Serious Eats
Megafood Challenges, Good for a Free Meal or a Trip to the Hospital
ABC News reporter Scott Mayerowitz takes a look at, and tries, some of the megafood challenges across the country from restaurants that offer gargantuan dishes on the house—if you can finish them within the allotted time.
There's the 50-pound burger challenge at the Clinton Station Diner in New Jersey, where the $159.95 burger is free if five people can finish it in under three hours. Less wallet damaging is the pancake challenge at Rick Jones' cafe in Seiad Valley, California, where failure to finish five gigantic inch-thick pancakes in less than two hours will cost you $12. The $29.99 Dare to be Great Sundae at The Parlour in Jackson, Michigan, consists of 21 scoops of ice cream plus chocolate syrup, pineapples, strawberries, marshmallows, chopped nuts, whipped cream, and cherries. Eat it by yourself in less than an hour and it's free.
Of course, taking these challenges is more about pride than saving money, and few people succeed.