Archive for April, 2008
Southwestern contests w/ $500 purses
Flancer’s Cafe in Gilbert, Arizona is hosting a pizza eating contest April 20 that will award $500 to the winner. The contest entry fee is $30.
Delicious Tamales in San Antonio is holding a tamale eating contest on April 26. The competition will have separate divisions for men and women and each contest will award $250 to the winner. The registration deadline is April 18.
MLE game coverage from summiteers
Attendees of last week’s Nintendo Game Summit are now free to report about the Major League Eating game and the following material has came out today:
- Go Nintendo review
- GameSpot report
- Wired.com blog entry
- Nintendo World Report review says game has boss and secret characters
- Game trailer of actual gameplay
Added 11:11 pm
Tim Janus in Parade magazine
Wild Bill Myers mentioned in a comment that Tim “Eater X” Janus would appear in Parade Magazine’s list of what people earn. Micah “Wing Kong” Collins found that list online.
Speed drinking video hits 1M views
The video from “Food Battle Club” in which Ken Domon drinks 1.5 liters of water in less than 5 seconds has just exceeded one million views according to YouTube, probably making it the first competitive eating clip to reach that mark. The Kobayashi vs. the bear video is probably the second most viewed competitive eating video with just under 900,000 views currently.
2008 Nathan’s registration opens
Registration for the Nathan’s qualifiers is now open on nathansfamous.com. The list of qualifiers contains 3 contests outside the United States:
June 1, London England
June 17, Hanover, Germany
June 24, Tokyo, Japan
Link Buffet: April 14, 2008
- Deadspin on the Collegiate Nationals
- Mike Golic receives a bib from a fan for his upcoming contest
- “Eating Levi” gets into the Newport Beach Film Festival
- NPR podcast on all you can eat sections at ballparks
- Milk Bone eating contest for humans
- Parody of a hot dog eating contest documentary
Registration for Nathan’s qualifiers opens at noon eastern today
Added 11:15 pm
- Article about “Furious” Pete Czerwinski in which he attempts to break his personal record for a 72 ounce steak
- “Black Day” eating contest for South Korean lovelorn
- Leader board for journalists in the Oakland A’s all you can eat section (PG rated pictures) via Deadspin
Giant pizza contest on “Ellen”
(From daytimetalk.com) A video of a contest on the Ellen Degeneres show involving giant pizzas is available on redlasso.com. The competitors did not eat the pizzas; they searched for a ticket hidden in the toppings with their mouths as if bobbing for apples.
Gal Sone meets Japanese Prime Minister
Gal Sone has a blog entry about meeting Yasuo Fukuda, the Prime Minister of Japan at a cherry blossom festival. jp.msn.com and 47news.jp have articles about the festival.
Isabelle Turell: 20 burgers in 20 minutes?
After successfully completing a 48 ounce steak challenge bodybuilder Isabelle Turell is taking suggestions for her next eating challenge:
I even thought about doing a video clip on my cheat meal as I am due for another one. Maybe I could do a challenge with eating 20 McDonalds cheeseburgers in less than 20 mins. Any other suggestions. LOL.
Trust me I can eat
Pat B wins New Orleans oysters
From Jon B & Beautiful Brian emails and AP article
1 Pat Bertoletti 35 dozen 8 minutes
2 Juliet Lee 31 1/2 dozen 8 minutes
3T Crazy Legs Conti 24 dozen (called the defending champion in the AP article)
3T Chris Abatsas 24 dozen
5? Scott “Scozzy Bone” Zukowski, 20 dozen
Tim Brown DQ reversal after 14 dozen
Tim Janus promotes MLE video game
Ripten reports that Mastiff Games held a promotional event for video game journalists in which Tim “Eater X” Janus ate 141 pieces of avocado sushi. The blog entry contains some additional details about game play:
To keep your gastrointestinal tract clear, you have to hold the A button and wiggle the Wiimote, which makes your character wiggle around to pack in the food. This is actually a real tactic that we saw employed by Eater X.
Depending on which food you are gorging on in the game, you will use different types of controls. I took part in a virtual jalapeno eating contest, where you “flipped†the remote to toss ‘em in your mouth. In the watermelon eating competition, you have to move the remote from side to side. Pressing the B button will chomp your teeth, but if you press it at the wrong time, you’ll bite your tongue instead.
As weird and disgusting as all of this sounds, this actually plays like a good party game.
IGN reports that the game could be played at the Nintendo Media Summit, but journalists cannot report details of the game until Tuesday.
update crave.cnet.com has a blog entry with a gallery and video of Janus’ exhibition.
Oakland A’s all you can eat section
(From Baseball Think Factory) InsideBayArea.com has an article about viewing an Oakland A’s game from the all you can eat section of McAfee Coliseum. The reporter dined with Eric Louie, who competed in the 2007 asparagus eating contest. Louie consumed 12 hot dogs during the game and wrote an article about his trip to the ballpark. FreelanceNews.com also has an article about the section.
In other competitive eating Oakland A’s news, Joey Chestnut throwing out the first pitch in a July 2007 A’s game is still the top story on CompetitiveEatingEvents.com
2008 Nathan’s schedule on CE News
(from comment) CompetitiveEatingNews.com has posted a possible schedule for the 2008 Nathan’s qualifiers:
May 8: Las Vegas, NV
May 10: Minneapolis, MN
May 17: E. Hartford, CT
May 24: Philadelphia, PA
May 31: Tempe, AZ
June 7: Norfolk, VA
June 14: Charlotte, NC
June 14: Shea Stadium, Queens, NY
June 21: Atlanta, GA
June 21: Myrtle Beach, SC
June 26: West Chester, PA
June 28: Camden, NJ
June 28: San Francisco (Daly City), CA
Sites new for 2008 are Camden and Myrtle Beach. The Molly Pitcher Rest Area (NJ Turnpike), Sunrise (FL Panthers) and South Street Seaport (NYC civil service) are 2007 sites that do appear on the above list.
update The official list is now up and West Chester, PA is not on it. Registration opens April 14 at noon eastern. (Thanks Pat from Moonachie)
update #2 The West Chester qualifier is back on the list
Link Buffet: April 11, 2008
- Beautiful Brian has commentary on the new IFOCE rankings and “Stick to Blogging” sales
- Elliott “Wing Tut / The Savage” Maruffi-Cowley section in philly.com Inqlings column
- Christian “Musk Ox” McCarthy article
- Battle of the Bone week 4 results and videos
- Blog entry about Long Island eating challenges
- Frederick Kaufman (“American Stomach”) interview. Interviewer claims Dale Boone weighs 400 pounds
- Man completes all 28 monster burgers on menu over 2 years
- WNBA’s Detroit Shock to offer all you can eat tickets
- Gizmodo meetup at Coney Island with possible hot dog eating contest
- “Dirty” eating in Gluttonous Queen 2008 criticized
- update Richard Shea interview in NOLA.com
- update – Registration for 3 Brothers Pizza opens at 1 pm eastern today
Sugawara wins okonomiyaki eating contest
Mainichi has an English article about Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara’s victory in a women-only okonomiyaki (Japanese pancakes containing vegetables) eating contest in Osaka Wednesday:
Each okonomiyaki weighs one kilogram and measures 30 centimeters in diameter.
Hatsuyo Sugawara, a 44-year-old housewife from Iwate Prefecture, won the contest after eating 5.2 pancakes, and received 550,000 yen in prize money, a solid gold spatula, and the privilege of having the restaurant’s largest okonomiyaki named after her.
Mio “Sakura” Takahashi reports she finished second with a total of 4.7 pancakes.
Contest video
See also msn.co.jp
New Poll: MLE game expansion pack
The new poll asks what expansion pack containing additional characters would you most like to see for the upcoming Major League Eating Video game.
Karina Muniz wins Irvine taco eating contest
OCMexFood has a report on Monday’s taco eating contest held at Tacos & Co. in Irvine, California. Karina Muniz won the contest by eating 8 California tacos in 4 minutes. Muniz was the only female in the field of 23 and entered the contest at the last minute. Jeff Fong came in second. Most of the competitors were students from UC Irvine, which Justin Mih attended.
See also Fast Food Maven
Gal Sone travels to Mexico
Natsuko “Gal” Sone has a blog entry about her trip to Mexico to record a television program that will be televised on April 27. In the past year, she has also produced shows in Canada, Belgium, China and Hawaii.
Sonya on new rankings and 2008 Nathan’s
Sonya has updated her FAQ with her thoughts on the new IFOCE rankings released yesterday. She concludes her commentary with an announcement that she will compete in the 2008 Nathan’s circuit and expects to be the first woman to break the 40 HDB mark.
Eaters’ off-table training
Juris Shibayama has a page on IFOCE.com in which he describes his exercise regimen.
Hall Hunt announces that he is going to start training for a marathon and has a report on the 10k he ran last weekend.
3 Brothers Pizza contest May 31
(From comment) The third 3 Brothers Pizza eating contest will take place in Greenbelt, Maryland on May 31. Registration will open on April 11. The previous two contests took place in August.
Cameron McKirdy article
RegisterGuard.com has an article about Cameron “the consumption kid” McKirdy, who made his competitive eating debut by finishing 8th at the “Stand by Me” pie eating contest last summer. McKirdy expects to compete next at the Stockton Asparagus Festival and reports he has lost 25 pounds since starting his competitive eating career.
update The Register Guard’s blog has an entry about McKirdy with some pictures.
First IFOCE rankings of 2008 out
(From Wild Bill comment) The first IFOCE rankings of 2008 are out. A comparison of the old rankings with new rankings follows after the jump. #1 – #4 and #10 – #12 remain the same, but #5 – #9 are completely different.
Shirota to open noodle restaurant
(Via Serious Eats) Trends in Japan reports that Nobyuki “the Giant” Shirota will open a temporary udon noodle restaurant in Osaka called Shirotaya on April 25. The restaurant will serve bowls of udon that are 16 and 32 times the size of a standard portion. The restaurant is expected to close on August 31.
Shirota has a blog entry and Yahoo of Japan has an article about the restaurant
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