PennLive reports that "Big" Brian Subich will compete in the San Francisco area Nathan's qualifier on Saturday, and then compete in the beef tips contest on Sunday.
Archive for June, 2009
CrazyInSuburbia reports that Adam Richman attempted the Kitchen Sink sundae at San Francisco Creamery Co in Walnut Creek, CA yesterday for an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food
Chris and Rob's will sponsor a hot dog eating contest at 49er Days in Ridley, Minnesota Saturday awarding $250 in cash to the winner.
OurSportsCentral has an article about the Fifth Third burger challenge offered by the West Michigan Whitecaps. 915 burgers have been sold, 174 people have attempted the burger challenge and 99 challenge attempts have been successful. The current record is 17 minutes.
Gurgitweets has posted a picture of a Mount Rushmore consisting of competitive eaters from the United States. A Gurgitwitter.com web site is coming soon.
SportsBook Nathan’s finals bets
(Via Gambling911) Sportsbook has several bets available on the Nathan’s finals. In addition to betting on the overall winner (Joey Chestnut, Takeru Kobayashi and the field are the choices) 6 head to head matchups are also available. Crazy Legs Conti vs. Patrick Vandam is one of the choices even though Vandam has yet to qualify.
"Beautiful" Brian Seiken announces that he will be a judge in the 2009 Nathan's finals.
CBSAtlanta.com has a video of a contest Paul Barlow did to promote Saturday's Atlanta area Nathan's qualifier. update Part 2 is now available.
Youtube has a promo for I'm a Major League Eater, which will be televised on the Biography Channel on July 8. Tim Janus, Crazy Legs Conti, Juliet Lee and Tim Brown will be the featured eaters.
EatJax reports that all Woody's BBQ locations will hold a rib eating contest on July 11 awarding a $130 Q-Card to the winner. Most Woody's are in Florida (7 in Jacksonville) but there are two Tennessee locations and a new Raleigh, NC restaurant.
The WLOCE myspace page has a picture of Joe LaRue under the heading of "WLOCE new members"
Eagle's Deli in Boston will hold a 3 pound burger eating contest tomorrow to promote The Museum of Science new Black Holes exhibit. The winner will receive naming rights.
On Milwaukee reports that a contest will be held on Thursday to determine who will compete alongside Major League Eaters in the Jimmy John's makers vs. eaters contest that will take place at the Bastille Days festival on July 10.
The Alley Cat Club in Charlotte, NC will host a hot dog eating contest on July 3 that will award $600 and a championship belt to the winner (contest poster)
IFOCE.com reports that registration for the July 12 rib eating contest at Chinook Winds in Oregon will open at noon today.
USAToday.com reports that the East Boston Italian Festival will not be held in 2009 due to the recession. Previous festivals hosted an Italian sausage eating contest.
Man vs. Food in Hawaii June 29
IsleConcierge reports that Man vs. Food will be filming at Mac 24-7 on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii on June 29. Reservations by June 26 are requested for people who would like to attend the recording. The challenge will be 3 fourteen inch pancakes.
Man vs. Food recorded at Ike’s Place in San Francisco yesterday. I have not been able to track down any other Bay Area locations.
DC.About.com: Z-burger in Washington DC will host the “Independence Burger Eating Championship†on July 2. The prizes: 1) $1500 cash, $1000 in free food & trophy 2) $750 & trophy 3) $500 & trophy.
2009 Chinook Winds ribs July 12
ChinookWindsCasino.com has been updated with information about this year’s Smokin’ at the Ocean BBQ & Brewfest. Joey Chestnut is expected to defend his rib eating title at the rib eating contest on July 12. The top 4 finishers at an amateur contest on July 11 will receive a berth in the IFOCE contest.
A web page for the Austin veggie hot dog contest has been set up at http://veggiedogcontest.com/. This year's contest will take place on July 4.
A video of Joey Chestnut's hot dog eating contest versus three production assistants on Comcast Sports Net Bay Area is available
The Heart Attack Grill's twitter reports that the first female customer weighing 350 or more pounds received free food today.
The Nathan's finals broadcast now appears on TV listings. Like previous years, the program will start at noon eastern and last an hour.
30+ HDB non-winning Nathan’s qualifier performances
A list of non-winning 30+ results in Nathan’s qualifiers in the eatfeats database follows. In previous years, all listed competitors eventually qualified for the Nathan’s finals.
| 2009 Jun 20 | 2nd | 32 | 10 min | Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Queens, NY |
| 2008 May 10 | 2nd | 30 | 10 min | Patrick Vandam | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Apple Valley, MN |
| 2007 Jun 2 | 2nd | 33 | 12 min | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Tempe, AZ |
| 2007 May 26 | 2nd | 33 | 12 min | “Humble” Bob Shoudt | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Philadelphia, PA |
| 2007 May 3 | 2nd | 33 | 12 min | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2006 Jun 17 | 2nd | 32 | 12 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Bloomington, MN |
| 2006 May 18 | 2nd | 30.5 | 12 min | Rich “The Locust” LeFevre | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Las Vegas, NV |
Badlands does the double deuce in Queens
update #2 NY1 has an article and video about the contest
Jo “Gavonne” Rose has uploaded a video
update Results from Rich Shea’s twitter: badlands with 40 pat from moonachie w/32, nasty nate w/25 yasir reversal Pat Philbin’s twitter confirms
Eric “Badlands” Booker and Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin will compete in today’s Nathan’s qualifier at the new New York Mets ballpark. According to Pat’s twitter, hot dogs might not require dunking.
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