Three random Hartford eating challenges
| 4 lb. sirloin | The Grizzly - defunct | Bubba's Sportsmen Cafe | Kensington, CT | restaurant closed |
| 22 in. stuffed pizza | The Challenger | Randy's Wooster St. Pizza Shop | Enfield, CT | for teams of 2 people |
| 2 ft. long hot dog | 2 Foot Long Hot Dog | Doogie's | Newington, CT |
2009 Munch Madness finals
Will Millender has reported his team did not win tonight’s Munch Madness finals at the Wood n Tap in Hartford.
update Will Millender has uploaded a video of the contest. Team “It Doesn’t Matter” won the contest with a time of 3 minutes and 11 seconds.
update #2 A gallery of the finals has been posted on metromix
Metromix has galleries from the Munch Madness team mini-burger eating contests held at Wood n Tap locations in Connecticut. The team of Will Millender and Joel Podelsky won Wednesday's qualifier.
The Munch Madness bar bites (small burgers) relay will return next month at Wood n Tap locations in Connecticut. The first qualifier will take place on March 24.
Link Buffet: June 27, 2008
- Today is the 5th anniversary of Sonya Thomas’ debut in competitive eating
- Beautiful Brian has a video tribute to Allen Goldstein’s 5 years in competitive eating
- Pete Davekos Technique & Commentary video recorded at the Hartford qualifier
- Brian “Eatin” Keaton wins second Jake’s Burger qualifier (from email)
- George Shea favors Coney Island redevelopment plan at hearing
- Five Eating contests at in Hutchinson, Kansas on Saturday.
- Contest announcements: qualifiers for Dickey’s BBQ contest (championship to be held in early 2009), National Black Rock Burger Team Eating Championships (Yaphank, NY)
- UEPa meeting July 12 at Gregory’s Steakhouse in Allentown. Ian Hickman will attempt a 120 ounce steak
Link Buffet: June 16, 2008
- Article about James Howell and his performance in the New Orleans qualifier
- Jill Stoler has posted the pictures she took at the Three Brothers Pizza contest
- Video from Hartford qualifier
- Article about local Bartolini’s Meatballs qualifiers
- NY Post on Nathan’s shortening
- Kansas City hot dog contest Friday night at Tengo sed, $200 prize
- No MLE video game release this week
- Kobayashi finds Japanese hot dogs wanting
- Articles promoting Tomoko Mikaye’s book of PG rated photographs: Sanspo.com, NikkanSports
Arturo Rios wins East Hartford qualifier
East Hartford results from IFOCE.com
1. Arturo Rios, 22.75 HDB
2. Russ Keeler 19.5
3. Pete Davekos 16.5
update JournalInquirer.com has a brief article and will have a longer writeup on Monday.
update #2 jcrue11 of bodybuilding.com claims he was the actual runner-up and that Russ Keeler was disqualified.
update #3 Journal Inquirer has the longer article out now. Mike Springer was the fourth place finisher.
East Hartford qualifier preview
The East Hartford Gazette has a preview of tomorrow’s Nathan’s qualifier. The listed expected entrants are Arturo Rios, Russ Keeler, Pete Davekos and “Hungry” Heather Breslin.
Munch Madness “Elite Ate” gallery
Metromix has a gallery of the final contest in the “Munch Madness” team relay bar bite eating tournament, which was nicknamed the “Elite Ate”
The winner is not mentioned in the gallery captions. Team Manchetti was one of the eight finalists.
Link Buffet: February 27, 2008
Miami Herald columnist endorses Ryan Nerz’s call for a jalapeno eating contest between Obama and Clinton to determine the Democratic nomination
Maori wins New Zealand pizza contest
Frederick Kaufman (A Short History of the American Stomach) podcast on Seattle Public Radio
Munch Madness 2008, Connecticut team “bar bite” contest w/ 4 qualifiers, first prize is 4 Opening Day NE Patriot tickets (from Jill Stoler’s blog)
Emmanuel wins Chicago Wing Fest (see picture above)
PaulieSaurus Pizza prize now over $350
Cereal Mega Bowl challenge equal to 1 box of cereal in now closed Asheville, NC cereal restaurant
Kyoto tofu contest, won by Hiroko Kurita
Podcast of “Furious” Pete’s appearance on Frank Pastore’s radio show in which they discuss their 72 ounce steak marks (from AICE news)
Denver meetup group Feb 29 Slyder contest to award $100 gift certificate
Nathan’s qualifier videos on MLE.com
(from Erik Denmark comment) Videos from the Philadelphia and Hartford Nathan’s qualifiers can be found on the MLE videos page.
Tim Janus threepeats Hartford w/41.5 HDB
IFOCE.com reports that Tim Janus has won the Nathan’s Hartford qualifier for the third year in a row with a total of 41.5 hot dogs. Tim Brown ate 24 HDB and Russ Keeler was third with 23 HDB.
update The Star Tribune has an interview with Tim from before the qualifier.
Hartford qualifier moved indoors
From IFOCE.com
“The East Hartford contest is typically held in an open-air parking lot. For years we’ve been blessed with good weather for this event. In consideration of this Saturday’s forecast, we’ve elected to hold the contest in a building that is the former home of an Ames department store. This vacant Ames is in the same strip mall as the Nathan’s Famous in East Hartford. It is the ideal replacement venue for this qualifier.”
Two Tims expected in Hartford
The East Hartford Gazette has a preview of the May 19 Nathan’s qualifier. Tim Janus and Tim Brown are expected entrants.
Hartford “Munch Madness” report from GJoe
“Gentleman” Joe Menchetti attended the finals of the bar bite eating contest in Hartford, CT called “Munch Madness” and emailed me the following report:
The winning team had 2 members on it. They called themselves “The Big Boys” They completed the bar bites in 3:33
I did an exhibition where I ate the 12 burgers solo in 2:22
The exhibition came about because I tried to qualify w/my wife in Southington. Long story short, she won’t be in anymore eating contests. At the qualifier, I ate my 1st 3 in 30 sec & the 2nd 3 in 23 sec. So, it was worked out that i’d do an exhibition at the finals. Which was moved to the Hartford location.
A bar bite resemble a White Castle or Krystal…just much better. I believe it is a half lb burger (Pre cooked weight) cut into fourths, put on a lightly toasted bun with a pickle, cheese & a very tasty dijon mustard sauce.
Hartford “Munch Madness”
ctnow.com has an article about a qualifier for a team bar bite (mini-hamburger) relay contest called “Munch Madness”. The finals for that contest will be held on March 29. The author is apparently unaware of Tim Janus’ victories in the East Hartford Nathan’s qualifiers:
It’s what draws the masses to New York for Nathan’s Famous hot dog competition. It’s what’s helped build Philadelphia’s Wing Bowl from a local radio station stunt to an international event. Maybe Hartford will find itself on the competitive eating map with Munch Madness.
“At this point, I don’t see why not,” says Kienle, who deems the event a big hit for its first year. “If we become known as the place in the state to get little hamburgers, even better for us.
Joe Menchetti profile in Hartford Courant
The Hartford Courant has a long profile of “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti. Menchetti dreams of becoming an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas and claims a bench press of 405 lb.
The East Hartford Gazette reports from the Nathan’s qualifier
The East Hartford Gazette has a good (with the exception of calling Lerman Don “The Eater” Moses) writeup of last Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier. There were PETA protesters at the contest. I did not realize that the Elvis impersonator was Bill Stobierski.
Official Hartford results posted
Official results for the Hartford qualifier have been posted on IFOCE.com. Russ Keeler surprised with 16 hot dogs and a third place finish.
This East Hartford Gazette article has profiles of some of the Connecticut entrants.
Tim Janus wins Hartford qualifier
From beautifulbrian.com & mosesnews.com
1. 27.5 Tim “Eater X” Janus
2. 25 Pat Philbin
3. unknown
4/DQ 15 Don Moses Lerman
5 Kevin Lipsitz 15 dogs / 13 buns
Liz has an interview with Tim Janus for urbanhonking.com/digest.
Keiji Oguni to do Hartford qualifier?
In this Buffet post, Bob Shoudt claims that Kenji Oguni, who finished 4th last year with 29 hot dogs, will compete in the Hartford Nathan’s qualifier on Saturday. If this is true, it does not seem fair that foreign competitors can compete in US qualifiers but American eaters cannot enter overseas qualfiers.
Hartford qualifier information
The East Hartford Gazette has details about the Nathan’s qualifier that will be held in Hartford on May 20.
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