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Prices are from this ad, weights are the amount of meat in the burger. Total weight is around twice the weight of the meat.
Pub Challenger: $15.95 / 2 lb. = $7.98 / lb.
Pub Super Challenger: $21.95 / 3 lb. = $7.32 / lb.
Ye Old 96er : $35.95 / 6 lb. = $5.99 / lb.
Belly Buster: $49.95 / 10.5 lb. = $ 4.76 / lb.
Belly Bruiser: $179.95 / 50 lb. = $3.60 / lb.
Main Event Charity Burger: $379 / 80 lb. = $4.74 / lb.
(from slashfood) The New York Times has an article about the Penthouse Executive Club, where Crazy Legs Conti works as a buyer. The article consists mainly of a review of Robert’s Steak House inside the club. Frank Bruni only gives the restaurant one star despite his claim that it has some of the best steaks in New York City. A slideshow is available.
(From slashfood) Yahoo News has an AFP article about an Indian woman’s quest for a Guinness world record:
Anandita Dutta Tamuly, a 26-year-old mother, is headed from Assam to London at the invitation of the record-noting institution to see how many Bhut Jolokia peppers, native to the state, she can eat at one sitting.
Tamuly, who hails from a remote village, believes she will have little trouble in beating the previous record, set by South African Anita Crafford, who ate eight jalapenos in a minute in 2002.
The Bhut Jolokia peppers are 100 times hotter than a jalapeno. The government of Assam is helping sponsor Ms. Tamuly’s trip. (Critics of competitive eating would probably say that subsidy could be better spent on the poor of India 😉 )
(From R Suzuki & supersizedmeals.com) A Mastercard ad showing Takeru Kobayashi eating a hot dog in profile can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fml8XCTkhwA
(From R Suzuki) A video of Tomoko Miyake attempting to eat five Japanese pancakes can be viewed at http://www.ntv.co.jp/news/asx_dai2/070217042_300k.asx Two other women also attempt eating challenges.
The Clearfield Progress has an article about the unveiling of Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 123 pound burger. The burger took 6-8 hours to cook and a heat shield had to be installed on the oven. The burger meat will be used in chili and other non-burger items.
The article also mentions the UEPa meeting, the German television crew and Ian Hickman breaking the 2 lb burger record. The previous record of 15 minutes was set by Daryl Teats of Woodland, PA in 1993. Dave Schoffner is quoted.
A shorter version of the article was produced by the Associated Press which has been picked up by dozens of outlets. (From flash383)
nj.com reports that the Delaware Valley International Chili Society cookoff and festival will have a chicken wing eating contest in which Bill “El Wingador” Simmons will compete.
The Sponichi Annex has an article about Kobayashi’s appearance at the Devil Rays practice.
(Thanks Laura Flynn) Brian Seiken’s new episode was not the only Las Vegas themed competitive eating program last weekend. There was a hot dog eating contest on NBC’s “Las Vegas” Friday in which Sam (Vanessa Marcil) competed. This was not Sam’s first eating contest; she competed against “Cookie” Jarvis in 2004. The episode will be rerun on cable on TNT on March 8.
There was also an immunity challenge eating contest on Survivor Thursday. Pig snouts were one if the items consumed.
Skinnyboy and Steakbellie have both uploaded the Mastercard commercial with Takeru Kobyashi & Sonya Thomas to youtube.
(Thanks Badlands & Patrick Holbert) The “Chips” rap video guest starring Eric “Badlands” Booker which debuted on February 22 can be viewed on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FzX4appuC4
Burrito Blog reports that the National Science Foundation requested permission to use footage of a burrito eating contest in an educational video. The purpose of that video is not mentioned. After receiving the rights to use the contest video, the NSF responded that they would use video from another source for the project. It would be interesting to learn if anyone else in competitive eating has been contacted by the NSF.
A writer for the Wilmington (NC) Star-News wrote a column about being coached by Crazy Legs Conti for a Girl Scout cookie eating contest. One piece of advice offered by Crazy Legs:
“Make sure the Girl Scouts don’t get hit with cookie detritus or shrapnel,” Crazy Legs said. “Nothing ruins a green sash like cookie detritus.”
There will be oyster eating contests (men on Saturday, women on Sunday) this weekend at the Fulton Texas Oysterfest. The purse for both divisions is $350.
The new poll asks what American eater do you think would win an untimed eating contest.
sptimes.com reports that Takeru Kobayashi attended yesterday’s Devil Rays practice and recorded some commercials with third baseman Akinori Iwamura, a longtime star of Japanese baseball.
Kobayashi also has a blog entry about his trip to Tampa.
(From Liz) The page for Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston’s fantasy competitive eating team, the Manitoba Meatsweats, can be viewed at http://groups.google.com/group/fantasyeating/web/manitoba-meatsweats There are humourous descriptions of the eleven team members and some parody articles.
Brian Seiken has posted the latest episode of his television show, which features interviews with Las Vegas residents Ron “The Undertaker” Koch and El Toro. There is also a visit from Rabbi Abramawitz and a clip of sportsradio host Jim Rome (who has criticized Sonya Thomas, Joey Chestnut and Kate Stelnick) being attacked by former Rams quarterback Jim Everett.
In other updates, Brian Seiken has Crazy Legs Conti’s appreciation of Boston Celtic Dennis Johnson, a tribute to Super Paul Barlow Jr and a report that a new medication has resolved his acid reflux issues and should help him return to his previous level.
Megamunch has a preliminary report about the UEPa meeting at Denny’s yesterday. Both Mark Lyle and Ian Hickman broke the 2 pound burger record of 15 minutes. Megamunch hopes to have a longer report up soon.
updated Wing Tut has a blog entry, a flickr gallery and three youtube videos of the giant burger. The sandwich made the front page of the local newspaper’s website.
update #2 Megamunch has a longer entry and a flickr gallery
Steakbellie was recently in Jim’s Steaks in Philadelphia and he took some pictures of the Wall of Fame and emailed them. There are apparently just two members of the Wall of Fame. Lynda Kuerth ate 11 cheesesteaks in an hour and a half in 1977 and high school football player Alex Friedman bested that by one sandwich in 2001. The pictures of Alex Friedman are surrounded by receipts for his steaks. The wall has apparently yet to be updated with “Humble” Bob Shoudt’s record breaking 13 cheesesteaks in January. Pictures of the Wall of Fame are available after the jump.
A picture of a burger unveiled today at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub appears on dennysbeerbarrelpub.com The restaurant claims the new sandwich is the world’s largest burger. No information is provided about the results of today’s contest or other challenge attempts.
sptimes.com has a brief interview with Takeru Kobayashi to promote his appearance today at the Tampa Ray Devil Rays fan festival.
The athlete gossip blog Deadspin has an entry about the Israel Baseball League in which the author claims IFOCE member Leon Feingold is his favorite player in that organization. The entry links to Leon’s myspace page where Leon describes his ideal woman.
JapanProbe reports that TV Tokyo (producer of Gluttonous King / Queen) admitted to broadcasting a program that made false fitness claims. Some people might claim that this places Gluttonous Queen champion Natsuko “Gal” Sone’s achievements in doubt, but that would ignore that Gal Sone has performed her feats on networks besides TV Tokyo.
R Suzuki reports that Gal Sone’s most recent television appearance was on the Nippon Television Network in which she ate a meal of 15,000 calories over 1 hour and 55 minutes. Video captures of that show are available.
The subtitle of the show was “Can Gal Sone outeat Elvis Presley” ([erubisu] [puresuri]). It is claimed that Elvis ate 15,000 or more calories a day near the end of his life. Will the unnamed burger girl of Memphis emerge to challenge “Gal” Sone and avenge the honor of Memphis residents? 😉
(From R Suzuki) A Mastercard commercial in which Kobayashi and Sonya Thomas have a hot dog showdown facilitated by Mastercard PayPass can be viewed at http://www.priceless.com/cards/paypass/takerukobayashi.html The video can be downloaded at http://www.priceless.com/cards/paypass/downloadvideos.html
updated mediapost.com reports that the Kobayashi & Sonya Thomas ad will only be available online and not televised. A commercial for paypass will be broadcast during the Academy Awards Sunday, but it will star an elephant.
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Cheese Curd Eating Contest |
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