Oct 17, 2008 1:55 pm US/Eastern
Pa. Man Chews Through Gut-Busting 15-Pound Burger
CLEARFIELD, Pa. (AP) ―
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Brad Sciullo poses with the "Beer Barrel Belly Bruiser."
Denny's Beer Barrel Pub/KDKA
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Competitive eater Brad Sciullo (L) cries after winning the Annual Cannoli Eating Contest during the Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy on Sept.12, 2008, in New York.
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Denny's Beer Barrel Pub/KDKA
It took Brad Sciullo 4 hours and 39 minutes to finish a marathon. A meat marathon, that is. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound western Pennsylvania chef is the first person to eat a monstrosity called the Beer Barrel Belly Bruiser: a 15-pound burger with toppings and a bun that brought the total weight to 20.2 pounds.
The mountain of beef is the product of Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, about 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in Clearfield.
Sciullo, 21, of Uniontown, was planning to go to New York City last
weekend for a pizza-eating contest. When that didn't work out, he went
to Clearfield in search of a bigger challenge.
Sciullo said Monday he was surprised he finished the sandwich. "About three hours into it, things got tough," he said.
When asked what possessed him to eat a burger that big, Sciullo said: "I wanted to see if I could."
The burger included a bun, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onions, mild banana peppers and a cup each of mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard and relish, pub owner Dennis Liegey said.
For completing the challenge in the under-five-hour time limit, Sciullo won $400, three T-shirts, a certificate "and a burger hangover, as I call it," Liegey said.
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