• The meat in Denny’s Beer Barrel’s big burgers gets a bad review
• Tim Rauscheder beer drinking video
• NYC wing eating contest tonight
• Gal Sone wins a poll of the Japanese celebrity people most want to see without makeup
• A large image of the Joey Chestnut baseball card
• Picture of victorious (and wet) Juliet Lee at Nashville qualifier
• Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara wins the Morioko wanko soba noodle eating contest with 383 bowls in 15 minutes

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Video from a quiz show in which the audience guesses how much Gal Sone’s waistline expands after eating a big meal has been uploaded to youtube.

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update #3MitchPix has a gallery of the contest

update #2 TCPalm has an article about the contest

update Battle of the Big Apple pizza results from a Pat Bertoletti comment:

1- Pat Bertoletti 47 slices, $1000
2- Hall Hunt 32, $750
3- Nate Biller 19.5 or 20, $500
4- John( Hall’s friend) 18, $250

Bertoletti beat Joey Chestnut’s total from last month’s Famous Famiglia contest by 2, which makes him eligible for a $500 bonus.

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(from email) R & I Magazine has an article about giant sandwich challenges. A new challenge on the list is the Big Ugly Sandwich Challenge at the Fat Sandwich Company. According to the article, The Big Ugly contains:

four cheeseburgers, a double cheesesteak, chicken cheesesteak, gyro meat, grilled chicken, bacon, sausage, pork roll, mozzarella sticks, chicken finger, chicken nuggets, macaroni-and-cheese bites, fried mushrooms, jalapeno poppers, pizza bites, onion rings, hash browns, American cheese, ketchup and mayonnaise

and is free to a diner who can finish it in less than 15 minutes. The Fat Sandwich company has locations in Norman, Oklahoma and Champaign, Illinois.

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Previous pancake eating contests held at Pete’s Grille in Baltimore has taken place on a Friday morning in the middle of November (2007 – November 16, 2005 – November 18) If the contest is held at the same time this year, the probable dates are either November 14 or 21. Previous contests have awarded $500 to both the top male and female competitors.

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Here is a new thread about tomorrow’s pizza eating contest at the Big Apple Pizza in Fort Pierce, Florida tomorrow since the previous thread about it has become swamped with political comments.

I have not been able to find any entrants information about the contest. Hall Hunt has posted the press release on his blog, but he does not say whether he will attend.

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The Wing Bowl 13 documentary “Swallow Your Pride” will be screened in Philadelphia during the First Person Arts Festival on November 14. El Wingador will attend and serve wings with his wing sauce.

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Beautiful Brian has posted a video commentary about the Coney Island benefit auction on Monday in which George Shea was honored. He received an Obama/Chestnut T-shirt which Joey Chestnut wore at Nathan’s which he will not wear in public.

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• Pat Bertoletti has some videos from the Trnkobrani Festival in the Czech Republic
• AICE ranking of the top collegiate eaters
• Beautiful Brian says he will return at an undisclosed date
• Video of Denny’s Beer Barrel 2 pound burger attempts
• Podcast about a 50 apples in 90 minutes proposition bet
• Report on Denny’s Belly Bruiser contest for 12 person teams

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A video on youtube of “Seabass” breaking the “Kitchen Sink” record at the San Francisco Creamery Co. in Walnut Creek, CA is available. “Seabass” ate the sundae consisting of 8 large scoops of ice cream, 8 toppings, whipped cream and 12 cherries in 15 minutes.

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The Heart Attack Grill’s web site has set up a news page which says that a segment will be recorded on Saturday to be televised on CBS News Sunday Morning. It does not say if the segment will be broadcast on November 9 or later. The Grill will also appear on HDNet’s Deadline on November 20.

The online “Wall of Fame” listing the fastest finishers of the Quadruple Bypass Burger appears to have been dropped.

update The segment was televised on November 23 and is available online.

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The new poll asks who you think will be eligible for the upcoming Wing Bowl. When Angelo Cataldi last mentioned the Wing Bowl on his blog in March, he said he hoped to prohibit entry to competitors associated with professional eating organization.

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RawVegasTV has a video clip of an interview with Rich and Carlene LeFevre conducted while Rich ate a 120 ounce steak at Brand Steakhouse in Las Vegas. Thrillist has a transcript of some of the interview.

updatePokerati has a blog entry about Rich’s feat

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A gallery and video of a qualifier held to determine a competitor in the Battle of the Big Apple pizza eating contest Saturday in Fort Pierce, Florida are available. The Van Duzer Foundation’s web page about the contest requests that spectators to the contest Saturday bring a canned food item to donate to local food pantries and distribution centers.

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The website for Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub has been revamped and now has a blog listing challenge burger attempts and other news. No links to the old finishers database appear to be present on the new site, but the database still works. Brad Sciullo finishing the Belly Bruiser is not mentioned on the new site, but a picture of Brad is present.

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An auction will be held tonight at Rebel NYC to benefit Coney Island USA. George Shea will be honored for his efforts with Nathan’s hot dog eating contest and a judgeship for the 2009 Nathan’s finals is one of the items that will be auctioned off.

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A 1937 Pittsburgh Post Gazette article is available about a 7 foot 9 inch Korean priest challenging Robert Wadlow to an eating contest. Wadlow was 8 foot 6 inches at the time of the challenge and died three years later after he grew an additional five inches. Wadlow declined the challenge.

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• Video of Pat Bertoletti drinking beer with the help of a steak knife
• Jill Stoler and Jo Gavonne attend the Village Halloween Parade as the Chapmans (bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman and his wife Beth, that is) More pictures are on Jill’s myspace
• Competitive eating themed “Beetle Bailey” comic strip (from Paul Barlow)
• Americus, GA hot dog eating contest report

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The date and time for the get-together at J & R’s Steakhouse in Long Island has been announced as 2 pm on November 15. Email saltwaterpaul[AT]yahoo.com by November 7 if you are interested in participating.

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• Videos from the San Antonio Dickey’s BBQ qualifier
• Gallery of IHOP All You Can Eat
• Kate Westfall’s food blog from Brian Seiken
• 76 ounce Pompano Beach, FL steak challenge
• Kobayashi has some Halloween costumes on his blog, including the Kobayashi & bun couple

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Wookey Hole Caves in England will hold its annual mince pie eating contest on November 18. The winner will receive £1000 and the chance to compete an eating contest in the United States this winter. (It does not say if travel will be provided.)

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