Kevin Ross won the penultimate Battle of the Bone qualifier in Gilbert, AZ on Wednesday with a total of 3.7 pounds of wing meat in 11 minutes. In the comments, Kevin announces that he has decided to become an independent and leave the IFOCE. There will be one more qualifier in Germann, AZ on August 10.
Steve "Freight Train" Moss won a taco eating contest held at Balmoral Park near Chicago on Saturday. (gallery)
Joey Chestnut wins Taco Bell challenge, Janus & Stonie tie for 2nd
update 9:51 The Taco Bell facebook has a gallery
update 7:57 Official results:
1) Joey Chestnut 53 tacos in 10 minutes
2T) Tim Janus 48 tacos
2T) Matt Stonie 48 tacos
4) Eric “Badlands” Booker 34
5) Pete Davekos 31
6) Sean Brockert 10
update 7:35 Yentzen reports that Joey Chestnut ate 53 burritos to break the previous record of 48.
update 7:31 (I think these are the results. The audio is difficult to make out) 1) Joey Chestnut 2) Tim Janus 3) Matt Stonie 4) Badlands Booker 5) Pete Davekos
update 7:22 The contest is over
update 7:13 The contest has started and the video is down again.
update 7:08 The video is back on an professional introductions have started.
update 6:12 The event appears to be opening with an amateur contest. The signs have both number and prices for the amount of tacos eaten.
The contest should start at 6pm according to Taco Bell Puerto Rico’s facebook page.
update A webcast of the contest is available on UStream
Bob Kuhns won the Sloppy Joe Showdown at Downey's House in McKees Rocks, PA with a total of 22 sloppy Joes in 8 minutes, almost twice the amount of the runner-up (12). (via email)
Naader Reda ate 205 chicken nuggets in 2 hours to defend his title at the Chick-fil-A in La Habra, CA and break his previous record of 201.
Johnnie Excel announces that he won $2000 at a corn dog eating contest at the California State Fair in Sacramento by eating 18 corn dogs in 8 minutes. update Don Sturdy has a blog entry and slideshow.
"Tiny" Tim Rauscheder won a contest at The Happy Dog in Cleveland by eating 27 hot dogs in 10 minutes (the contest ran out of hot dogs) and Randy Santel won a competition held at Up Dog in Independence, Missouri by eating 21 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
Pat Bruss won Saturday's Pastrami Joe's Reuben sandwich eating contest in Marshall, MI.
Johnnie Excel won a wing eating contest held at East Village Tavern & Bowl in San Diego and Dave Brunelli won the "suicide" wing eating contest (via Nick Kehler email) held at The Starboard in Dewey Beach, DE.
The OC Register has a slideshow of today's "Pig's Trough" eating contest held at Farrell's in Mission Viejo, CA. Matt Cohen won the men's division and Andrea Barber won the women's contest.
2011 Bartolini’s meatballs results
Full results of today’s professional Bartolini’s meatball eating contest (via email)
1st Place Tom “GOOSE” Gilbert 53 Meatballs, new record
2nd Place Bob “KILLER” Kuhns 43 1⁄4 Meatballs
3rd Place “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 35 Meatballs
4th Place Clay “LUNCH PAIL” Luttrell 34 Meatballs
5th Place Juan “JUAN MORE BITE” Rodriguez 32 Meatballs
6th Place “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti 30 3⁄4 Meatballs
7th Place Steve “FREIGHT TRAIN” Moss 29 1⁄4 Meatballs
7th Place Jake “THE GREAT LAKE” Larry 29 1⁄4 Meatballs
8th Place Frank “THE FORK” Wach 26.5 Meatballs
9th Place Tom “SHREK” Topel 25.5 Meatballs
10th Place Tom “TOMMY BOY” Cortina 16 3⁄4 Meatballs
11th Place Eric “THE STOMACH” Hucke 11 3⁄4 Meatballs
Robert “THE AMATUER” Harms won the amateur division with 18.5 Meatballs
update The Southtown Star has an article about the contest.
Eric Dahl has emailed the top four from yesterday's pizza eating contest sponsored by American Pie in Richland, Minnesota 1) Eric "Silo" Dahl $700 28 slices $700 2) "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti $400 22 slices 3) Jon Boddy (from Denver) $200 21 slices 4) Mark Williams 20 slices (A video of the results announcement)
Bob Kuhns has emailed the top 3 from last night's 10 minute hot dog eating contest held at the Starlite Car Cruise in Wexford, PA: 1) 29.5 hot dogs Bob Kuhns, $500 2) 26 Pete Maurizio $300 3) 14 Tim "Obi Wing" Cain $200
The Brooklyn Trolley Blogger reports that "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti defended his title in the Brooklyn Burger eating contest held at tonight's Coney Island Cyclone game by eating 16 burgers in 5 minutes.
The Topeka Capital Journal has an article about Randy Santel's victory in a jalapeno eating contest.
SeaCoastOnline reports that Joe Menchetti won a qualifier for the Hampton Beach Lobster Roll eating contest by eating 14 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
Mike Longo has results from the contests held today at Lake Quassy in Connecticut. Bun & Cheese: 1) Mike Longo 2) Joel Podelsky 3) Andre "The Assassin" | Beef Pattie: 1) Mike Hoffman 2) Chris Schlesinger 3) Liam Burt
GWDToday.com reports that Dale Boone was booed after he repeated as the winner of the hot dog eating contest held at the Festival of Discovery in Greenwood, SC. Boone ate 18 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win, 7 less than he ate in 2010. update RGC reports that Boone said he was going to pace himself so he ate just one more hot dog than the runner-up because he was doing another hot dog eating contest later.
Will Millender reports that a team consisting of "Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Jon Squibb and Dave Brunelli won $2,500 at a wing eating contest for three person teams at the New Jersey State Barbecue Championship in Wildwood, NJ today.
BizBash has a report on "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's victory in a burger eating contest held at Stop Burger in Weston, FL.
Ocean City Today reports that David Brunelli won first place and $1,000 at a hot dog eating contest held at Fish Tales in Ocean City, MD on July 4 with a total of 22 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
"Michael" Boone won $500 at a hot dog eating contest held at Mardi Gras Casino in West Virginia.
According to Javier Lavayen, a Toronto resident (almost certainly "Furious" Pete Czerwinski) won $2,500 at a burger eating contest at Stop Burgers in Weston, Florida today.
2011 Nathan’s finals – men
1) Joey Chestnut 62
2) Pat Bertoletti 53
3) Tim “Eater X” Janus 45
4) Bob Shoudt 39
5T) Matt Stonie 34
5T) Sean Gordon 34
7) Erik Denmark 33.5
Adrian Morgan 31
9) Aaron Osthoff 27
10) Pete Davekos 25.5
11) Pat Philbin 24
12T) Damon Wells 23
12T) Brian Subich 23
14) Lu Ming Kui 21, originally announced as 16
15) Chris Lam 14
16) Mak Tai Loi 11
DQ) Tim “Gravy” Brown
17:02 Val Bromann has more on Tim “Gravy” Brown’s disqualification: “Also, Gravy didn’t reverse. He choked. He’s OK.”
15:25 Damon Lindelof, co-creator of LOST, likes Adrian Morgan’s tattoo.
14:51) Full official results have been posted on the MLE facebook
14:46 videos friom the ESPN telecast of the contest and introductions have been posted on youtube.
14:02 The rest of the men’s results have been announced except for Pat Philbin .
13:15 4 of the top 10 twitter trending topic are related to the contest: Joey Chestnut #4, Pepto Bismol #5, Bertoletti #7, Major League Eating #8
13:01 The official top 6 has been announced
12:58 Official Top 3 1) Joey Chestnut 62 2) Pat Bertoletti 53 3) Tim “Eater X” Janus 45
12:57 The WSJ liveblog of Kobayashi’s event has not been updated in a half an hour.
12:56 Joey’s official total appears to be 62
12:54 Unofficial results Joey 61 Pat 55 Tim 43 Bob 39
12:52 2 minutes left Joey 53 Pat 48, a record does not look probable
12:51 Joey’s lead is switching between 3 – 5 with about 3 minutes left, Bob Shoudt has moved into 4th. Gravy Brown has withdrawn.
12:50 4 minutes left Joey 43 Pat 40
12:49 Halfway Joey 37 Pat 34 Tim 26 Matt 24
12:48 “Deep Dish” is the #5 twitter trending topic
12:46 2 minutes in, Adrian & Matt are in the top 4, Joey & Pat around 20
12:44 The contest starts.
12:43 “Megatoad” is currently the #7 global trending topic on twitter.
12:39 Joey Chestnut is introduced.
12:36 Now the top 4 males will be introduced.
12:35 Val Bromann reports that Adrian Morgan won rookie of the year
12:34 The Chinese are introduced after Matt Stonie
12:29 Introductions have started, Brian Subich is first.
12:24 Sonya Thomas is currently the #5 global trending topic on twitter, Joey Chestnut is #7
The Wall Street Journal is liveblogging not just Nathan’s but Kobayashi’s event
The cash winnings in the sidebar have been finally updated with 2011 values and Pat Bertoletti is the current leader with a total of $24,950 to Joey Chestnuts $24,000 (Will Pat remain the leader after the contest?)
Southtown.Suntimes.com reports that Jacob Larry ate 17.25 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win a prize of $500 in yesterday's hot dog eating contest in Palos Heights, IL sponsored by Pop’s Italian Beef and Sausage.
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