Upcoming Bridgeport eating contests
| 2012 Jun 1 | Longford's Ice Cream Eating Contest | Longford's Ice Cream | Old Greenwich, CT |
| 22 inch pizza | 22 inch pizza | Bang Bang Pizza | Norwalk, CT | no beverages allowed |
| fish sandwiches | Fish Sandwich Record | Main Port Fish & Chips | Stratford, CT | current record is 5 in one hour |
| 5 lb cheesesteak | The Happy Three-Foot Cheesesteak | The Happy Cheesesteak | Newton, CT | requires prepayment with $40 deposit |
Fairfield Weekly reports that the 2009 Ash Creek Saloon rib eating contest will be held later this year. Previous contests were held in August.
Humble Bob wins Ash Creek Saloon ribs
(from comment) The contest page for the Ash Creek Saloon rib eating contest has been updated to list the top 4 finishers:
1. “Humble” Bob Shoudt 6.8 lbs. ribs in 12 minutes $3000 prize
2. Joey Chestnut 6.6 lbs.
3. Tim Janus
4. Juliet Lee 5 lbs.
5. Eric “Badlands” Booker
? Crazy Legs Conti
? Lars Anderson
This is Bob Shoudt’s first victory over Joey Chestnut since the controversial meatball eating contest in Atlantic City in 2006.
update ConnPost has an article which reports that Badlands Booker came in 5th and also claims that Pat Bertoletti competed, which appears to be an impossibility with the demise of the Concorde.
update #2 Full official results are available
update #3 Victoria Fee has four pictures from the contest.
Link Buffet: July 13, 2008
- Registration for the Ash Creek (CT, August 17) rib contest and the Myrtle Beach BBQ contest (August 30) opens tomorrow
- Transcript of Joey Chestnut on CNN July 4
- Furious Pete attempts to break Cookie Jarvis’ 76 ounce steak record at J & R Steakhouse (result)
- Jill Stoler’s report on the 120 ounce steak attempts
- Video of amateur contest at Delaplane Strawberry Festival
- 17 Year old eats age in hot dogs
- Video of radio interview of Joey Chestnut and the LeFevres
- Kobayashi has a blog entry about dining at Gray’s Papaya hot dog stand with Stephen Dubner
Pat Bertoletti defeats Joey in CT ribs
ConnPost.com reports that Pat Bertoletti defeated Joey Chestnut at the rib contest at the Ash Creek Saloon in Fairfield, CT today.
update The Daily Southtown has a profile of Bertoletti from before the ribs co ntest
update #2 The Stamford Advocate also has an article about the contest.
Ash Creek Saloon Ribs preview
The Connecticut Post has a preview of Saturday’s rib eating contest at the Ash Creek Saloon in Fairfield, CT containing an interview with returning champion Joey Chestnut.
Joey hopes to break 10 lb. in Nugget ribs
The Sparks Tribune has an article about the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook off containing a quote from Joey Chestnut saying he would like to hit double digits in pounds in the rib eating contest.
Ash Creek Saloon Ribs registration open
Registration for the IFOCE rib eating contest to be held at the Ash Creek Saloon in Fairfield, CT on August 25 is now open. The purse is $5000.
Joey wins CT ribs
from IFOCE.com
Ash Creek Baby Back Rib contest, Fairfield CT
1. Joey Chestnut 6.15 lb in 12 minutes
2. Chip Simpson 5.8 lb
3. Bob Shoudt 5.05
This is probably Joey’s smallest margin of victory over an American since he defeated Sonya in OT at the Asparagus Festival.
Tim Janus’ summer 2006 plans
The Norwich Bulletin reports that Tim Janus will return to his home state to compete in the Ash Creek Saloon Baby Back Rib-Eating Championship in Fairfield, CT Aug. 13.
This article about an egg roll qualifier for the North Dakota Rhubarb Pie contest says that the 6th (Janus) and 12th (Crazy Legs Conti) ranked eaters might travel west to compete in that event on July 29.
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