Seattle Weekly has a preview of tomorrow's Top Pot Doughnut eating contest. Billy "The Fridge" will seek to defend his title facing off against 5 two-person tag teams consisting of a representative from a local record label and a spectator selected from the audience.
Archive for July, 2009
Videos of Hatsuyo "The Witch" Sugawara competing against members of the group KAT-TUN in a 6kg ramen challenge, a 3kg burger challenge and a 2.5 kg curry eating challenge are available on youtube. The caption says Sugawara has won 4 million yen (about $40,000) in her competitive eating career.
JaxDailyRecord reports that bodybuilder Chuck Jensen, winner of a rib eating contest at Woody's, can eat 13 chickens when he gets the all you can eat chicken special.
Most of the season 1 episodes of Man vs Food will be rerun on the Travel Channel from 2pm Sunday to 3am Monday morning. (times eastern)
Se7en in Reno, NV will host a 24 inch hot dog eating contest on August 16 that will award $400 to the winner.
(from bodybuilding.com) A video by someone claiming to be "Furious" Pete's promoting his appearance in the Dani's Pizza finals is available.
A Joey Chestnut impostor was at a recent Orem Owlz minor league baseball game.
Registration will open tomorrow for the September 13 La Costena jalapeno contest in Chicago. The purse will be $5,800.
Second Avenue Sagas has a blog entry about Eric "Badlands" Booker, the author's favorite subway conductor.
The Herald Standard reports that Brad Sciullo will judge an Italian Stallion sandwich eating contest at the Fayette County (PA) Fairgrounds on Saturday.
A wing eating contest at The Triple in Richmond, VA Saturday will award $200 to the winner.
SI’s Peter King visits the urologist(s)
(via KissingSuzyKolber) The most recent Monday Morning QB column on the Sports Illustrated web site contains Peter King’s annual criticism of Nathan’s hot dog eating contest:
Whoever at ESPN thought of televising the Fourth of July contest from Coney Island and giving it some form of sporting glory ought to not only be fired but also sent to a class for education on world hunger. Here’s a stat for you, according to world hunger organization Bread For The World: One in seven people on earth suffer from severe hunger daily. That’s 963 MILLION people. The ratings suggest we are all guilty of promoting this grotesque custom. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves for giving ESPN reason for showing this.
The column contains a diary of King’s summer vacation. His July 20 entry:
Trip to the urologist. Regular checkup. Two docs. First doc examines me, and I should say he examines me thoroughly. He leaves and the other doc comes in. Very nice fellow, just like the first one. He puts on the rubber glove. Whoa! Whoa! This, uh, already happened! Second urologist wants to check out the situation for himself. Examines me a little more thoroughly. Other than the self-inflicted left-hand bite mark, all’s right with the world. Gosh, I love vacation.
Probably more than 1/7 of the world’s population lacks access to a single medical specialist, let alone a team of them.
Pat Bertoletti's twitter announces that the Malibu Perfecta Party Bus will provide transportation to Saturday's Pepe's Taco Eating Contest at Balmoral Park. The cost is $15 and includes a beer.
Next poll choices – opinion on Krystal dunking ban
The next poll will ask what you think of the Krystal Square Off banning dunking. The current choices are listed below. Please list others you think should be added in the comments:
- Approve, the dunking ban will make it more difficult to cheat
- Approve, too much food was wasted if dunking is allowed
- Approve, contests allowing dunking are not visually appealing to watch
- Approve, the IFOCE circuit needed something to spice it up
- Disapprove, dunking had become a fundamental part of IFOCE contests
- Disapprove, the records will not be consistent from year to year
- Disapprove, the totals will drop
- Neutral, don’t have a preference for dunking vs. non-dunking
update The poll has started
IFOCE.com reports that registration for the September 2 rib eating contest at the Nugget casino (Reno, NV area) will open tomorrow.
Jo "Gavonne" Rose has uploaded a musical tribute to "Beautiful" Brian Seiken to youtube. Bill "El Wingador" Simmon's (non-IFOCE) co-stars in the Kentucky Fried Chicken commerical announced.
Dunking ban announced for KSO VI
The new rules are now available for this year’s Krystal Square Off. Dunking has been banned and competitors will receive 5 Big Angus burgers, which will count as 3 5 regular Krystals when consumed. A video about the rules changes is available. The purse for this year’s contest will be $50,000.
The qualifier schedule for 2009
August 22 – Southern Brewers Festival in Chattanooga, Tenn.
August 29 – Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Tex.
September 7 – Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla.
September 12 – UAB Football Game in Birmingham, Ala.
September 13 – Lenox Square in Atlanta, Ga.
September 19 – Tennessee State Fair in Nashville, Tenn.
September 20 – Tennessee Valley Fair in Knoxville, Tenn
Non IFOCE poll started
The Non-IFOCE top 25 poll is now accepting votes. A list of choices is available after the jump. Joshua Currier, Phil Soderborg, Ken Wong and Jason McCormack have been added to the first list. Additional additions or subtractions can still be made.
Links to the previous poll’s results and public votes
Freudian Slips has a report on Friday's boxing match between Bill "El Wingador" Simmons and Jose Canseco replacement Brutus Beefcake, who lost the contest on a TKO at the end of the first round.
Kenny Hammontree announces that the new rules and qualifier schedule for Krystal Square Off VI will be announced tomorrow morning on KrystalSquareOff.com
ESPN SportCenter cookie contest
There was a cookie eating contest on yesterday morning’s SportCenter on ESPN in honor of the Man vs. Food turkey leg challenge at Indianapolis Motor Speedway making the Top 10 plays of the week. A video of the segment can be downloaded below:
(from Mark Martin email) ESPN Cleveland radio is holding a wing eating contest. The final qualifier will take place on Friday at Buffalo Wild Wings in Bainbridge, OH and the finals will take place on Sunday at the Buffalo Wild Wings in Strongsville, OH.
A video of Dale Boone winning Woody's hot dog eating contest in Honolulu yesterday is available on youtube. G-Lau Ministry has a commentary about "Humble" Bob Shoudt's vegetarian except for eating contests status.
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