If you need more information about the 2009 female rookie of the year poll choices, here are some links about “Gluttonous King” winner Ayari Sato:

• Video of rib eating round from September’s “Gluttonous King” contest
• Personality profile segment from March’s “Gluttonous Queen” contest (where she finished 4th) which shows here eating 10 pounds of food (3 1.5 kg bowls) in 29 minutes at a restaurant.
• Slideshow of “Gluttonous Queen” screen captures.
• Report on beef bowl eating contest set up by Kenji Aoki.
• Gallery

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Clay Cartland has set up a website documenting his Miami-area eating challenges at http://www.panclayke.blogspot.com/ The December 17 entry describes his setting the record for the Doomsday burger at Kingdom and confirms that the restaurant will appear on the February 3 live episode of Man vs. Food. The blog also has a link to donate to Feeding South Florida.

The Broward-Palm Beach New Times has an article about a five pound “Beast” burger challenge attempt at the restaurant owned by former Miami Dolphin Kim Bokamper in Plantation, Florida.

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Andrew “A Bomb” Lane has posted blog entries and galleries about his attempts at a 24 inch sandwich, the B^3 Burrito at the NASCAR Cafe and the Undertaker Challenge burger (5.5) at LBS during a recent trip to Las Vegas.

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Some end of year polls have been added to the sidebar. The following poll questions and choices (after the jump) will be added in the next day. Please list poll choices you think should be added in the comments.

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After watching the Hartford episode of Man vs. Food, kk has made the following request for Boston area female competitive eaters:

i went to an all-women’s college, and i’m ready to shake up some gender norms. i want to create the greatest female competitive eating team this world has ever seen. so far, i’ve recruited my sister, and my friend claudia. my sister can eat like a beast – it’s genetic. i mean that as a compliment. while my sister and i are both fairly small women, claudia is going to be our secret weapon. she is my height, and roughly a size 000. yes, three zeros. i just made up a size for her. don’t be fooled; homegirl can EAT. especially cheeseburgers.

if you want in on this, let me know. additionally, if you know of any eating challenges in the boston area, tell me.

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The Man vs. Food home page has the following announcement:

We want to see photos of you taking on your own food challenges across the country. Your photo could be selected to appear on-air during our 2-hour Man v. Food LIVE event on February 3 at 9 E/P.

The photo contest begins on Wednesday, December 16, at 10:30 p.m. EST and ends on Tuesday, February 2, at 11:59 p.m. EST.

The contest rules indicate that photo submitters are granting the Travel Channel a “non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, fully paid up license to make use of and distribute your photograph”.

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Today’s episode of Man vs. Food announced that a live episode of the program will be televised from Miami on February 3. (The Super Bowl will be played in Miami that week).

update BurgerBeast relays a rumor that the program will be televised at K_____m. (There is only one restaurant on the Miami eating challenges list which fits this pattern)

update #2 The program description lists the 48 ounce steak at Don Shula’s steak house as another challenge.

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