• Kevin Carr says that he turned down an opportunity to appear on Wife Swap, which went to Badlands Booker and he hopes to become a competitor on Dancing with the Stars
• Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis appears on last night’s episode of Man vs. Food
• Pictures from 2006 and 2007 have been added to Major League Eating’s flickr gallery
• Skinnyboy’s second Denver Wing Bowl qualifier report
• Denver Wing Bowl spectator information
• 21 ounce burger with “bailout” in honor of Obama’s inauguration
• Video of “El Gigante” burrito challenge attempt in Carrboro, NC
• Video of “Big Ass Burger” attempt in Houston, TX

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(From Sadie Carpenter & Carlos) The Hungry Sisters blog has an article about Rick “The Manager” Russo’s qualification for Wing Bowl 17. Russo served as Dave “The Dumpster” Moyer’s manager in previous Wing Bowls.

Badlands Booker wrote the theme song for Rick the Manager, which can be listened to on RickTheManager.com A myspace page is also available.

A video of Rick’s qualification stunt of eating 4 feet of sushi served on the bodies of two lingerie wearing females can be viewed on youtube. (This is not the first time sushi consumption off of a female body has been recorded; in The Surreal Life, MC Hammer, Emmanuel Lewis and Corey Feldman refuse to eat sushi served on a naked woman.)

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Dan Gross has a column about several Wing Bowl 17 competitors. “Damaging” Doug Canavin says that he thinks that 150 wings will win the contest, but his goal is 175 wings. Canavin qualified for Wing Bowl 17 by eating 5 sliders in 5 minutes. The column hints that Phillies pitcher Kyle Kendrick, whose previous brush with competitive eating involved being in a prank trade for ‘Kobayashi”, could be part of Damaging Doug’s entourage.

A list of all 150+ wing results in the eatfeats database is available after the jump
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The Los Angeles Times has an article about the Food Network which mentions its competitors:

But these forays into food entertainment are a sign that that the network that introduced the country to round-the-clock food programming is now just one of many channels competing for the same audience.

The Travel Channel, for example, just scored its highest-ever ratings for a new debut with “Man v. Food,” in which host Adam Richman travels the country in search of food challenges, such as trying to consume a 13-pound pizza.

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Mike Westinghouse commented that the Wing Bowl documentary Swallow Your Pride is available on itunes. The cost is $3.99 to rent, $14.99 to purchase.

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RockyMountainNews reports that Man vs. Food will be recording at Jack n Grill in Denver on January 22. The restaurant will also host a film crew from the Travel Channel’s new Extreme Places to Pig-Out show on January 19.

The challenge food will be the 7 pound Grande Breakfast Burrito. Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has a blog entry about his attempt. The restaurant offers free food for life to women who complete the challenge without assistance. Metromix has a gallery of three attempts to claim that prize.

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The movie Gluttonous (known in Japan as Gourmet Fighter, is not just available for rental on Netflix. It can also be ordered from several locations:

Family Video $11.99
Buy.com $13.49
Overstock.com $13.57
Amazon.com $17.99

The DVD contains volume 1 and volume 2. Volume 1 and 2 cost ï¿¥ 4,935 ($55.35) each on amazon.co.jp, so Japanese fans with access to a DVD player which plays North American DVDs might want to try to import the American DVDs.

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videos from the episode: commercial, 2 minute youtube segment

• Challenge Restaurant Eagle’s Deli
  • Home Page
  • #2 Listing on the Travel Channel’s 10 best places to pig out
  • Reviews: yelp, citysearch, review expressing disapproval for removing Wall of Fame pictures
  • Videos: Phantom Gourment, attempt by Greg Maloomian, rising star of New England eating challenges
• The East Coast Grill
  • Home Page
  • Reviews: yelp, citysearch
  • Hell night fiery food challenge which Adam Richman participated in – phantom gourmet video
• The Barking Crab
  • Home Page
  • Reviews: citysearch, yelp

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A gallery of Saturday’s Wing Off at Slack’s Hoagie Shack has been posted on 610wip.com. “The Caveman” was the winner with 54 wings in 10 minutes.

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• Review of Quest for the Golden Hot Dog
• 4 person USA vs. Canada team slider eating contest in Toronto on February 8, 2009. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski will captain the Canadian team
• List of all Wing Bowl 17 finalists on 610WIP.com. “Obi Wing” and “Damaging” Doug are the only repeat competitors at this moment I am aware of
• Wrestler “The Executioner” sets restaurant record by eating 10 pattie burger
• Picture of menu at Wintzell’s Oyster House which lists the current oyster eating records (Men – Joe Evans: 403, Women – Julia Ward: 280)
• Picture of Sonya Thomas and Rickey Henderson (on right) from the 2005 San Diego Golden Palace qualifier. Rickey Henderson is expected to be announced as one of the new baseball Hall of Fame members today

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The website for the Big Texan Steak Ranch has been updated. A page about Joey Chestnut breaking the 72 ounce steak record has been added. The foreword of the Story of the Free 72 oz. steak, which is now available at Barnes & Noble, can be read online. The webcam for 72 ounce steak attempts remains, but the finishers database, which was removed in 2005, has not been restored.

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In today’s edition of the Chicago Tribune, Tim “Gravy” Brown offers some hot dog eating contest tips

Brain training. Competitive eaters override brain signals that tell them they’re full, and if you want to eat faster, you need to do the same before you slow down. “You have to trick yourself,” says Brown, who also packs an iPod with books on tape or punk rock to distract himself. “You just want to concentrate.” His brain and gut rewired, Brown finds, “I never get full. I don’t get hungry. But that doesn’t mean I don’t love to eat.”

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Click on the thumbnails below to see some screen captures from tonight’s episode of My Life in Food on the Food Network.

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• (from Pierre Abry) Food Network page about tonight’s episode (at 6:30 pm) of My Life in Food starring “Crazy Legs Conti , a dreadlocked veteran, Lovely Juliette [sic] Lee, a petite 100lb female rookie, and Patrick Deep Dish Bertoletti, a talented up-and-comer”. The episode will not be rerun in the near future and the series is not available online, so watch it when it is televised if you want to see it.
• Segments from the new tracks on the Best of Hungry & Focused are available on Badlands Booker’s myspace page
• Wing eating contest at the Den Again in Racine, Wisconsin January 25 $500 first prize
• Facebook page about the Seaside, Oregon mayoral campaign of “Consumption”
• Blog entry about Frank Pastore, former Big Texan record holder, from a resident of Pastore’s hometown
• Video of Joel Podelsky’s cheeseburger eating contest at a Newark Beaks game
• Wing eating contest in Beijing
• Don Lerman’s baked bean record (but not Lerman by name) was mentioned on Who Wants to be a Millionaire recently according to a Ray Meduna email

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OCMexFood has a review of Green Burrito in La Habra, California which includes a picture of the restaurant’s burrito champion. The picture has the following caption:

This is a winner, who came to the GREEN BURRITO one lucky Saturday in November. Our winner ate three (3) Big Ed Burritos and claimed $300.00. The owner of the GREEN BURRITO could not believe that this little 130lb, 5’9″ girl really ate all three Big Ed Burritos. He challenged her. “Come back next Saturday, eat three Big Ed Burritos and I’ll give you $1000.00. If you cannot do it, you must return the first $300.00

SHE DID IT

Again – three Big Ed Burritos weighing over 7 lbs. [presumably total – not 7 lb. each] in less than 35 minutes and won $1,300.00. BELIEVE IT OR NOT!!

Reports about the burrito champion have been floating around the internet have been floating about the internet since at least 2001. No information is provided in the blog entry about the champion’s name or date of her challenges (it was probably in the 1980s based on the jacket style). The $300 award for finishing three Big Ed burritos has apparently not been available since Carl’s Jr. acquired the Green Burrito chain.

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WPLR.com has information about the Eat The Meat III wing eating competition it is sponsoring. Two qualifiers will take place at Buffalo Wild Wings in New Haven on January 14 and 21 and the finals will take place on January 24. The first prize is $1,000. The rules state that entrance is limited to Connecticut residents who are not affiliated with a professional eating organization.

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The first episode of the competitive eating mockumentary, The Quest for the Golden Hot Dog can be viewed on youtube. The video contains short profiles of three competitive eaters: Jen “The Natural” Chang, “The Hungry Hipster” and “The Black Bomber”, a rapping matzoh ball champion. (The role of Jen Chang will probably not receive any awards from Asian-American advocacy groups)

Screen captures can be viewed after the jump:
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A photo gallery of last night’s Wing Off at Paddy Whacks Irish Sports Bar is available at 610wip.com Cadillac Carrigan won the qualifier by eating 56 wings in 10 minutes, defeating Gentleman Jerry, the top eater in Wing Bowl 15 and 16 eligible to compete in Wing Bowl 17.

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Josh Camerote, director of the 2005 Wing Bowl documentary, Swallow Your Pride, reports that his film will be officially released by Cinetic Media. The release date was supposed to take place last month, but the film has yet to come out. The movie’s official website just says “Check back soon”

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“Furious” Pete Czerwinski has started a web page at FuriousPete.com. On his news page, Pete says that the Sport Science: Competitive Eating program he appeared in will be televised in March and that he will also be recorded for a special on the National Geographic channel. There is also a page about his upcoming charity stunt.

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A press release announces that the International House of Pancakes will offer all you can eat pancakes starting at $4.99. The offer is billed as the 2009 Hungry Consumer Relief Plan and will run until February 22.

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• Philly.com reports that Wing Kong is training a Wing Bowl 17 hopeful. Wing Kong thinks this year’s winner will not eat more than 50% of the wings Joey Chestnut ate in Wing Bowl 16.
• Angelo Cataldi says this could be his final year at 610 WIP. If that is the case, will the Wing Bowl outlast his tenure?
• Pete Davekos’ Garlicky Greens victory makes ESPN.com’s list of the lesser-known champs of 2008, which will probably appear in the ESPN magazine
• Pete Davekos to appear on NPR’s The Splendid Table this weekend (from email) – radio stations
• 24 ounce steak eating battle of the sexes
• Man vs. Food Facebook page
• Adam Richman of Man vs. Food interviewed by Andrew Zimmern
• Kobayashi has yet to mention his fruitcake record attempt on his blog

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Skinnyboy has a blog entry about his victory in a qualifier for the KBPI Wing Bowl in Denver. The radio station’s events page has two more upcoming qualifiers this week:

Thursday Jan 8 – Eck’s Saloon Hampden & Kipling
Saturday Jan 10 – Buffalo Wild Wings – County Line & Chester

The semifinals will take place before the Colorado Mammoth indoor lacrosse game on January 24th at the Pepsi Center. The finals will take place on the floor during halftime. The first prize is $1067.

update KBPI.com has a page about the contest Other qualifiers are:

Thursday Jan 15 – Eck’s Saloon Hampden & Kipling
Saturday Jan 17 – Buffalo Wild Wings – County Line & Chester
Thursday Jan 22 – Eck’s Saloon Hampden & Kipling

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• MosesNews.com will return to covering competitive eating
• Crazy Legs Conti podcast on Strangeland Radio
• Video of eating contest with #9 ranked “MILF”
• Arkansas Krispy Kreme eating contest results – video
• Laredo jalapeno eating contest on February 20 or 21

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Challenge restaurant – Big Pie in the Sky web page and page about Carnivore Challenge

Atlanta Cuisine forum thread about Carnivore Challenge

update 2 minute clip – slideshow – location list

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