(via usaplayers.com) Intertops is now taking bets on the 2010 Nathan's finals for most of the 2009 finalists. The odds do not appear to take into account Bob Shoudt's recent emergence.
Archive for November, 2009
The Aiken Standard has a preview of Saturday's WLOCE contest at the Chitlin' Strut Festival in Salley, SC listing Dale Boone, Bubba Yarbrough, Suzanne French, Jason Skrzypek and Larry McNeil as expected entrants.
173brid has uploaded 3 videos of programs where Natsuko "Gal" Sone samples items from supermarkets and restaurants.
A-Bomb attempts custom burger challenge
After successfully completing the “State Champion” burger at Digger’s Diner, Andrew “A-Bomb” Lane had the restaurant create a custom burger challenge weighing 4.5 pounds. The contest report includes a picture of the “Wall of Fame” for challenge finishers which has a photo of a woman who reportedly claimed to be the “#3 pro eater”.
The Nathan's finals in Coney Island appears in LIFE magazine's gallery of 35 must see sports events and venues.
Nikon Miami has a gallery of the attempt of the "Burger Beast" at the four pound burger challenge at Quickie's yesterday.
It appears there will be two Long Island latke eating contests on December 13: one competition will be held at Zan's Deli in Lake Grove, the other will take place in conjunction with the Chabad of Mineola's Chanukah Telethon.
Dale Boone sets Hillbilly Homewrecker record
Der Standard of Austria has an article about Jamie Oliver recording an episode of Food Revolution in Huntington, West Virginia, which mentions that Dale Boone now holds the “Homewrecker” hot dog record at Hillbilly Hot Dogs: (Automatically translated by Google)
Just one was here, a young man named Dale Boone, who has broken the record for Schnellmampfen. Three minutes and 45 seconds he needed to cram in the “Home Wrecker” in itself, a hot dog, a foot long and thick as three fingers, covered with onions, peppers, cheese and cabbage, all wrapped in pasty bread. The fifteen-pound hamburger creates as big as the wheel of a small car, not only that they serve only to happy laps. Jamie Oliver? “Good idea,” says Sherry, the waitress. “Unfortunately, he has runtergeputzt us rather than we were clowns.”
Man vs. Hog eating contest at UMichigan 1949
AnnArbor.com has a flickr gallery of a pizza eating contest held at the University of Michigan Thursday as part of Go Blue, Beat OSU spirit week.
Google News archives has an 1949 AP article about a series of eating contests held at the University of Michigan which culminated in a man vs. hog competition. An unnamed female student ate 12.5 burgers in another event, half a burger short of the listed collegiate record. Dr. Warren E. Forsythe of the university health service described the contests as “disgusting and silly”.
Woman v Food youtube channel announced
At least one of Adam Richman’s challengers does not merit the description “hairy-chested mouthbreather” 😉 Jessicca Hart made the following announcement on the Man vs. Food facebook page:
“Oh Adam. Pretty soon you will be seeing Woman V Food on Youtube. And I will out eat you any day of the week. 6lb burrito is breakfast for me.”
Liz of Married2Food will attempt the Zellagabetsky sandwich challenge at Kenny & Ziggy's in Houston this weekend.
The BaconSalt twitter reports that Erik "The Red" Denmark ate 130 strips of bacon at his record attempt at the Bacathlon last night.
Youtube has a video produced by Las Vegas Weekly of the Martorano's Meatball eating contest containing interviews with Joey Chestnut and Rich LeFevre.
Register-Guard and KVAL have articles about Tyler Rhodes' attempt to complete the Giant Burger Challenge (5 lb. burger w 5 lb. fries) at Giant Burger in Springfield, Oregon.
Myrtlebeachrestaurantnews.com has a gallery of two attempts at Thorny's 80 ounce steak challenge.
IFOCE winning percentages
Here are the top five IFOCE winning percentages according to the eatfeats database. The list was inspired by Joey Chestnut’s claim that he did not know his winning percentage. The first column is the number of victories, the second the total number of contest results and the third is the ratio of wins to contests.
| 20 | 26 | 0.7692 | Takeru Kobayashi |
| 56 | 96 | 0.5833 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
| 8 | 14 | 0.5714 | Mike “The Scholar” DeVito |
| 64 | 120 | 0.5333 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas |
| 52 | 108 | 0.4815 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti |
A list of all the IFOCE eaters with 5 or more victories in the eatfeats database follows after the jump
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The facebook for Branson's BBQ in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin reports that Casey Davis was the first person to complete its seven pound sandwich challenge. (from Dan Frank email)
blogs.miaminewtimes.com: The Burger Beast's attempt at the four pound burger challenge at Quickie's Burgers & Wings in Hollywood, FL will be covered by Generation ñ, a Latino broadband network.
The Flavors Festival in Houston Saturday will have 4 eating contests, each awarding a $100 gift certificate from from Mo's ... A Place for Steaks.
Adam Richman criticizes challengers
In a QCTimes interview promoting his appearance in Iowa City today, Adam Richman has the following comments about fans who challenge him to eating contests:
“The show is ‘Man v. Food,’ not ‘Man v. Man,’ yet I get every hairy-chested mouthbreather popping off at the top of their neck. I don’t care if you can eat more than me,” he said. “All I’m trying to do is give you my best shot and know these challenges are out there. I get a lot of aggressive, loud dudes trying to challenge me.”
The Stranger has an interview with Erik "The Red" Denmark on the eve of his bacon eating record attempt at the Heaven nightclub in Seattle.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has posted a video of him eating a slice from a 24 inch pizza at Dani's pizza in 18 seconds.
Styrovor has a flickr gallery of her completion of a five pound burrito challenge at the Tortilla Press.
98Online.com has a podcast of Pete Davekos' interview on Monday to talk about the Roy Rogers roast beef slider contest.
Man vs. Food November 18 (Alaska) episode links
Travel Channel episode description
KTNA and Frontiersman articles about filming in Talkeetna
Restaurants
- Humpy’s Great Alaskan Alehouse challenge – “Kodiak Arrest” 6 Pound 7 course meal
Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp
Episode commercial about challenge
ADN blog entry about recording - West Rib Cafe and Pub meal – “Seward’s Folly” 5 pound burger
Home Page | Yelp - Talkeetna Roadhouse meal – big breakfast
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List of Alaska eating challenges in the eatfeats database
MuckFlash blog entry about Sarah Palin challenging Barack Obama to a sandwich eating contest
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