GJoe wins EATORF Texas weiners
The results from yesterday’s EATORF tournament are available. “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti defeated “Killer K” Hill in the finals.
The entire bracket is available after the jump
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Archive for June, 2007
Darren Rovell reports on Vince McMahon’s “death”
CNBC sports business reporter Darren Rovell, who appeared on the Nathan’s finals telecast when he was with ESPN, wrote a blog entry on whether the WWE faking Vince McMahon’s death is grounds for a lawsuit from WWE shareholders. The WWE responded to Rovell’s analysis by pronouncing him a suspect in McMahon’s “murder”.
Gal Sone vs. 7 man team in 7 course meal contest
A 24 minute long video of Natsuko “Gal” Sone competing against a 7 man team (who eat one at a time) in eating a 7 course meal can be seen at http://www.veoh.com/videos/v656058PcZZJK9w
update The contest can also be seen on youtube at http://youtube.com/results?search_query=%22gal+sone%22+%22g%40ki%22&search=
Dorset, England Nettles Eating Championship
Reuters has an article and video about the Nettles Eating Championship held at the Bottle Inn in Dorset, England last weekend.
As part of the ‘World nettle Eating Championship’ competitors had to munch their way through the leaves in one hour. Mouth numbing substances were not permitted, but a swig of beer between bites was allowed.
Although cooked nettles lose their sting, eating raw nettles can turn the tongue black and make the lips swell, but that did not stop the participants from munching on their greens in order to become champion and win a crate of beer.
The winners were 28-year-old graphic designer Paul Collins who managed to eat 58 feet of nettles and 23-year-old Sonia Fewkes who got through 30 feet.
Juliet Lee makes ESPN’s plays of the day
Juliet Lee’s victory at the Norfolk Nathan’s qualifier has been ranked #8 on ESPN Sportcenter’s plays of the day.
Crazy Legs Conti post-MOA interview
Liz has an interview with Crazy Legs Conti from after his victory at the Mall of America qualifier in Minnesota
Shoo Fly Pie expected entrants
From an IFOCE email sent to Dave Shoffner:
Pat Bertoletti
Sonya Thomas
Bob Shoudt
Hall Hunt
Juliet Lee
Steakbellie
The Mad Greek
Wild Bill Myers
Brian Subich
The Sane Greek
Russ Keeler
Dave Shoffner (received standby slot)
Pete Miernicki
Tim Janus will miss the contest for the first time. This will be the first matchup of Sonya & Juliet since the meatball contest in Atlantic City.
Starbucks adapts to Japanese tastes
In recent blog entries, Natsuko “Gal” Sone talks about two of her favorite kinds of Frappuccinos: an azuki bean frappuccino and a powdered tea frappucino. (wikipedia on azuki beans)
Molly Pitcher qualifier information
EarthTimes.com has a press release about the “Spotlight on New Jersey” to be held at the Molly Pitcher travel plaza on Friday. Spaces in the Nathan’s qualifier are still available according to the press release:
Concerts, giveaways, and special activities will take place throughout the day. Chief among them will be the Nathan’s Famous hotdog eating contest scheduled for 1:00 PM. The winner of this regional qualifying event will compete in Nathan’s national championship on July 4th in Coney Island, New York. HMSHost invites all aspiring hotdog champions to come out this Friday and compete for the right to represent the great State of New Jersey in this classic event.
No expected eaters are listed. Brian Seiken says that he, Brian Subich and Allen Goldstein will attend on the home page of beautifulbrian.com
Washington Times article on Juliet Lee
The Washington Times has an article about Juliet Lee which compares her to Sonya Thomas.
The AP article about the Norfolk qualifier has been picked up by a lot of outlets.
updateWUSA also has an article and video clip (from beautifulbrian.com & Joe Callow)
ABC news has a video clip on Yahoo (from the Sicilian)
P’Zone contest pseudodocumentary
Youtube has a mini-pseudodocumentary about an eater training for a P’Zone (Pizza Hut calzone) eating contest against Takeru Kobayashi at http://youtube.com/watch?v=-LKwRIsakFw The clip says that more information about the contest can be found at pizzahut.com, but I could not find any details about an upcoming competition.
Kevin Carr responds to Ryan Reynolds
In his most recent podcast about movies, Kevin Carr responds to Ryan Reynolds’ anti competitive eating blog entry (the response starts around the 21 minute Mark) Kevin concludes by challenging Ryan Reynolds to an eating contest.
Nathan’s cash prizes offered, $20K purse total
(From anonymous & GJoe) IFOCE.com announces that cash prizes will be awarded to the top 5 finishers of the Nathan’s finals. The breakdown follows:
1st Place: $10,000
2nd Place: $5,000
3rd Place: $2,500
4th Place: $1,500
5th Place: $1,000
The total of the prizes is $10K less than the $30K purse for Krystal Square Off III (and $5,000 less than the recent Bridezilla cake contest first place prize)
June 18 Nathan’s wild card standings
“Mongo” Marquez has now reached his three qualifier limit
33 Rich LeFevre (33, 33) (at least 8 needed to beat Tim Brown)
24.67 Tim Brown (24, 25, 25)
23 Brian Subich (27, 19) (at least 28 needed to beat Tim Brown)
21.5 Russ Keeler (23, 20) (at least 31 needed to beat Tim Brown)
21.33 Marco “Mongo†Marquez (21, 23, 20)
Newsday column and poll about competitive eating
(From MosesNews.com) Newsday has a column about competitive eating in which all the sources quoted are anti-C.E. except for Ryan Nerz. A poll about competitive eating is also available.
Pat Bertoletti wins strawberry shortcake
From IFOCE.com
From Mattituck Strawberry Festival, Long Island
1. Pat Bertoletti, 15.25 lb. 8 minutes
2. Tim Janus 13.5 lb.
3. Crazy Legs Conti 9.5 lb.
4. “The Greek” (Chris Abatsas?) 8 lb.
5. Brian Seiken 5.5 lb.
6. Jim McCreevey 4.5 lb.
6. Wild Bill Myers 4.5 lb
6. Pete Miernicki 4.5 lb
9 Peter Janus (Tim Janus’ father) 3.5 lb.
update results updated from Brian Seiken’s report a video of the contest is also available
mosesnews.com has a lot of pictures of the contest
Higher quality Gyaruru video
(From Some Boys) A video of “Boom Boom Meccha Maccho” can be viewed on Oricon The sound and video are much higher quality than the video on youtube.
Advice from Erik “the Red”
Erik Denmark answers several questions about relationships in a page on nerve.com
Don Lerman episode available for free
The Don “Moses” Lerman episode of Brian Seiken’s television show is now available for free at http://hometown.aol.com/beautifulbrian43/lermanshow.html
Brian also has a commentary on the Nathan’s qualifiers and a report on Juliet Lee’s victory in Norfolk.
Crazy Legs Conti wins at Mall of America
Mall of America results from IFOCE.com:
1. Crazy Legs Conti, 24 HDB
2. Mongo Marquez, 20 HDB
3. Justin Mih, 18 HDB
3. Nathan Biller, 18 HDB
update Twin Cities has an article. Other competitors were Russ “The Mad Stork” Witzke, “Big Al” Scaletta, Bill “The Hungry Hungarian” Roth and Jim “Hammer” Hamrick. Crazy Legs Conti will compete in the strawberry shortcake eating contest.
Juliet Lee wins Norfolk with 26 HDB
Norfolk results From IFOCE.com:
1) Juliet Lee, 26 HDB
2) Joe Tursi, 15.5 HDB
Juliet Lee becomes the 4th woman in the IFOCE era to reach the Nathan’s finals (Sonya Thomas, Carlene LeFevre, Takako Akasaka)
update HamptonRoads.com has an article about the contest It is surprising the Juliet Lee was apparently the only ranked eater to compete.
Kobayashi commits to Nathan’s finals
(From R Suzuki) In a blog entry, Kobayashi says he will go for his 7th consecutive Nathan’s championship next month (automatically translated):
Concerning participation, that you think whether there were various stories, but we would like to do the statement which it is clear concerning the conference.
July 4th, with [neisanzu] of NY [koniairando], it enjoys that it has a match.
The highest players who are collected from the world, the fact that the highest tournament is done is promised
Beau Jo’s 14 pound pizza video
A video clip about the construction and attempted consumption of the 14 pound pizza from Beau Jo’s in Colorado from Food TV’s Unwrapped is available at http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q3MOwffwuhQ
Nanticoke pierogi video
A video of the pierogi contest held at the Nanticoke (PA) Musicfest won by Carey Poehlmann has been posted to http://youtube.com/watch?v=gDxkrq9_H5s
“Swallow Your Pride” added to NYC Food Film Festival
The schedule for the New York City Food Film Festival has been updated and the Wing Bowl 13 documentary “Swallow Your Pride” has replaced “Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating” on the listing for June 21.
Watching the films are free but food must be preordered.
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