Man v. Food Season 2 Episode 19: Man v. Food Miami Live
This two hour Man v. Food special comes from Miami live celebrating the superbowl. Adam Richman throws a massive tailgate party in Miami in the parking lot of Alexander Hotel in South Beach, the site of Shula’s Steakhouse. Adam visits with his fans, eating tailgate food and taking on the monstrous Shula’s 48 oz. steak challenge live on TV at the end of the show. Fans are dressed in Man v. Food t-shirts and a few fans are dressed in pizza, hot dog and steak costumes. The show features two sports announcers who treat the show as a football game, while cheerleaders in full garb are cheering for Adam. Television viewers were able to vote on the best “Fan v. Food” challenge photos online of Man v. Food fans, shown with a mega food challenge of their own.
Shula’s steak challenge has been tried by 80,000 restaurant visitors, with only two people ever completing the challenge. Restaurant visitors have no time limit in order to complete the challenge. Shula’s steak challenge features a 48 oz. porterhouse steak grilled live for Adam to feast on. Adam has 20 minutes to finish the entire steak, not much time to accomplish this impressive feat. Shula’s uses the best angus beef steak available for the challenge.
The crowd cheers Adam as the show starts. Adam points out the many tailgate snack foods available for the audience featuring local restaurants providing Philly cheesesteaks, hot wings and huge deli sandwiches for the crowd.
Pre-taped segments showed Adam visiting local restaurants to sample their best dishes. The first taped segment shows Adam visiting Sarussi restaurant and sampling their Cuban sandwiches. Adam tries their Cubano sandwich “The Sarrusi Original”, a 16 inch by 4 inch sandwich filled with 20 slices of baked ham, 15 slices of Cuban roasted pork, 8 slices of mozzarella cheese, freshly baked bread slathered in garlic butter, then the meats are topped with pickles and a spicy sauce. Adam takes a bite, closes his eyes as he relishes the taste, then tells the restaurant owner he wants to move next door to the restaurant because the sandwich is so delicious he would eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Adam arrives in Hartford, Connecticut to battle the Randy’s Wooster St. Pizza Shop’s “10 lb. Stuffed Pizza Challenge”. The challenge requires two competitors to down this humongous stuffed pizza, Only two competing teams have won, 99% of competitors lose to the stuffed pizza challenge.
Adam travels to New Brunswick, New Jersey to face the R.U. Hungry grease truck challenge. The Fat Sandwich Challenge boasts 5 overstuffed sandwiches topped with fries. Fat Sandwiches are a staple of local Rutgers University students. 250 challengers have tried the Fat Sandwich Challenge but only 16 completed the challenge so far. 
Adam visits Tuscon, Arizona for the OMG Burger Challenge at Lindy’s Diner on 4th. The OMG Burger Challenge is a mile high 12 patty burger with cheese to be devoured in order to get a free meal and your name on the wall of fame. 300 have taken on the burger tower but 90% have failed the challenge.
Adam visits Little Rock, Arkansas on this episode of Man v Food. Adam takes on The Mean Pig BBQ’s spicy “Shut Up Juice” challenge. A 1,000 people have tried the challenge but only 64 have succeeded. The super spicy pulled-pork challenge boasts a habanero heated sauce 2,000 times hotter than jalapenos.
Adam travels to Alaska to face the Kodiak Arrest Challenge, a 6 pound 7 course mammoth meal consisting of Alaska’s best seafood and sides. No one has ever completed this challenge and Adam is looking forward to tasting Alaska’s fresh king crab and salmon.
Adam returns to his hometown of Brooklyn, New York, to take on a re-match of the Suicide 6 Wings Challenge at Buffalo Cantina. Last time Adam only made it through one fire laden wing before having to call it quits. Adam vows to defeat the hot wings in honor of his hometown Brooklyn.
Adam travels to the streets of the Motor City, Detroit, to take on the world’s biggest burger challenge at Mallie’s Sports Grill and Bar. Adam and forty other willing food contestants must devour the world’s biggest burger, a 190-pound burger behemoth, in one hour.
Adam visits Baltimore, Maryland and gears up for his next mission: The Great Steak Challenge at Steak & Main restaurant. If Adam finishes off 74 ounces of steak and one pound of side dishes he wins $100. If Adam loses, he must pay the cost of the bill for the mega sized steak meal, a whopping $140 meal.
Adam Richman travels to Washington DC to take on the Colossal Challenge at Chick and Ruth’s Deli: a six pound shake and a one and a half pound sandwich he must eat in one hour. 
