Youtube has a video of Emma winning the pepper eating contest at the Rutabaga Fest in Cumberland, Wisconsin by eating a half a pound of banana peppers in 12.6 seconds.
Archive for August, 2009
MySanAntonio qualifier gallery
MySanAntonio has a gallery of Saturday’s Krystal qualifier. You would not be able to tell dunking was banned by Erik Denmark’s shirt.
update The Krystal Square Off blog has a video and MySanAntonio has a short interview with Sonya Thomas, who will compete in 2 contests at the Buffalo Wing Festival this weekend.
The Kings Island twitter reports that Joey Chestnut and defending champion "Humble" Bob Shoudt will compete in the Skyline Chili eating contest on Labor Day. Pat Bertoletti's twitter says he will be in Buffalo on Labor Day weekend.
Challenges by metro area (Mid-Atlantic)
Here are lists of eating challenges for Mid-Atlantic metro areas:
Allentown | Atlantic City | Baltimore | Central Pennsylvania | Harrisburg | Newark | Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | Scranton | Washington, DC
Previous Challenges by metro areas lists: west | midwest | south central | Florida | south Atlantic
Ben Monson’s eating challenge road trip
“Big” Ben Monson has started a bodybuilding.com thread with pictures about his recent road trip throughout the southwest where he completed the following eating challenges:
- Quadruple Bypass Burger, Heart Attack Grill, 1:49, second to Joey Chestnut
- Big Texan 72 ounce steak, Amarillo, TX, 9:40 (3rd person after Joey Chestnut & Frank Pastore to break 10 minutes
- Chillz 8 waffles & frozen custard, Albuquerque, 11:12 new record
- 5 pound Sopaipilla, Sadies, Albuquerque, 7:56 new record
- 6 pound burrito, NASCAR Cafe, Las Vegas, 12 minutes, new record
The Baltimore Sun's blog has details about Man vs. Food recording at Chick & Ruth's Delly in Annapolis tonight. Adam Richman's challenge opponent will be Heather Wright.
Examiner reports that Steve's Snappin Dogs will have a hot dog eating contest on Friday at noon at a Taste of Colorado in Denver.
Audience members wanted for Conti & Janus on Cake Boss
An associate producer for the TLC program Cake Boss sent the following email:
Next Wednesday, September 2nd, Timothy Janus (Eater X, ranked #4 in the world) and Crazy Legs Conti (ranked #14) will be meeting up at a downtown restaurant in Hoboken, New Jersey for some cake-eating craziness.
Currently, we have limited openings for seating at the event but I’d love to get people passionate about competitive eating in the audience! We need NY/NJ-based individuals interested in attending to RSVP to hobokenproject@gmail.com with their full name, age, contact info (including phone number for confirmation) as soon as possible. Guests will need to arrive at the site at 3pm on Wednesday, and with confirmation of their email we’ll send them an address to the location.
The bodybuilding.com thread about "Furious" Pete Czerwinski being removed from the AICE rankings has been updated for the first time since AICE dropped binding contracts.
Will Millender wins Charlotte, NC hot dogs
Will Millender’s twitter reports he won $1000 at today’s Charlotte, NC area hot dog eating contest by eating 8 hot dogs in 2 minutes and 10 seconds.
update Statesville.com has an article which reports that Dale Boone was second with a time of 2:36.
San Antonio Krystal qualifier results thread
update #2 MySanAntonio has an article
update Full results are available on the KSO blog
From the KSO twitter:
1) Sonya Thomas, 64 points
2) Erik Denmark, 55
3) Homer Flores, 32
Here is a video of Kenny Hammontree on San Antonio Living
Andrew "A-Bomb" Lane has a blog entry about attempting a 15 egg omelet at The Carriage House in Springfield, Missouri which is billed as the world's largest.
(From bodybuilding.com) A trailer and website for "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's upcoming documentary are now available.
Man vs. Food in Washington, DC this weekend?
An entry under “Just Fans” on the Man vs. Food facebook wall by someone claiming to work for the show reports that the program will record in Washington, DC this weekend. The challenge will probably be the burger & shake challenge at Chick & Ruth Delly in Annapolis.
update The Saval Foods twitter reports that Man vs. Food will record at Chick’s & Ruth’s Delly on Sunday at 7:30.
Stephen Rutherford's twitpic page has photos of Eric Bridenstine setting a new record at the Roast Grill in Raleigh, NC by eating 19 chili dogs in 53 minutes this afternoon. NewsObserver has a blog entry about the new record.
Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston did an interview for the How Stuff Works blog, who did a competitive eating podcast earlier this month.
News24.jp has a video about Saturday's gyoza eating contest in Los Angeles.
Kinders BBQ facebook reports Joey Chestnut will compete in a two minute rib eating contest on Chronicle Live on Comcast Sports in the Bay Area.
Lo Bosworth of MTV's Orange County reality shows has posted photos of her boyfriend completing a 10 taco eating challenge (probably at OB's Bar & Grill) to her twitpic page.
Will Millender has a blog entry about being the first person to complete the burger & shake challenge at Ruth & Chick's Delly in Annapolis, MD and not appearing in an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food.
IFOCE Boston pizza contest Sept 26
IFOCE.com announces that Upper Crust Pizza will hold a pizza eating contest at the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in Boston on September 26. Bossier City grits (Sept 19) and Lewisville tamales (Sept 26) have also been officially added to the schedule. Registration for grits will open tomorrow.
The Krystal Square Off blog has a preview of Saturday's qualifier in San Antonio listing Yasir Salem and Nic Fry as expected entrants.
MCall reports that the United Eaters of Pennsylvania will stage a burger eating contest at the Taste of Hamburg-er Festival in Hamburg, PA on September 5.
The Saratogian reports that Christa Dederick won yesterday's ice cream eating contest at the Saratoga Race Course by eating a pint of ice cream in 61 seconds.
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