Seattle Zack
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Where's the beef? It's at a Pennsylvania pub that serves the world's biggest burger — weighing in at eleven pounds -- you can actually get this meat monster for $23.95.
Even though consumers are increasingly opting for healthier foods these days, some people still prefer good ol' fatty standards such as burgers, cheese, french fries, and ice cream. And as long as customers want those things, some eateries will attempt to attract their business by offering larger portions of them than the next guy.
One extreme in the big burger business is represented by Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, which offers one variety of "large" for the extreme burger enthusiast: a 6-pound Ye Olde 96er (so named because it contains 96 ounces of meat).
As advertised on the pub's web site, a 96er sells for $23.95 and includes the following fixings and condiments:
Two whole tomatoes
A half-head of lettuce
12 slices of American cheese
A full cup of peppers
Two entire onions
A river of mayonnaise, ketchup, and mustard
A pound and a half of cheese ... twelve slices of American melted on the grill.
Denny's (not to be confused with the national chain restaurants of the same name) offers prizes for customers and something special for anyone who manages the unthinkable and puts away a whole 96er (6 lb. burger) and all the condiments ... in under three hours.
They've been offering this prize since the 1999 Superbowl, and to this point no one has been up to the challenge.
Until now.
January 16, 2005, a 100-pound woman became the first person to win the Denny's Beer Barrel Pub challenge when 19-year-old Kate Stelnick of Princeton, New Jersey, downed a six-pound Denny's "96er" hamburger and five pounds of fixins' in 2 hours and 54 minutes, just shy of the three-hour time limit. For her trouble, Ms. Stelnick got a special certificate, a T-shirt, and other prizes, as well as having her tab for the $23.95 burger picked up by the house.
The Burger
Even though consumers are increasingly opting for healthier foods these days, some people still prefer good ol' fatty standards such as burgers, cheese, french fries, and ice cream. And as long as customers want those things, some eateries will attempt to attract their business by offering larger portions of them than the next guy.
One extreme in the big burger business is represented by Denny's Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, which offers one variety of "large" for the extreme burger enthusiast: a 6-pound Ye Olde 96er (so named because it contains 96 ounces of meat).
As advertised on the pub's web site, a 96er sells for $23.95 and includes the following fixings and condiments:
Two whole tomatoes
A half-head of lettuce
12 slices of American cheese
A full cup of peppers
Two entire onions
A river of mayonnaise, ketchup, and mustard
A pound and a half of cheese ... twelve slices of American melted on the grill.
Denny's (not to be confused with the national chain restaurants of the same name) offers prizes for customers and something special for anyone who manages the unthinkable and puts away a whole 96er (6 lb. burger) and all the condiments ... in under three hours.
They've been offering this prize since the 1999 Superbowl, and to this point no one has been up to the challenge.
Until now.
January 16, 2005, a 100-pound woman became the first person to win the Denny's Beer Barrel Pub challenge when 19-year-old Kate Stelnick of Princeton, New Jersey, downed a six-pound Denny's "96er" hamburger and five pounds of fixins' in 2 hours and 54 minutes, just shy of the three-hour time limit. For her trouble, Ms. Stelnick got a special certificate, a T-shirt, and other prizes, as well as having her tab for the $23.95 burger picked up by the house.
The Burger
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