The Reading Eagle has a profile of Wing Bowl 16 & 17 competitor Michael "The Caveman" Casicano, who is considering retirement after being disappointed in the judging of the contest last month.
Archive for February, 2009
The San Jose Stealth's game report for last night's contest vs. Colorado mentions that Joey Chestnut ate 10.5 pounds of macaroni & cheese in 7 minutes during halftime, beating his goal by a half a pound.
LMTOnline reports that Luis "El Chef" Bruni won last night's contest at the Jalapeno Festival in Laredo by eating 82 peppers after a competitor who ate more than 100 was DQed.
Noth Canton Rotary Chili Open results: 1) Bob "Killer" Kuhns - 10.5 lbs. (new record), Mark Lyle 8.75 lbs., Tony "Big Munch" Martinez - 5.6 lbs.
Pat from Moonachie on “The Biggest Loser”?
Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin’s twitter page reports that he is appearing today at a casting call for the NBC weight loss reality show The Biggest Loser. Pat has uploaded some pictures of the line
Joey Chestnut interview on 107.7 “The Bone”
Youtube has an interview Joey Chestnut did on 107.7 FM “The Bone” Thursday to promote the macaroni & cheese contest at the San Jose Stealth game today: Part 1 | Part 2. Joey said he ate 47 slices of pizza in the Famous Famiglia contest (it was actually 45), that Pat Bertoletti beats him 2 times a year and that matzo balls were his least favourite contest food.
Terrier Nation has produced a youtube video about the Rice and Bean Pot burrito eating contest for Boston-area college students.
NBCBayArea has an article about Joey Chestnut's appearance tomorrow at a San Jose Stealth lacrosse game, where he will attempt to eat 10 pounds of macaroni & cheese in 7 minutes.
10 steak challenges on Digital City
(From Man vs Food facebook) Digital City has a list of ten steak eating challenges located throughout the United States which concludes with the new challenge at Steak & Main in Maryland, which requires diners to eat five different types of steaks which total 74 ounces.
The purse for tomorrow's jalapeno eating contest will be $1,750.
The student newspaper for Sam Houston University has a column calling for the establishment of competitive eating as an intramural sport.
Showboat crawfish field
The blog for Atlantic City Weekly has information about the competitors in next Tuesday’s Showboat Mardi Gras Casino World Crawfish Eating Championship:
Contest will feature eater Tim “Eater X” Janus, the tamale and burrito eating champion of the world and the sweet corn champion Crazy Legs Conti. Also competing are the top two female competitive eaters Juliet Lee and Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas. Philly-area fan favorites Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston and Micah “Wing Kong” Collins will also compete.
The prize breakdown is available on the IFOCE.com contest page:
1st – $1,500 2nd – $500 3rd – $250 4th – $150 5th – $100
The new poll asks you think has the closest resemblance to the bobble head doll that will be given away at the San Jose Stealth game on Saturday?
Will Millender has made a remix of Badlands Booker's TV Track of The Sweet Science of Competitive Eating
$5,000 “8th Wonder” challenge at Clinton Station Diner
A picture of a list of burger challenges offered by the Clinton Station Diner can be viewed on flickr. $5,000 will be awarded to a team of 10 diners that can finish the “8th Wonder” burger (listed at 105 pounds) in an hour or less.
Crawfish & corned beef purses
Purses for the crawfish ($2,500) and corned beef ($10,000) contests are now available. Registration for the corned beef contest is now closed after opening earlier today. Hall Hunt is apparently one of the corned beef entrants.
Time has an interview with Oscar oddsmaker Johnny Avelo, who claims he also gives odds for the Nathan's finals.
Algerian claims to have eaten 1,500 eggs & whole lamb
(from bodybuilding.com forum) Reuters has an article about Salim Haini of Algeria who claims to have eaten 1,500 eggs in under three hours. Other reported feasts include a 35 kg (77 lbs) lamb roast and 50 kg (110 lbs) of lettuce.
Haini’s abilities are not limited to eating organic items. A video of his consumption of nails, glass and a fluorescent light bulb are available.
Haini hopes to be listed by the Guinness Book of World Records even though it has stopped listing eating records. Should he be included, it might not be in a positive manner. The 1988 Guinness edition called Michael Lotito’s consumption of a bicycle as “the ultimate in stupidity”
Joey Chestnut has a yardbarker blog entry about his appearance at the San Jose Stealth lacrosse game Saturday which includes a picture of the bobble head doll that will be given away at the event.
Man vs. Food Feb 18 (Los Angeles) links
LA Times blog entry about the recording of the episode
- Orochon Ramen – Challenge: Special #2 spicy ramen
Home page | Citysearch | Yelp
Blog entry with videos of the challenge attempt
Picture of the Wall of Bravery, which is reportedly taken down and restarted every month - El Tepeyac Cafe
Home page | Citysearch | Yelp
Blog entry about the restaurant’s signature dish, the five pound Manuel Special burrito - Philippe the Original
Home page | Citysearch | Yelp
LA Times article about the restaurant’s centennial last year and its claim to the creation of the French dip sandwich
Hall Hunt at Rays Fan Fest & Corndog Party
Hall Hunt attended Saturday’s Tampa Bay Rays Fan Festival where Joey Chestnut signed autographs and has a blog entry with several pictures of that event.
Hall also has a blog entry about “The World’s Biggest Indoor Corndog Party”, an eating contest held at a radio station between competitors from the Universities of Florida, Georgia and Alabama. The U of Florida competitor did not show up and Hall was apparently not allowed to substitute.
Registration for the March 16 Stroehmann Sandwich Slamm will open tomorrow at noon eastern.
Don "Moses" Lerman is the subject of a blog entry on URLesque, which mentions his denture sale video.
Joseph Garcia wins the jalapeno eating contest held at Jalapenos de Ybor in Tampa on Valentine's Day: blog entry | gallery
Badlands Booker has uploaded a TV Track of "The Sweet Science of CE" to youtube.
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