Upcoming Seattle eating contests
| 2012 May 21 | Pie Eating Contest | Hattie's Hat | Seattle, WA | |
| 2012 Jun 1 | Doughnut Eating Contest | Frost Doughnuts | Mill Creek, WA | |
| 2012 Jun 9 | Jalapeno Eating Contest | Barrio Restaurant | Seattle, WA | |
| 2012 Jun 27 | Wing Eating Contest | Hell's Kitchen | Tacoma, WA | |
| 2012 Jul 3 | Cowpie Eating Contest | Lazy K's Pizza and Pasta | Carnation, WA |
| 16 in. pizza | The Kitchen Sink | Pizza Time | Port Orchard, WA | pizza has 16 toppings and weighs 3.5 pounds |
| hot dogs | The Gauntlet | The Red Hot | Tacoma, WA | |
| quadruple burger | King Lou Lou | Zippy's Giant Burgers | Seattle, WA |
Blue C Sushi in Seattle will hold a sushi eating contest. The finals will award $200 cash and six qualifiers will be held in March.
The BaconSalt twitter reports that Erik "The Red" Denmark ate 130 strips of bacon at his record attempt at the Bacathlon last night.
The Stranger has an interview with Erik "The Red" Denmark on the eve of his bacon eating record attempt at the Heaven nightclub in Seattle.
Seattle Weekly: Erik "The Red" Denmark will attempt to set the world record for bacon eating at the "Bacathalon" in Seattle on November 19.
The Seattle P-I has a blog entry about an attempt at the 12 egg "Southwestern Exposure" Omelet at Beth's Cafe.
Sound on the Sound has a report on Billy "The Fridge" repeating as champion at Top Pot's doughnut eating contest in Seattle.
Seattle Weekly has a preview of tomorrow's Top Pot Doughnut eating contest. Billy "The Fridge" will seek to defend his title facing off against 5 two-person tag teams consisting of a representative from a local record label and a spectator selected from the audience.
The Seattle Times has a list of Puget Sound area restaurants offering big meals including the famous 12 egg omelet at Beth's Cafe.
University of Washington javelin thrower Brooke Tighin claims she eats 7-8000 calories a day, which has enabled her to gain 23 pounds of muscle since starting college.
Burger Challenge news roundup
- The Black Bear Saloon in Milford, CT offers a 12 pound burger with a 5 pound patty – video
- Bull’s on Broadway in Kankakee, IL (suburban Chicago) has an “Imposi-bull burger” 5 pound burger challenge that is free if finished in under an hour
- Fattie’s Diner in Damascus, VA has a burger challenge (currently 6 pounds) which grows every time someone finishes it
- A new record was recently set in the 10+ Stack em High challenge offered by Burger Madness in Seattle
The winner of last week's spring roll eating competition, Paul Constant, has a long article about his victory and the training session with Erik Denmark that preceded it.
Q13 Fox Anchorwoman attempts 5 pound burrito
Lily Jang of Q13 Fox in Seattle attempted the 5 pound burrito from Taco Del Mar with a co-worker. Reportedly she finished in 47 minutes
update A video has been posted on q13fox.com
Billy the Fridge is another Seattle resident who completed the challenge
update #2 The Taco Del Mar facebook page has links to reports of 5 pound burrito attempts
Erik Denmark wants to attempt the challenge (he found a location offering the burrito all week)
Erik Denmark has blog entries about the funnel cake, the asparagus and the spring roll contest he attended last night as a spectator. The winner of the spring roll contest, Paul Constant, also has a blog entry.
Billy the Fridge has posted a recap of the donut eating challenge held during his Million Dollar Fantasy Freak Show last week.
Man vs. Food Feb 11 (Seattle) episode links
episode commercial | slideshow | Seattlest blog entry
- Beth’s Cafe Challenge Meal – 12 egg Southwestern exposure omelet
Home page Reviews: Citysearch | Yelp
Blog entry and forum thread about the recording at Beth’s Cafe
# 4 Listing on the Travel Channel’s World’s Best Places to Pig Out - Red Mill Burgers
Home Page | Reviews: Citysearch | Yelp
Blog entry about filming - Crab Pot
Home Page Reviews: Citysearch | Yelp
Link Buffet: October 30, 2008
- BeautifulBrian.com has a farewell address
- Cherry Pie & Cherry Pie Eating Contest winner costumes for sale on craigslist
- Skinnyboy has posted his health report
- Billy “the Fridge”, winner of a Seattle donut contest has joined WLOCE according to its myspace page
- Will Millender has posted a report about the Goya bean eating contest he wrote for his English class to his myspace blog
Link Buffet: August 25, 2008
- Colley Handspike wins Atlanta La Costena jalapeno eating contest
- Seattle clam contest report
- $100 awarded to finishers of 7 pound Frankenstein burger in Sikeston, Missouri
- Sonya Thomas adds 2 FAQs
- Article about Gal Sone’s nail salon, “Jill & Lovers”. One of Jill’s products is called “Jewnail”, presumably short for jeweled nail
- Takuya Yamamoto eats a 10 kg cake
Link Buffet: August 20, 2008
- Juliet Lee has an Ash Creek rib contest report
- Clam eating contest in Seattle Saturday, first prize is $100
- Ryan Nerz podcast interview in Conversations on the Road
- Furious Pete is doing marketing research on a Furious Pete hat
- A Washington Post article on the rise of college Food Studies programs reports that “Horsemen of the Esophagus” is required reading one course.
- The Wall Street Journal reports that Japanese convenience store chain Lawson announced an annual increase in same store sales of 13%. Gal Sone endorsed a line of meals for Lawson in May.
Link Buffet: August 1, 2008
- Myspace page for Billy “the Fridge”, winner of Saturday’s donut contest in Seattle
- Forest City, PA pierogi eating contest Saturday
- A more positive review of the MLE video game
- Long blog entry about the Singapore contest
- Bodybuilder / competitive eater Isabelle Turell wins a bodybuilding contest and gets engaged
Erik Denmark sets Guinness pepper records
Erik “the Red” Denmark reports on his attempts to set two Guinness pepper eating records at the Groz-with-Gas-a-Thon on Friday:
I was on the docket of guests that included a superstar lineup of Seattle sports stars past and present. I think I was able to entertain everyone who was in attendance by putting myself through some serious pain and establishing some pepper eating records that I am very proud of:
Guinness World Record Jalapeno Eating Results (1 minute):
26 Jalapenos (beats previous record of 16)
Habanero Pepper Eating Results (1 minute eating with no substances during and for 5 minutes following):
32 Habaneros (establishes new record)
A gallery and videos of the attempts are available.
Erik Denmark to attempt hot pepper records
Erik Denmark reports that he will attempt to break two pepper eating records today for jalapenos and habaneros at the 11th annual 950 KJR Groz-with-Gas-a-thon charity auction. The attempts will take place at Anthony’s on Pier 66 in Seattle around 5:00 pm PST and can be listened to at 950KJR.com.
Erik Denmark in local comedy TV show
Erik Denmark reports that he appeared in a local sketch comedy television show, Seattle Untimely:
Click Here to watch the most recent episode where I play a proponent of ‘supply-side economics’ in a competitive eating/political issue debate with Charlie Stockman, a proponent of ‘green economics’ with anchor, Charles Armstrong as moderator. The show turned out really well and it is damn funny.
Erik Denmark KOMO TV video available
(From Erik Denmark) A video clip of Erik Denmark’s appearance on Komo – TV’s Northwest Afternoon can be viewed at http://www.komotv.com/nwa/6410947.html?video=pop&t=a
Erik Denmark on local (Seattle) TV tomorrow
From Erik Denmark’s blog:
For those of you in Washington State, you can see me on the popular mid-day talk show, Northwest Afternoon on KomoTV (ABC)tomorrow – Thursday, July 18 at 3:00 pm PST.
During the segment I will answer questions from the hosts Kent and Natasha and we will have a one minute jalapeno eating contest.
Erik Denmark article in Seattle Times
The Seattle Times has a long article about Erik “the Red” Denmark with coverage of his victory at the Shea Stadium qualifier. Denmark had about $10,000 in travel expenses last year.
Rich Shea says he is unaware of any diabetic eaters, which would come as news to Pat Philbin.
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