Upcoming Indiana eating contests
| 2012 May 28 | Hot Dog Eating Contest | Waka Dog | Mishakawa, IN | |
| 2012 Jul 29 | Pierogi Eating Contest | Pierogi Fest | Whiting, IN |
| 30 oz. burger | The KO Burger | The Game @ The Blue Chip Casino | Michigan City, IN | |
| 4 lb. breakfast | Double All-In | Best Bet Breakfast and Lunch | Noblesville, IN | 5 pounds total - includes 6 eggs, ham (.5 lb), sausage (.5 lb), peppers, onions, jalapenos and seasoned potatoes (2.5 lb.), also called Double Dog Dare Ya All |
| 5 lb. burger | 5 Pound Burger | TJ's Corner Cafe | Elkhart, IN | includes 2 pounds fries, requires 24 hours advance notice |
Eric Dahl wins Wakefield chicken salad sandwich contest
update April 28 NewsDispatch.com has an article about the contest
Will Millender has the results from this morning’s Wakefield chicken salad sandwich eating contest:
1) Eric Dahl 15 sandwiches
2) Stephanie Torres 14
3) Will Millender 13.5
4T) “Mansfield Monster” 9.5
4T) Chris Abatsas 9.5
6) Tom Cortina 7
Crazy Legs Conti wins Hooters Indianapolis wing eating qualifier
update The top 3
1) Crazy Legs Conti 148 wings
2) Tim “Gravy” Brown 101 wings (more weight than Aaron Osthoff)
3) Aaron Osthoff 125 wings (not 100% happy with the judging)
update Apr 19 If the reported amounts are accurate, there was a big discrepancy in the competitors’ weight per wing.
1) Conti 48 oz / 148 wings = .324 oz (9.1 g) / wing
2) Brown 17 oz / 101 = .168 oz (4.7 g) / wing
3) Osthoff 16 oz / 125 = .128 oz (3.6 g) / wing
Fox 59 has a video of a contest held this morning to promote tonight's Hooters wing eating qualifier in Indianapolis. Tim "Gravy" Brown, Crazy Legs Conti and Aaron Osthoff are expected to compete.
Stephanie Torres is expected to compete in the Wakefield Sandwich Company World Chicken Salad Sandwich Eating Championship in Michigan City, Indiana on April 27. The field already included Eric Dahl, Will Millender and Chris Abatsas.
The next qualifiers in the Hooters Wing Circuit will take place in Indianapolis on April 18 (first Hoosier state IFOCE contest since 2006 Indiana State Fair) and at the Real Texas Festival in Mesquite, TX (east Dallas area) on April 28. update Registration for the Indianapolis qualifier will open today at 4pm. The Hooter facebook has a additional qualifier cities (San Jose, NYC, Indianapolis, OKC, St. Louis, Jacksonville, FL & Atlanta). update April 7 The full schedule has been posted.
The BBC has a video of a bacon eating contest held Sunday at DT Kirby's in Lafayette, Indiana, which is captioned as having taken place on Monday in Louisiana.
Takeru Kobayashi will appear at minor league baseball games in Schaumburg, IL on May 26 and Gary, Indiana on May 27.
The Indiana State newspaper reports that associate dean of student engagement and leadership development Brooks Moore is trying to prevent a hot dog eating contest held to benefit the Boys' and Girls' Club from paying out a $500 prize on the basis that an eating competition is gambling, which is prohibited by the campus code. Mike Reedy won the contest by eating three hot dogs in 36 seconds. (Homer Simpson: "Marge, someone squeezed all the life out of these kids. And unless movies and TV have lied to me, it's a crusty, bitter old Dean!")
Betty of Betty Does Food announces she finished the burger challenge at Scotty's Brewhouse in Indianapolis.
Bub's, seen in the Indianapolis episode of Man vs. Food catered a post-practice meal for the New York Giants, but did not serve any one pound "Big Ugly" challenge burgers.
Teddy's Burger Joint in Indianapolis will hold a contest on Friday where teams will eat an 8 pound burger and 29 inch pizza.
A new twitter account has been started at @BettyDoesFood. Betty is the first woman to have eaten two Big Ugly burgers at Bub's in Carmel, IN and she also ate all 25 items available in a vending machine in another challenge.
Six high school coaches competed in a 6 pound steak eating contest at Kelsey's Steakhouse in Valparaiso, Indiana that will be televised on an upcoming episode of "Steak Paradise" on the Travel Channel.
The youtube page for the Gary, Indiana RailCats has a video of Takeru Kobayashi throwing the first pitch and doing a hamburger eating exhibition in yesterday's game. update Kobayashi ate 6 burgers in 47 seconds in the 7th inning
Takeru Kobayashi will compete against fans at the Gary (Indiana) SouthShore Railcats game on August 17. I think this will be Kobayahi's first Chicago-area appearance.
NWITimes has a list of northwest Indiana eating challenges.
Randy Santel reports that he and Joe LaRue were the first team to finish a 28 inch pizza weighing 10 pounds at Monroe County Pizza in Bloomington, IN.
Amy Bartner has a column for Metromix of Indianapolis about finishing the 2.5 pound Big Ass Brewhouse Burger at Scotty's Brewhouse.
April Gregory and Amy Bartner became the first women to finish the Big Ass Brew House Burger Challenge at Scotty's Brewhouse in Indianapolis tonight.
JCOnline has an article about Ian Coker, a Purdue graduate student from Australia who was the runner-up in the USquare Food Court eating contest in Madison, Wisconsin.
Indy Cornrows reports that somemembers of the Indiana Pacers took on the Big Ugly burger challenge at Bub's in Carmel, Indiana. Roy Hibbert has some pictures and one of his captions says that Lance Allred ate at least two burgers.
Would I Buy it Again? has a negative review of the Indianapolis episode of Man vs. Food and says that anyone who can eat more than Adam Richman's total of 2.25 Big Ugly burgers will have his or her picture featured on the website.
The Dawg House in Pendleton, IN (Indianapolis area) has a five foot long Coney dog which is free if finished in less than an hour.
Man vs. Food August 18, 2010 (Indianapolis) episode links
Travel Channel Episode Guide | Gallery
Restaurants
- Bub’s Burgers & Ice Cream challenge – 4 1.5 pound “Big Ugly” burgers
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp
Episode clip about the challenge
Online Wall of Fame Facebook group - Edward’s Drive-In meal – breaded pork tenderloin sandwich
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp - Gray Brothers Cafeteria
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List of Indianapolis area eating challenges and contests in the eatfeats database
The Chicago Tribune reports that Notre Dame quarterback Dayne Crist completed the one pound King Burger at the Oaken Bucket in South Bend, Indiana and was disappointed in the lack of an award for finishing the challenge. Crist also ate a gallon of ice cream in 30 minutes.
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