CBS News reports that the debut episode of the second season of Man vs. Food received 1.25 million viewers, approximately the same amount (1.3 million) as this year's Nathan's finals.
Archive for August, 2009
The AICE website (Aug 21 entry) reports that eaters in that organization will no longer be bound by a contract restricting them from competing in non-AICE contests.
Joey Chestnut threepeats gyoza
Joey Chestnut is at the gyoza contest site and Haseena Akita has declared that she will beat him.
update The IFOCE twitter has the top 4:
1. Joey Chestnut 181
2. Damon Wells 128
3. Chillin Peng 123
4. Kevin Ross 115
update #2 Amateur Cameko has some pictures.
update #3 SprayMucus and FarmerBerg have videos and psjolander has a flickr gallery
update Aug 25 Metblogs and MYWeekendPassport have blog entries and Fox News has a video
Pat Bertoletti wins w/ 47 burgers (67 points)
Pat Bertoletti’s twitter reports that he won today’s Krystal qualifier in Chattanooga by eating 42 regular Krystal burgers and 5 Angus burgers worth 5 points. “Wild” Bill Myers was second.
George Shea’s twitter has the top 5:
1. Pat Bertoletti 67 points
2. “Wild Bill” Myers 34 points
3. Rick Petralia 31 points
4. “Chef” Mike Nafziger
5. Paul Barlow
update The Krystal Square Off blog already has full results
update Aug 25 The Chattanoogan has a gallery
update Aug 26 Flickr has galleries of the qualifier, running of the grill and media event.
A new eating challenges website has been started at http://www.ibetyouwont.com/
PMQ has the press release that was posted in the comments about Dale Boone being the first person to finish the 32 inch pizza challenge at Paventi's in Charlotte, NC. Boone received $500 after finishing the pizza in 42 minutes.
WDEF has a report on today's Krystal Square Off opening ceremonies.
Pre-KSO VI rankings released
The updated IFOCE top 50 has been released. The top 7 remains unchanged with the exception of breaking a #4 tie between Tim Janus and Bob Shoudt. The previous rankings are still available in the Google cache:
Entering: Marco Marquez (#19) Sean Gordon (#23) Bryan Beard (#25) Ryan McKillop (#29) Yasir Salem (#34) Steve Ramirez (#36) John Palmgren (#37) Rick Petralia (#42)
Dropping out: Patrick Vandam (#11) Juris Shibayama (#12) Mike Fitzgerald (#24) Larry McNeil (#37) Paul Sakelarides (#39) Andrew McKirdy (#44) Cameron McKirdy (#45) Timm Dilling (#47)
Joe LaRue remains ranked at #33. An email asserts there is no basis for including LaRue on the WLOCE new member list.
A competitive eating game called Get In My Belly has been released for the IPhone & IPod Touch.
Metblogs has a preview of tomorrow's gyoza eating contest at Nisei Week in Los Angeles listing Eric "Badlands" Booker, Tim Brown and Kevin Ross as Joey Chestnut's competition.
Thomas Gilbert sets Battle of the Bone record
The Battle of the Bone website reports that Thomas Gilbert set a record at Wednesday’s qualifier in Anthem, Arizona by eating 3 pounds and 5 ounces of wings, defeating 2008 Nathan’s Arizona Mills qualifier runner-up David Cohn by over a pound. It is not clear from the website pictures if Thomas Gilbert is Tom “Goose” Gilbert. The contest rules ban professional eaters and former or current members of Major League Eating.
update The blog entry about the contest has been updated to say that the results are under review.
The Krystal Square Off blog has details about tomorrow's opening ceremony and Saturday's first qualifier in Chattanooga. Bill Myers, Paul Barlow, Mike Nafziger and Rick Petralia are expected to compete against Pat Bertoletti.
The Corny Dog eating contest at the Texas State Fair is now accepting entries. The purse will be $850 and entrants will need to write a short essay on why they should receive a slot.
Linda won tonight's oyster eating contest at Ceili House in Toronto by eating 148 oysters in 3 minutes and will represent Canada in an oyster eating contest in Ireland next month.
Pat Bertoletti has posted a blog entry about his experience at this year's Nathan's finals to his home page.
Metromix has a picture of Sara Ramon, who won the contest held at Cupcake Station in Birmingham, Michigan last Friday by eating 18 cupcakes in 8 minutes.
Man vs. Food has a new URL: http://mvfgear.com/ which redirects to a cafepress site which has several new T shirt designs.
The MLE twitter reports that the first top 50 of 2009 will be released this week. The new poll asks which currently unranked eater should be ranked highest in the new poll.
The Arkansas Leader reports that the Wing Ding Festival in Jacksonville, Arkansas is contracting with Major League Eating to sanction a wing eating contest in 2010. This year's festival will have an amateur wing eating contest on October 3.
The Krystal Square Off blog has an interview with Pat Bertoletti, who says that he does not expect Juliet Lee and Sonya Thomas to benefit from the dunking ban.
Pat Bertoletti has posted a video of him eating a 3 pound burger and 2 pounds of fries at Gronk's Grill (Duluth area) to his yardbarker blog.
Man vs. Food August 19 (Charleston) episode links
Travel Channel episode description
- Bushido challenge: 10 tuna rolls of increasing spiciness
Home Page | City Search
Man vs. Food clip about the challenge
Charleston City Paper article about the challenge - Hominy Grill
Home Page | CitySearch | Yelp - Bowen’s Island Restaurant
Home Page | CitySearch | Yelp
The segment recorded at the Charleston minor league baseball stadium will be televised on September 30 on the Baseball Special episode.
List of Charleston eating challenges in the eatfeats database.
The Krystal Square Off blog announces that Sonya Thomas and Erik "The Red" Denmark will compete in the August 29 qualifier at Six Flags Fiesta in San Antonio. Hall Hunt will compete in the Jacksonville qualifier on Labor Day.
LA Downtown News has an interview with Joey Chestnut to promote Saturday's gyoza eating contest.
A wing eating contest will be held at tonight's Newark Bears game. Comedian Artie Lange will also appear (the web site does not say if he will compete in the wing contest)
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