Archive for July, 2009

A video of "Furious" Pete Czerwinski setting the record for a Jake's Burgers qualifier is available on youtube (from bodybuilding.com thread 1 | thread 2)

July 23, 2009 at 12:23 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Videos | Permalink * Comments

The SouthTown Star has a report on Sunday's Bartolini's meatball eating contest.

July 23, 2009 at 7:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Contest Results, Tom Gilbert | Permalink * Comments

Yahoo! Sports has an AP article about Friday's contest between Bill "El Wingador" Simmons and Jose Canseco sanctioned by the Celebrity Boxing Federation.

July 22, 2009 at 9:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, Philadelphia | Permalink * Comments

The DC Vegetarian Examiner reports that Sticky Fingers Bakery in Washington, DC will host another vegetarian hot dog eating contest on Saturday.

July 22, 2009 at 7:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, District of Columbia, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

The youtube page for Chinook Winds Casino has videos of the recent rib eating contest in which Joey Chestnut set a record.

July 22, 2009 at 12:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Oregon Coast, Videos | Permalink * Comments

In Henderson, NV (south Las Vegas area, home of the LeFevres) on August 22, a hot dog eating contest will be held in conjunction with a wet t shirt contest. The hot dog contest has a $100 entry fee (for charity) and will award $500 to the winner.

July 22, 2009 at 12:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Las Vegas, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

A hot dog eating contest will be held at Joey Doggs in Myrtle Beach, SC on August 2 awarding $600 to the winner ($1000 overall)

July 22, 2009 at 12:44 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Myrtle Beach, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

GJoe, Boone, Furious Pete in IFOCE sanctioned contest?

July 22, 2009 at 11:34 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Wilmington

The Delaware Sports Examiner has a preview of Jake’s burger eating contest finals that will take place at the July 31 Wilmington Blue Rocks game. According to the article, the contest will be sanctioned by the IFOCE (?) and four professional competitive eaters (Pete Czerwinski, Dale Boone, Joe Menchetti and Ian Hickman) and four amateurs will compete.

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The Hudson Reporter reports that 71 year old Joseph Wigdor ate 14 hot dogs in Saturday's hot dog eating contest in Bayonne, NJ, which placed him third at the end of reguation time.

July 21, 2009 at 10:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Newark, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

THE_REAL_SHAQ on Kobayashi

July 21, 2009 at 8:38 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Male Athletes

The most recent twitter update by THE_REAL_SHAQ:

How does tok a roo ko by ashi eat all dat dam food geeeez

(Apparently the Glutton Bowl was just rerun on Fox Reality). Shaquille O’Neal will be starring in Shaq vs. later this summer in which he will face off against star athletes in sports other than basketball. Perhaps competitive eating could be one of the events.

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Tim Rauscheder has uploaded videos from Sunday's meatball contest sponsored by Bartolini's. Tom "Goose" Gilbert won the contest by eating 50 meatballs, breaking "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's previous record of 43.

July 21, 2009 at 8:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Tom Gilbert, Videos | Permalink * Comments (9)

Man vs. Food season 2 cities & air dates

July 21, 2009 at 5:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food

The Man vs. Food home page has a list of season 2 episodes containing featured cities and projected air dates. The episodes for Boise, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Detroit, Brooklyn, Anchorage, Little Rock, Tuscon and New Jersey have yet to be recorded. At the conclusion of season 2 recording, Milwaukee, Buffalo, San Diego, Dallas, Houston, Nashville, Kansas City, Phoenix and Miami will not have been visited.

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Alibi reports that Pizza 9 in Albuquerque will host a pizza eating contest on September 12 that will award a 42 inch television.

July 21, 2009 at 4:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Albuquerque, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Kenny Hammontree: The new Krystal Square Off rules will be announced next week.

July 21, 2009 at 12:51 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Krystal Square Off | Permalink * Comments (19)

Adam Richman to attempt Krispy Kreme burger tomorrow

July 21, 2009 at 10:45 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Central Illinois, Man vs. Food, Spicy Eating Challenges, St. Louis

BND reports that Adam Richman of Man vs. Food will attempt “Baseball’s Best Burger” at tomorrow’s Gateway Grizzlies game in Sauget, IL (East St. Louis area). The sandwich uses a split Krispy Kreme doughnut as a bun. This will be the third time Man vs. Food has recorded at a minor league stadium (Charleston, SC, W. Michigan) and St. Louis will become the third metropolitan area to be visited twice (SF Bay area, Raleigh-Durham)

SJ-R has a report (no spoiler) about Adam Richman’s attempt at a bowl of Firebrand Chili in Springfield, IL yesterday.

update The article reports that Jim Hamrick, who has been ranked in the IFOCE top 50, set the Firebrand Chili record of 5 bowls last week.

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MercuryNews reports that Joey Chestnut will participate in the Tour de French Fry on August 2, in which cyclists will travel to San Jose fast food restaurants and sample their fries. Four slots are available to the highest bidder. Proceeds will go to buy bike helmets for children.

July 20, 2009 at 11:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, San Jose | Permalink * Comments

"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has emailed that he won yesterday's Jakes burger qualifier by eating 5 burgers in 1 minute and 36 seconds. Wing Bowl 17 winner John Squibb was the runner up with a time of 2:33.

July 20, 2009 at 9:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Contest Results, Jon Squibb, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

(from bodybuilding.com) CalSun reports that Tommy Burger Bar in Calgary, Alberta has created a giant triple cheeseburger with three 45 pound patties (total weight 141.73 lbs.)

July 20, 2009 at 12:36 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Calgary | Permalink * Comments (2)

A request for a female competitive eater to star in a new reality TV show has been posted to craigslist by OCBfilms. (There does not seem to be much about OCB films' previous projects on the internet.)

July 20, 2009 at 12:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Suzilla, Women | Permalink * Comments (10)

The Alternative Press has a report the Coney Island wing eating contest held Saturday sponsored by Atomic Wings. Sean Lennon (age 39, too old to be the son of Yoko Ono) won the contest and Elise Rosenberg was the runner-up. 100 people signed up for 10 slots.

July 20, 2009 at 8:53 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, New York City, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The Heart Attack Grill has started a facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/heartattackgrill

July 20, 2009 at 12:29 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Heart Attack Grill, Phoenix, Websites | Permalink * Comments

NJ.com has an article about the hot dog eating contest at Petridis Hot Dogs in Bayonne, NJ won by Giovanni Costa with 19 hot dogs. The top 3 won health club memberships of varying length.

July 19, 2009 at 10:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Newark, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The Battle Creek Enquirer has some pictures from yesterday's Reuben sandwich eating contest for amateurs sponsored by Pastrami Joe's. No pictures or results from the professional contest were posted.

July 19, 2009 at 4:44 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, West Michigan | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Southtown Star reports that Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown and former Green Bay Packer defensive lineman John Jurkovic will compete in the IFOCE taco contest on August 1.

July 19, 2009 at 8:41 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Contest Previews, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

(via chseyeon.livejournal.com) The Science of Speed Eating which was televised in 2007 on the National Geographic Network is available on hulu. Sonya Thomas, Tim Janus and Loren "Bubba" Yarbrough were the featured eaters.

July 19, 2009 at 8:30 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Science, Videos | Permalink * Comments

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