Dewey of YardBarker has a gallery of Joey Chestnut’s apartment which includes a picture of his trophy collection.
The Krystal Square Off blog confirms that Sonya Thomas will compete in the Jacksonville qualifier on Labor Day and the twitter page is seeking input on questions to be asked in Sonya Thomas’ and Hall Hunt’s podcast interviews.
A gallery of the Chattanooga qualifier is also available.
Some captures from the Clinton Station Diner giant burger contest footage at the start of the History Channel’s Evolve: Guts have been attached.
Erik Denmark has posted a blog entry about Sunday’s rib eating contest at Chinook Winds casino on the Oregon coast which contains a picture of the official score sheet and a gallery. There is also a link to a a contest report by The News Guard.
Valerie Bromann, who previously photographed the Krystal Square Off finals, attended last week’s Nathan’s finals and posted a blog entry and gallery with over 100 pictures.
Juliet Lee has updated her WriteNow page with news from her trip to the Nathan’s finals where she received the 2008 IFOCE Rookie of the Year award. She also announced that she finished recording a documentary being produced by the Food Network.
The pictures above are from valjean615’s flickr gallery from the Nathan’s finals, which includes pictures of all competitors entrances (Arturo Rios also removed his shirt like Juris Shibayama) along with the Rookie of the Year ceremony. Patrick Vandam and Juris Shibayama were apparently the other finalists for that award.
amNY has an article and gallery from this afternoon’s weigh in. The finals have been officially shortened to 10 minutes. The listed weights in the article:
Joey Chestnut, 210 lb.
Takeru Kobayashi, 128 lb.
Juliet Lee 110 lb.
Gersh Kuntzman has a new column disparaging Kobayashi’s chances at reclaiming the belt.
The Big Lead sport blog has a preview of the Nathan’s finals
Sarah DiGregorio, who wrote the Village Voice article about Conti & Janus, will appear on the Ron Kuby show on Air America this evening at 5:45
update
Gothamist has a blog entry about the weigh in
Are there any long-term health effects of competitive eating? What about just short-term effects? Should people take certain precautions if they are competitively eating? Are there warning signs someone should look out for if they compete frequently? Contact: Sara Michael, smichael@baltimoreexaminer.com
SuperSizedMeals.com has a gallery from the May 17 Bigger Mac Daddy Burger eating contest. The captions state that Ian Hickman was the winner.
Loading ...| 2008 Sep 6 I Atlanta, GA
Krystal Square Off qualifier |
| 1st 66 Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti |
| 2nd 45 Tim "Gravy" Brown |
| 3rd 44 "Buffalo" Jim Reeves |
| 2008 Sep 1 I Cincinnati, OH
Kings Island Skyline Chili Spaghetti Eating Championship |
| 1st 13.5 "Humble" Bob Shoudt |
| 2nd 13.2 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut |
| 3rd 11 Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti |
| 2008 Sep 1 I Jacksonville, FL
Krystal Square Off qualifier |
| 1st 60 Hall "Hoover" Hunt |
| 2nd 55 Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas |
| 3rd 15 Rich Guadagnolo |
| 2008 Sep 1 A Buffalo, NY
World "Picnic-Style" Hot Dog Eating Championship |
| 1st 19 "Furious" Pete Czerwinski |
| 2nd 11.5 Chris "The Consumer" Goulah |
| 3rd 10.5 BJ "Big Belly BJ" Karnofel |
| 2008 Aug 31 I Buffalo, NY
Buffalo Buffet Bowl Eating Championship |
| 1st 7 16 min Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas |
| 2nd 7 17 min Juliet Lee |
| 3rd 7 18 min Eric "Badlands" Booker |
| $22950 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut |
| $15400 | Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti |
| $11950 | "Humble" Bob Shoudt |
| $11050 | "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti |
| $9250 | Tim "Eater X" Janus |
| $8500 | Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas |
| $6450 | "Furious" Pete Czerwinski |
| $5000 | Takeru Kobayashi |
| $2900 | Ian "The Invader" Hickman |
| $2450 | Tom "Goose" Gilbert |
| 103 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut | Chattanooga, TN |
| 66 | Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti | Atlanta, GA |
| 60 | Hall "Hoover" Hunt | Jacksonville, FL |
| 58 | "Humble" Bob Shoudt | Chattanooga, TN |