http://eatfeats.com competitive eating news and database Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:13:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Beautiful Brian has uploaded the last episode of his television show to be hosted by hometown.aol.com Joey Chestnut ate 23 hot dogs in 5 minutes at his exhibition in Edmonton Barack Obama offers to judge a sweet potato pie eating contest Neurotic Pickle Eating contest held in conjunction with a New York City ... http://eatfeats.com/link-buffet-october-13-2008.html The Drake University student newspaper has an article about Katie Quattrini's attempt to make the Wall of Fame by finishing a 4 pound burger at Grandma Max's truck stop in Urbandale, Iowa in under an hour. The article is currently on the main page of the student newspaper's website. http://eatfeats.com/drake-u-co-ed-attempts-4-pound-burger.html update #3The Times of London has an article and a youtube video is available update #2 The New York Daily News has an article with a picture of all the competitors updateThe Urbanite blog has an entry about today's Famous Famiglia pizza eating contest in Times Square which lists the top 3: 1. ... http://eatfeats.com/famous-famiglia-results-thread.html update A video is available The Newark Advocate has an article and gallery about Pete Maurizio's victory at the Newark, Ohio Dickey's pork BBQ sandwich qualifier. The top 7 have been posted. The top 3: 1. Pete Maurizio, 11.25 sandwiches, $500 8 minutes 2. Mark Lyle, 10.50, $250 3. Kevin Kordalski, 10.25, $100 http://eatfeats.com/pete-maurizio-wins-newark-dickies-bbq.html Bloomberg.com has an article about competitive pumpkin growing which says that the Wallace pumpkin farm in Rhode Island received $10,000 from a Japanese game show for hosting a pumpkin eating contest. http://eatfeats.com/ri-pumpkin-farm-received-10k-for-us-vs-japan-contest.html BeautifulBrian.com has reposted the "Bits & Pieces" from five years ago. Brian had the following information about Dale Boone: At the Pelmeni contest last month i couldnt understand why Badlands walked away from Dale Boone after Boone gave him a friendly pat on the back. Badlands had explained to me ... http://eatfeats.com/october-2003-bits-pieces-reposted.html The Van Duzer Foundation's website has the following announcement: That's right, the Van Duzer Foundation is teaming up with the one and only International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE) to host THE BATTLE AT THE BIG APPLE! Featuring world-class competitive eaters, the likes of Joey Chestnut, who stunned the world twice ... http://eatfeats.com/nov-9-ifoce-fort-pierce-fl-pizza-contest.html Crazy Legs Conti is a guest on the "Fat Guys at the Movies" podcast co-hosted by Kevin Carr. (His segment begins around the 34 minute mark.) Crazy Legs mainly talks about his movie watching record attempt, but he does reveal some unconventional attire he wore during a Johnsonville bratwurst contest. ... http://eatfeats.com/crazy-legs-on-fat-guys-at-the-movies-podcast.html A list of this weekend's contests follows after the jump. Independent contests with notable prizes: Oct 10 Jalapeno contest, Greenville, SC $600 total purse Oct 11 Cranberry Pie Eating contest, Fort Langley, BC, Canada, first prize is Vancouver Canucks tickets Oct 12 Wing Eating Contest Raleigh, NC, first prize is a trip to ... http://eatfeats.com/october-10-12-2008-calendar.html Picture of Juliet Lee at the Nashville qualifier Favorite KSO V pictures at Krystalist Kobayashi has some pictures from the Krystal Square Off on his blog Tomoko Miyake has posted a FAQ using questions sent by her fans (Her favorite baseball team is the Hanshin Tigers) Craigslist posting about Raleigh, NC wing contest Sunday http://eatfeats.com/link-buffet-october-10-2008.html