USA Today’s Travel website is featuring the Sticky Lips BBQ Atomic Bomb Challenge in their article on America’s spiciest eating challenges. Here’s what they have to say:
Both Sticky Lips Pit BBQ locations in Rochester, N.Y. offer the five-pound Atomic Bomb Challenge.
A one-pound double cheeseburger is topped with a pound of pulled pork, eight strips of bacon, a quarter-pound of cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions and a half-pound of spicy “Rochester hot sauce” (made with meat and chopped fresh habaneros), plus a pound of fries also topped with the hot sauce.
After signing a waiver, those who consume the multi-pound serving in under 30 minutes receive a T-shirt and get to see their name out front on the restaurant’s giant marquee; some view it as a rite of passage for college-aged men in the Rochester area.
Thanks to Eric Grossman and the USA Today for the fine press!
