Mark Lyle wins twinkie video contest
ThinkYouCanCompete.com reports that Mark Lyle won the video based twinkie eating contest, extending his winning streak to two contests. The next video contest will be announced on February 1.
Archive for January, 2007
Bikini String Fry expected entrants
The IFOCE Bikini String Fry preview lists the following expected entrants: Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus, Chip Simpson, Seaver Miller, David Braunstein, Crazy Legs Conti & Larry McNeil
Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub calendar
DennysBeerBarrelPub.com has replaced the picture of the United Eaters of Pennsylvania on its home page with an events calendar. Tomorrow the restaurant will host a meet & greet with former PSU football players Blair Thomas and Kenny Jackson.
nj.com profiles Liberty Belh
nj.com has a profile of Michael “Liberty” Belh, who will compete in Wing Bowl 15. Belh played on the Rutgers football team. According to the roster on his myspace blog, Belh is the second lightest non-IFOCE entrant at 240 pounds.
The article also says that Bill “El Wingador” Simmons is being pressured to enter Wing Bowl 15.
First Hall Hunt poll released
Hall Hunt has processed the votes he has received and generated the following ranking:
1. Takeru Kobayashi (10) (238)
2. Joey Chestnut (2) (229)
3. Patrick Bertoletti (217)
4. Sonya Thomas (197)
5. Bob Shoudt (193)
6. (tie) Chip Simpson (161)
6. (tie) Tim Janus (161)
6. (tie) Rich LeFevre (161)
9. Seaver Miller (114)
10. Crazy Legs Conti (106)
11. Arturo Rios (102)
12. Hall Hunt (93)
13. Erik Denmark (90)
14. Jed Donahue (80)
15. Joe LaRue (55)
16.(tie) Dale Boone (44)
16.(tie) Juliet Lee (44)
18. Patrick Philbin (42)
19. Justin Mih (40)
20. Ron Koch (23)
Steakbellie.com opens
Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston has started steakbellie.com, which will be devoted solely to competitive eating. He will continue to post non-CE material to steakbellie.blogspot.com
Rich LeFevre receives final IFOCE Wing Bowl slot
The Wing Bowl “outsiders” page at 610wip.com lists Wing Bowl 14 runner-up Rich LeFevre as the recipient of the final IFOCE Wing Bowl 15 slot.
First HHH poll out today
Hall “Hoover” Hunt reports that the results of the first poll will be released today on hallhooverhunt.blogspot.com
New Poll: 2007 IFOCE points winner
The new poll asks who you believe will lead the 2007 IFOCE points standings. Kobayashi will have to increase the amount of contests he does considerably if he is to amass enough points to win.
Kobayashi in “Intellectual Japanese” magazine
R Suzuki reports that an interview with Takeru Kobayashi appears in the February issue of “Intellectual Japanese” magazine.
JapanProbe on the MegaMac
The editor of the JapanProbe blog bought a MegaMac and wrote a post (in English) about it. His local McDonald’s is limiting sales of MegaMacs to 30 a day due to unexpected demand.
One of the commenters uploaded a video of his Megamac meal to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvVseggm8xM
Steakbellie focuses on Wing Bowl 15
Steakbellie’s blogging will be limited the next 9 days as he focuses on more pressing matters.
Damaging Doug wins in studio Wing Off
610WIP.com reports that “Damaging” Doug won the Wing Off in the WIP studio by eating 44 wings in 5 minutes.
22 pound burger contest in York, PA Feb 17
There will be another megaburger event in Pennsylvania for eaters who cannot make it to the unveiling of Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 100+ pound burger on February 24. The Wrightsville Inn in York will have a King Kong burger eating contest for teams of 5 on February 17. The King Kong burger weighs 22 pounds and was inspired by Denny’s giant sandwiches. The team entrance fee is $104 and proceeds will go to the Children’s Home of York.
El Wingador’s To Go opens
The weekly Wing Bowl column at Philly.com reports that Bill “El Wingador” Simmons’ restaurant has opened and is doing enough business for El Wingador to quit his truck driving job to focus on the restaurant and his wing sauce. The column also says that Hank “The Tank” Goldey admits to stealing the Wing Bowl throne from El Wingador.
Seahawks playoff hot dog challenge II
The pain of the Seattle Seahawks’ loss to the the Chicago Bears last weekend has subsided enough for Erik Denmark to write about the hot dog challenge he did during the game.
Three deductions for Sonya in the past 6 months
With the penalty in the Saturday’s pretzel contest, Sonya Thomas has received three deductions in the past six months which have cost her finishing positions & prize money.
Sept. Buffalo Wing Festival. Debris drops Sonya from being in 2nd place alone to a 2nd place tie with Bob Shoudt
Dec. Atlantic City meatball contest – Dropped from first place to 2nd place
Jan. Miami Pretzels – Dropped from second place tie w Tim Janus to 3rd place
SFU Chinese New Year haggis eating contest
There will be a haggis eating contest at San Francisco University on Thursday to celebrate the Chinese New Year. An attempt will be made to set the record for the largest number of people eating haggis simultaneously. The contest was instituted to honor both SFU’s Scottish traditions and the university’s large Asian population.
Ron Koch challenges #11-#20 eaters
Ron Koch has sent the following email (update this is the entire email):
The forgotten eater Ron Koch has issued a challange to eaters 11 to 20 eating icecream, hamburgers,pasta or nathans fries..If he cannot win or finish in top three he will shake there hands and retire…………………………….
Eater X & The Achiever on Tyra Banks in February
The page for the pretzel eating contest on pretzeltwister.com says that the mini pretzel contest between Tim Janus and Seaver Miller will not be broadcast until sometime in February.
Duke basketball eating contest story
First Bo Bice enters an eating contest at the Texas State Fair, and now another of the Whaler’s enemies has entered a (fictional) eating contest. The Duke student newspaper has a story about members of the Duke basketball team competing in an eating contest at McDonald’s.
Tomoko Miyake & Takuya Yamamoto eating challenge videos
A video of Tomoko Miyake eating a big bowl of rice is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyT7YnpMNx8 (Tomoko appears at the 4 minute mark) Other members of a group attempt to do the challenge, but it is not clear if Tomoko is competing single handedly against the group.
(From R Suzuki) A video of Takuya Yamamoto doing two 3.7 kg (8.1 lb) noodle challenges in the same session is available at http://www.ntv.co.jp/news/asx_dai2/070115062_300k.asx Yamamoto appears around the 12 minute mark.
Quizzo Bowl counterscheduled against Wing Bowl
The Blinq blog at philly.com reports that a trivia contest has been scheduled for the same weekend at the Wing Bowl. The organizer of that contest describes his objectives:
“This is about more than making Quizzo sexy,” he writes by e-mail. “It’s about making Philadelphia sexy.” The 215 unsexiness, he offers, is “a stereotype perpetuated by the Neanderthal eating contest that takes place every year. Trashy has had it too good in this town for too long. On February 3rd, sexy fights back.
Hall Hunt interview in Orange & Blue Magazine
(Thanks Hall Hunt) There is an interview with Hall Hunt in the University of Florida magazine, Orange & Blue. Hall describes his start in competitive eating:
I was a manager of the UF women’s soccer team, and the coach, Becky Burleigh, liked to take us out to Dragonfly Sushi & Sake Co. for dinner. When she heard they were having a competition, she kind of challenged me to do it. I did really well, but couldn’t go to the finals because I was traveling with the team for the SEC Tournament.
Pretzel points posted
The points standings following the pretzel contest have been posted at competititveeating.net. Rookie Pat Bruss finished an impressive 4th place. All competitors are listed, including those who finished pointless.
updatefull results have now been posted. Thanks Erik Denmark.
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