Thanks to Matt Rizzetta for providing the answers below (19 answers total):

1. Luther said,

January 20, 2007 @ 3:23 pm

Yes Matt I have a question. Do you have an alternate system for eaters like Don Lernman to accumulate points. Sort of like the golf tees for females I suppose?

Luther, the point system was created in part to reward the eaters that are consistent, but generally don’t place in the top 3. So to answer your question, the system will enable these types of eaters to accumulate points. I don’t think Don should be classified as this type of eater, however. He has put up some of the most prolific numbers in the sport’s history.

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Brian Seiken has a recap of the week in competitive eating featuring an interview with pretzel results from Joe LaRue. A 1974 interview of Muhammad Ali on the Mike Douglass show is also included.

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miami.com has an article about yesterday’s Pretzel Twister contest. Sonya received a deduction for having too much food outside of her mouth.

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wtaeradio.com has a page with pictures of the eaters who have qualified for the Wing Championship Series. Wing Tut qualified by finishing second last night, but his picture has not been added yet.

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From IFOCE.com

1. Joey Chestnut, 21 pretzels
2. Tim Janus, 17.5
3. Sonya Thomas 17

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from a Brian Seiken email:

Joey 21, Sonya 17 1/2 Janus 3rd not sure of his totals Larue and Boone i believe ate 13 according to Larue. Hunt 10 or 11. Rich Shea hosted the event . big crowd

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Matt Rizzetta of the IFOCE, creator of the new points system, has informed me that he will answer questions about the new system submitted in comments to this post. Please have questions in by 9pm tomorrow.

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Today is Liz Kellermeyer’s birthday.

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It has come to my attention that at least one email was sent using the address ojrifkn@yahoo.com (Note the lack of the last i) claiming to be from the administrator of this site. No ojrifkin emails have been sent in the last several weeks that were not replies to previous emails, so any recent unsolicited email from “ojrifkin” is a forgery. If you do receive an unexpected email claiming to be sent by someone involved in the operation of this website, please verify it with the ojrifkin@yahoo.com email address. The actual content of the fake email is rather innocuous, and I have no reason to believe it was sent by a frequent commenter.

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A video clip of Natsuko “Gal” Sone and Nobuyuki “The Giant” Shirota doing different 4.5 kg (10 pounds) curry challenges at the Yokohama Curry Museum (it is apparently an actual museum) has been uploaded to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCCEVUjR1yo
A middle age blonde Japanese woman eats with them.

Yama3 also did the 4.5 kg curry museum challenge and won the above prizes.

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The new poll asks who you think should receive the final IFOCE spot in Wing Bowl 15. Unlisted eaters will be added to the poll if a request is made.

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Competitiveeatingnews.com has more on the IFOCE points system that will be implemented starting with tomorrow’s Pretzel Twister contest. Contests will award a total of 100, 50, 25 or 15 points depending on their level of competition and purse. Points will be awarded to the top 10 finishers. The pretzel contest will be a 50 point event, and points will be awarded as follows: 1st Place = 18 pts, 2nd Place = 12 pts, 3rd Place = 6 pts, 4th Place = 4 pts, 5th Place = 3 pts, 6th Place = 2 pts, 7th Place = 2 pts, 8th Place = 1 pt, 9th Place = 1 pt and 10th Place = 1 pt

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Michael “Liberty” Belh reports in his myspace blog that he competed in last night’s Wing Off at the Trappe Tavern to practice for the in studio Wing Off next week, but wound up winning with a record 68 wings in 10 minutes.

updated The Pottstown Mercury has an article about Belh’s win

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(from japanprobe) Japantoday.com reports that 3.32 million MegaMacs have been sold in Japan, almost twice the expected amount of 1.68 million. The period the burger will be on sale has been extended.

In other MegaMac news

Deresque has a blog entry about his purchase of a MegaMac and compares the amount of food to four single hamburgers.

(From yama3) Some Japanese diners have decided that the MegaMac is not large enough and have constructed burgers containing up to 26 patties.

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Hank “The Tank” Goldey has a message to Wing Bowl 15 spectators in the Wing Bowl myspace page:

i want everybody who attends this years wingbowl, to make all the professional eaters{i.f.o.c.e.} feel very uncomfortable.. they are destroying our party. this is our house{we must protect our house}

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competitiveeatingnews.com reports that Wing Bowl 14 champion Joey Chestnut has received the penultimate IFOCE Wing Bowl slot and joins Sonya Thomas, Pat Bertoletti and Chip Simpson as non-Philly entrants. One more slot remains for out of towners.

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mercurynews.com has an article about the aftermath of the fatality in the water drinking contest:

“I wouldn’t be surprised if we all got a letter: No more stunts, ever, of any kind,” said KSAN-FM (107.7) program director Larry Sharp. “It’s terrifying. All stunts probably have some measure of danger. Anything can go wrong.”

Since 1938, when Orson Welles aired his famous “The War of the Worlds” play, radio stunts have gotten stations and hosts in trouble. Many hosts have been fired but often hired elsewhere. This is the first time in anyone’s memory that 10 people, including managers were fired

In other news, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department is now investigating the death as a homocide.

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sunsentinel.com has a brief preview of Saturday’s pretzel eating contest. The pretzels will be unsalted.

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The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has profiles of the first six players to sign a contract with the Israel Baseball League, including former competitive eater Leon Feingold:

Now that he has signed to play baseball in Israel next summer, Feingold will suspend his competitive eating career. “It’s more important for me right now to focus on getting my body in shape for baseball than to get my body into shape for eating,” he explains. However, he would agree to a between-inning falafel eating contest next summer − “as long as I’m not pitching that day.”

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I have extracted the cheesecake contest between Sonya Thomas and Eric “Badlands” Booker held during the 2004 title rally from last night’s rerun on Animal Planet and uploaded it.

AnimalPlanetSonyaVsBadlands.wmv (3:16 9 MB)

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ThinkYouCanCompete.com reports that Kevin Ross has submitted the first video for the twinkie contest, which can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gyK-BOVjPg

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The Mercury has a preview of tomorrow night’s Wing Off qualifier that will be held at the Trappe Tavern in Trappe, PA.

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ESPN Radio 1250’s Wing Championship Series page has been updated with the results of last night’s qualifiers. Entrants into the finals include “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti, Mark “The Human Vacuum” Lyle and Pete “Broken Wing” Maurizio.

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mercurynews.com reports that KDND fired 10 employees, including the three DJs who presided over the water drinking contest in which Jennifer Lea Strange died after drinking approximately 2 gallons of water.

startribune.com has more details about the contest including reports that the DJs were warned of the risks of the contest by a caller:

About two hours into the contest, a woman who identified herself as Eva called the show. She warned the hosts that “those people that are drinking all that water can get sick and possibly die from water intoxication.”

One host replied that “we’re aware of that.” Another said the contestants had signed releases, “so we’re not responsible.”

“And if they get to the point where they have to throw up, then they’re going to throw up and they’re out of the contest before they die, so that’s good, right?” one host said. One of the hosts then asked a DJ stationed in the kitchen with the contestants, “Is anybody dying in there?”

“We got a guy who’s just about to die,” he said.

“Make sure he signs the release,” the host replied.

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A section about Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston and Micah “Wing Kong” Collins mentioning their video makes up a sizeable portion of this week’s philly.com Wing Bowl column. Wing Kong claims to have developed a new wing eating technique he will unveil at the contest. The column also says the Rib Ranch will provide wings for Wing Bowl 15.

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