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A press release announces that La Costena will hold a series of jalapeno eating contests. One minute competitions will take place in Los Angeles, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Atlanta and Chicago and award $500 to the winner. The contest dates were not listed.
An Orlando Sentinel blog reports that Joey Chestnut will appear in the 2008 Allen & Ginter baseball card set. Takeru Kobayashi appeared in the 2006 set. Abraham Lincoln is another non baseball player in the set.
(via Hugging Harold Reynolds) Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti have started a group blog at http://yardbarker.com/users/PBandJC. Pat’s first post describes his techniques for the upcoming asparagus contest. Yardbarker is a blog host for famous athletes. Recent posters include Darren McFadden, Greg Oden and Rasheed Wallace. (Rasheed Wallace gave thumbs up to Joey Chestnut’s first post)
The new poll asks who you think will be the third eater on the eating contest to be held on the “Mike & Mike” show May 1. It was announced yesterday that Crazy Legs Conti and Tim Janus will appear, and at least one other competitor is expected.
A press release announces that Natsuko “Gal” Sone will endorse 9 meals from Lawson stores which are are 1.5 to 2 times larger than normal meals. The meals will debut on May 6. In July, Lawson will sponsor an eating contest between Gal Sone and a team of 10 people chosen by drawing.
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Kristin Day has a column in reflector.com about her plans to attempt Andy’s Big “A” Challenge. She received advice from former moon pie champion Mort Hurst and will be posting videos of her training which will culminate in her challenge attempt.
It has now been over 48 hours (and one full working day) since the eating contest at Broadway at the Beach concluded and there does not appear to be any contest results or other coverage on IFOCE.com or any of its affiliated websites.
Mike-Greenberg.com announces that Mike Golic’s eating contest will take place on May 1 between 8:05 and 8:20 am eastern. The contest will be simulcast on ESPN2 and ESPNRadio.com. The food will be wings from Buffalo Wild Wings. Golic’s opponent was not listed.
update A video clip of the announcement is available. Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti and at least one other unnamed eater are expected to be Golic’s competition. Mike Greenberg wants to use the hottest wings on Buffalo Wild Wings’ menu.
BeautifulBrian.com has a report on his experience at the Broadway at the Beach contest
Dave US Male has emailed some pictures from his trip which can be seen after the jump. Beautiful Brian and Badlands Booker are performing the Bonebreaker Barlow song.
TheCollegiateNationals.com has a report about last night’s eating contest in San Diego. The top 3 were:
1. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski, $1000
2. Christian “Muscox” McCarthy, $500
3. Ryan “Big Mac” McMillan, $250
update
update #2 Pete has posted contest videos to his youtube page
Sun Sentinel has an article about Hall Hunt and Joe LaRue viewing a recent Miami Heat game in the all you can eat section. Hall wrote a blog entry about his trip south. Both Hunt and LaRue are expected to compete in the corn eating contest next week.
Todays results from the contest at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, SC from a “Wild” Bill Myers comment:
1.) Juliet Lee – finished all food items in approximately six minutes. (first title in an open contest)
2.) Badlands Bookers – finished all food items in eight minute, contest was stopped at this point. (first contest since March 2007)
3.) Nathan Biller – finished nachos, wings, hot dogs, and six of the twelve slices of pizza.
3.) Dave Goldstein – finished nachos, wings, hot dogs, and six of the twelve slices of pizza.
3.) Arturo Rios – finished nachos, wings, hot dogs, and six of the twelve slices of pizza.
6.) Joe Tursi – finished nachos, wings, hot dogs, and five of the twelve slices of pizza.
7.) William Myers – finished nachos, wings, hot dogs, and two of the twelve slices of pizza.
7.) Brian Seiken – finished nachos, wings, hot dogs, and two of the twelve slices of pizza.
9.) Shane Baker – finished nachos, wings, and 2.5 hot dogs.
10.) Pierre Abry – finished nachos, wings, and two hot dogs.
10.) Paul Barlow – finished nachos, wings, and two hot dogs.
10.) Rich Foley – finished nachos, wings, and two hot dogs.
13.) Bruce Pobanz – finished nachos, wings, and one hot dog.
update wpde.com has an article about the contest
update #2 MyrtleBeachOnline.com has a gallery and hotelsbycity has two pictures.
update #3 BeautifulBrian.com has contest video which includes the performance of “Bonebreaker Barlow” by Brian and Badlands Booker
DennysBeerBarrelPub.com announces that the restaurant presented a trophy to Lori Weiss on her recent birthday to honor her eating achievements at that establishment. Ms. Weiss is one of two people to have completed the monster 96er burger and also holds the female speed records for the two and three pound burgers. (The website lists Lori’s last name as “Weis”, but her 96er finisher plaque and other articles list it as “Weiss”. )
Denny’s website also mentions that it will be featured on a Travel Channel program, “All You Can Eat Food Paradise”, later this month. The program will debut on April 26 at 6pm eastern and be rerun on April 30 at 8pm.
The Baltimore Sun has an article about Juliet Lee. Juliet says she would not have entered competitive eating if not for Sonya Thomas and hopes to compete in a lobster contest one day. The article reports that the five foods at tomorrow’s Broadway at the Beach contest will be hot dogs, shrimp, chicken wings, pizza and Italian water ice.
Some more reports on the Major League Eating video game from last week’s Nintendo Game Summit:
Crazy Legs Conti and Arturo Rios were guests of Dr. Billy Goldberg’s Sirius radio show and competed in an on air cake eating contest. Goldberg wrote a column for MSNBC about their appearance. MSNBC also has a poll asking what eating contest would you like to see.
Bruce “the Hangman” Pobanz has emailed a potential roster for Saturday’s contest at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Juliet Lee
Eric “Badlands” Booker
“Super” Paul Barlow
Bruce “The Hangman” Pobanz
“Nasty” Nate Biller
“Beautiful” Brian Seiken
Dave “US Male” Goldstein
Rick Petraliapossible
Micah “Wing Kong” Collins
Arturo “The Natural” Rios
(From skinnyboy & supersizedmeals) A Yahoo! group devoted to eating challenges has been set up at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/foodchallenges/ Membership is required to view the group in its entirety, but non members can read the groups message board.
News-Press.com reports that all 33 Bar Louie locations will be holding a tater tot eating contest today. Winners at each restaurant will receive a year’s worth of potato snacks from Bar Louie. The winning totals will be compared to determine the national winner. The prize for the overall winner was not listed.
Bar Louie considered obtaining IFOCE sanctioning but ultimately decided against it. The reporter attempted to contact IFOCE tater tot record holder Sonya Thomas for an interview, but no response was received.
The Baltimore Sun has an article about University of Maryland student Brian “Eatin’” Keaton. Like Sonya Thomas, Keaton was inspired to enter competitive eating after watching Kobayashi at the Nathan’s finals. Like Kevin Lipsitz, he has competed against a canine in an eating contest. Keaton might have debuted at the 2005 pizza eating contest in Camden, NJ:
Keaton, an agricultural economics major, got his start not long after his Kobayashi epiphany. He learned that the New Jersey state pizza-eating championship, an all-comers event, was to take place a few towns away. He entered, downed a large cheese pie in 10 minutes, and finished fourth, but ahead of several established pros.
A review of “Beautiful” Brian’s CD, “Stick to Blogging”, has been posted on the main page of IFOCE.com:
From the very first words of his seminal work of competitive eating themed rock and roll, Beautiful Brian Seiken announces himself as the underdog who has finally made good – “the phenom, coming out of nowhere.” And if his self-released CD is any indication of what’s to come, this Brooklyn native will remain a major player in the realm of competitive eating media for some time.
Though the album displays a remarkable range of genre – from post-punk to ’50s-style ballad – the themes are fairly consistent. Each song is either a tribute or a protest song, and the object is always a member, or a phenomenon, associated with the MLE competitive eating circuit.
There is also a wrapup of the Acme Oyster contest which mainly consists of Crazy Legs Conti’s itinerary.
update Brian has responded to the review by ending his moratorium on writing “Bits & Pieces”. His most recent update announces that Lorraine and Kevin Lipsitz have had twins.
Loading ...| 2012 May 16 | Las Vegas, NV | Hot Dog Eating Qualifier | ||||
| 2012 May 16 | Houston, TX | Niko Niko's preview contest | ||||
| 2012 May 16 | South Lake Tahoe, CA | Taco Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 May 16 | Eastman, WI | Wing Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 May 16 | West Palm Beach, FL | Wing Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 May 18 | Magnolia, AR | Blossom Festival Beef Challenge | ||||
| 2012 May 18 | Prior Lake, MN | Ho Ho Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 May 18 | Menomonie, WI | Hot Dog Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 May 19 | Mount Pleasant, TX | Chocolate Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 May 19 | Warren, PA | Chowdown for Charity |
| 2012 May 13 Auburn, WA
Legendary Doughnut Eating Contest |
| 1st 1 1m36s Evan Denmark |
| 2012 May 12 Yuma, AZ
Bratwurst Eating Contest |
| 1st 8 Jerome Scott |
| 2012 May 12 I Roseville, MI
Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship Qualifier |
| 1st 107 Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti |
| 2nd 101 Tim "Gravy" Brown |
| 3rd 82 Meredith Boxberger |
| 2012 May 12 I Naples, FL
Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier - men |
| 1st 33 Adrian "The Rabbit" Morgan |
| 2nd 24 Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle |
| 3rd 19 Kyle Nestel |
| 2012 May 12 I Naples, FL
Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier - women |
| 1st 4.5 Laura Riehman |
| $49,500.00 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut |
| $47,250.00 | Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti |
| $23,881.00 | Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas |
| $20,833.33 | Jonathan "Super Squibb" Squibb |
| $20,050.00 | "Notorious" Bob Shoudt |
| $16,833.33 | "Furious" Pete Czerwinski |
| $14,525.00 | Tim "Eater X" Janus |
| $13,000.00 | Takeru Kobayashi |
| $12,250.00 | "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti |
| $11,362.33 | David "Tiger Wings and Things" Brunelli |