Amebavision has a video of a steak eating contest from an episode of Food Battle Club that Kobayashi competes in. The competitors start out using a knife and fork, then switch to eating without utensils once the contest heats up.

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Wing Bowl Links
Philly area doctor to compete in Wing Bowl 16
“Wing Ding” wing sauce contest results
Steakbellie: new Wing Bowl logo and sonnet
CBS3 video of wing contest for police officers
Don “Moses” Lerman predicts Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein to win Wing Bowl 16

Non-Wing Bowl links
Review of “Zen and Art of CE” DVD (Grade: A-)
MIT tomato sauce eating contest Saturday, part of Bad Ideas weekend
Krispy Kreme Challenge registration closed with 3000 eaters / runners

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The following request for a competitive eater host was emailed to me today:

I came across your site when I was doing research online- I was wondering if you know of a competitive eater that would be interested in hosting our mini contest at halftime of our superbowl party at The Village Pourhouse in NYC. It is a great crowd!
Thanks

Samantha Messinger
Public Relations
133 West 25th Street ste. 7w
New York, NY 10001
212.228.4200 x 8006
samantha AT yourpartyplanning.com

The contest involves sliders and the prize is a $250 bar tab and there is a $75 admission fee according to the Pourhouse website.

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AOL fanhouse has a report and gallery from a hot dog contest held in honor of Dollar Dog Night at yesterday’s Washington Capitals game in which students from several area colleges competed. Virginia Tech student Alex Malycke won a pair of Southwest Airline tickets by eating 7 hot dogs in 3 minutes. Sonya Thomas served as judge and also performed a one minute exhibition.

The Washington Post DC Sports Bog and On Frozen Blog also have reports about the contest (thumbnails above are from On Frozen Blog). On Frozen Blog also has a video of Sonya’s exhibition. Sonya’s moratorium on dunking food in water was not in place during the exhibition.

The owner of the Capitals, Ted Leonsis, is also an executive at AOL, which probably helped in the contest receiving the publicity it did.

In other news about the NHL’s Southeast division, if the Nathan’s qualifiers start at a Florida Panthers game in March as they have the previous two years, we are about a month and a half away from the beginning of that series.

update A longer video is available on youtube which begins with an interview with Sonya.

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Peter Smith is currently traveling in India and maintaining a blog about his trip. His January 22 entry describes meeting Dale Boone in Chennai.

And when I say this guy can pull strings, you know how India has corrupt police? Well Dale not only seems to know them all, but it was blatantly obvious that he does what he wants in that city, and the police let it happen. For example we were on a beach late at night talking about the intricacies of India and Chennai, and there were a bunch of other locals strewn about the beach road… the police stopped by each group to tell them to go home, and when he came to us, he saw Dale, smiled, said a few friendly things in Tamil, and moved on to the next group, letting us stay there. This kind of thing was happening right and left all night, and it wasn’t just the police who knew him, it was like everyone knew him. It was honestly amazing, as I didn’t know a Caucasian, no matter what they did for a living, could get that kind of “status” in India. So I’ll update this story again in about three weeks, or whenever we meet him in Bangalore. And also, Dale’s side gig is being a professional eater… like you see on TV… like going up against that Japanese kid Kobayashi. Just look up Dale Boone on youtube.com, and maybe throw in the word “eating” or “contest”, and you should find videos of him.

Boone offered Peter Smith some advice about breaking into Indian film production. The movie industry in Chennai is called “Kollywood”.

Gonzo: Well, I want to go to Bombay, India to become a movie star.
Fozzie: You don’t go to Bombay to become a movie star. You go where we’re going, Hollywood.
Gonzo: Well, sure, if you want to do it the *easy* way.
The Muppet Movie

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Competitors at the upcoming Stockton aspargus contest who would like to do a local eating challenge are in luck. KEYETV.com reports that Fat’s Grill and Bar in Stockton produced a 222 pound cheeseburger, which is reportedly the largest cheeseburger ever created in the Golden State. The article has video of the burger being cooked.

An episode of the Simpsons gave “California cheeseburger” an alternate definition.

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IFOCE.com has been updated with 10 questions answered by “Super” Paul “Bone Breaker” Barlow:

MLE: Tropicmon.com also shows a host of celebrities – such luminaries as Michael Jordan, Bill Clinton, and Emmanuel Lewis – hunting down SuperPaul for a photo. Does this ever get irritating? What stalker celebrity have you had to turn down for a photo op, and why? What was your favorite celeb run-in?

SPB: Many, many, times I have had to turn down beautiful supermodels who wanted more than just a picture, but then I woke up.

My favorite celebrity run-in was Jenny McCarthy, the Playboy centerfold turned actress turned autism advocate. I wanted more than a picture, but she turned me down. I actually made her laugh with me, not at me. It made me feel all funny inside, and I ruined my Depends. Another favorite was meeting Vendela Kirsebom, a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. She told me she would never forget me, and the next two times I met her, she remembered me…after I reminded her of who I was.

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(From “Mr. Asparagus”) The next IFOCE contest to be announced is the asparagus eating contest at the Asparagus Festival in Stockton, CA on April 26. Registration opens January 28.

Registration is currently open for the Laredo jalapeno contest according to IFOCE.com

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It appears there will be a good deal of competitive eating content on cable TV in 2008 even if the IFOCE contract with Spike TV is not extended. I received an email from Barbara Barna who is looking for a host for a new Travel Channel show which will have competitive eating in every episode. I assume the host will be participating in the contests because she is looking for a someone with a big appetite.

The full email follows after the jump:

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Philly.com reports that Tom “Wolfman” Wolf became the last qualifier for Wing Bowl 16 when he won today’s in-studio Wing Off by eating 16 large wings in 5 minutes.

Erik “the Red” Denmark won the hot dog eating contest held at halftime of Saturday’s 76er game to gain entry. The list of ranked out of town eaters omits Juris “Dr. Big Time” Shibayama.

This will be the first all-male field since 2003. The article reports that “Sonja” Thomas did not inquire about entering.

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The new poll asks what you think is the greatest “reversal of fortune” in competitive eating history. Here is more information about some of the choices:

“Sloth” at the Wing Bowl video

Pat Philbin “Baby Bird video after the 2006 Opie & Anthony Egg Nog contest

Dale Boone at the 2004 jambalaya contest – a picture of the after effects is available

Kobayashi near the end of the 2007 Nathan’s finals video

Choose whatever criteria you want in ranking: contest significance, fame of reverser, amount of reversal, etc.

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In today’s Wing Bowl column by Dan Gross, Joey Chestnut says he came to Philadelphia on Friday to practice on wings from the new supplier and visit strip clubs with competitive eating friends. There is also a section about “Gentleman” Jerry Coughlan.

The vomiting by “Sloth” mentioned in the column can be seen in a video recorded by MegaMunch.

DelawareOnline.com has an interview with Jeff “The Natural” Olson

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The segment containing diners’ attempts to break their personal bests in Blimpy Burgers from last night’s episode of “Diners Drive Ins & Dives” on the Food Network has been uploaded (7MB about 3 minutes)

The record holder, James Rocker, appears but does not try to break his mark of 40 patties. Rocker has an account of his record attempt on his live journal.

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ESPN Radio 1250 has put up a page with pictures and some brief biographical information about the qualifiers for Friday’s Wing Championship Series finals.

A gallery (with minimal captions) of the Dallas Wing Championship Series is also available.

Brian Subich’s qualfication video is now available on philly.com’s Wing Bowl page

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In a profile on NJ.com, Bill “El” Wingador” Simmons describes how he is preparing to make a comeback in Wing Bowl 16:

Wingador insists he competes against himself, not the field, but he knows if he’s going to make it six Wing Bowls he probably will have to out-eat Californian Joe Chestnut, who won in 2006 and 2007 and is considered the Tiger Woods of eating as the world’s No. 1 competitive chow-hound.

“I’m not worried about Chestnut,” Wingador says. “We’re friends, but he talks trash.”

Wingador goes to the gym (Bally’s) almost every morning, then begins eating, insisting he doesn’t have this routine programmed backwards.

A regular at several Gloucester County restaurants, he usually has four eggs over with scrapple and pancakes followed by a cheesesteak for breakfast. Lunch may feature a whole pizza and roast beef hoagie. Dinner could be a combination of chicken, or pork, or ham, or rice and beans, or four slices of pizza, and/or his personal favorite, spaghetti with chicken parm. Or, sometimes, all of the above.

Simmons believes he is capable of 200 to 240 wings at Wing Bowl 16.

PhillyBurbs.com has an article about WIP host / comedian “Big Daddy” Graham.

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Tonight’s episode of “Diners, Drive Ins and Dives” on the Food Network, titled “Burgers, Rings and Fries”, closes with Lauren Lobert of the University of Michigan’s women’s hockey team eating 21 burgers. She mentions her eating ability on her hockey team page where she says she has the female record for eating Blimpie Burgers. The episode will rerun at 1am (10pm Pacific) and I will try to record it and upload the clip. (For anyone keeping track, today is the third anniversary of Kate Stelnick’s appearances on Good Morning America and the Tony Danza show.)

update A video clip of the Blimpy Burger challenge segment has been uploaded.

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SportsIllustrated.com has an article about Hall “Hoover” Hunt.

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In his most recent blog entry, Kobayashi announces that he is starting a business with his business partner, Bobby. They are seeking 100 million yen ($942,000) in startup financing. The nature of the business was not disclosed.

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A higher definition video of the hot dog eating contest between Takuya Yamamoto and Tom “Goose” Gilbert can be seen at the stage6 online video site. Some thumbnails of screen captures are above.

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HugeEaters.com reports that “Krazy” Kevin Lipsitz & Lorraine are expecting twins
The (UK) Telegraph on Eddie “Bozo” Miller
USA Today reports that “Ham & Eggs” will be commercial free
PennLive.com reports Brian Subich’s qualification for the Wing Bowl.
hot dog contest for Drexel U students, $100 first prize
32 inch pizza challenge at Paventi’s Pizzeria in Charlotte, NC
Wing sauce contest in West Chester, PA, first prize is Wing Bowl tickets
Orange eating contest in Brunei to celebrate Chinese New Year.

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Awful Announcing had a contest this week inviting commenters to provide a caption for a picture from a commercial in which Peyton and Eli Manning competed in an Oreo eating contest. Here are two of the five winning captions:

“Peyton then gave himself a priceless pep talk while watching himself on a flat screen TV as he shot a commercial for a new cell phone.”- SS Reporters

“Quit gazing into my eyes, I’m not Kenny Chesney dammit!”- Marty

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The next segment of Food Battle Club has been posted to youtube in which Takeru Kobayashi and Nobuyuki Shirota attempt to match Ken Domon’s mark of drinking the contents of a water bottle in under five seconds. Neither Kobayashi nor Shirota successfully complete the challenge without spilling or leaving water in the bottle, but they both apparently reach the next round.

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According to a recent email, the person in the gray shirt cropped out of the above two pictures was the top finisher in a recent qualifier for WPLR’s Eat the Meat II chicken wing contest with a result of 80 wings in 9 minutes. Due to having previously competed in a Nathan’s qualifier, the winner was not only prohibited from competing in the January 26 finals, he was excised from the radio station’s website pictures above. The contest rules have the following restrictions for “professional” eaters:

Professional eaters, persons recognized by AICE , the IFOCE or members of any professional eating organization or participants in any professional eating competition are not eligible. The decision of professional eater status will be determined by a WPLR Eat the Meat Official and is final.

If former competitors in a professional eating competition are not eligible, then this restriction could be interpreted as prohibiting all competitors in last year’s “Eat the Meat” contest (who were allowed to compete) as it awarded a prize of $1,000. The original winner (whose name was not given in the email) might have a basis for filing an FCC complaint.

Joe Menchetti won a qualifier for last year’s contest, and was also prohibited from competing in the finals.

The final qualifier will take place on January 24 and requires Connecticut residency to enter.

update I received an email from the original winner of the qualifier, Michael Springer. He competed Nathan’s East Hartford Qualifier and came in fifth with 17.5 HDB and also the Ash Creek Ribs contest where he finished second to last with 1.8 lbs. He informed the radio station of those contests and they said that would not block his participation. After he won the qualifier, the radio station disqualified him for being a “professional” eater despite not having won any prizes in his previous contests.

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Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 100+ lb. burger was recently featured on a recent episode of the Rachael Ray Show. The segment can be viewed online. The segment shows how the burger was created.

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(From mosesnews.com)AOL has a slideshow of the world’s largest steaks which range in weight from 64 to 205 ounces.

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