"The Sasquatch 4 pounds of burger, over a pound and a half of toppings and a two pound homemade bun the size of a bar stool cushion." "Adam and the Sasquatch challenge, he doesn't stand a chance today." "Over 1,300 people have tried this bad boy and only 4 have taken it down." "Today, I'm going to make it 5!" "I'm Adam Richmand, a food fanatic who has held nearly every job in the restaurant business." "And now I'm on a mouthwatering journey to find America's greatest pig-out spots." "Oh my God, happy birthday to me." "and take on the country's most legendary eating challenges." "Ladies and Gentlemen, This is the carnivore challenge." "I'm no competitive eater." "(This is history in the making!" ")" "Just a regular guy with a serious appetite." "Suicide 6 Wings Challenge" "(Go Adam Go, Go Adam Go...)" "This is my ultimate hunger quest." "This is Man VS Food." "My date with The Sasquatch is fast approaching." "But before I take on that big bad burger" "I have a few other gut-busting stops on this leg of my pig-out journey." "I'm in Memphis, Tennessee," "Known for the Blues, Graceland and Beilstreet." "But me I came here for the feast." "because come on, what's a better way to know a city and its inhabitants than to go to its places of food worship?" "And today I'm going to one of the staples." "The one, the only..." "Gus's Fried Chicken." "Memphis is know for its huge portions of deep fried southen cooking." "And if that's what you're looking for, then Gus's Chicken is the place to go." "What are you getting?" "Chicken." "Chicken." "What are you gettin'?" "Chicken." "I'm sensing a trend here." "So first of all how is it?" "Absolutely delicious." "What do you like the most about it?" "Is it the spice..." "I like the spice" "The way the chicken is cooked, it's moist..." "It's spicy but it's not too spicy." "It's just right." "Just give me one crunch that looks so good." "Do me one more, just give me one more so I can live vicariously through you." "The Gus's phenomenon started 25 years ago" "When this guy Vernon Gus Bonner" "Took over a fried chicken shack in Mason, Tennessee." "A small town, 40 miles from Memphis." "The restaurant became so popular that in 2001 they opened a second location in the heart of downtown." "And it's become a Mecca for chicken lovers everywhere." "What, is it too spicy or are you able to enjoy it?" "I love it." "You love it?" "!" "Man after my own heart." "Give me something sky-high." "I'm eager to join the feeding frenzy but I want to do it right." "Gus's widow and retired master cook Gertrude Bonner is happy to offer some pointers." "If I want to eat this properly, what's the way to properly attack it?" "Ala the real Bonner way to do it?" "I just kinda pick it off and..." "There's something oddly sexy about the way you do that." "I'm savoring the flavour." "So am I!" "And I don't mean the chicken." "Ms. Gertrude's style may work for her but I'm on a pig-out mission." "No small delicate bites for me" "So I grab chicken addict and current Gus's cook Big John to show me how to really tear in to my first piece." "Alright, I've got to get in on this." "Ah, it's so hot." "Is it good?" "You can taste the chicken and you can taste the spice, you don't just taste bread." "It all works together, it's all clean." "Lord have mercy." "Right?" "Now you said you put Ranch on it?" "If you ain't got Ranch on it you're missing a lot." "Oh my god... happy birthday to me." "You see what I'm talking about now?" "The coolness of the Ranch and all the spices, and then you get the back hit in the back of your throat." "Everybody dip it in Ranch." "After my deep fried fix, I head in to the kitchen to find out what goes in to making Gus's Chicken so good." "This is Wendy McCrory one of the head honchos here at Gus's" "So talk to me a little bit." "Do you and what, 2 other people in the world know what's in to this?" "Maybe 3, Maybe 3." "Care to make it 4 or...?" "Absolutely not." "Pretty please with sugar on top?" "Erm, not really." "Ok." "Moving right on." "It's no surprise that Wendy didn't crack." "After all, the secret recipe for Gus's delicious blend of spices has been kept under lock and key for over half a century." "But one thing at Gus's is no secret." "The individual attention they give each piece of chicken." "Cutting off all the excess fat by hand." "It's a labour of love I'll have to experience myself to truly appreciate." "I'm going to lend to you the best knife in the house." "Best knife in the house." "It's the sharpest knife in the house." "Excalibur." "Yeah, Michael Myres." "Ok." "Excess fat be gone." "If only I could do that around my mid-section I'd be a happy fellow." "Oh man, we'd both be happy." "Oh come on you handsome devil don't even give me that." "Oh my gosh, back to work." "I'm sorry..." "give me something to trim, please." "The champ is coming out of retirement." "Oh my god, that's like doing physics problems with Albert Einstein." "Let me show you how to do it easily." "Yes ma'am." "That is a work of art." "That belongs in the Louvre, in a frame next to the Mona Lisa." "Ow, ow I'm fragile." "You are a flatterer." "Now that I'd learnt from the master how to trim chicken It's time to give these bad boys a bath, in the secret seasoning." "This might hurt a little." "One of these days, bang, zoom, straight to the fryer." "Oh look at that." "You know that golden brown fried chicken?" "That's perfect." "That is perfectly cooked." "Gus's proved to be everything I dreamed it would be." "Perfect chicken, perfect company and the perfect pig-out joint." "I could have spent all day chowing down with Big John." "You the man." "You the man, man." "You the man." "But there's a lot more of Memphis to see and eat, before my showdown with The Sasquatch." "Coming up: my date with the 7 and a half pound buger of destiny." "Huge burger, scared Adam." "But first, I go on a rib rampage." "That's amazing." "And you won't believe where this Memphis BBQ joint gets its secret flavour." "Welcome to Memphis." "Thanks man!" "I'm Adam Richmand." "Hey Memphis!" "and I'm on a country-wide quest to feast at the best chowdown huts America has to offer." "Today I'm in Memphis, hitting the cities most legendary pig-out palaces." "This, see this is real BBQ and this is why you come to Memphis, Tennessee." "The Rendezvous is legend and it's the real deal for Memphis BBQ." "They discovered the pit by accident in 1948 in the basement of a diner, and now it has become the place to go in Memphis, Tennessee for mouthwatering ribs, pulled pork sandwiches and every kind of BBQ you could possibly imagine." "Let's go!" "Towering pulled pork sandwiches, perfectly cooked links of juicy Kobassa" "This is the pig-out place to be in Memphis." "We don't do small portions around here." "It's go big or go home." "But when it comes to chowing down at Rendezvous, juicy succulent ribs top the list." "I came here for the ribs." "I'm gonna have ribs and whatever else I can get my hands on." "This is a rib joint." "In the tender spicy realm of pork ribs, Memphis is unbeatable." "and Rendezvous is one of the most legendary purvayors of dry ribs in the world." "Rack after rack is devoured by thousands of people each day." "Order up!" "Definitely a pig-out rating of 5 on a scale of 5." "6!" "I'm actually here from Sandiego." "I'm from Victoria, Canada." "I drove all the way from Pensacola, Florida just for this dish right here." "BBQ has been in Memphis for centuries but in 1948, Greek immigrant, Charlie Vergos, opened Rendezvous and redefined it." "Memphis BBQ in the past has had a history of sauces." "Just put sauce on ribs and Charlie Vergos loved putting a little dry seasoning on them." "It kind of caught on, a little slowly, but it caught on and man, it's through the roof now." "Charlie Vergos did Memphis BBQ the only way he knew how." "The Greek way." "The meant adding a proprietary blend of Mediterranean spices to the dry-rubbed seasoning." "This is where the magic happens at Rendezvous and here is the cheif magician Bobby." "How are you doing today?" "Now Bob you've been here for how long now?" "I've been here going on my 41st year." "Each rack rolls to perfection over charcoal for up to 40 hours in Rendezvous legendary smoker." "I just..." "I just need a moment." "Lord." "Ok thank you, go ahead." "Alright, it's all original charcoal" "There's no gas, there's nothing." "It's unique." "So this is just the pure naked rib." "Naked rib, just like it is." "Can I just show a cross section of this to you?" "Look at the bark and you can actually see there's a real smoke ring." "You can't fake that." "See you that meat comes right straight off of the bone?" "Comes right off the bone and it's got a crunch when you bite in to it and then all the chewiness and succulence you expect from a rib" "I mean you almost don't need the sauce, the sauce is almost unfair." "Now put that one down now try that one yourself." "Baste it and then sprinkle the seasoning." "Oh, who's a rib?" "That's amazing." "The vinegar works so well with like, already the juices and the fat that's already running through the pork that it actually makes this like, caramelized crust." "...and it tenderises out meat too." "That's why we baste it." "I'm in heaven!" "And it's BBQ that I really seek." "Everyone's feeling the love at this pig-out palace." "Stuffing their faces with huge portions of lamb riblets, brisket and pulled pork sandwiches." "She was turned on to dry-rub by this place." "By the way that is the official sign for dry rub." "Yeah." "You know the... when you've gotta massage it." "Oh wow, you have a happy marriage don't you?" "I do, I do!" "It's just about time to cross Rendezvous off my pig-out list, and man is it hard to say goodbye." "Real glad to have you Adam." "It's been a nice job." "I won't kiss you but I'll give you a hug." "And that's all I needed." "I got ribs and a hug." "I got ribs and a hug what more do I need?" "Coming up:" "To those about to pig-out, we salute you." "It's me VS Sashquatch, no holes barred!" "The Sasquatch was a beast in the woods." "Easily the only person I've ever seen that could eat that burger." "It's time for one final workout." "To get pumped and get hungry for the food fight ahead." "SASHQUATCH!" "Big Food Lodge in Memphis, Tennessee." "Trust me the name says it all." "Because portions there aren't just big, they're like huge hairy monkey ape big!" "and I didn't come here for any old sandwich or slice." "No, no, no, no, no..." "I came here for one reason and one reason only and that's to take on The Sasquatch." "I'm ready to do battle with my greatest and tastiest food nemesis." "and earn my rightful place in Memphis food law." "Let's go eat some burgers." "You ever heard of The Sasquatch?" "It's ginormous, it's huge." "The Sasquatch was a beast in the woods and I think he's the only person I've ever seen that could eat that burger." "I tell you what, Adam and The Sasquatch Challenge, he doesn't stand a chance today." "Here's how the challenge works:" "Anyone who dares to take on the Sasquatch, gets 60 minutes to finish the 7 and a half pound burger." "That's big enough to feed 8 people." "If you succeed, your picture gets a permanent place on The Big Food Lodge's wall of fame." "1,300 people have started the challenge, only 4 have finished." "Including this brave soul." "The man to my left is none other than Jeremy Payne, who took down The Sasquatch in how long?" "53 minutes." "53 minutes between him and eternity." "He looked his destiny in the face and he ate it." "Alright talk to me." "So give me some tips." "Speed." "It's all about speed." "You start, you don't stop." "You don't breathe." "You eat, that's all you do." "You don't breathe?" "You don't breathe." "I can do it, he's my Yoda." "Do or do not, there is no try." "Time to eat The Sasquatch it is." "Before the showdown begins, I take the chance to size-up the Sasquatch burger and meet one of it's creators." "Owner Shawn Danko." "Oh my God." "So this is the makings of a Sasquatch burger." "This is tremendous." "Everything you see right here." "Alright so now I know we're looking at about 7 pounds plus of total mammajamma." "We have the bar stool cushon sized bun which is?" "1 pound." "So we have 2 pounds of bun?" "2 pounds of bun." "Alright." "Then we have the toppings." "A full tomato." "A full onion." "A couple of quater pickles." "Seven pieces of leaf lettuce and you've got 8 pieces of American cheese." "First we're gonna start with 4 pounds of..." "Oh I thought that was the whole thing." "No it's OK, you're safe on that." "Ok because this is a lot more managable." "Right." "I read that you use 80:20 chuck which is the percentage of meat to fat." "Fat's usually the flavour." "That's kind of what results in that awesome kind of marbling that you see in the beef." "But it's 80:20 which is a really really good quality of beef." "Absolutely, we were not doing ground-beef." "It had to match our regular burger." "Our regular burger is 80:20 ground chuck, we're using 80:20 ground chuck for our Sasquatch." "I mean that's like some of the best type of meat you can get." "As a steak, whether it's ground." "So this is awesome." "This is pure quality." "Just so you can get an understanding." "Here's my face and here's not my face." "Huge burger." "Scared Adam." ""Just believe in yourself and the burger is not a problem." "Mwah."" "So how many of these guys becomes one of those?" "Well your Sasquatch is right here." "Now we've got 8 burgers over here." "That's the equivilant of that." "You know what?" "As big as this is." "As delicious as it smells." "I think I've got a shot at it." "Like I just think sheer honour and palate are gonna make me knock this one out." "You're going down." "You're going down Sasquatch!" "The time is here." "The beast is ready and so am I." "Me VS Sasquatch." "Let the battle begin." "We have an offical Sasquatch challenger in the house today." "Give it up for my buddy Adam everybody." "Adam has 60 minutes to eat the burger but if Adam does this on his own he will be the very first person, in Big Foot history, to have eaten it with bacon, mushroom and onion at the same time." "Ready." "Set." "Go!" "I'm gonna cut it in to 6 portions." "I'm going to try and do 1 portion every 10 minutes." "We believe in you Adam." "I'll have another!" "I'm just about half the burger, in 11 minutes." "For you." "This is just a burger, it's a cow. it's just a cow." "Little burger." "Little burger." "You are all that is man." "Little burger." "He's got the will." "He's got the heart and soul and determination." "I think he's going to do it." "Coming up: only 20 minutes down and I'm already half way though." "Half!" "In your face!" "Will this be one of the quickest Sasquatch knockout punches in Big Foot Lodge history?" "Or will I get stomped?" "I came all the way to Memphis, Tennessee to take on The Sasquatch Challenge." "If I can dispatch this 7 and a half pound burger, in under 60 minutes," "I get my picture on the wall." "30 minutes in and only one quater of the burger remains." "With the crowd behind me, I'm digging deep for my second wind." "The way he started out, he started out with a blast." "And he's taking his time." "I think he's going to make it." "I don't think he's going to make it." "Many people have tried and he has way too much to go." "Under 20 minutes left for Adam and you can see the visual changes in him." "You know he started out like all perky and smiley and like right on I'm excited to do this and now you know, he's starting to droop." "Now's the crucial time it says you knw, 20 minutes." "But that's the toughest toughest time by far." "So he needs to go hard." "42 minutes down, 18 minutes to go and The Sasquatch starts punching back." "Hard!" "I get up to catch my breath." "Holy schikys." "Alright listen..." "The burger itself is delicious for the first couple thousand bites." "This is pretty rough." "With the beautiful people of Memphis chanting my name, 13 minutes left on the clock and one quater of the Sasquatch staring me in the face." "I make my painful decision..." "Officially... done!" "You did just under 3 quarters of the burger." "You know like I know it feels bad but you did really really really good." "Hug me." "Alright buddy." "I've never seen anyone do anything like that and for him to get this far as much as he did, it was bananas." "You are a very bold man." "The Sasquatch, an amazing feat and an amazing hamburger." "But in the battle of Man VS Food." "Today, food won..." "Today, food won."