A video and galleries by angrysong and someguynamedcarlfrom Saturday’s Carninval O Pizza eating contest at the Home Slice Pizza. The picture captions indicate that Chris (no last name provided) won the contest for the third straight year. A Tic-Tac-Toe T-shirt was made to outfit Chris’ entourages, which is one of the larger fan groups competitive eating

• Videos from the San Antonio Dickey’s BBQ qualifier
• Gallery of IHOP All You Can Eat
• Kate Westfall’s food blog from Brian Seiken
• 76 ounce Pompano Beach, FL steak challenge
• Kobayashi has some Halloween costumes on his blog, including the Kobayashi & bun couple

• Gallery from the Famous Famiglia pizza contest with 200 pictures
• Jason McCormack has videos of July’s BBQ eating contest in Tulsa and his recent pie eating contest victory
• Beautiful Brian to attend the Coney Island benefit honotring George Shea and might sing songs from “Stick to Blogging” at that event. He also has his thoughts on Kate Westfall’s departure
• Jesup, GA spaghetti eating contest report

• Val Bromman has a blog entry and gallery from a sandwich eating / Big Wheel riding contest judged by Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown
• Buffalo Wing Festival contest gallery from Matt Ventre
• Kobayashi has some pictures from Paul Barlow from the Birmingham Krystal qualifier on his blog
• Oyster Bay NY, oyster eating contest report
• Evansville, IN donut hole eating contest for charity

• Gallery of Famous Famiglia pizza contest with French captions
• Kobayashi meets fashion designer Diane von Furstenburg
• Student wins Don Lerman style hot dog hat after eating 9 HDB in 3 minutes
• Bubba Yarbrough leaves IFOCE for the WLOCE according to comment
• Dale Boone finishes unnamed 4 pound burger in Morganton, NC and names it “Dale’s Daniel Boone Burger” according to WLOCE.com
• BeautifulBrian.com has commentary on the new rankings
  
• Video of Cookie Jarvis at the WBAB studios last week

• BeautifulBrian.com has a commentary on the personalities of the top 50 IFOCE members
• Furious Pete is seeking input about a 3 minute eating stunt
• Tonight’s E:60 episode to have footage from the Nashville Krystal qualifier
• Gallery of the recent Washington, DC cupcake eating contest
• Picture of Joey Chestnut at the Edmonton minor league hockey game
• Joey Chestnut to receive a commendation from the San Jose City Council
• Ukrainian salo (pork fat) eating contest
• Brad Sciullo’s Belly Bruiser completion makes the Japanese news
• Gal Sone’s television appearance where she sampled and ranked all the items on Saizeriya’s menu has boosted that restaurant’s business despite the recession

• Nov 8 IFOCE Fort Pierce, FL pizza contest officially announced and registration is now open (from Crawfish comment)
• Beer drinking contest between Joey Chestnut and Pat Bertoletti
• KDKA wants pictures of eating contest trophies. They also have a slideshow of competitive eaters.
• Central Michigan University hot dog eating contest
• Philly.com blog entry about Steakbellie’s and Wing Kong’s records
• Gallery of the Ohio State “Chicks Eat Chicks” women’s wing eating contest
• Kana Kanisawa does an event to promote her second gravure DVD

• A black & white gallery from this year’s Nathan’s finals
• Barlo’s Pizza in Indianapolis will award at least $300 to someone who finishes a 29 inch pizza in under 2 hours
• Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane wins Colorado Springs musubi contest
• A comparison of Krystal with White Castle. TN and KY have both restaurants.
• IHOP to offer all-you-can-eat pancakes for remainder of October (from Skinnyboy)
• Video from b.good’s Garlicky Greens contest
• Picture of Badlands Booker at Nashville Krystal qualifier
• Volunteers wanted to handle publicity, sponsorships, food safety
  and legal aspects of a Chicago hot dog eating contest
• Brenda Lashley, winner of a sauerkraut eating contest, makes “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” book for naming her son after her favorite brand of sauerkraut.

• Picture of Juliet Lee at the Nashville qualifier
• Favorite KSO V pictures at Krystalist
• Kobayashi has some pictures from the Krystal Square Off on his blog
• Tomoko Miyake has posted a FAQ using questions sent by her fans (Her favorite baseball team is the Hanshin Tigers)
• Craigslist posting about Raleigh, NC wing contest Sunday

• Video of Crazy Legs Conti’s withdrawal from the Netfllix movie watching record attempt
• Pat Philbin will adopt the nickname “Jumbo Slice” for the Famous Famiglia pizza eating contest
• NY Magazine thinks the Famous Famiglia pizza contest is today
• Gallery of the b.good Garlicky Greens eating contest
• 990 pound Mexican Jose Luis Garcia dies of heart failure (picture on right is of his gravesite)

Val Bromann has a blog entry and gallery about her trip to the Krystal finals. Her father drove her from Chicago to Chattanooga from midnight to Sunday morning.

Hall Hunt also has some pictures on his blog.

update Jamie of Hungry Sisters has a pre-KSO report which includes her selection as Kobayashi’s bunnette and several videos. (She will post a contest report later)

update #2 The trip report on hungrysisters has been extended to cover the contest and a gallery has also been uploaded.

• Videos and galleries of Birmingham and Memphis Krystal qualifiers available
• Brown students attempt Spike’s hot dog challenge
• Picture from eating contest held in Beijing during the Olympics
• Don Lerman gets an impostor on his own blog
• FutureFeed sees a “glass ceiling” in the fact that only 2 of the IFOCE top 50 are females (6 of the AICE top 50 are women)

Frank 151 has a blog entry about Friday’s cannoli eating contest with a video and several pictures.

• 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

Dewey of YardBarker has a gallery of Joey Chestnut’s apartment which includes a picture of his trophy collection.

• 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

• Val Bromann has a contest report and gallery from the Busey Executive Sweetcorn Eating Contest
• Venus and Serena Williams to compete against Peyton and Eli Manning in an eating contest in an Oreo commercial
• Pre contest interview with the “LA Assassin”
• 12 pound burger challenge in Lincoln, Nebraska offers $200 reward
• Gallery of Andy’s “Big A” burger eating contest

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.

• 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

• 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)

• 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)

Some captures from the Clinton Station Diner giant burger contest footage at the start of the History Channel’s Evolve: Guts have been attached.

• Cookie Jarvis’ gallery of the Nathan’s weigh-in
• Furious Pete’s report for bodybuilding.com on the Dover BBQ contest
• Sarah Schreitmueller wins (Iowa) Nordic Fest lutefisk eating contest
• Steve Oddo wins Keyport, NJ IHOP pancake eating contest
• Gallery of Seattle donut eating contest / concert

• Video of the end of the Apple Ugly eating contest (the trophy was a mounted toilet seat)
• Ian Hickman beats Elizabeth Canady in overtime at Bowie burger contest
• Detailed review of MLE game by Platform Nation
• Skinnyboy eats 8/9 of Big Texan 72 ounce steak
• Gallery of 2008 Philadelphia Nathan’s qualifier
• Picture of Samantha Brown at Italian sausage contest
• MissBusyLady describes her start in competitive eating fandom
• Juris Shibayama sends a letter to the editor about last week’s column (from Crawfish comment)
• Boston hot wing eating contest Thursday
• Donut eating contest in Pittsburgh Friday
• Full results for the Singapore qualifiers on MLE.asia
• Vietnamese sub eating contest in Ho Chi Minh City