“Z-Burger, a DC area hamburger chain, is actively recruiting a range of competitors—from local amateurs to international professionals—to compete in the sixth annual Independence Burger Eating Contest on Thursday, July 3rd at 12:00PM.
For four of the last five years, one man has dominated the competition: Canadian Pete “Furious Pete” Czerwinski. Two years ago, Czerwinski stomached 15 burgers within the allotted ten minutes to take home the title and the grand prize. Last year, Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti from Chicago participated and demolished 28 burgers in ten minutes – nearly doubling Czerwinski’s impressive 15 burgers from the previous year. Now, Z-Burger is in search of someone else to down the competition.
Serious rewards await serious eaters. In addition to custom-made trophies and bragging rights, Z-Burger will give away $3,750 worth of prizes! The prize breakdown is as follows: first- $1,500 cash, second- $850 cash, third- $500 cash, fourth- $400 cash, fifth – $300 in Z-Burger food and sixth- $200 in Z-Burger food.
Interested persons should visit http://www.zburgereatingcontest.com or email info@zburgereatingcontest.com with your name, age, address and why you want to be in the contest. The competition will be held on Thursday, July 3rd at 12 pm at the Z-Burger Tenleytown, located at 4321 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, DC.
Those not interested in personally consuming upwards of 30 hamburgers in 10 minutes are encouraged to attend nonetheless. Just for attending, audience members will be treated to free burgers immediately after the contest is over.”
