update #2 WCCO has video from the contest

update The top 3 from MLE via Crawfish

1 Pat Bertoletti 26
2 Mark Williams 13.5
3 Julie Dey 11

Julie Dey has the best female debut since Juliet Lee and is the 8th female with a 10+ HDB Nathan’s result according to the eatfeats database. The contest was her first according to a comment in a CityPages blog entry.

It is surprising Patrick Vandam did not compete.

George Shea reports that Pat Bertoletti won the Minnesota Nathan’s qualifier with 26 HDB. DeepDishEats confirms the total. Cold rain contributed to Bertoletti’s unexpectedly low amount.

In a startribune.com comment, someone claiming to have done 31 HDB says he will participate in the qualifier, which would probably be Patrick VanDam if accurate.

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unoffical Gyro results from Rich Shea, verified by Pat Bertoletti’s twitter
1 Pat Bertoletti 21 gyros
2 Bob Shoudtv16.5
3 Erik “the Red” Denmark 13.5

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update #5 Photocalpyse has a blog entry with some pictures

update #4 NBCChicago has an article

update #3 The top 5 from IFOCE.com & http://twitter.com/erikdenmark/
1 Pat Bertoletti 7 lbs 5.81 ozs.
2 Joey Chestnut in 7 lbs 2.81 ozs.
3 Eric “Badlands” Booker 5.0 lbs
4 Erik Denmark ?
5 Nate Biller ?

This ends Joey Chestnut’s 4 year winning streak at the Asparagus Festival

update #2 PodcastStockton has the first report: “And the winner is Patrick “Deep Dish” #asparagus. That’s a lot of asparagus! 7.581lbs in 10 minutes”

update http://twitter.com/PodcastStockton is also at the contest

Badlands Booker reports that he has arrived in California and finished the Burritozilla last night with a time of 5:15, so hopefully we will have real time contest updates on http://twitter.com/BadlandsBooker or http://twitter.com/erikdenmark

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The twitter for Kooky Kanuck (formerly Big Foot Lodge) reports that Pat Bertoletti will attempt the Kookamonga (formerly Sasquatch) burger challenge tonight at 8 pm (9 pm eastern). After completing the burger, he will attempt the 18 scoop Avalanche sundae.

update The Kooky Canuck twitter reports that Pat Bertoletti finished his Kookamonga burger in 7 minutes and 15 seconds, breaking Joey Chestnut’s previous record by 21 seconds.

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Pat Bertoletti now has a 4 contest corned beef contest streak dating back to early 2006 (2006 Arkansas, 2006 Boston, 2007 Savannah, 2009 NYC). The only people to have defeated Bertoletti in a corned beef contest are Cookie Jarvis and Molly Carey in a 2004 competition in Milwaukee.

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update #7 The Philadelphia City Paper has a blog entry about Bob Shoudt’s third place finish

update #6 March 17 NBC and CBS have local news videos

update #5(from NewYorkology) Vidiot has uploaded a gallery

update #4 GiggleSugar has some pictures

update #3 The New York Post has an article and full results are available on IFOCE (from comment)

update #2 A twitter update from George Shea announces that Pat Bertoletti wins the contest with 16.75 sandwiches in 10 minutes. The top 5
1. Pat Bertoletti, 16.75 sandwiches
2. Joey Chestnut 15.5
3. Bob Shoudt 13
4. Tim Janus 12.5
5. Hall Hunt 11.25

Please place comments about today’s corned beef sandwich eating contest held at Gallagher’s Steakhouse in this thread. 5 of the IFOCE top 7 will compete according to an anonymous comment:

Pat Bertoletti Joey Chestnut Juliet Lee Eric Booker Hall Hunt Bob Shoudt Brian Seiken Tim Janus Crazy Legs Conti ?????????

UpdateGeorge Shea has started providing updates from the contest site at http://twitter.com/gcshea. Vidiot is also twittering from the contest site.

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The twitter for KookyCanuck reports that Pat Bertoletti will attempt to break Joey Chestnut’s record of 7:36 for the Kookamunga Challenge on March 20.

The Memphis restaurant is also developing a 12 pound burger and a burger with pizzas as buns.

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• Asparagus contest at the Stockton, CA Asparagus festival returns April 25
• Video of Pat Bertoletti completing a 29 inch pizza in 34 minutes without assistance. The pizza is probably from Barlo’s Pizza in Indianapolis
• Man vs. Food Merchandise page with 3 t-shirts and a food journal (The graphic on the right is one of the t-shirt designs)
• The LA Times reports that the Los Angeles challenge on Man vs. Food will be the spicy ramen called Special #2 at Orochon Ramen and the other foods will be the French Dip sandwich at Phillipe the Original and the Manuel Special burrito at El Tepeyac
• The Cherry Cricket will be another Denver Man vs. Food location
• ESPN.com clip of Kobayashi’s fruitcake record clip
• Chicago chili contest January 31
• Pie eating contest on UK Big Brother in honor of Obama’s inauguration

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Pat Bertoletti commented that he ate the 5 pound Burritozilla at Iguana’s Taqueria in San Jose in 1 minute and 41 seconds, breaking Joey Chestnut’s record. (Joey Chestnut may have since regained the record). Pat’s Burritozilla mark is included on the list of eating challenge results on deepdisheats.com which includes feats such as the 40 inch pizza (with a partner) at the Pizza Machine and the Tex-ass doughnut from Voodoo doughnuts in Portland, OR in 23 seconds which have not received much media attention.

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• As of 10:30 am eastern, Wing Bowl 17 tickets appear available on ComcastTix.com Here is the direct link to the ticket buying page
• Pat Bertoletti ranks his favorite Chicago pizzas
• “Kid” Cary DeGrosa has a new column about OJ which embeds a video from September 2007 (from “Beautiful” Brian email)
• (from Wasted Food) Rich Shea podcast (starts at about the 50 minute mark) Shea continues to assert that competitive eating is the world’s fastest growing sport, but admits he has no factual basis for that statement.
• Encounter (in English) with Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara at a restaurant
• Cameron McKirdy (now known as “Consumption”) has updated his website http://www.deathbyconsumption.com/
• Adam Richman of Man vs. Food to do a live online video chat on Wednesday at 11 pm eastern
• Mario’s Flying Pizza in Galveston, TX to celebrate reopening after Hurricane Ike with eating contests Wednesday

update As of 1:30pm eastern, upper level Wing Bowl tickets appear to be available

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Juliet Lee has updated her WriteNow page which reports that she will appear in an episode of My Life in Food on the Food Network along with Pat Bertoletti and Crazy Legs Conti. The program will document their preparation for the 2008 Nathan’s finals. The expected broadcast date is January 10.

The program page on the Food Network’s website has the following description:

My Life in Food takes an intimate look at individuals whose lives have been transformed through food. From people with debilitating food phobias, to those searching for a fountain of youth through what they eat, to an entire city attempting to lose a thousand pounds, we examine the powerful force of food.

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Pat Bertoletti has posted a blog entry to his yardbarker blog about the Guinness 12 inch pizza record he and Hall Hunt attempted to break while he was in Fort Pierce for the Battle of the Big Apple pizza contest. The record is listed at 2 minutes and 14 seconds and the video is 36 seconds long.

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MyHomeTownNews.com has a report on last Saturday’s pizza eating contest at the Battle at the Big Apple in Fort Pierce, Florida. The Bahamas cruise that was part of Pat Bertoletti’s prize package includes a 24 hour pizza buffet.

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update #3MitchPix has a gallery of the contest

update #2 TCPalm has an article about the contest

update Battle of the Big Apple pizza results from a Pat Bertoletti comment:

1- Pat Bertoletti 47 slices, $1000
2- Hall Hunt 32, $750
3- Nate Biller 19.5 or 20, $500
4- John( Hall’s friend) 18, $250

Bertoletti beat Joey Chestnut’s total from last month’s Famous Famiglia contest by 2, which makes him eligible for a $500 bonus.

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• Video of Pat Bertoletti drinking beer with the help of a steak knife
• Jill Stoler and Jo Gavonne attend the Village Halloween Parade as the Chapmans (bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman and his wife Beth, that is) More pictures are on Jill’s myspace
• Competitive eating themed “Beetle Bailey” comic strip (from Paul Barlow)
• Americus, GA hot dog eating contest report

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• Pat Bertoletti has a report on the Czech plum dumpling contest
• Rerun listing of the KSO V broadcast
• KSO V Press conference gallery and video
• Erik Denmark feels more positive about missing the Krystal finals
• Ginormous Burger Challenge finisher receives free T-shirt a year after completing the burger, along with some cookies to apologize for the delay
• Second Philadelphia Eagle ice cream qualifier report (from megamunch)

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The Chicago Sun Times has an article about Pat Bertoletti and his first place finish in the recent jalapeno contest in Chicago.

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