Someone claiming to be Jordan Lloyd, winner of the 11th season of CBS' Big Brother, is listed as having finished the 72 ounce steak at the Big Texan in Amaraillo, TX on May 8. Jordan appears to be the first female 72 ounce steak finisher of 2012. Jordan's boyfriend Jeff Schroeder, another Big Brother cast member, also finished a 72 ounce steak.
May 22, 2012 at 12:24 pm by
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"Cardboard Shell" answered questions about competitive eating and her Sudanese charity fundraising in reddit.com IAmA session yesterday. update May 19 A video of the contest on KFMA that "Cardboard Shell" competed in is available. May 18, 2012 at 11:12 pm by
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Get Stuffed TV is a new series focusing on bizarre international contests that will debut July 3 on OLN. The program will record an attempt at the the chicken fried steak challenge at Wine Country Casino & Restaurant in Lodi, CA on Friday. The only finisher displayed on the challenge facebook gallery is an unnamed woman. May 16, 2012 at 11:40 am by
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Meredith "Deep Fried Diva" Boxberger has produced a video about her trip to California to compete in the deep fried asparagus eating contest at the Stockton Asparagus Festival. May 16, 2012 at 12:14 am by
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"Cardboard Shell" has a blog entry about how her goal to eat more than 25 hot dogs at the Tempe, AZ Nathan's qualifier ties in with her efforts to raise money for Sudanese charity. May 15, 2012 at 5:44 pm by
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Ali Fedotowsky of The Bachelorette attempted the Pho Garden challenge in San Francisco with two other women (one succeeded.) May 11, 2012 at 7:51 pm by
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Simcoe.com has as short profile of Meredith "Deep Fried Diva" Boxberger (spelled "Boxburger" in the article). May 10, 2012 at 8:33 am by
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"Cardboard Shell" has uploaded a video of a Nathan's training session which begins with thank yous to the people who have donated to her Sudanese charity fundraiser. May 9, 2012 at 1:01 am by
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Meredith "Deep Fried Diva" Boxberger has produced a video about her first (and also last) place finish in the women's division at the Nathan's qualifier in Garden City, MI two weeks ago. update May 8 The Barrie Examiner has an article about Meredith, who was a figure skater for 15 years and now owns a Little Caeasar's Pizza franchise. She will be competing in the Hooter's qualifier in Detroit Saturday.
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Badlands Booker has uploaded a segment from the Travel Channel's Battles on the Beach about the 2004 lobster eating contest in Kennebunkport, Maine won by Sonya Thomas. May 7, 2012 at 7:59 am by
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The top 3 for the Legends Bar & Grill National Chicken Tamale Eating Championship held in Niagara Falls, NY: 1) Stephanie Torres 47 tamales 2) Eric Dahl 45 tamales 3) Craig Reed update May 6 Old Falls Street has a gallery May 5, 2012 at 8:57 pm by
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(via Darren Rovell) CrifDogClassic.com has a press release announcing that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in a hot dog eating contest at Roberta’s in Brooklyn on July 4. Other listed competitors are Stephanie Torres, Tom Gilbert, Johnnie Excel, Dave “US Male” Goldstein and Brad Sciullo. No prizes or qualifiers are listed; two entrants will be selected using reddit.com. The competition will be streamed on SI.com.
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"Cardboard Shell" is using her attempt to eat 25 hot dogs in the Nathan's Tempe, AZ qualifier (Sonya Thomas and Juliet Lee are the only women to eat more in a qualifier) to raise money for Sudanese schools and public healthcare. April 30, 2012 at 1:57 pm by
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The facebook for Carmie's Grill in Tiffin, Ohio announces that Stephanie Torres is the first person to finish its five pound burger challenge an receive and award of $300. (via email) update Apr 29 The Advertiser Tribune mentions Stephanie Torres finishing the challenge April 28, 2012 at 10:43 pm by
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April 28, 2012 at 6:20 pm by
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update Apr 30 The Las Vegas Sun has a gallery
update Apr 29 Haute Living has an article and NCAADave has a video
Men
1) Sean Gordon 30 HDB, defends Las Vegas qualifier title
2) Rich LeFevre 27 HDB, takes wild-card lead
3T) Juan “More Bite” Rodgriguez 22 HDB, MLE debut
3T) Ron Koch 22 HDB
Women
1) Juliet Lee 27 HDB, will compete in Nathan’s finals for 6th straight year
?) Mary Bowers 9.5 HDB, takes apparent lead in women’s wild card race
update 6:51 Winners have been announced. Sean Gordon has repeated as the male champion w/30 HDB. Juliet Lee is the female winner w/ 27.
The contest is about to start.
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Sun Sentinel has a preview of Sunday's contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL with quotes from Sonya Thomas. Defending champion Crazy Legs Conti and Bob Shoudt are also expected to compete. update Erik Denmark, Sean Brockert, Yasir Salem and Brian Seiken are also expected to compete. April 27, 2012 at 4:33 pm by
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Miki Sudo would probably be the top local female in tomorrow's Las Vegas Nathan's qualifier if she competes. The Las Vegas Sun has a list of six Nevada eating challenges, mentioning her as the recipient of a $1,510 payout after finishing the challenge at Pho 87 in December. She is not the first person to finish the challenge; Naader Reda, Matt Stonie and Stephanie Torres completed it, but had difficulty receiving payment due to an unlisted ban on "professionals." (video about challenge where Miki Sudo appears)
The $1,510 award is the largest eating challenge payout I am aware of and preserves a streak of all known eating challenge prizes greater than $1000 being awarded to women. Updated payout list available after jump. (Original list)
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update April 23 Video of Alex Loiselle and Pat Bertoletti
update The only other announced results are Ben Taylor and Craig Reed w/14 HDB.
Winners via eating contest twitter
Men Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti 37
Women Meredith “Deep Fried Diva” 17
The qualifier is expected to start at noon and is being held in conjunction with a celebration of Kmart’s 50th anniversary (the Garden City location was the first Kmart and is now 50 years old). Will Pat Bertoletti break 50 HDB in honor of the event?
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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. April 17, 2012 at 2:08 pm by
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MLE has a video of Sonya Thomas' victory at the first Hooters wing eating qualifier in Augusta, Georgia. April 13, 2012 at 5:10 pm by
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Meredith Boxberger, Benjamin Taylor and Craig Reed are expected to compete in the first Nathan's qualifier of 2012 in Garden City, MI on April 21. April 10, 2012 at 7:06 am by
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