intricately detailed with everything from lollies to licorice, it still stands today, (live cam available here!), a huge effort! This story has a video, and a bunch of pictures of the Giant Gingerbread House.... mmm...

From: http://www.junkfoodnews.net/worldrecords.htm

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In this challenge, Will Hodges has to eat 4 cans of Baked Beans in under 3 minutes (about 3.6lb's, 1.6kg's). Sounds like it'll end in tears, but he ends up smashing it, and doing it in under 2 minutes!

From: http://youtube.com/watch?v=HrVslqkyYPo

Will Hodges eats 4 cans (1.68kg) of baked beans in under 2 minutes. The challenge was 3 minutes but he smashed it

Sweden, known for beautiful women and flat pack furniture. But who would have thought they'd create a giant Sausage Monster Death Walker thingo... Complete with Evil Olive Death Ray Eyes!!! (ooh) Scary I know, but the position of the sauerkraut scares me more.... [Edit: I originally called this the "Swedish Sausage Monster", our readers soon showed me how bad my grasp of any language other than English was... sorry about that :P]

From: http://www.kaenkky.com/?p=artl&id=94

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Merry Christmas everyone! To celebrate, I thought I'd post a few pics of some Supersized Gingerbread Houses that I've found. I love gingerbread men, mmmm.... perfect at Christmas with a nice warm Egg Nog. Have a great day everyone, and enjoy the pics!

From: http://koppsbakery.com/gingerbread.htm

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Most of you have probably already had your Thanksgiving Turkey, but if you do decide to have one for Christmas, please be careful. Turkey Fires are dangerous! (This has been a community service announcement from SupersizedMeals.com. Happy Holidays!)

From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqemKVTf_38

A home made challenge this one, looks like andybiotic was dared into trying to eat 650g of pasta in one sitting.... will he make it?

[Update 11 Feb 07] - Apparently the guy's name is "Dom", andybiotic was the guy filming. Thanks for the update Jay!

From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZHR0EVpUA4

One man, 650g of pasta and a whole lot of free time. Will Dom finish the pasta challenge?

"Wes the Mess", from radio station "Pirate Radio" was given the challenge to eat 48 Ounces of Baby Food in Six Minutes! Those crazy radio guys...

From: http://www.pirateradio1250.com/site_htm/Wes_and_baby_food.htm

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