The Guardian reports that a mince pie eating contest sanctioned by the IFOCE will be held at Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset on November 29. Sonya Thomas is expected to compete for the £1,000 ($1890) first prize.

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A gallery of Kobayashi at the lobster roll eating contest at the Phantom Gourmet Festival in Boston which I just discovered can be viewed at http://flickr.com/photos/travelingrhinos/sets/72157594301121345/

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The Chattanooga Pulse has an excellent writeup of Krystal Square Off III with a lot of interesting information.

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(This is not competitive eating related, but I thought it was too cool not to share)

(From Tuesday Morning Quarterback) Everyone reading this blog can be found on the small blue green dot between Saturn’s rings (as far as I know).


This picture was taken by the Cassini probe. Click on either picture to see the full sized photgraph.

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Dave “Megamunch” Shoffner has added an online comic about an office worker venturing into the world of competitive eating. This website is the topic of the current strip.

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UPI reports on the peperoncino eating contest in Albese in northern Italy. The winner, Franco Rotunno, managed 19.5 ounces of peppers in 30 minutes. Drinking water and wine and eating bread and potatos were allowed. The women’s division winner, Mariella Andreani, ate 8.8 ounces. Three Thais participated, making this contest perhaps the first with international representation in which the winner failed to eat more than an ounce per minute.

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A press release previewing the posole contest at the Sky City Casino in Acoma NM on November 18 is now available. The release does not list any eaters expected to attend.

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El Toro’s pictures of the Fry Bread contest at the Arizona State Fair can be viewed at Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane’s flickr site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lookatthis/sets/72157594364360900/

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Slashfood has a list of the world’s most expensive steaks. Mosts of the items are normal sized, but the most expensive steak is 20 pounds and costs $2,800. It is not stated if the steak is free for a diner who can finish it in a specified period of time.

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In a recent blog entry, Wing Tut expresses skepticism about the claims that Kate Stelnick and Lori Weiss are the only people to complete Denny’s 96er burger in under three hours. There is a good deal of evidence to support Denny’s claims that Lori Weiss did accomplish what the restaurant claims. Lori Weiss ate the three pound burger (5+ pounds with toppings) in 36 minutes at a contest recorded for the Food Network in 2002, setting a record (which I believe still stands based on megamunch’s picture of the recent finishers of that burger) The archived versions of Denny’s websites have two articles about that contest:

Lancaster New Era
Clearfield Progress

I am not sure if this contest was ever televised by the Food Network since I have not been able to find any information about the show it was on. If it was, Lori’s appearance might have been cut.

Lori’s conquest of the 96er last July was documented in a blog entry at
http://baxojayz.blogspot.com/2005/07/4th-of-july-weekend-dennys-beer-barrel.html (Surprisingly, the blogger claims that the record Lori was aiming to break was under 2 hours, when the official mark by Kate Stelnick is 2:54. I am not sure if there is a lower unpublicized record or if he just got confused.)

If Lori Weiss’ feats are hoaxes, they are extremely well constructed ones.

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Adweek reports that the “Mr. Hot Dog Eating Contest Contestant” ad won a prize at the London International Awards for copywriting in the radio ads category.

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There will be a wing eating contest between teams from Yale and Princeton before Saturday’s football game. The Broad Recognition blog has a response to the requirement that the teams must contain one female.

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Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has a report from his “sympathy meal” with the United Eaters of Pennsylvania in which he became the first person at his local Cheeburger Cheeburger franchise to eat 2 one pound burgers.

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Newsday reports that 2nd quarter earnings for Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs declined to $1.8 million from $3.1 million in 2005. No explanation for the decrease is provided in the article. Nathan’s did say that earning from continuing operations increased 14.1 percent to $1.5 million. Buisnesswire has more details about Nathan’s results.

updated Bob Shoudt says that the drop in Nathan’s non-continuing earnings is due to the sale of a parcel of land in 2005 and 2006.

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Natsuko “Gal” Sone attempted to eat 9 kg (20 lb) of noodles on Japanese television this weekend. It is not clear from the pictures if she finished them, but she appears to have come reasonably close if she didn’t.

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A team of three Michigan police officers has accomplished what Kobayashi could not in the Man vs. Beast Fox TV Special. The Lenawee Connection reports that the policemen finished 15 chili dogs before a bear named Lakota did. A team of three firefighters also competed. The bear was apparently not very interested in the chili dogs.

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The new poll asks who you think should be ranked #3 and #4 in the next IFOCE ranking. If you think someone else should be ranked that’s not in the choices, please list him or her in the comments. (A maximum of 20 choices are allowed per poll).

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Megamunch has a trip report and gallery from yesterday’s meeting of the United Eaters of Pennsylvania at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA. Ian “The Invader” Hickman, Pete “Broken Wing” Maurizio, Derek “Wing Tut” Payne joined Dave “Megamunch” Shoffner in attempting Denny’s giant burger. Megamunch attempted the 3 pound burger, while the others tried the 6 pound 96er. Ian Hickman ate the most, finishing over 2/3 of his megaburger, but the 96er finishers and 3 lb burger finsher plaques will not need to be updated following their visit. Congratulations to the UEPa for some great efforts.

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The site was down from about 2pm to 10pm eastern. My apologies for any inconvenience. Fortunately no comments or posts appear to have been lost as they were in the October crash.

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Cookie Jarvis’ appearance in a minor league basketball game last season makes the “Big 10” list in today’s Newsday.

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Tallahassee.com has a report on the Apalachicola (Florida) Oyster Festival with results for the oyster contests. Separate contests for men and women were held, and a woman Mel Tyler had the best overall performance with 196 oysters eaten in twelve minutes. Hyer Dement won the men’s contest with 190 oysters.

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A clip from a program about supersized entrees served by Japanese restaurants is available on youtube. Some meals are served in conventionally sized bowls with messy results. The construction of a Japanese megaburger weighing 2.7 kg (6 lb) and costing 3675 Yen ($31) is displayed. Natsuko “Gal” Sone, Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota and Takako Akasaka make a cameo in which they attempt a large bowl of noodles.

Updated R Suzuki has a blog entry about the telecast, which was apparently part of a quiz show. The Monster Cafe is the restaurant where the BIG baga can be purchased.

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The Slashfood food blog has a post about the Clinton Station Diner’s 105 pound “Eigth Wonder” burger which debuted last week.

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Berenice (Brazen) Baker has sent me the following request:

I’m a UK-based journalist and I’m planning an article that I hope will
promote a very positive image of competitive eating and also appeal to
people who wouldn’t normally read about the sport. I’d be very grateful if
you could put the word out on EatFeats for people to email me their
experiences.

Scheduled for the early months of 2007 when people might be slipping away
from their New Year’s resolutions, I want to talk about how people can
recover from overeating and return to healthy habits without feeling that
they’ve irretrievably fallen off the wagon. Who better than competitive
eaters to give advice about recovering from overindulgence?

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Super Paul Bonebreaker Barlow Jr. has a gallery from Krystal Square Off III and the post party.

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