The new poll asks who you think will win tomorrow's Nathan's finals. Paul Barlow has posted his predictions on his myspace blog. Buck Wolf, who has participated in radio broadcast of the Nathan's finals, predicts a Pat Bertoletti win.
This evening's ESPN Sportcenter had a long story on competitive eating which can be viewed online. The segment originally ran on E:60 in October and a reporter roundtable about the clip is also available.
CBS4 reports that Damon Serignet won this afternoon's hot dog eating contest in Miami.
Sponichi has a picture of the back of Kobayashi's new hairstyle. Kobayashi says that the V-shaped hairline represents victory. Follow translated Japanese coverage of Nathan's and Kobayashi on this link. John Palmgren, runner up at the recent Rudolph Pork Rind contest, was the guest of honor at a local pork rind contest in Peoria.
DelcoTimes.com has an article about Micah "Wing Kong" Collins.
OceanCityToday reports that slots are still available in Fish Tales July 4 hot dog eating contest. Qualifying by eating 5 hot dogs is required. Ken Federighi will attempt to defend his title. Cash prizes will be awarded to 2nd and 3rd place in addition to the $1,000 received by the winner.
GoGoCurryUSA.com has a slideshow of its curry eating contest.CNN has an article about the health risks of competitive eating. Don Lerman is listed as a retired competitive eater even though he participated in the Go! Go! Curry! contest in May.
A hot dog contest awarding $250 to the winner will be held at noon in Miami today. Registration is first come, first served.
KSO VI September 27, 2009 w/ 2 rule changes
The Krystal Square Off twitter has a link to a blog entry announcing that this year’s finals will take place on September 27. The blog also announces two new rules changes: one will limit “detritus”, the second modification is not described.
As for the other change, Brad Wahl, the vice president of marketing at The Krystal Company, shared, “Let’s just say it’s a really big change; one that will make this year’s competition the most exciting in the six-year history of the Krystal Square Off. Much like the way the three-point shot revolutionized the game of basketball, this new rule will drastically alter the way eaters approach our contest from a strategic level.”
1010WINS has an article and gallery (solely of Chestnut & Kobayashi) of the Nathan's weigh-in today. update CNN also has an article about the weigh-in, which claims that Eater X has eaten 55 HDBs. update #2 NY1 video
ESPN.com has a guide to Joey Chestnut's refrigerator.
SportsMediaNews reports that all five previous Nathan's broadcasts from 2004-2008 will be rerun on ESPNU on July 3 between midnight and 5 am eastern.
The website for Life magazine has a gallery of Joey Chestnut.
Canadian wins Independence Burger Contest in DC
update #3 MyFoxDC has a video - Dale Boone was second w/ 11 burgers, Joe Menchetti 3rd
update #2 WTOP has an article
update The winner of this afternoon’s Z-burger eating contest has been posted: guyfromva: burger eating contest over- won by furious pete with 14 burgers in 10 minutes… now enjoying one myself #dc
GuyFromVA is posting pictures from the Z-Burger contest. Dale Boone, and Joel Podelsky & Jay Gorman are competing.
The krystalist twitter announces that information about Krystal Square Off VI will be posted on http://twitter.com/ksquareoff tomorrow.
chicago.metromix.com: A one minute jalapeno contest will be held in Chicago on July 5. The winner will receive $200 and a slot in the IFOCE jalapeno contest in September.
The Charlotte Observer has an interview with Keatin “Thunder” Shelton, the runner up in last year's Apple Ugly eating contest in Faith, NC.
Zoe Yang, who will serve as a Bunnette after participating in Bunnette bootcamp, has a blog at zoehasappetite.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/BadlandsBooker/: The Nathan's weigh in will be today at Herald Square at 1 PM. Previous weigh-ins were held on July 3.
Top 5 IFOCE payouts according to Forbes
Forbes.com has a slideshow of the five IFOCE events from the past year with the largest payouts (prize money and apparance fees):
- Krystal Square Off $75,000 ($50,000 in prizes)
- Nathan’s $60,000 ($20,000 in prizes)
- P’Zone Chow-lenge $50,000 (no announced prizes)
- Stroehmann’s Sandwich Slamm $10,000 ($10,000 in prizes)
- Harrah’s Louisiana Downs World Grits Eating Championship $10,000 ($10,000 in prizes)
Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, who competed in the Nathan's finals in the 1990s, has a short documentary about the contest on his website.
KOAA has an article about Marco "Mongo" Marquez.
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