Upcoming Buffalo eating contests
| 2012 Jun 5 | Mac N Cheese Eating Contest | R&R BBQ truck | Buffalo, NY |
| 2 Glutton burritos | Glutton Burrito Challenge | Burrito Bay | Buffalo, NY | |
| 29 inch pizza | Magnum 44 Challenge | Chick-N-Pizza Works | Buffalo, NY | for 2 person teams, pizza cut in to 44 slices |
| 2 lb. burger | The Whole-Man Challenge | Bourbon & Burger Co. | Batavia, NY | includes 1 lb. fries |
Eric "Silo" Dahl and Marty were the first pair to finish the 14 pound Mangum pizza challenge at Chick-N-Pizza in Buffalo.
Eric "Silo" Dahl and Stephanie "Xanadu" Torres are expected to compete in the The Legends Bar & Grill National Chicken Tamale Eating Championship in Niagara Falls, NY on May 5.
Rochester City Newspaper has a list of four western New York eating challenges.
Buffalo.com has started the Hungry Hungry Buffaloes video series where diners will attempt eating challenges offered by western New York restaurants. (facebook)
Eric "Silo" Dahl announces he won today's World Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship in Clarence, NY with a record of 27 slices. 2010 winner Chris "The Mad Greek" Abatsas was runner up with 25 slices and Joe LaRue came in third with 21 slices.
Joe LaRue, Eric Dahl, Joe Menchetti along with defending champion Chris "The Mad Greek" Abatsas are expected to compete in the World Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship in Clarence, NY on Sunday.
The Buffalo Wing Festival has uploaded a gallery of the National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship held on Labor Day weekend.
Chris' Village Way Pizza in East Rochester, NY will hold a wing eating contest on Sunday awarding two tickets to the Bills / Raiders game on September 18.
Sonya Thomas 5-peats Buffalo Wing Festival wing eating championship
update Sept 8 Jezebel has a blog entry with a long comment thread and China Times has a news video.
update Sept 6 CNN has an article and video and ABC News has a video.
MyFoxDC interviewed Sonya Thomas after the contest (via comment)
Brian Seiken has posted several videos recorded at the contest.
“Buffalo” Jim Reeves appeared on WIVB before the contest
update 8:16 Full Results have been posted.
update 5:03 The top 4 update 5:22 The offical top 5 (in a comment):
1) Sonya Thomas 183 chicken wings 6.43 pounds, Buffalo Wing Festival record, fifth straight Wing Fest wing victory
2) Joey Chestnut 174 chicken wings 6.13 pounds, undefeated in non-wing contests in past 12 months
3) Pat Bertoletti 132 chicken wings 4.61 pounds, less than half of his Dallas Wing Stop result
4) Badlands Booker 126 chicken wings 4.45 pounds
5) Juliet Lee 110 chicken wings 3.89 pounds
update 4:29 The contest has started.
The contest is being livestreamed.
Bertoletti is best in Buffalo Buffet Bowl
update Sept 4 The Buffalo News has an article.
8:20Full results have been posted.
7:13 The top 3:
1) Pat Bertoletti 5 minutes to finish 5 pounds of food
2) Sonya Thomas 7 minutes
3) Juliet Lee
4) Aaron Osthoff 3.573 lb
5) Bill Myers 2.841 lb
6) Eric “Badlands” Booker 2.502 lb
7) Larell Marie Mele 2.48 lb
Mike Landrich 2.419 lb
9) Brian Seiken 2.366 lb
6:39 The contest has started. Joey Chestnut is on stage, but not competing.
The Buffet Bowl contest at the Buffalo Wing Festival is being livestreamed.
Buffalo.com has an interview with Sonya Thomas about her quest to win the wing eating contest at the Buffalo Wing Festival on Sunday.
The facebook for the Buffalo Wing Festival has posted the list of expected competitors in Sunday's wing eating contest. Entrants ranked in the IFOCE top 20 include Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Sonya Thomas, Erik Denmark, Juliet Lee, Badlands Booker and Aaron Osthoff.
The Buffalo News has an article about today's kickoff ceremony for the Buffalo Wing Festival reporting that Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas are expected to compete in the chicken wing eating contest.
The Stoneyard Bar and Grill in Brockport, NY (Rochester area) will hold the WHTK Wing Off wing eating contest on Thursday. A 50 inch flat screen TV will be awarded to the winner.
"Hurricane" Dave Solomon's story about winning the amateur wing eating contest at the 2009 Buffalo Wing Festival has been selected as a semifinalist in the Wing Fest Road Warrior Story contest.
IFOCE August / September registration on Monday & Wednesday
IFOCE contest registrations opening this week:
- Monday July 25: Toronto’s Festival of Beer Wing Eating Championship (August 7) | John Ascuaga’s Nugget World Rib Eating Championship (August 31, Sparks, NV) | Buffalo Buffet Bowl (September 4) & Wing Eating Championship (September 5)
- Wednesday July 27: Smoke’s Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship (Toronto, September 24) | Old Town Lewisville, TX World Tamale Eating Championship (September 24)
IFOCE August / September 2011 contests
The IFOCE contests page has been updated with several August & September events:
- Aug 20 Day-Lee/Nisei Week Gyoza Eating Championship, Los Angeles, CA
- Aug 31 John Ascuaga’s Nugget World Rib Eating Championship, Sparks, NV
- Sep 3 Buffalo Buffet Bowl, Buffalo, NY
- Sep 4 U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship, Buffalo, NY
An IFOCE rib eating contest has been held in July at the Chinook Winds Casino on the Oregon coast. There does not appear to be any information about a 2011 contest on the casino website.
An eating contest will be held at the "Meat Destroyer" all you can eat BBQ in Tonawanda, NY tomorrow. The amount eaten by competitors during the entire day of the event will be kept track of, and the winner will receive a trip for two to Las Vegas. A ten minute hot dog contest will also be held.
Buffalo area hot dog eating contest Saturday, $250 first prize
Nestor’s Texas Hots in North Tonawanda will hold a hot dog eating contest on Saturday awarding $250 to the winner.
WIVB.com reports that Chris "The Mad Greek" Abatsas won a pumpkin pie eating contest at the Clarence, NY Fall Festival by eating 25 pieces of pie in 8 minutes.
NorthJersey.com has an article about Susan Borthwick, winner of the amateur eating contest at the Buffalo Wing Festival.
The facebook page for the Buffalo Wing Festival has been updated with galleries from the contests held during Labor Day weekend, including the hot wing contest that Sonya Thomas competed in after defeating Joey Chestnut in the IFOCE wing eating contest.
BuffaloBills.com announces that a 40 ounce steak eating contest between Bills fans and Green Bay Packer supporters will take place tomorrow at Prime Quarter in Green Bay.
Man vs. Food September 15, 2010 (Niagara Falls) episode links
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Restaurants
- Mick & Angelo’s Eatery & Bar challenge – 10 course pasta feast
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Episode clip about constructing the challenge
Bodybuilding.com forum thread about “Furious” Pete Czerwinski completing the challenge in 2008. - Riverstone Grill meal – “Bone in the Stone” 3.5 pound steak
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WKBW news video segment about the “Bone in the Stone”
Buffalo News article about recording at the Riverstone Grill - The Silo meal – “Haystack” sandwich
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Buffalo News blog entry about recording at The Silo
List of Buffalo / Western New York eating challenges and contests in the eatfeats database
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