Ruby's diner celebrated their 35th anniversary with an eating challenge you
got a three and a half pound burger tower a side of fries and a milkshake
with a flavor of your choice eat it all in 35 minutes and you win a $35 gift
certificate a t-shirt and other Ruby's merchandise
was i able to consume the entire meal and timely fashion and claim victory
you'll have to watch and see no fanfare no BS no Stalin it's time for freak
eating
welcome back to another man vs. food style challenge here on freak eating it
happened at Ruby's diner in the city of Irvine the company was hosting their
special 35th anniversary food challenge and I didn't want to miss it you
actually had to sign up ahead of time online for this challenge and it was
only going to be held at certain locations on certain days I missed doing
the challenge at the Cabazon location but I was able to catch up with them
when they got to Orange County when I started driving to head out to the
challenge I didn't realize that Ruby's diner had two locations in Irvine and
without knowing it I drove to the wrong one first
the manager there had no idea about a food challenge but when I mentioned it
was a company thing he called the other store in town and confirmed that it was
happening there right Church wrong Pew so I got in my car and drove over to the
other Ruby's in Irvine the manager there was nice enough to wait until I got
there to start the challenge that was super cool because I Irvine is about 90
miles from my home and if a challenge happened without me that would have
sucked there's almost nothing so disappointing as driving somewhere far
only to find out that you missed the whole thing in the future I'm gonna make
sure to confirm the address of the challenge that I'm supposed to go to
before I start out for the day now about the challenge four of us signed up to do
it so they set us up on the counter so the marketing director and the store
manager could oversee us it wasn't meant to be a contest they weren't giving out
any special prizes for finishing first or finishing last but so long as you
finished all your food in 35 minutes you got the prize package sitting at the
counter made filming a slight challenge but thankfully since the counter was
curved I was able to set up a tripod and capture the action from a clear vantage
point I'm a lot happier with the camera angle here than I was during my video at
Redford's from a couple weeks ago in San Diego attempting the burger challenge
alongside me were Alexis on the far side of the bar Josh and finally next to me
was John Bello friend and fellow competitive eater you
might recognize him from the giant 54 by 54 pizza video I uploaded some months
ago John is a YouTube channel but he doesn't upload
regularly he filmed this challenge actually using his GoPro but I tried
searching and I couldn't find it online so maybe he's gonna have it up soon his
channel is linked down below in the description section so go ahead and
check it out so you can see some of his other food challenges and you can see
that he is the real deal you might be wondering what was on these giant burger
towers first off you had three pounds of ground beef divided into six large
patties but the rest was an interesting mix of flavors lettuce onion rings
tomato four kinds of cheese jalapenos avocado bacon and mayonnaise that's a
mouthful it was a tower of flavor compared to
many other burger challenges this one packed a variety of tastes and textures
that kept you interested and wanting more
there was no egg or potato but the avocado and the three kinds of cheese
more than made up for that if I remember it correctly the cheese's feature to
pour cheddar American Swiss and pepper jack it was really a nice touch to have
such a wide variance of cheese you weren't just choking down the same
stuff but you got a chance to see how the flavor of the meat interacted with
each type of cheese this was one of those rare challenges that I would
actually love to do again if I was given the opportunity who knows maybe there'll
be a Ruby's 36th anniversary challenge the French fries it came with the burger
seem basic but they were done very well it's basic done right not burned and not
soft fries may adjust the way fries should be made they tasted good alone
but I was using ketchup to soften them and dull the saltiness of the texture to
make them easier to swallow the final component of the challenge was the
milkshake you could pick any flavor off the menu which I thought was an
incredible way to bring variety and personality to an eating challenge I
picked coffee because I love coffee but also because I was hoping for a little
bit of a caffeine pick-me-up for my drive back home it is 90 miles after all
Ruby's serves up over a dozen flavors of milkshakes
so no matter what your taste you're gonna find a milkshake to enjoy
there wasn't a drink component to the challenge but obviously all of us were
drinking either soda or water the marketing director was live-streaming us
on Facebook at the beginning and she told us at the record for finishing this
challenge was about ten minutes that's crazy that seemed like a really
impressive time but none of us at the bar that day were trying to get it done
that fast it turns out that the record was set by our friend Reina from the
YouTube channel Reina is crazy you've seen her in my recent pizza video
as well as on the big 54 by 54 pizza video where John was also she's
definitely got a big future ahead of her in competitive eating it's actually
incredible to see new food challengers come up and build their skills with
every passing challenge I said it and I meant it Reina and I will be doing more
challenges together soon and hopefully we can put something together for a
video that will be truly impressive I'm gonna pull back on the commentary for
now but don't worry my annoying voice will make its return before too long in
all seriousness I enjoy doing commentary for my challenges and I appreciate the
feedback that many of you have given me in the comments section on some recent
videos your support is the reason why I stick with the voiceovers it takes extra
time but I think it makes a video that has some more information to it so I'll
talk to you soon
you
the four of us were plugging away at our food but it was clear to me that John
was gonna finish first for his efforts he was offered a hot fudge sundae on the
house it looked delicious and refreshing and in some weird way gave me extra
motivation to finish my meal - I just really wanted a sundae for some reason
maybe my mouth was tired of all of salt meat and something sweet just really
looked good I finished a challenge right under 20 minutes and they gave me my own
hot fudge sundae I felt like a kid again if you finish your food you'll get your
dessert but I ate way too much for lunch to really feel like a kid again Josh and
Alexis didn't finish but they were awesome people and it's always cool to
have more people involved in eating challenges
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to miss them thank you for taking the time to watch this video and I hope to
see you in the next one so until we eat again stay in school
don't do drugs and eat like a freak
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