Man Eats 15 Lb. Burger at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub

Man Eats 15 Lb Burger at Denny's Beer Barrel PubCLEARFIELD, Pa. – 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, said he was surprised he finished the sandwich Monday. “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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How I Got Kicked Out Of The Chilheads

We just returned from the Fiery Foods Show, held again in Albuquerque, New Mexico and I had a lot of people asking for the hottest chile pepper we offered. I smiled, not at their extreme passion for scoville units, but because I couldn’t supply them with anything hotter than our Coyote Trail Green Chile Sauce. Sure, the Green Chile Sauce has some heat, but nothing like what these guys were looking for. I thought back to our departure from a sound business plan-the time we were also in search of the heat…

FireTalkers: Interview with Cleo ‘Jake’ Calloway, Jr. of Jake’s Barbeque Sauce

Cleo 'Jake' Calloway, Jr. of Jake's Barbeque SauceCleo “Jake” Calloway, Jr., president and owner of Jake’s Barbeque Sauce and Seasonings Company, is one of the most passionate people I’ve ever talked to, and seems to be totally into what he does. He’s extremely helpful and accommodating, too – I gave him a list of sample questions that I would plan to ask him a few days in advance of our phone conversation, and he e-mailed me back condensed but detailed answers to each one, which aided tremendously in the editing of this interview. And just speaking to him, he exuded an honest enthusiasm and love of what he does that it was darn near infectious. It was hard not to like this guy and what he does; and after reviewing his Barbecue Sauces and his Basil Marinade, I would say he does it quite well.

Before interviewing him, I had only known him as Cleo and did not know of his nickname, so it led me to start out by asking him…

Scott: How did the company get its name and who is Jake?

Jake: Jake is my great-grandfather, whom I was nicknamed after. After developing my first sauce and gaining approval on the flavoring from my parents and I was talking with them about the products when my mother mentioned that I reminded her of her grandfather Jake. Jake was an old time barbecuer and spent hours upon hours perfecting his sauces and dry seasonings. She said that I have that same level of diligence and persistence and with that I name the company Jake’s…

Need Sound Answers? Go to the Audiophile Wiki

USB Mini-FridgeNeed information on a variety of audio-related topics? Unsure of a topic or musical term? Then check out the Audiophile Wiki. It’s the brainchild of Paul McGowan of PS Audio, and is built for both the novices and experts alike. But like any wiki, it’s a work in progress and benefits from the input of everyone — including you. If you’d like to help edit and add topics, please sign up and make this the go-to sound resource.

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Zakk Wylde’s New Blair’s Berserker Sauces

Berserker Brand Hot SaucesSeveral months back I had mentioned that Black Label Society/Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde was teaming up with Blair’s to create Berserker Brand Hot Sauces. Well, the sauce formulas have been made, the bottles are ready to be filled and labeled and shipped to your door after October 15th. You can pre-order the Berserker Hot Sauces from Zakk’s site ot the Blair website.

And what kind of scorching elixirs have Zakk and Blair concocted? Berserker is available in four flavors: Zakk Wylde’s Original Hot Sauce (mild), Wylde’s Sonic Brew Hot Sauce (medium), Zakk Wylde’s Stronger Than Death Hot Sauce (hot), and Zakk Wylde’s Shot to Hell Hot Sauce (extremely hot). It is advertised on both sites that Shot to Hell “contains ingredients 600 times hotter than a jalapeno chili”. If this is using the same semantics that is on Blair’s Mega Death and Jersey Death (which are advertised on the bottles as having ingredients 500 times and 750 times jalapeno heat, respectively), then this sauce is pushing 600,000 Scoville Heat Units. Yowza! That’s pretty darn hot.

Build a Solar Food Dehydrator

Build a Solar DehydratorHere’s a clever contraption that should be added to my Ultimate Guide to Drying Hot Peppers guide: a homemade solar-powered dehydrator. The homegrownevolution.com site has a nice little write-up describing their successful experiences with one they had built, plus provide a few links with instructions on how to construct your own. I still think an electric food dehydrator is the best method of drying fruits and vegetables, but if you’re looking to save a few dollars on electricity costs one of these solar dehydrators may be a great alternative.

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Awesome Lasagna Recipe Site

To me, lasagna is like pizza – it’s a dish almost everyone loves and you can’t go wrong serving it to your hungry dinner mates.

Are you looking for a killer lasagna recipe? A great little blog I’ve stumbled across is mylasagnarecipe.com. The site owner offers their own mouth-watering variation of the meaty, cheesy, and chewy dish plus over a dozen other lasagna recipes to try.

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