The third Isle Biloxi Peanut Butter & Banana Sandwich Eating World Championship was held a year ago on January 7, 2012. The fourth edition was tentatively scheduled for January 5, 2013. That contest was obviously not held this past weekend, and its non-recurrence will extend a streak of MLE events held 11-15 months ago that have yet to be brought back.
There are twelve competitions listed on www.ifoce.com/contests.php?more=1 between October 15, 2011 and February 11, 2012. It does not appear that any of those contests will take place in Fall/Winter 2012/13. More than 365 days have elapsed since ten of the events were last held. February 2012 had two competitions of CP Biggest Eater, a circuit that has yet to be renewed for 2012-13. Looking further down the calendar, the facebook for TooJay’s Deli announced in November it intends to bring back its St. Patrick’s Day corned beef sandwich eating contest.
Those 12 events have five sponsors: CP Brand, Isle of Capri casinos, Cafe Martorano, Wild Turkey & Jake Melnick’s. Steve Martorano announced he intends to return his meatball eating contest to its original site of Las Vegas in the fall. I have not seen any plans for future competitions from the other four sponsors.
Going by the eatfeats calendar, the non-recurrence streak is at 22 competitions since the CP Biggest Eater events are listed as three separate contests (men/women/professionals). That listing follows after the jump:
| 1 |
2011 Oct 15 |
I |
World Moon Pie Eating Championship |
Lady Luck Casino |
Caruthersville, MO |
| 2 |
2011 Oct 22 |
I |
CP Biggest Eater qualifier – men |
Orchard Central |
Singapore, Singapore |
| 3 |
2011 Oct 22 |
I |
CP Biggest Eater qualifier – professionals |
Orchard Central |
Singapore, Singapore |
| 4 |
2011 Oct 22 |
I |
CP Biggest Eater qualifier – women |
Orchard Central |
Singapore, Singapore |
| 5 |
2011 Oct 22 |
I |
The Isle Bettendorf Maid-Rite Sandwich Eating World Championship |
Isle Casino Hotel Bettendorf |
Bettendorf, IA |
| 6 |
2011 Nov 6 |
I |
Battle Of The Bhut XXX Wing Eating Championship |
Jake Melnick’s Corner Tap |
Chicago, IL |
| 7 |
2011 Nov 12 |
I |
Isle Casino Racing Pickle Eating World Championship |
Isle Casino Racing |
Pompano Park, FL |
| 8 |
2011 Nov 19 |
I |
CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – men |
Melbourne Central |
Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| 9 |
2011 Nov 19 |
I |
CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – professional |
Melbourne Central |
Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| 10 |
2011 Nov 19 |
I |
CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – women |
Melbourne Central |
Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
| 11 |
2011 Nov 22 |
I |
Wild Turkey 81 Eating World Championship |
The TimesCenter |
Manhattan, NY |
| 12 |
2011 Nov 27 |
I |
CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – men |
Plaza Hollywood |
Hong Kong, China |
| 13 |
2011 Nov 27 |
I |
CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – professionals |
Plaza Hollywood |
Hong Kong, China |
| 14 |
2011 Nov 27 |
I |
CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – women |
Plaza Hollywood |
Hong Kong, China |
| 15 |
2011 Dec 10 |
I |
Martorano’s Masters Meatball Eating Championship |
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino |
Hollywood, FL |
| 16 |
2012 Jan 7 |
I |
Isle Biloxi PB&B Sandwich Eating World Championship |
Isle Biloxi |
Biloxi, MS |
| 17 |
2012 Feb 4 |
I |
CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – men |
Siam Discovery |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| 18 |
2012 Feb 4 |
I |
CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – professionals |
Siam Discovery |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| 19 |
2012 Feb 4 |
I |
CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – women |
Siam Discovery |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| 20 |
2012 Feb 11 |
I |
CP Biggest Eater Finals – men |
Siam Paragon |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| 21 |
2012 Feb 11 |
I |
CP Biggest Eater Finals – professionals |
Siam Paragon |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| 22 |
2012 Feb 11 |
I |
CP Biggest Eater Finals – women |
Siam Paragon |
Bangkok, Thailand |
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Rhonda Evans said (Registered March 6, 2008)
January 7, 2013 @ 1:02 pm
As much as I enjoyed watching the Wild Turkey 81 contest, I have to agree with Jo Rose on one thing: That bourbon tastes awful—-like rubbing alcohol. The WT 101 is much better. So, I can very well understand why that contest wasn’t renewed. WT81 can’t be a good seller.
anonymous said
January 7, 2013 @ 2:10 pm
He is a criminal and should not have been allowed in that contest
anonymous said
January 7, 2013 @ 2:18 pm
You reap what you sow when referring to the PB& Banana . Sponsor had a bad attitude. Downfall was expected sooner or later
Anonymous said
January 7, 2013 @ 2:24 pm
I don’t think this is very surprising. CP invested a huge amount of money in their contests. It’s understandable if they’re not signing on for another contest or if they’re taking their time deciding whether to sign on for another contest. The Isle hosted contests for several years. Eventually they had to walk away and try something different, especially when you consider the recent sale of the company. Sponsors always come and go. Just because a handful of departures happened to be bunched up together doesn’t mean a whole lot.
anonymous said
January 7, 2013 @ 3:00 pm
They are not real sponsors with real money backing which is why they do not last very long .As long as MLE has Nathans they need not worry about anything else. The rest is just gravy although they could have made a concerted effort to try and work something out with Krystals. That was huge
Anonymous said
January 7, 2013 @ 4:38 pm
This means that poor Sam Barclay will be on the phone calling every restaurant on MLE’s contact list looking for sponsorship, like the Five spot, Downtown Atlantic Cafe, Peter’s clams, etc. Expect small purses and maybe even the return of the Title Rally. Feels liks IFOCE in 2003 all over again.
anonymous said
January 7, 2013 @ 4:58 pm
George Shea is already hinting title rally on twitter with Larell
anonymous said
January 7, 2013 @ 5:00 pm
Sam wont be on the phone . They hire cold callers for $7 per hour to take care of that if they keep them that long
Rally Car Wax said
January 7, 2013 @ 8:40 pm
I loved those title rallies!
anonymous said
January 7, 2013 @ 8:42 pm
$7 an hour is decent money. . I made $4 in 1980
anonymous said
January 8, 2013 @ 1:08 am
The proposed title rally between Allen Goldstein and Coondog Okarma in bologna would have been interesting. Instead they picked a guy off the street Gus Shaeffer
Anonymous said
January 8, 2013 @ 11:55 am
1:08 am, this seems a pretty obscure comment with no dates and no points of reference. Very inside something. If you want to post something like that for fans, please tell us more. Well maybe at 1:08 am you were about to retire.