from “Super” Paul “BoneBreaker” Barlow & sonyatheblackwidow.com:

Waffle House Waffle Eating Championship, Stone Mountain, GA
1. Joey Chestnut 22.5 waffles $5000, +4 from 2005
2. Sonya Thomas 21 waffles $1500, +3 from 2005
3. Chip Simpson 18? $1000
4. Hall Hunt 14
5. Larry McNeil 12
6. Crazy Legs Conti 11
7T Paul Barlow 10
7T Bubba Yarbrough 10
7T Eric Broe 10
? Shane Baker
? “The Hangman” Bruce Pobanz

Paul Barlow says an unknown eater matched Joey & Sonya in the first half of the contest up until about 11 waffles, then had a DQ.

It will be interesting to see what contests (if any) Sonya does before the Krystal finals. Sonya did not compete between Labor Day weekend and Halloween weekend last year.

Updated 9/4 9:45 am – A myspace blog entry has been posted about the contest. There are some videos if you are a myspace member.

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The results page of buffalowing.com says that Humble Bob Shoudt won the Buffalo Buffet Bowl eating contest (no other information is given)

Updated 9/4 5:33pm Results from Brian Seiken
1. Humble Bob Shoudt 5:25 needed to eat 5 lb food
2. Arturo Rios
3. Joe LaRue
? Erik Denmark
? Jim Reeves

Food items were 3 roast beef sandwiches 4 large buffalo chicken strips 5 empanadas and loads of chicken wings

Jammin’ Joe LaRue won most creative wing sauce for his apple chipotle chutney

A video of the last 45 seconds of Saturday’s contest is available

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The Cincinnatt Post has a brief report on yesterday’s Battle to the Bone contest held at the AVP Beach Volleyball tournament. Reno Bezzina of Waterford, MI won the contest.

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The Denver Post has a long profile of Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane which provides the origin of his nickname. Skinnyboy competed in yesterday’s kolache contest in Nebraska where he finished 4th.

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From IFOCE.com, Brian Seiken, Luther, City of Lewisville:

Buffalo Wing Festival
1. Chip Simpson, 158 wings
2T. Sonya Thomas 146
2T. Bob Shoudt 146
? Jim Reeves 108

Updated 9/3 9:18am The Buffalo News has an article about the contest which says the contest ran out of wings

The results were given as wings but I think the judging was based on pounds eaten

Lewisville TX Tamale Contest
1st place – Tim Janus, 51 tamales (world record)
2nd place – Rich LeFevre, 50 tamales
3rd place – Seaver Miller, 30 tamales

GoldenPalace.net World Kolache Eating Championship at the Nebraska State Fair, Lincoln, NE
1 Pat Bertoletti 44 Kolaches
2 Jason Erb 24
3 Frank Wach 22
4T David Amiel, Michael Netzinger and J. Varuch 19
7 Andrew Lane 18
8 Jason Smith 17

(Updated 9/3 5:32 pm – thanks Laura)

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The first round of the 2005 “Gluttonous King” contest televised on TV Tokyo has been uploaded to youtube. Natsuko “Gal” Sone avoided elimination by eating 6 grams more of bread than Miyuki Iwata.

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Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane caught a rerun of Carlene LeFevre on Food TV’s Unwrapped (originally broadcast in 2004) and managed to record the bulk of her segment and upload the clip.

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A Krystal press release says that Joey Chestnut, Crazy Legs Conti, Hall Hunt and Joe LaRue will appear at the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier. Hall Hunt will enter the 2 minute preliminary round. Fox30 has an article about the qualifier. “The Hangman” Bruce Pobanz is also expected.

A Buffalo Wing Festival press release says that Sonya Thomas will appear at the festival (but does not explicitly state she will compete in the contest) Bob Shoudt and Brian Seiken say they will attend on their websites.

An IFOCE press release says that the top three finishers in last years Waffle House contest: Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas and Pat Bertoletti are expected back in this year’s contest. “The Hangman” Bruce Pobanz will also compete.

Hall Hunt has withdrawn from the Lewisville tamale contest and a comment says he will be replaced by Rich LeFevre

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The Ledger Enquirer has a profile of Sgt. Aaron Cooper, who teaches combatives at Fort Benning after serving four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Cooper will compete in tomorrow’s Burritos for Life finals at the Georgia Tech vs. Notre Dame game.

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