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Tenleytown Z-Burger to hold 3rd Annual Independence Burger Eating Contest
Washington, D.C.– Z-Burger Tenleytown, a popular DC area hamburger chain, is holding its third annual Independence Burger Eating Contest to kick off Independence Day weekend 2011. Due to the great success of previous competitions, this year’s contest has expanded to include separate contests at both Z-Burger’s Tenleytown and White Marsh locations. In the weeks preceding the contests, Z-Burger is actively recruiting a range of competitors—from local amateurs to international professionals—to compete for the title.
For the past two years, one man has dominated the competition: Canadian Pete “Furious Pete” Czerwinski. Last year, Czerwinski stomached a record 23 burgers within the allotted ten minutes to take home the title and the grand prize. To prevent a Canadian three-peat, Z-Burger is searching far and wide for contestants to topple this insatiable Ontarian.
Serious rewards await serious eaters. In addition to custom-made trophies and bragging rights, Z-Burger will give away almost $9000 worth of prizes between the two locations! At the Tenleytown location, the prize breakdown is as follows: first- $1750 cash and $ 750 Z-Burger tokens; second- $750 cash and $500 Z-Burger tokens; third- $400 cash and $400 Z-Burger tokens; fourth- $300 cash and $300 Z-Burger tokens; fifth- $200 cash and $200 Z-Burger tokens. Contestants will have the option and be encouraged to donate food prizes to local charities of their choice.
Interested persons should visit www.zburger.net for the contest application and more information. The Tenleytown competition will be held on July 1 at 12:30 at 4321 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, DC, 20016. The White Marsh competition will be held on June 30 at 12:30 at 8145 Honeygo Blvd, Nottingham, MD 21236.
Those not interested in personally consuming 23 hamburgers in 10 minutes are encouraged to attend nonetheless. Just for attending, audience members will be treated with American-theme food samples and a free burger.
About Z-Burger
Z-Burger is a quick-casual American restaurant known for its burgers, fries, onion rings and 75 milkshake flavors. Z-Burger operates two locations in northwest DC at 4321 Wisconsin Ave and 2414 Wisconsin Ave NW and one location in Nottingham, Maryland at 8145 Honeygo Blvd.
