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Dayton’s $30,000 Cheesesteak

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2017 Super Duper Cheesesteak Champ, Clayton Naylor, with his daughter

Dayton has a $30,000 Cheesesteak .. and in 2017 it was a pink Food Adventure.  Let us explain….

It was standing room only in the Huber Heights Submarine House Bar and Grill when Clayton Naylor chomped the competition last month.   He downed a 16 inch Super Duper Cheesesteak in the official time of one minute and 55 seconds, leaving all other store champions still chewing their food.  Clayton pocketed a grand, and got a 2017 Championship belt and trophy. He hugged his daughter and posed for pictures afterwards.  It was his 2nd championship, having won the event 2 years earlier.

Clayton said his nutrionist and trainer wasn’t happy about him eating the cheesesteak, but he he told them it is only 3 times a year …. so lighten up Francis.

Jason Danner holds up a $30,000 donation check to PInk Ribbon Girls

You would think that was enough excitement for one day at the Submarine House.  You would be wrong.  Earlier they announced the proceeds from their 2017 Super Duper Cheesesteak challenges would benefit the Pink Ribbon Girls, a Dayton charity helping local women with breast cancer.

Food Adventures is happy to have been a part of this challenge for the past few years.  In the past, we have watched Submarine House donate checks of $15,000+ and $17,000+ to local charities like Dayton Children’s Hospital,  This year, the Submarine House owners, Brody Danner and Jason Danner, were about to blow those numbers away.

This year, the Danner family, Submarine House and the Cheesesteak challenge raised  $30,000 for The Pink Ribbon Girls.

The crowd cheering on their favorite eaters

The crowd went bezerk as they held the huge “check” up for the people to see, and presented it to Heather Salazar – Executive Director from the Pink Ribbon Girls.

The event has turned into a day long celebration.  The Huber Heights locale hosted a beer tent, a bouncy house and live bands afterwards.  It was a day and an evening to celebrate a big donation to a great cause.

Let this be a reminder to you that in 2018 to support the Super Duper Cheesesteak Challenge when it rolls around again in January through March of next year.

In the heat of competition

These charity dollars support and directly affect real families in the Dayton area and are making a big difference in families’ lives.  Support local businesses that give back generously to local charities.

The Submarine House is one example of those places.  We look forward to next year’s challenges and congratulate all involved with this successful charity event.

The Submarine House’s Super Duper Cheesesteak

For more Food Adventures, check out The Big Ragu, Hungry Jax and Chef House at www.Facebook.com/foodadv.  With over 7,000 foodies following them, they are the Miami Valleys “go to” blog for scoop on good eats, festivals, cooking classes and dinner events.

Please browse the gallery below for more photos from the Super Duper Cheesesteak Championships where the fastest contestants of each Submarine House location had to eat a 16 inch Cheesesteak with Triple the Meat, Triple the Cheese and the Works Toppings.  No exceptions !

The champ poses with board members of the Pink Ribbon Girls

Another day, another trophy

About to announce the donation total – Brody Danner, Heather Salazaar and Jeff Stevens

Sallie Taylor and Zac Pitts from Living Dayton were guest judges

Trophies and ticket boxes for raffle prizes

Nom, Nom , Nom

Clayton killin it

Cheesesteak contenders

Kris Mick – past champ was so close to winning

He’s done

1 minute 55 seconds

Good sportsmanship between champs

Guest judges Chef House and Big Ragu

$30,000 for Pink Ribbon Girls charity

Competitors and judges

Another full house

waiting on the subs

Hungry peeps

Talking Subs

16 inches of Heaven

Kris Mick psyching himself up

Post contest beard cleaning

WELL DONE !!!

 

 

 

 

 

2017 Cheesesteak Champ to be Crowned

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This is only one half of a Super Duper Cheesesteak

Oh … there are finals coming… but you wont have to study for these… and these finals are delicious!
Saturday April 22nd at the Huber Heights Submarine House Bar and Grill location, an all day event is taking place.

It has been months in the making.  Finally, the 2017 The Super Duper Cheesesteak Challenge, a charity promotion by area Submarine Houses comes to the finale this Saturday at 1pm, and a champ will be crowned…

It is going to be one hell of a Food Adventure this Saturday….

People have been timed with stopwatches to see

Cheesesteak Champs are hungry

how fast they could eat the Super Duper Cheesesteak Sub.   Now, April 22nd each local Submarine House store champ with the best time, will face off in person, against each other and past champions will be there too.

There have been draw dropping qualifiers and big mouths chewing.  We have seen huge subs inhaled and have seen disapointing times, but all  the events have always had one good outcome.  All proceeds this year support the Pink Ribbon Girls, a local charity focused on helping support area women facing breast cancer, and helping fund research for a cure.

Chef House will be judging and making sure no crumbs are left behind !

Now it all comes down to Saturday… one sub and a dozen of Dayton’s fastest eaters….

WHO WILL EAT THE 16 inches of HEAVEN the fastest?

The winner will get $1,000 !

 

HERE IS THE SKINNY ON SATURDAY APRIL 22nd’s CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

—The event is being held with all day festivities at the new Submarine House – Huber Heights Bar & Grill Location at 5376 Taylorsville Rd.

—Chef House and Big Ragu from Food Adventures will be guest judges and so will Lisa Grigsby from Dayton Dining and Dayton Most Metro.

—Each store champion will face off in a shotgun start around 1pm 

—Other activities are a kids Bouncy House from NOON-4pm

Chef House with 2016 champ Andrew Oakes !

—50/50 Raffle

—ALL DAY BEER GARDEN

—LIVE BAND 7:30pm : Cherry Lee and the Hot Rod Hounds

Come out and enjoy the fun.  Eat some subs, drink some suds, and enjoy a wonderful Saturday for charity.

—Owners, the Danner family will present a check to the Pink Ribbon Girls

For those who might not know..

WHAT IS THE SUPER DUPER CHEESESTEAK CHALLENGE?

Bringing out the cheesesteaks

—From late January through April 2nd, 2017, Submarine House customers could sign up on the spot to take the challenge.

—To succeed, you must eat a 16 Super Duper Cheesesteak  with The Works toppings (no substitutions) in 16 minutes or less.  Note: the term “super duper” means hist sandwich is 3 times the normal amount of meat and cheese. Gulp !  “The Works” toppings means Cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, homemade oil & vinegar dressing, pepper relish.  You have to eat it this way with all the ingredients.

—If you eat the sub  in under 16 minutes it is free, and you get a t-shirt too.  If you fail, you pay for the sub (approx $23) and proceeds

Who will clean their basket first? This person isnt finished yet !

go to the Pink Ribbon Girls charity.  In previous years tens of thousands has been raised for different local charities. The Submarine House owners, the danner family continues the tradition again this year.

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We are not food critics, we just love to eat!  We are the original Dayton foodies. This is our passion, not our job, and we leave no plate unturned!

Check out our photos below, from past Super Duper Cheesesteak Challenge events at Dayton’s original Submarine House…

Most importantly, join us for all the fun on April 22nd, and help support the Pink Ribbon Girls.

2016 champ Andrew Oakes ate a dozen eggs for breakfast before the competition…

THIS SATURDAY IS THE FINALS !!!!

The New Submarine Houses are incredible inside

One half of the Super Duper Cheesesteak

Food Adventure at Centerville Submarine House – “Qualifier”

Lots of people tried to get the fastest time….

People tried to qualify for the store championships

Super Duper Cheesesteak with the works – hello lover!

When Kayla Bradsteet puts her hair up, it is time for serious cheesesteaking!

2015 champ Aaron Smith

2015 donation went to Dayton Children’s Hospital, this year Pink Ribbon Girls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surprises at Cheesesteak Qualifier, Finals to Follow

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Chef Hayden Shocks the Crowd, wins Qualifier !

Fat Tuesday got even fatter this past week at Submarine House in Centerville. The newly opened restaurant at 503 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd. was packed.   Fifteen competitors were ready to take on the Super Duper Cheesesteak Challenge and their friends and family were there cheering them on.  Standing room only was the atmosphere as Dayton’s favorite foodies, The Food Adventure Crew called the place to order.

Hungry Jax was the Emcee and official timekeeper was Kris Mick, past champion and cheesesteak eating legend.  We were here to see if any of these big mouths could qualify for the store’s top 10 times.

What happened next was simply epic…….

— LOCAL CHEF MATT “PORK CHOP”

The 16 inch Super Duper Cheesesteak

HAYDEN STUNS THE CROWD WITH  WINNING TIME of 4 minutes 41 seconds. Rumors swirled after the event that the chef and owner of Scratch Food had been training for weeks with an unorthodox diet of ruffage, cabbage and even cauliflower to stretch his stomach.  We cannot confirm this, but his time was amazing.  We did notice his foot stomping and bouncing method while eating.  That may have been a strategy to let the food settle, or it could have been excitement.  We will never know.

Kayla Bradstreet put her hair up, and put the men to shame !

We do know it was a legendary cheesesteak challenge moment and surprising highlight of the night.  When Chef Hayden raised his hands and yelled “done,” he then stuck out his tongue.  The crowd gave him a big pop of applause, hoots and hollers.

 

— DAYTON AREA SOCIALITE KAYLA BRADSTREET, REPRESENTING THE WOMEN, BEATS THE CHALLENGE and shows the men the some girl power !  Calling herself “man hands” she manhandled the sub sandwich into submission with a time of 14 minutes 20 seconds.  The crowd went bonkers as she tilted her head back and sprinkled the last bits of lettuce into her mouth.  She raised her hands and showed her empty mouth in triumph to the roar of women throughout the restaurant.  There were cell phone flashes and people recording videos everywhere.  It was

Chris Goode (left) finished in 5 minutes and Gary “The Growler” Leasure finished in 15 minutes.

Female Food Adventure for the ages.

 

— CHRIS GOODE, LAST MINUTE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE CHROME DIVAS, and the thinnest contestant, destroys his Super Duper Cheesesteak in 5 minutes flat for the 2nd best time. Lesson learned, don’t ever count the little guy out.  Especially if he has a mohawk!  Chris tore into that sandwich and rode off into the sunset on his Harley!  Thank you to the Chrome Diva’s for your support and your great representative !

 

The contestants grow restless – 15 people took the challenge

Bryan Suddith Seducing the Camera

—At the end of the night, the thermometer donation tally was at $686 plus approximately $180 more would be donated from $1,800 of food and drink sales in 2 hours.  Not too bad, about $886 bucks for the night.  We could have never done it without the participation of the contestants and the support of their friends and families.  Thank you to those who came out to watch, eat and drink and who also donated money on the side.  We could not have succeeded without the incredible ownership of Submarine House and their staff.  Their generosity and local support of causes is an example for all.  Thank you to Dayton Dining, Dayton Most Metro, Dayton Chrome Divas, and

The Pink Ribbon Girls for the promotion and support.

This was a one night only fun get together for charity, but it was fun to see who could qualify for the event.  The top 10 times go on to compete for the store championship in mid-April and each store’s champion will be named.  Then each champ moves on to the April 22nd, 1pm event, the finals at the Huber Heights new Submarine House Bar and Grill.  Come watch with us !

 

Triple the Meat, Triple the Cheese and the Works Toppings

**HERE ARE THE FULL RESULTS from the SUBMARINE HOUSE’S 
2nd ANNUAL FOOD ADVENTURE SUPER DUPER CHEESESTEAK QUALIFIER**

—MATT “PORK CHOP” HAYDEN – 4 minutes, 41 seconds:
He put on a clinic.

—CHRIS GOODE – CHROME DIVAS REPRESENTATIVE – 5 minutes even:
Little guy, big appetite !

— JEREMY “SWEETNESS” SWIHART – 5 minutes, 24 seconds.
Easily the most cool, calm and collected contestant of the night.  He was an eating machine.

Mark “the Beard” DaGrossa taking the cheesesteak to task

— TACO “CHEESESTEAK” PHILLY – 8 minutes, 42 seconds. 
The big guy tore through the sandwich like child’s play, joking the whole way through.

— JOE “THE MINISTER OF MEAT” AMSTUTZ – 8 minutes 49 seconds
An impressive display of chomping skills. A terrific time for the big sandwich.

— BRYAN “BABY BLUES” SUDDITH: 10 minutes and 20 seconds.  
Dayton’s top story slammer and ferocious foodie, improved his time over last year by 4 minutes.

Kevin “The Garlic King” Sorice is loving the good food !

— KEVIN “THE GARLIC KING” SORICE – 13 minutes 41 seconds. 
The self declared senior division champ had no problem beating the challenge.

— KAYLA “MAN HANDS” BRADSTREET – 14 minutes 20 seconds.  
Girl power rules!  An unforgettable win.

— NATE “COWBOY” TUCKER – 14 minutes and 22 seconds.  
The big guy put a hurtin on the cheesesteak and squeaked in ahead of the deadline.

— GARY ” THE GROWLER” LEASURE – 15 minutes, 1 second. 
Steady chewing was the key to his success.

— MARK “THE BEARD” DaGROSSA – Could not finish in 16 minutes.  
This real life Santa was steady, he almost did it, but enjoyed the tasty experience.

Chris Kilroy, ready to take the challenge !

— BRIAN “THE BIG APPLE” APPLETON – Could not finish in 16 minutes.
had to go out to the patio for air.

— CHRIS “THE KILLER” KILROY – Could not finish in 16 minutes.  

Disappointed, but thought the sandwich was delicious !

— JOHN “HAMBONE” HAMMOND – Could not finish in 16 minutes.  
Improved over last year, but fell just short this year. Close… real close !

— STEVE “THE BIG RAGU” MILANO – Could not finish in 16 minutes.
He is contemplating retirement

 

Emcee for the Night was Jax from Food Adventures !

****ARE YOU UP FOR THE SUPER DUPER CHEESESTEAK CHALLENGE?****

You may still take the challenge at any Submarine House location through April 2nd.

—WHAT: You must eat a 16 inch SUPER DUPER CHEESESTEAK. Super Duper means this 16 inch sub has triple the meat and triple the cheese of their normal subs.  You have to eat it topped AS IS with “The Works” toppings in less than 16 minutes.   The Works includes: Cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, homemade oil & vinegar dressing & pepper relish.   Grilled Mushrooms also come on the sub.  Important – NO topping substitutions, you have to eat it as is with all of the ingredients.  This is not a baby challenge.  So bring your loose pants.

Packed House Watching !! The night raised almost 900 bucks for Pink Ribbon Girls !

—WHY: If you complete the challenge, your sandwich is free and you win a T-shirt. A portion of the proceeds goes to The Pink Ribbon Girls charity.

—COST: About $23 up front, which is refundable if you complete the challenge successfully.  You can take the challenge at any Submarine House, alone or with a group of friends from Jan 30th through April 2nd.

John “Hambone” Hammond and the Big Ragu could not finish the Super Duper Cheesesteak

Remember, the top 10 fastest times at each store will see the competitors called back in April for the “store championship semi-finals.”  If you win the best time at the store championship, you are off to the finals April 22nd at 1pm at the new Huber Heights Bar & Grill location of Submarine House.

Browse the gallery below from memories of this incredible night for charity.

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The Usual Suspects

This mystery man is known by the name Taco Philly !

Nate “Cowboy” Tucker made a good showing !

 

Look! Here come the sammiches !!!

“Hangry” guys before the contest…

Known as “16 inches of Heaven”

Guess which plate was Ragu’s at the end and which one was Kayla’s?

Hot Relish didn’t stop Chef Hayden from winning !

Carey, Mack and Torey were rooting on their friends and supporting charity !

Kayla’s Empty Basket – WOMAN POWER !

Could you eat a cheesesteak with triple the meat and cheese, with the works? 16 inches? in 16 minutes?

Pork Chop finding his ZEN

Baby Blues, Minister of Meat, Garlic King and the Beard

All I want for Christmas is a Submarine House Gift Card !

Kayla beat the Big Ragu and a handful of other guys!

The Killer and Hambone

gu says thank you to Submarine House

The Big Ragu from Food Adventures

Donate to Pink Ribbon Girls – breast cancer charity

The Big Apple is ready

Hammond gets extra points for downing 4 beers before the contest

Kayla has her Gameface on !

Kilroy killin the sub

Corner table looking for the beef

make your own caption

Congrats Kayla

Kayla shuns the paparazzi

chomps heard round the world

Kayla has a food baby

2017 Super Duper Cheesesteak Food Adventure

Matt Hayden is a Cheesesteak qualifier !

This is just one HALF of the sandwich

Bryan’s got this…

Kelsie is an amazing host !

 

 

 

 

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Submarine House Crowns Champ, Announces Expansion

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Andrew Oakes, 2016 Super Duper Cheesesteak Champ

A big crowd watched the Super Duper Cheesesteak finals Saturday afternoon at The Beavercreek Submarine House.   Of course your source for Dayton food scoop, Food Adventures was on hand.  After an hour of build up, they brought out the cheesesteaks like the Star Wars “Imperial March.”

The crowd grew silent, the judges looked at the stopwatch.. and GO.. the contest was on.  Nine Champions from each individual Submarine House store around Dayton, were now facing each other in an “eat-off” that has become an annual tradition.

The Super Duper Cheesesteak Challenge is where you must eat a 16 inch long Super Duper Cheesesteak in under 16 minutes.

“Super Duper” in Submarine House language means a 16 inch cheesesteak with triple the meat, triple the cheese, and the “works” toppings.  The works is onions, mushrooms & peppers cooked with the steak, mushrooms, and topped with cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomato and hot pepper relish.

NO SUBSTITUTIONS, NO CHANGES, you must eat the sandwich “as is.”  This challenge is a true Food Adventure!  Not for the squeamish, this contest is fast paced.  Don’t blink, or you could miss the finish !

As the nine contestants took their first bites, 3 leaders emerged, 2015 champ Aaron Smith, 2013 champ Andrew Oakes and 2014 champ Clayton Naylor. They chomped, they chewed, and almost spewed, but instead washed it down intermittently with water.

Now the scoop on what happened next…..

 

HERE’S THE SKINNY:

Submarine House’s 16 Inch Super Duper Cheesesteak

— The Super Duper Cheesesteak Challenge benefits Dayton’s Children’s Hospital.  The Submarine House owners, Jason and Brody Danner, started the event by presenting a check in excess of $15,000 to the hospital’s charity fund.  What an incredible donation.

— Andray Simmons, a young man who is the goodwill ambassador from Dayton Children’s Hospital was introduced to the crowd.  Andray is battling sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder.  He thanked the crowd for the charity support, and the whole place erupted in applause.  A touching moment for the crowd and Andray, who was there with his family.

— More money was given away as they drew a $500, $1,000 and $10,000 cash prize for 3 different, lucky Submarine House customers!  It was insane!

Chef House Judging the contest with the Paparazzi everywhere

— Then came the eating contest… Judging the contest were Chef House and the Big Ragu from Food Adventures, Lisa Grigsby from Dayton Dining, Brian Jarvis from Beavercreek City Council, WHIO’s Larry Hansgen, K99’s Frye Guy, and finally Sallie Taylor, Zac Pitts, and Katie Kenney from Living Dayton TV show.

— The winner was …. ANDREW OAKES, from the Centerville store, with a time of 1 minute, 36seconds.  Andrew becomes the first ever “two time” champ.  A close second was Clayton Naylor and close third was Aaron Smith.  Both men were literally a few seconds away from winning.  Trophies were passed out, photos were taken, and interviews made.

— SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:  Jason and Brody Danner shared the information with us, and Larry Hansgen announced to the crowd… Submarine House will be EXPANDING.  The Centerville Submarine House is moving to a larger location on 725 where the old Blockbuster Video was located.  There will be a Submarine House opening up in Huber Heights in the old Fifth Third branch at 5376 Taylorsville Road.  (((BOOM! A Food Adventure is gonna take place there soon !)))

So that’s it folks, another year of cheesesteaks in the record books.

As the fans and “paparazzi” left the building, we all promised to do it again next year.  In the meantime, order a Super Duper Cheesesteak for yourself.  There is a reason they call it “16 inches of heaven.”

Promise us that you will check out the photos below from the event, and follow Food Adventures on Facebook, by clicking HERE..  Dayton’s #1 food blog for restaurant photos, dinner events, TV spots, festival fun, charity events, cooking classes and Food Adventures like this one… from Beers to Bananas Foster, we eat it all.. no rules.

Submarine House owner’s Brody and Jason present Children’s Hospital with a $15,600 check

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s official, Chef House declares 2016 Submarine Champ Andrew Oakes

Are you rrrready ???

Chef House, Andrew Oakes and the Big Ragu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hungry contestents

Andrew Oakes and Ambassador from Children’s Hospital, Andray Simmons

Andray Simmons, Dayton Children’s Hospital’s Goodwill Ambassador addresses the crowd

The new champ is interviewed by WHIO’s Larry Hansgen

The Big Ragu eyeballs just HALF of a Super Duper Cheesesteak !