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Tickets for the upcoming Wing Bowl can be pre-ordered at WingBowlTickets.com. The most expensive ticket is $125 and the cheapest ticket available is $25. The WIP and philly.com do not appear to have made any announcements when tickets will officially go on sale
rockfm.co.uk reports that the World Pie Eating championship held at Harry’s Bar in Wigan (Manchester area), England next month will be webcast. Viewers will have to pay £14.99 ($23) to receive information on how to view the contest. The contest previously received coverage for scaling back from a timed format to a fixed amount of a single pie. Last year’s winner, Adrian Frost, took 34 seconds to finish his pie. ($23 per 34 seconds is equivalent to more than $1000 / hour)
Actor Ryan Reynolds, author of an anti-competitive eating blog entry for the Huffington Post, is apparently not equally opposed to all activities which consume calories which could be redirected to the starving poor of the world. The website for People Magazine reports that the husband of Scarlett Johannson claimed on an episode of the Rachael Ray show that he ate almost 10,000 calories after finishing the New York City marathon.
The creators of some giant burgers are not satisfied with having hamburger as the only type of meat in their sandwiches. The Hawkins House of Burgers (several Los Angeles area locations) Special Burger contains 3 eight ounce hamburger patties, 2 hot links, bacon and pastrami along with 3 fried eggs (picture). The Gangster Burger, offerred by the Rice Street Deli in Saint Paul, Minnesota, contains two half pound hamburger patties, three 6 ounce steaks, a half pound of Italian beef and a half pound of gyro meat. Neither restaurant appears to offer any award or recognition to diners who successfully complete one of their huge burgers.
MSN.com has a list of the ten species with the biggest appetites compiled by the Animal Planet television network. The number 7 animal in the list, the Tasmanian devil, has the following caption:
Good thing the Tasmanian devil can’t compete in the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest every Fourth of July; Joey Chestnut and Kobayashi couldn’t hold a candle to this creature’s pace. The Australian outback native can swallow up to 40 percent of its body weight in just 30 minutes — that’s the equivalent of a human eating 216 hamburgers in the same amount of time! The Tasmanian devil will actually eat to the point that it can barely waddle around, and is particularly fond of anything that smells like flesh. So if you’ve got some old boots or smelly socks, pass them to your left, along with the salt and pepper.
The Dayton Daily News has an article about Cincinnati Bengals field goal kicker Shayne Graham, who is regarded as the team trencherman despite being one of the smaller players on the roster at a weight of 205 pounds. Graham has eaten 14 chili dogs and 18 tacos on separate occasions. Today he will host approximately 15 of his teammates for a Thanksgiving dinner. 48 pounds of turkey will be cooked for that meal.
(From The Dish) The segment about the Heart Attack Grill in Chandler, Arizona that was televised on CBS News Sunday Morning is now available on cbsnews.com. Bill Geist of CBS News attempts the Quadruple Bypass Burger challenge, which reportedly contains 8,000 calories.
Don Lerman has taken a break from political commentary to announce his intention to become listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s heaviest man. He reports his current weight as 758 pounds and needs 317 pounds to reach his goal. “Moses” is accepting gifts of food and restaurant’s gift certificates.
Pat Bertoletti has posted a blog entry to his yardbarker blog about the Guinness 12 inch pizza record he and Hall Hunt attempted to break while he was in Fort Pierce for the Battle of the Big Apple pizza contest. The record is listed at 2 minutes and 14 seconds and the video is 36 seconds long.
Joey Chestnut’s 25th birthday is November 25. Talia Gragert, a friend of MissBusyLady, created the drawing below:
update The Spike’s record challenger broke the store record with 15 hot dogs. Congratulations.
Patrick Michels has produced a blog entry and video about the Big Kahuna burger challenge at Pancho & Lefty’s in Hare, Texas. The only finisher of the challenge is by a customer who called himself David Walters and refused to be photographed by the restaurant staff. A picture of the $500 check awarded for finishing the burger is above.
“Furious” Pete Czerwinski has uploaded two videos about training for competitive eating to youtube: Video 1 – breakfast for competive eaters, Video 2 – jaw strength / grinding
A gallery of the wing eating contest held during Mike & Mike in the Morning in which Tim Janus, Crazy Legs Conti and Pete Davekos competed against co-host Mike Golic is available on ESPN.com
A listing of tonight’s television highlights reports that a Thanksgiving eating contest will be held for the models on tonight’s episode of “Deal or No Deal” (NBC, 8pm eastern)
A trailer of the Travel Channel’s Man vs. Food has been embedded on the program’s home page. An interview with show host Adam Richman is also available.
A trailer for the web series Quest for the Golden Hot Dog can be viewed on youtube. The 60Frames production will be a parody of the world of competitive eating. A clip from the series of an interview with two hot dog girls (Bunettes) is also available.
TubeFilter.tv has more on the series including a cast of some of the characters:
In the trailer, the competitors are introduced as they all ram hot dogs. There’s the novice rookie played by Jeff Sloniker. There’s the Asian natural (likely a nod to Kobayashi himself), but played by a woman, Micki Ann Maddox. Armen Weitzman plays the role of the sitting legacy. Jeff Davis is the Hungry, Hungry Hipster And Demorge Brown is the Black Bomber, and he’s well, black.
More sad news from Asia. The Times of India reports that Saurav Sabbarwal, a solutions engineer with Nokia Siemens Networking, died after choking in a pastry eating contest held at an office cafeteria in Guragon, India. It is not clear if the contest was pre-planned or an informal competition.
Nokia produced a commercial featuring a competitive eating fan who uses her phone to get contest updates.
update The contest was apparently a company activity and there was no medical supervision present. Mr. Sabbarwal’s family is considering suing Nokia Siemens.
Links: NewKerala, ThaIndian, PTINews
“Furious” Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a video titled “A Legend in the Making” containing segments from his previous videos. The video has received almost 2,000 views in the day it has been released. The closing caption for the video says that 2009 will be a year to remember for Furious Pete.
Two forum threads about the video are available on bodybuilding.com: #1, #2
Loading ...| 2012 Feb 9 | Manhattan, KS | Will Ferrell burger eating contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 9 | Dallas, TX | Wing Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 10 | Baltimore, MD | Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 10 | Cincinnati, OH | Slider Eating Qualifier | ||||
| 2012 Feb 11 | Austin, TX | Burger & Fries Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 11 | St. Petersburg, FL | Chocolate Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 11 | Palm Coast, FL | Dirty Bird Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 11 | Monument, CO | Food Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 11 | Los Angeles, CA | Hooters Wing Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 11 | Idaho City, ID | Hot Dog Eating Contest |
| 2012 Jan 29 Greenville, NC
Food Eating Contest |
| 1st 3 14 min Nate Gwyn |
| 2nd 3 17 min Tom Thielen |
| 3rd 3 24 min James Stewart |
| 2012 Jan 29 Port St. Lucie, FL
Johnny V's Lasagna Eating Contest |
| 1st 3 min Michael Jenkins |
| 2012 Jan 29 Anaheim, CA
Stupid Hot Wing Challenge |
| 1st 3 5m25s Jimmy Lin |
| 2nd 3 6m09s Frank "The Tank" Paulin |
| 2012 Jan 29 Los Angeles, CA
Sushi Eating Contest |
| 1st 72 Kevin Ross |
| 2012 Jan 28 Lebanon, PA
Bologna Sandwich Eating Contest |
| 1st 11.5 David "Tiger Wings and Things" Brunelli |
| 2nd 11 Andrew "The Boa" Minnich |
| 3rd 10.75 Jack "Snack Jack" Diamond |
| $43,000.00 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut |
| $39,750.00 | Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti |
| $20,833.33 | Jonathan "Super Squibb" Squibb |
| $20,381.00 | Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas |
| $17,450.00 | "Notorious" Bob Shoudt |
| $14,833.33 | "Furious" Pete Czerwinski |
| $13,000.00 | Takeru Kobayashi |
| $12,325.00 | Tim "Eater X" Janus |
| $10,550.00 | "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti |
| $9,712.33 | David "Tiger Wings and Things" Brunelli |