update Jan 8 WLOX.com has an article with quotes from “Larell Melle” and Pirate Press has a video

update SunHerald has an article and Mississippi Press has a blog entry.

3:05 Results: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

1) Pat Bertoletti 31 sandwiches
2) Bob Shoudt 27.5
3) Adrian Morgan 24
4) Aaron Osthoff 22.5
5) Sean Gordon 19.5
6) Pete Davekos 18.5
7) Nate Biller 16
Jim Reeves 15
9) William May 14.5
10) Bryan Beard 12.5
11) Larell Marie Mele 12
12) Andrew Kogutkiewicz 8
13T) James Howell 7
13T) Damien Boykin 7

2:32 pm The contest is probably over now since a picture of it was posted 15 minutes ago.

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update Dec 14 SHRHollywood has a video

update Dec 12 Jim The Candle Man has videos of the contest and LA Beast’s introduction and BrandoFoto has a gallery.

update Results
1) “Notorious” Bob Shoudt 52, breaks Joey Chestnut’s 2009 record of 50
2) Adrian Morgan 48
3) Kevin “LA Beast” 31
4T) Yasir Salem 24
4T) Mike Katz 24
6) Andrew Kogutkiewicz 21
7T) Sean “Wrecking Ball” Brockert 15
7T) Bruce Ollis 15
9) Michael Parris
DQ) Steve Piccolo

The contest is expected to start around 5 or 6 pm eastern and Bob Shoudt, Adrian Morgan, Sean Brockert, Yasir Salem, Andrew Kogutkiewicz, Bruce Ollis and Kevin “LA Beast” are expected to compete. Steven Piccolo will attempt to follow up on his 3rd place finish in last months pickle contest.

This will be the fourth IFOCE contest in Broward or Palm Beach county in 2011 (Sweet Corn Fiesta, TooJay’s, Pompano Park Pickles and Martorano’s meatballs)

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update 11:33 pm AFPBBNews has a video of the professional contest

update 6:37 Professional and local results have been posted.

Local Men
1) “Chris” Yat Ming Lam, 131, 2011 July 4th competitor
2) “Johnny” Wu Hung Shing, 120
3) Chiu Sou Sang, 115

Local Women
1) Chin Hung Yuk, 74
2) Soong Mei Chun, 72
3) Cao Shu Ying, 62

Professionals
1) Joey Chestnut 225, 72 less than last week’s Melbourne result, 155 off his 2010 record
2) Juliet Lee 178, 3 more than last week’s Melbourne result, new women’s record
3) Erik Denmark 150 The final round of the Hong Kong qualifier for CP Biggest Eater is starting.

A picture of Juliet Lee has been posted.

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update Nov 25 Time has an article and the New York Times has an article about preparing for Thanksgiving with quotes from Crazy Legs Conti (via email)

update Nov 24 The Huffington Post has an interview with Sonya Thomas

update Nov 23 A transcript of the chat session is available.
WT Bourbon has a contest video.
ABC has a blog entry and video
DealBreaker has a blog entry.

update 11:00 pm ESPN.com has an article about the contest. Sonya Thomas will do a chat session on ESPN.com tomorrow at noon eastern.

update 5:13 The New York Daily News has an article

update 4:04 DNAInfo has a blog entry with video

12:10 results:
1) Sonya Thomas 5.25 lb in 10 minutes
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 4.3
3) Allen Goldstein 3.94
4) Maria “Edible” 3.7
5) Crazy Legs Conti 3.6125
6) Pete Davekos 3.4775
7) “LA Beast” 3.45

11:50 The contest has started, follow on @WTBourbonMaster

The contest should be starting soon. Sonya Thomas appeared on the Boomer & Carton radio show this morning to promote the contest.
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The Herald Sun reports that Tim Janus ate the most wontons, 310 in 8 minutes, at the pro exhibition at the Melbourne qualifier for the CP Biggest Eater. Joey Chestnut ate 297, 83 less than his record last year, and Juliet Lee ate 175 to break her female record of 160. Final results for the Australians competing have not been posted.

update The MLE facebook reports that Felix Ariga and Brad Stokes tied for 1st place in the contest for Australian males with a total of 105 wontons, less than the 109 Helen Tan ate to win the Singaporean women’s contest. Milly Chow was the best Australian female with a total of 75 wontons.

According to the eatfeats database, this is Tim’s first victory over Joey since the 2009 grits contest in Bossier City, LA. (All of Tim’s previous three victories over Joey Chestnut were in grits contests.) This is also Joey’s first loss in a contest for a food other than chicken wings in over a year. A list of head to head results for Joey vs. Tim follows after the jump

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update Results from the MLE facebook

1) Pat Bertoletti 5.2 lbs in 6 min, .55 pounds off 2010 result
2) Bob Shoudt 2nd 3.4, 2 pounds off 2010 result
3) Steve Piccolo 3rd 2.4
4) Jon Bellow 2.2
5) Sean “Wrecking Ball” Brockert 2.1
6) Bruce Ollis 1.4

6:55 The contest has started

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update Oct 25 DwyerMichaels has a contest video

update Oct 23 AdrenalKrome has a video of Jessie Aguilar at the contest

The MLE facebook has full results for today’s Maid-Rite Sandwich Eating Championship at Isle Casino in Bettendorf, Iowa:
1) Bob Shoudt 20 sandwiches in 10 minutes
2) Aaron Osthoff w/15
3T) Ben Taylor 12
3T) Mark Williams 12
5) James Roberson 10
6T) Matt Raible 8
6T) Andrew Kogutkiewicz 8,
8T) Andrew McCormick 7
8T) Kelson Weig 7
10) Jess Aguiliar 5
11 Michael Sorenson 3

QCTimes has an article about the contest

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update Oct 17 Meredith Boxberger has a contest video

update Adrian Morgan has the top 5:

1) Pat Bertoletti 60 moon pies in 8 minutes, new record
2) Tim “Eater X” Janus 41
3) Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan 36
4) Eric “Badlands” Booker 34
5) Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff 31.5
?) Meredith Boxberger 24

MakinThePlay.com does not seem to have streaming video of the contest.

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update Oct 13 Travel Seminar has a gallery from the chili eating contest held at A Taste of DC last Sunday.

update Oct 11 Ben’s Chili Bowl has 8 videos, including interviews with Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas.

update Oct 10 #2 NBC Washington and MyFoxDC have videos and DC.Eater.com has a gallery. The Washington Post calls fourth place finisher Sonya Thomas the runner-up.

update Oct 10 The rest of the results have been posted. Brian Seiken has a contest video and interviews with Sonya Thomas and Juliet Lee. Mix 107.3 also has a contest video.

update 11:24 WTOP has an article and gallery.

update 2:05 WJLA has a gallery

update 1:35 Melissa Savoy has the top 4
1) Joey Chestnut 2 gallons
2T) Tim Janus 1.5 gallons
2T) Bob Shoudt 1.5 gallons
4) Sonya Thomas 1.25 gallons

update 1:30 Joshua R Hicks reports that Joey Chestnut won the contest with a total of 2 gallons of chili (16 pounds).

The contest is expected to start at 12:35 eastern. Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt, Juliet Lee, Micah Collins, Crazy Legs Conti, Brian Subich, Maria “Edible”, Brian Dudzinski, Bill Myers, Brian Seiken, Andrew Kossuth, Tim Connelley (amateur) and Andrew Petrick (amateur) are expected to compete.

I think this will be the first IFOCE non-qualifier contest on the east coast between Palm Beach and Atlantic City since the funnel cake eating contest at Kings Dominion in Virginia in May 2009.

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update 6:57 CWArkansas has an article

update The top 4 | #5-#11:
1) Sonya Thomas 4.59 lb in 10 min
2) Adrian Morgan 4.14
3) Aaron Osthoff 3.64
4) Erik Denmark 3.23
5) Nate Biller 2.95
6) Steve Ramirez II Jr. 2.68
7) Chuck Stuart 2.63, 2010 winner
Andrew Kogutkiewicz 2.43
9) “Bam” Martinez 2.01
10) Matt Raible 1.72
11) Steve Ramirez 1.08

Sonya Thomas, Erik Denmark, Adrian Morgan and Aaron Osthoff are expected to compete in the wing eating contest.

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