Three random Buffalo eating challenges
| 1 lb. burger | One Pound Burger | Vizzi's | Buffalo, NY | |
| 10 lb. pizza | 2 Ton-Za Challenge | 2 Ton Tony's | Irondequoit, NY | for 2 person teams |
| 1.25 lb. burger | Sir Lawrence Signature Burger | Blue Lantern Lounge | Elma, NY | available in traditional or "butch" style |
Peta has a press release criticizing the Buffalo Wing Festival mentioning Sonya Thomas' victory in the wing eating contest (via Rhonda Evans) and This Dish is Veg has a blog entry finding fault with Cincinnati for holding a festival celebrating International Bacon Day with a picture of "Tiny" Tim Rauscheder competing in the bacon eating contest won by Mark Lyle.
Sonya Thomas defeats Joey Chestnut in Buffalo Wing Festival Championship
update Sept 14 Salon.com article about Teresa Guido winning the bobbing for wings contest (via Stephanie Wu).
update Sept 6 WNYMedia has a video clip about the contest.
Yahoo News has over 400 comments to the AP article about the contest.
Buffalo News reports that Susan Borthwick won Saturday’s amateur wing eating contest.
update #2 WKBW has an article and video
Buffalo News has a video
Joe Cascio has a gallery and a picture of the result announcement. (You would never know that Sonya had just eaten almost 5 pounds looking at the picture.)
WNYMedia has an interview with Joey Chestnut before the contest
update WIVB has a short article
SonyaTheBlackWidow has been updated with a contest report
4:16 Results announced
1) Sonya Thomas 4.86 pounds, record for 12 minute contest
2) Joey Chestnut 4.55
3) Bryan Beard 2.89
4) Eric “Badlands” Booker 2.84
4:04 The contest is over
3:52 The contest starts
3:46 Sonya walks through the crowd to enter the stage
The contest should start at 3:30 and can be viewed online.
SkunkPost has a video interview with Joey Chestnut.
Bertoletti breaks Black Widow’s Buffalo streak
update #2 SonyaTheBlackWidow.com lists Brian Subich as the #4 finisher
update Bill Myers has posted full results on his twitter
1st Patrick Bertoletti 5.26 lbs (finished in 5 Minutes 56 seconds)
2nd Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas 5.26 lbs in (7 minutes 31 seconds)
3rd “Buffalo” Jim Reeves 3.96 lbs (all subsequent times 10:14)
4th Eric “Badlands” Booker 3.5 lbs
5th Bryan “Big Sexy” Beard 3.46 lbs
6th Dave Solomon 3.28 lbs
7th Dave “US Male” Goldstein 3.1 lbs
8th “Big” Brian Subich 3.04 lbs
9th “Wild” Bill Myers 2.73 lbs
10th Mike Landrich 2.12 lbs
11th Andrew Kossuth 1.66 lbs
Pat Bertoletti’s victory ends Sonya Thomas Buffalo Wing Festival streak at 6 contests.
The Buffet Bowl at the Buffalo Wing Festival should start at 6pm and can be viewed online. The festival website has the contest roster.
Buffalo Spree has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in the Buffalo Wing Festival this weekend.
BuffaloWing.com has a roster of the expected entrants in the U.S. Chicken Wing Eating Championship. Three of the top 5 IFOCE are listed: Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas and Pat Bertoletti.
The facebook for the Buffalo Wing Festival announces that Joey Chestnut will compete in two contests on Labor Day Weekend. On Saturday, September 4, he will compete against teams of five amateurs in a contest sponsored by Pepto Bismol. On September 5, Joey Chestnut will try to break Sonya Thomas' streak of three wins in the United States Chicken Wing Eating Championship.
The Buffalo News reports that Man vs. Food will record at The Silo in Lewiston, NY tomorrow. update Buffalo News has a report on the filming. The other two Buffalo area restaurants in the episode will be the Riverstone Grill on Grand Island and Mick & Angelo's Eatery and Bar in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
The New York Times reports that 85 year old former New York City mayor Ed Koch ordered a 32 ounce steak in Buffalo called the Brontosaurus and quit after eating seven bites.
A Pepto Bismol press release announces that Joey Chestnut will compete against a team of amateurs at the San Francisco Street Food Festival and Buffalo Wing Festival. The SF Street Food Festival takes place on August 21, same as the gyoza contest in Los Angeles, so Joey Chestnut might not be able to win his fourth straight gyoza contest.
IFOCE.com announces registration for the two contests at the Buffalo Wing Festival Labor Day weekend will open tomorrow, July 30 at 1 pm eastern. Registration for the Isle Casino World Pickle Eating Championship in Pompano Park, Florida will open Monday at 2 pm.
WGRZ reports that Man vs. Food will record in two Niagara Falls restaurants in Canada this weekend. The challenge for the Niagara Falls episode will be the 48 ounce rib eye at the Riverstone Grill in Grand Island, NY. Buffalo News reports septuagenarian Marilyn Gratto has completed the challenge steak 8 times.
Shelby Kerin reports that Man vs. Food is recording in Buffalo, NY today. DazzleMeFormal confirms
Competitive goldfish eating “mockumentary” debuts
The Story of Furious Pete is not the only competitive eating film to debut at a Great Lakes film festival this month. Jared Mobarak has a review of Bad Fish a “mockumentary” about competitive goldfish eating which was screened on April 16 at the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival. The protagonists are members of NICCAGE (The National and International Community of Competitors in the Association of Goldfish Eating). The film includes footage from the Buffalo Wing Festival.
Sonya Thomas threepeats buffet bowl
Buffalo Buffet Bowl results
1) Sonya Thomas
2) Tim “Gravy” Brown
3) Sean Gordon
4) Russ Keeler
5) Jim Reeves
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Sonya Thomas threepeats in Buffalo, Bertoletti 4th
update Sept 6 The Buffalo News has another article
update #2 Buffalo News has a contest report and WNYMedia has a video
update George Shea’s twitter has full results
4:48 The results are being announced
1st Sonya Thomas
2nd Sean Gordon
3rd Tim Brown
4th Pat Bertoletti
The Buffalo Wing Festival has a webcast of the contest. Eaters have yet to be introduces.
The Buffalo News has a preview of tomorrow's wing eating contest at the Buffalo Wing Festival with quotes from several of the competitors.
The expected rosters for the Buffalo wing and buffet bowl contests are available on buffalowing.com.
Registration for the Buffalo Wing Festival contests on September 5 and 6 will open tomorrow.
The Buffalo News has an article about "Buffalo" Jim Reeves and his return to the Nathan's finals today.
Link Buffet: December 19, 2008
- Pictures from 2005 have been added to the Major League Eating flickr gallery
- Video clip about the Buffalo Wing Festival contest containing a Sonya Thomas interview
- Kobayashi highlight video clip
- Man vs. Food videos playlist on youtube
- Gal Sone and Tomoko Miyake have late birthday parties
Link Buffet: December 11, 2008
- Samples from Beautiful Brian’s remixed holiday CD are available on reverbnation
- Wendy’s Baconator eating contest held in the Philippines. There were three divisions: heavyweight men, lightweight men and women
- BeefJerky.com finds eating contest sanctioning fees too expensive
- Picture of Dale Boone receiving the 2003 IFOCE Rookie of the Year. Rich LeFevre and Crazy Legs Conti were the runners up
- Travel Channel clip about the Buffalo Wing Festival wing eating contest
- The “Acidic Jew” qualifies for the Wing Bowl by eating 10 lemons
- The youtube page hosting Wing Bowl 17 stunts
Link Buffet: October 25, 2008
- Val Bromman has a blog entry and gallery from a sandwich eating / Big Wheel riding contest judged by Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown
- Buffalo Wing Festival contest gallery from Matt Ventre
- Kobayashi has some pictures from Paul Barlow from the Birmingham Krystal qualifier on his blog
- Oyster Bay NY, oyster eating contest report
- Evansville, IN donut hole eating contest for charity
Link Buffet: September 4, 2008
- IFOCE pizza contest in Florida November 8
- Jill Stoler wins an office weight loss contest
- DelawareOnline hails “local fatty” Bob Shoudt
- JacksonvilleConifidential hails “local hottie” Hall Hunt
- Blog entry about the Buffalo Wing Festival
- Paul Barlow does another local promo contest
- Pawtucket, RI dumpling eating contest Saturday. Men’s and women’s divisions, $200 prize, $10 entry fee.
- Napoleon, Ohio hot dog eating contest Saturday, $100 prize
Furious Pete wins Sahlen hot dogs
A comment by Mike Landrich reports that “Furious” Pete Czerwinski won the Sahlen’s hot dog eating contest in Buffalo by eating 19 hot dogs using picnic style rules. A bodybuilding.com post and a contest video confirm Pete’s victory.
update WGRZ has an article about the contest
update #2 Furious Pete has posted a video
Bodybuilding.com forum thread about the contest. The third place finisher, BJ, is also a member of bodybuilding.com
Buffalo Buffet Bowl results thread
Buffalo Buffet Bowl results from a Mike Landrich comment:
1. Sonya Thomas
2. Juliet Lee
3. Badlands Booker
4. Jim Reeves
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