Brooklyn Vegan wing results
SuperVegan has a blog entry and gallery from Wednesday’s vegan Buffalo wing eating contest in Brooklyn. Dan McGinley (17 or 18 vegan wings) won the contest. Marc and Corey (no last names) came in second and third.
Archive for January, 2008
Group bladder endurance contest in Wisconsin bar
Deadspin has a picture of a poster in a New Lisbon, Wisconsin bar reading
“Free Tap Beer!! during Green Bay football games (until someone pees or leaves)”
The brands of beers on the poster are Bud and Bud Light. If the odds of dying from water intoxication from drinking Bud Light are the similar to the odds drinking plain water, it is surprising that such a contest is being held given the death of a competitor in the “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” contest sponsored by a Sacramento radio station. (Of course, some people might say that Bud Light is virtually indistinguishable from water. 😉 )
Link Buffet: January 18, 2008
Jill Stoler needs team members for the Clinton Station Diner burger contest.
CalorieLab on Eddie “Bozo” Miller
San Diego 12 egg omelet challenge
Krystal opening in Arkansas, a year’s supply of burgers to the first 12 adults in line.
American Stomach author on NPR at 11 am, will discuss competitive eating
Competitive eating parody on Shark Divers
Nathan’s hater Peter King of Sports Illustrated compares Seahawk Shaun Alexander to a Coney Island hot dog competitor.
Gal Sone dines with assistance of a crab cracker.
Mike Huckabee responds to Frank Pastore, the Big Texan steak record holder, questioning his conservatism.
Tomoko vs. Hickman in high(er) defintion
A video of the curry eating contest between Tomoko Miyake and Ian “the Invader” Hickman in higher definition than youtube videos is available. Some screen captures from the video are linked to the thumbnails above. The high definition enables viewers to determine than Ian is wearing a United Eaters of Pennsylvania hat.
IFOCE Laredo, TX jalapeno eating contest Feb 23
(From an anonymous comment) An announcement for the La Costeña Jalapeño Eating Contest in Laredo, TX appears on the IFOCE website. The contest will be held on February 23 at the Jalapeño Festival. The total purse will be $5000. Registration opens Jan 22 at noon.
If no earlier IFOCE contests are held, there will be almost 4 months between full-fledged IFOCE competitions (not counting the Wing Bowl as a 100% IFOCE event). The announcement alludes to this hiatus:
The nations greatest athletes have been resting their gullets in the off-season and are ready to make a serious mark on 2008.
Kobayashi out for “Ham & Eggs”
Yahoo.com has a press release promoting the “Ham & Eggs” contest that will be televised on Spike TV during the halftime of the Super Bowl. The announcement verifies Kobayashi’s report that he was unable to participate in the contest:
As soon as the first half of football’s biggest game ends, Spike TV will cut directly into “MLE Chowdown: Ham N’ Eggs” with the under-card event of hard-boiled egg consumption. Eight of the top eaters will go egg-for-egg in an effort to break the world record held by Sonya Thomas of 65. Then, the world’s top eight eaters will step to the plate for whole spiral-ham eating. This eight-minute competition includes Joey Chestnut, Patrick Bertoletti, Tim “Eater X” Janus, Juliet Lee, Tim “Gravy” Brown, Rich LeFevre, and Juris Shibamaya. The legendary Kobayashi will not participate due to an injured jaw.
Sonya Thomas achieved her egg record in 6:40 so the egg competitors will have to beat that time to break her record.
Kobayashi, Sonya, Bob Shoudt, Chip Simpson and several non-IFOCE eaters would probably dispute the claim that the world’s top eight eaters will participate in the ham contest.
The blurb at the bottom reports there were 100 MLE events in 2006 instead of mentioning the number last year.
Ron Koch eats 50 pancakes at IHOP AYCE
The image above is the receipt from Ron Koch’s lunch yesterday at the International House of Pancakes where he got the All You Can Eat special for $3.99 and ate 50 pancakes in 45 minutes. The receipt reports he received 13 additional servings. Koch hopes to return to IFOCE competition in the near future. Thumbnails from the pictures of the lunch are below.
Podcasts available for WCS qualifiers
Radio podcasts for the first two Pittsburgh Wing Championship Series qualifiers are now available on the WCS page. The finalists from the third qualifier have also been posted: Wing Kong, presumably not “Micah Collins”, (48 wings), Pitt Panther (44), and Ms. Sweet (44) .
Update: qualifiers from the previous two contests are now listed
Jan 16: Captain Butthead (68), The Snake (52) and Gone with the Wings (52)
Jan 17: Wingleberry (46) and Spiker (35)
Theories about Gal Sone
Ameba.JP has an article about possible explanations why “Gal” Sone does not gain weight when she eats so much: (automatically translated)
The body of a person eating a single keyword explain this “portal” it said. Voracious eater, a food-filled stomach too long, narrow portal pressure has been heard. In other words, they can not transport nutrients, and the blame will no longer be absorbed by the idea of the theory. Results of the escape-not fat.
BB TV director’s commentary
“Beautiful” Brian has a commentary about his recent television show that focuses on the career of Ed Krachie and includes some behind the scenes information about the pre-Kobayashi IFOCE.
NYC falafel eating challenge
Gothamist has a report on a temporary eating challenge being held in Forest Hills, Queens:
If the folks at On the Grill have their way, this storefront Israeli spot in Forest Hills may become to Queens what Nathan’s Famous is to Coney Island. The restaurant’s chef Tzur Kalaf has no intention of giving up his Glatt Kosher certification and serving hot dogs, though. Instead he’s launched what he calls “The Great Falafel Eating Contest”, which started Monday and lasts until Feb. 28.
The rules are pretty simple: Any participant who eats five falafel sandwiches in 29 minutes gets their meal free and wins a $50 gift certificate to On the Grill. If a contestant doesn’t eat all five sandwiches in the allotted time, then they pay for the number that they polished off.
The author is not aware that IFOCE members are banned from unsanctioned eating challenges. George Shea apparently makes no mention of the ban either when he is interviewed.
The photo of the restaurant sign appears to claim that the challenge is only in effect from 5:30 pm to 10 pm from Monday through Thursday.
Wing Bowl 16 rules online
Jeff Olson noted that the rules for Wing Bowl 16 are now available on 610wip.com.
The rules state that 5 trips to Mexico will be awarded to individual entourage members:
Five (5) trips for two (2) persons will be awarded to five (5) different members of Wing Bowl 16 entourages. Winners will be chosen at the sole discretion of WIP. Selection will be based on but not limited to: overall appearance, creativity, etc. The trips will be to either Punta Cana or Cancun, Mexico.
The rules bar entry to “any member of non-IFOCE professional eating organizations, including but not limited to AICE, are also not eligible to participate in the contest.” This is different from the language in the document picked up by Bill Myers which blocked “any member of, or person affiliated with, non-IFOCE/MLE professional eating organizations, including but not limited to AICE”.
New Poll: world’s 2nd best female competitive eater
The new poll asks who you think is the world’s best female competitive eater after Sonya Thomas.
G. Shea: El Wingador vs. Chestnut like Don Rickles vs. Tiger Woods
Dan Gross’ new Wing Bowl column on philly.com has quotes from George Shea who says:
Bill “El Wingador” Simmons “is the purest wing eater I’ve ever seen. He has complete comfort with the wing, but El Wingador competing against [Joey] Chestnut is like Don Rickles playing golf against Tiger Woods.”
Shea makes the following defense of “El Wingador”: “Wingador has something none of the other IFOCE eaters have. Passion.” and then apparently contradicts himself in the following sentence: “He has a passion for this event like most other eaters, but I don’t think he can beat Joey.”
The claim appears that Joey Chestnut “competes in IFOCE events around the world”, but I believe there are 8 active IFOCE/AICE eaters who have competed outside North America, with Sonya Thomas being the only IFOCE member in that group.
The column describes the relationship between the Wing Bowl and the IFOCE: “The IFOCE grants a provisional sanction to the Wing Bowl, but does not oversee the event and is not involved with its judging.”
Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein, who will turn 40 the weekend of the Wing Bowl, also appears in the column and will be competing for more than prizes:
Goldstein is taking pledges for Rangerforacure.info, a charity set up by Army ranger Chris Young, who battled thyroid cancer and now raises money to fight childhood cancer. Interested parties may contact Goldstein at USMaleWingBowl@aol.com
PhillyBurbs.com has a report on Michael Sarian’s victory in Saturday’s hoagie eating qualifier which claims that the field for this year’s Wing Bowl is 28, including 10 professional eaters and 18 nonprofessionals.
Slow updating for Wing Bowl videos & galleries
A backlog of videos and galleries appears to be developing on the official Wing Bowl sites. The Wing Bowl 16 page on 610wip.com has been stuck on 12 successful qualifiers for quite a while (the gallery for “Dr. Big Time” has yet to appear on it) and I do not think the videos page on philly.com has been updated this week. The only successful stunt this week I am aware of is “Big” Brian Subich qualifying by eating 3 “Fat Bitch” sandwiches, which are foot long cheesesteaks topped with chicken fingers, cheesesticks, mayo, ketchup and french fries in 7 minutes and 53 seconds.
I have not been able to obtain the winner of January 8 Wing Off in Glassboro, NJ. Please inform me if you are aware of that information.
Title rally videos on MLE youtube page
Three videos from the 2005 title rallies are available on the Major League Eating youtube page: “Beautiful” Brian Seiken vs. “Krazy” Kevin Lipsitz in escarole, Tim “Eater X” Janus vs. “Big” Brian Subich in tiramisu and “Humble” Bob Shoudt vs. Allen “Shredder” Goldstein in penne pasta.
Rona Conti visits Kobayashi
In his most recent blog entry. Kobayashi has a report on a visit with Crazy Legs’ mother, who is doing a calligraphy exhibition in Japan.
Philly Guy: Brad Sciullo wins Wing Off
In a comment on megamunch, Pete “Philly Guy” Miernicki reports that Brad Sciullo defeated him by 4 wings at tonight’s Wing Off to qualify for the Wing Bowl. Pete also reports that a Wing Off will be held this Saturday at a 76ers game.
updatePhilly.com has information about the Saturday contest:
In a first, the WIP-AM (610) Wing Bowl will stage a qualifying round during halftime of Saturday’s Sixers-Raptors game at the Wachovia Center. Four contestants, chosen this week, will eat all the hot dogs they can in two minutes. (As a bonus, they get two tickets in the Sixers All-You-Can-Eat Section.)
Kobayashi baseball card / food challenge party
In his most recent blog entry “Humble” Bob Shoudt mentions that he purchased a Kobayashi baseball card. A picture of an autographed Kobayashi card appears on the ephemera blog. The card is used to illustrate a report about a food challenge party:
In the days before Kobayashi’s reign as the Hot Dog King, I had the pleasure of attending a food challenge party. The party wasn’t billed as such, but when one of the guests mentioned that they kill time at the office by wagering with co-workers as to who can consume certain quantities of various foodstuff in a set amount of time, we couldn’t help but try out the concept. One partygoer ate a Chrysanthemum for $20. It was a quite a sight, but nothing compared to seeing a petite woman eat an entire chocolate sheet cake whilst standing on her head. It was one of the most amazing stunts I’ve ever witnessed. Upon accomplishing the feat, the diminutive young lady received a crisp $100 bill for the effort.
Denver contest reports
Liz K attended a hot dog eating contest at Olde Tyme Drafts and Dawgs and wrote a blog entry about it for Westword. Entrants had to eat 15 hot dogs in under two hours. Bathroom breaks (without vomiting) were allowed. The restaurant will try to repeat the contest monthly.
Skinnyboy has part I of a report on the Denver Wing Bowl on his blog.
“Ham & Eggs” to air Feb 3
A press release announces Spike TV’s programming for the first weekend in February. The “Ham & Eggs” contest will be televised on Sunday night:
8:30 – 9:00 PM, ET/PT
SPIKE’S MLE CHOWDOWN: CHAMPIONSHIP (NR)
The Major League Eating event will match up the world’s top
eaters, including Joey Chestnut, Eater X, and Patrick Bertoletto,
in a championship consumption contest featuring chowing down eggs
and ham.
The chowdown will be televised between WHEN GOOD PETS GO BAD 2 and WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK #3.
update The 8:30 time is an estimate. The start of the press release says that ” Spike’s “MLE Chowdown: Championship” will start exactly when the Super Bowl half time show begins.”
BB TV 2008 season debut available
The first episode of “Beautiful” Brian’s video podcast of 2008 is now on line. The guests are Mike Devito, Ed Krachie and Jill Stoler. In bits & pieces, Brian says that Krachie calls Don Lerman and Rich LeFevre mediocre eaters. Don Lerman has a response to Krachie on his blog. Krachie’s 1996 record of 22 HDB ties Lerman’s mark at his last Nathan’s contest and is 12 behind LeFevre’s personal best.
Jill Stoler has her personal 2007 highlights in competitive eating on her blog which close with being interviewed by “Beautiful” Brian.
updateThe video was taken down last evening, but has been restored on a new page
Brooklyn vegan wings details
The myspace blog for Foodvibes has the details about Wednesday’s vegan wing eating contest. An article about the contest mentioned it was filled up, but the blog does not mention that entry is closed. The top prize is $50 cash and $200 in gift certificates.
AICE vs. Japan writeup
There is now a recap of the AICE vs. Japan contests televised on Japanese television on New Year’s Day on the AICE news page. The donut contest Jill Stoler competed in is not mentioned.
Intersection of Bass Fishing and CE
Usually when competitive eating is brought up in association with bass fishing, it is about the possibility of the Sheas selling the IFOCE for a significant amount as the pro-fishing circuit B.A.S.S. was sold to ESPN for $35 million dollars. Another connection between the two sports will take place when boostedcpe/Butterbean attempts to qualify for the Wing Bowl Tuesday by eating 3 pounds of fried bass in 5 minutes. He announces his stunt in a thread on a bass fishing message board.
This makes the known upcoming stunts for this week:
Jan 14 Brad Sciullo 72 Chips Ahoy cookies & 1 gallon of milk in 2:30 (If allowed to compete due to age)
Jan 15 “Butterbean” 3 pounds fried bass in 5 minutes.
Jan 15 Adam “Hungry Hungry Hebrew” Taxin, hamburger eating contest vs. dog
Jan 18 Pat Bertoletti, 6 lbs of sour cream in 8 minutes
update BeautifulBrian.com has a page on today’s stunts which reports that “Big” Brian Subich qualified, but Brad Sciullo failed to complete his stunt.
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