• Kobayashi interview in Thrillist (from Val Bromann)
• Sonya Thomas hopes to break 20 lbs. in the Louisiana grits eating contest
• Report on Ghirardelli Square ice cream eating contest
• NYC IFOCE Pizza prizes: 1st- $10,000 , 2nd - $2,500 3rd- $1,000 (from email)
• NYC Falafel eating contest video
• Astroland amusement park in Coney Island closes
• Paul Barlow’s website hits 50K visits (from email)

Results from last night’s finals of the Phoenix area Battle of the Bone wing eating contest have been posted. Colin Gardner won the contest by eating 3lbs. and 1.7 ounces of wing meat in 11 minutes. Gardner opted for $7500 cash instead of a 2 year Honda Element lease. The second Battle of the Bone contest is scheduled to begin in February 2009.

(From megamunch email). The blog for Turkey Hill Ice Cream announces an ice cream contest

The contest will feature four preliminary showdowns held at the WIP game day tent at the Wachovia Center before the first four Eagles home games of the season. In each contest, eight contestants will battle to see who can eat the most ice cream. But there’s a catch: They can’t use their hands (you didn’t think it would be easy, did you?). The winner will advance to the final eat-off on November 8 and will also receive a poster and helmet autographed by Eagles star Brian Dawkins.

On November 8, the four winners of the preliminary rounds will face off and the champion will receive two tickets to see the Eagles take on the Giants in New York as well as limo transportation and hotel accommodations!

A registration form and rules are available at 610 WIP’s website

The qualifier dates are:
9/7/2008 Vs Rams
9/21/2008 Vs Steelers
10/5/2008 Vs Redskins
10/26/2008 Vs Falcons

• Gallery from Old Home Week pierogi eating contest (picture on right is Larell Marie Mele, runner-up and top amateur)
• Unsanctioned Windmill Hot Dog Eating Contest held in Belmar, NJ
• Report from the Myrtle Beach BBQ contest from a NASCAR fan
• Waffle eating contest between members of two NC high school football teams
• Detroit area free 6 pound burger offer regardless of whether it is finished

• IFOCE pizza contest in Florida November 8
• Jill Stoler wins an office weight loss contest
• DelawareOnline hails “local fatty” Bob Shoudt
• JacksonvilleConifidential hails “local hottie” Hall Hunt
• Blog entry about the Buffalo Wing Festival
• Paul Barlow does another local promo contest
• Pawtucket, RI dumpling eating contest Saturday. Men’s and women’s divisions, $200 prize, $10 entry fee.
• Napoleon, Ohio hot dog eating contest Saturday, $100 prize

• Nisei Week gyoza galleries: Space Pirate Queen, Mamba909
• WLOCE hot dog contest gallery
• Erik Denmark on competitive eating in the Olympics
• Kevin Ross performs an eating exhibition at the Pimp and Ho Show
• Quakertown, PA pizza contest Saturday, $350 purse

• Ian Hickman repeats in a Taste of Hamburg-er contest
• Jill Stoler has a blog entry about her competitive eating souvenirs
• Food Battle Club drinking contest videos
• Spicy dosa eating contest in Toronto
• UK haggis eating contest attracts international field
• PalinFacts.com: “Sarah Palin once one [sic] a competitive eating contest by devouring three live caribou”

• Article about A Taste of Hamburg-er eating contest which reports that “Ian Hick” was last year’s winner
• Furious Pete gains 5.5 inches in 7 minutes during recording of “Sports Science”
• Entire office attempts pancake challenge at Charlie Parker’s in Springfield
• Message from Miss Busy Lady’s nephew to Joey and Pat
• National Cheese Eating Championship to take place at Arthur, Illinois Amish Country Cheese Fesitval tomorrow

Miami.com reports that a mini burger will be held at Quarterdeck Seafood Bar and Neighborhood Grill in Miami Beach on Monday. The first prize is $500 and Miami Dolphins cheerleaders will attend.

• Preview of Sonya Thomas vs. Hall Hunt matchup
• Humble Bob expected at Cincinnati spaghetti chili contest
• Baloney eating contest during Republican convention in St. Paul
• NYC deathwings eating contest September 3
• Bacon eating contest to raise money for the American Heart Association
• Interview with Miki Mia of The 40 Year Old Virgin at the gyoza contest

• Colley Handspike wins Atlanta La Costena jalapeno eating contest
• Seattle clam contest report
• $100 awarded to finishers of 7 pound Frankenstein burger in Sikeston, Missouri
• Sonya Thomas adds 2 FAQs
• Article about Gal Sone’s nail salon, “Jill & Lovers”. One of Jill’s products is called “Jewnail”, presumably short for jeweled nail
• Takuya Yamamoto eats a 10 kg cake

• Sonya Thomas listed as an expected entrant in the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier
• English article about faked Tomoko Miyake program.
  

  “We were vague about how we counted the plates and dishes, for instance, counting one plate with four pieces of the same dish as four dishes.”

• Denver CE meetup group resumes August 28 with a chicken nugget contest
• Buzz Bishop blog entries about Vancouver Nathan’s contest: preview, results
• Video of woman attempting Michael Phelps’ typical breakfast
• Live “Jimmy Buffett-style Music” will play during the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier according to The Hangman

• Joey Chestnut wants a beer chugging contest rematch with Dewey
• Blog entry and pictures from the Ash Creek rib eating contest
• Gallery from DC veggie dog contest
• Ryan Reynolds’ anti-CE rant is mentioned in a Gawker blog entry about bad celebrity blogging
• Joey Chestnut confirmed for Gyoza eating contest (from email)
• Six Flags eating triathlon videos: WBSTV, AJC
• Labor Day Buffalo, NY Picnic-style hot dog eating contest announced. First prize is $500, 2nd $250

NJ.com reports that the Newark Bears minor league baseball team will have a pre-game eating contest tomorrow in which competitors will eat a hot dog, cotton candy and funnel cake.

• Juliet Lee has an Ash Creek rib contest report
• Clam eating contest in Seattle Saturday, first prize is $100
• Ryan Nerz podcast interview in Conversations on the Road
• Furious Pete is doing marketing research on a Furious Pete hat
• A Washington Post article on the rise of college Food Studies programs reports that “Horsemen of the Esophagus” is required reading one course.
• The Wall Street Journal reports that Japanese convenience store chain Lawson announced an annual increase in same store sales of 13%. Gal Sone endorsed a line of meals for Lawson in May.

• Non-amateur Chattanooga Krystal qualifier field announced. Humble Bob is listed, but Sonya Thomas is not, so her four year winning streak at that event is apparently at an end
• Non-contract competitive eaters wanted for filming of final battle scene of Nacho Mountain on Saturday in Lehigh Valley, PA
• Blog report on the Jake’s Hamburger finals at a Delaware Blue Rocks game
• Cameron McKirdy uploads some new videos, including an interview with Jason Erb
• F__, Chuck, Marry involving Joey Chestnut (adult content)

• Paul Barlow wins Six Flags Eating Triathlon (video file)
• Its eating challenges week at Two Bites in Suburbia
• Orlando columnist attempts Michael Phelps’ diet
• Wiki listing big eaters and extreme omnivores in popular culture
• Gal Sone samples and ranks all the items at an Italian restaurant and the pudding she chose for #1 becomes sold out

From a Joel The Cannon Podelsky email:

1 st Place Gentlemen Joe Menchetti ate 17 Hot Dogs in 10 minutes, $1000 trip voucher prize
2nd place Tie Joel The Cannon Podelsky 12 Hot Dogs in 10 minutes.
2nd place Tie Joe La Russo 12 Hot Dogs in 10 minutes.

• 120 ounce steak at Brand Steakhouse in Las Vegas, free if eaten by one person, $267 otherwise
• San Francisco spam musubi eating contest September 6
• CNBC on the effects of inflation on Michael Phelps’ diet
• Saratoga Nathan’s contest Monday to be 12 minutes?
• Gallery of wing eating contest before Bills - Steelers game in Toronto
• Slots still available for Vancouver, BC Nathan’s non-qualifier Monday. The contest will be 6 minutes.
• 1993 article about Czech dumpling contest.
• Nanticoke, PA pierogi eating contest Sunday.

• St. Louis sushi contest September 21. First prize is a trip to Japan.
• Sushi Bowl eating contest held in New York City
• PETA takes credit for cancellation of cockroach eating contest
• Miss Busy Lady’s friend eats 50 chicken wings in one sitting
• WLOCE hires Terry Barker to MC
• Nathan Biller’s Nathan’s gallery (facebook registration required)

The PhillyBurbs blog reports that Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, NJ will host a hot dog eating contest on Sunday. The first prize is a $1,000 trip voucher.

update Press of Atlantic City reports the contest is for amateurs only and that a Nathan’s qualifier will be held at the Trump Plaza on Memorial Day weekend next year.

MyFoxDC reports that Natural Balance sponsored a dog food eating contest for dog owners at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. The competitors ate food from the Eatables for Dogs brand, which is marketed as being made in a USDA plant with 100 percent USDA ingredients. Jimmy and Dick Van Patten (”Eight is Enough”) served as emcees.

Gallery

• Pat Bertoletti practices for Krystals: video 1, video 2. Pat says the contest in the Czech republic he will compete in will be an hour long.
• Birmingham, Michigan cupcake eating contest August 15
• Furious Pete seeks input on an eating contest to be held at the Mr. Olympia expo
• Suggestion on prize to be included with Joey Chestnut baseball card
• Aurora, OH burger challenge increases by a half a pound when somebody successfully completes it.

• Nathan’s hot dog eating contest August 16 in Stuarts Draft, VA. Prize is $100 gas card.
• Nathan’s finals gallery by FooBarDude
• Video of butter eating contest (will Don Lerman sue for intellectual property violation?)
• Website for Brooklyn pizza contest at http://annualbrooklynpizzaeatingcontest.com/
• Gal Sone goes to Tokyo Disneyland. (Her favorite rides are Space Mountain and Splash Mountain)

(From Mark Hinske) PostCrescent.com has a report on the Burgerfest held in Seymour, Wisconsin on Saturday. A caption reports that Mike Fitzgerald won the Hardee’s Thickburger eating contest by eating 7 and a third burgers in 12 minutes. Another caption claims that “The Hammer” also broke the contest record. Sonya Thomas ate 7 Thickburgers to win the 2003 contest, but the contest length was only 10 minutes. (The previous record is listed as 5.25 thickburgers)

A 120 pound burger patty was cooked during the festival and served to attendees.