Kobayashi has birthday greetings for Crazy Legs Conti:

Being young, the strong new member is present the large quantity, the veteran player one after another retires states.

[retsugusu] (Crazy Legs) is the key person who connects with the young player and new member and veteran player.

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Jason “Erbivore” Erb’s girlfriend Laura has a gallery of her boyfriend’s recent contests in her myspace blog

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Happy Chanukah to the Jewish readership of this site. TotallyJewish.com has an article about a party in which the largest menorah in London, England was assembled from legos. (It is not clear if it is the largest menorah in London overall or just the largest menorah made of legos 😉 ) During the party, a doughnut eating contest was held. The winner ate 10 doughnuts, a better showing than Hank “the Tank” had in his Wing Bowl stunt today.

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competitiveeatingevents has released the expected roster for the Chuck Full O Nuts cream cheese sandwich contest:

Arturo Rios, Jr.
Bob Shoudt
Crazy Legs Conti
Erik Denmark
Joey Chestnut
Juliet Lee
Justin Mih
Pat Bertoletti
Tim Janus
William Myers

The contest will be held December 20 at Madison Square Garden. A Knicks vs. Charlotte game will be held that day. I am not sure if the contest will take place during that event.

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The new poll asks what you think Sonya Thomas’ future in competitive eating will be following the controversial meatball contest in Atlantic City.

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The philly.com Wing Bowl page reports that Dave “The Dumpster” Moyer was allowed to change to a saltine stunt after failing to complete his original stunt of finishing a box of doughnuts. (Direct link to RealVideo file).

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Badlands Booker reports that Hungry & Focused III is available for sale from the IFOCE store in his myspace blog. Badlands describes his third CD:

H&F III is more than an competitive eating-themed hip-hop album, it’s a journey into making positive lifestyle changes in all aspects of my life. Produced by
13 year old music prodigy Brandon “OK Hip Hop” Booker and Loser’s Lounge musician Julian Maile, the album’s production is top notch as well as it’s lyrical
content. H&F III also features special guests Lil. Bran & Primo, The Godfather Hungry Charles, CrazyLegs Mom and many others. Album is available online at the IFOCE Store: www.ifoce.com , my website: www.badlandsbooker.com , you can listen to full songs off the album on my MySpace page: www.myspace.com/badlandsbooker , and coming soon to iTunes. Order your copy today and get Hungry & Focused!

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NYMag.com has a blog entry with some good pictures of last month’s turkey eating contest.

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Todd “The Butler” Yeates, who competed in the Arizona Fry Bread contest and the Posole contest, has started a blog at http://toddthebutleryeates.blogspot.com/ with galleries of those two contests.

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philly.com reports that Khalil qualified for the Wing Bowl by eating a turkey hoagie in 90 seconds, becoming the first unranked eater to successfully complete a Wing Bowl stunt.

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(from rvs889) AICE news reports that “Skinny” Scott Soifer and Dominick “Doginator” Cardo have both retired. Both Soifer & Cardo were originally members of the IFOCE. Soifer finished second in the infamous 2004 matzo ball contest and Cardo won the beef tongue contest in the 2002 Glutton Bowl. Let’s congratulate them on their competitive careers and wish them the best in their post-eating lives.

updatedDon “Moses” Lerman got 2nd in the 2004 matzo ball contest and Soifer was 3rd. The database has been corrected.

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nj.com has an article about Rob Peachey, who pressured WIP to allow residents of Salem County, New Jersey to participate in Wing Bowl stunts and qualifiers. For his qualifying stunt, Mr. Peachey will attempt to eat six sausage, egg, and cheese sandwiches from McDonald’s in 2 minutes and 50 seconds Tuesday, Dec. 19.

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610wip.com has a page about the first Wing Off Wing Bowl qualifier. “Gentleman” Jerry, a veteran of Wing Bowl 8, won the contest. Wing Bowl veterans Hungry Hebrew, Wing Tut (presumbably the Wing Tut of eastern PA), Dr. Slob and The Ox also competed.

Another Wing Off has been added:
Dempster’s Pub
Wednesday January 10, 2007
38 Pine St
Mount Holly, NJ 08060

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Brian Seiken has a commentary about Sonya Thomas that raises the possibility that the meatball contest last weekend was her final IFOCE event.

updated Brian has a brief interview with Cookie Jarvis focusing on his rivalry with Sonya Thomas.

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from mosesnes.com – Sonya Thomas’ record setting performance in mince pies last month makes Newsday’s top 10 list for sports. Don “Moses” Lerman has a scan of the article which has a picture of Sonya.

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In a comment to a supersizedmeals.com post about Bear Silber finishing a 20 inch 5+ lb. pound pizza in 37 minutes at Pizza and Pipes in Santa Clara, Bear Silber mentions that Joey Chestnut completed the challenge on Wednesday in 15 minutes.

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In his blog, Kobayashi says he will be travelling to New York City next weekend. He intends to see the Rockerfeller Center Christmas tree and visit with Tim Janus and Crazy Legs and Rona Conti. He apparently does not intend to compete in the Chock Full O Nuts cream cheese sandwich contest at this moment.

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With Micah “Wing Kong” Collins qualifying for the Wing Bowl by eating 3 lb 5.33 oz of baked beans in 43 or 48 seconds on Wednesday, I thought I would see how that performance compared to IFOCE record times for other amounts of baked beans:

Micah Collins 53.33 oz / (43 or 48 sec) = 1.24 oz / sec or 1.11 oz. /sec
Dale Boone 84 oz / 82 sec = 1.02 oz. / sec
Don Lerman 96 oz / 108 sec = .889 oz. / sec
Sonya Thomas 134.4 oz / 167 sec = .805 oz. / sec (thanks Luther)

The last two performances are in the IFOCE records. Dale Boone’s best performance is usually listed as 84 oz. in 1:52, but he ate that amount in 1:22 in Dawsonville, GA.

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ibnlive.com reports that Kurian “Theeta” Rappai of Thrissur, India died Saturday morning. The English translation of “Theeta” is big eater and he earned his nickname by forcing restaurants to drop their all you can eat specials. The article claims that Rappai once ate 15kg (33 lb.) of pudding in one meal. Reports of Rappai’s age vary. ibnlive says he was 65 while newindpress claims he was 63. Rappai retired from big eating this summer due to diabetes and other health issues. sarathc’s father knew Rappai and he describes the time Rappai exacted revenge on a buffet that charged prices different from what was listed on the menu.

updated The Peninsula has an article about Rappai stating he was 67. The life expectancy for Indians is 60 – 61 years.

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Don “Moses” Lerman reports that his foot tumor was successfully removed yesterday, but he will be off his feet for the next two weeks. Analysis on whether the tumor is cancerous or begign is upcoming.

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Controlled Labs, a bodybuilding supplement company, has sponsored eating contests for hard boiled eggs and cans of tuna. What makes their contests unique is they do not take place in a central location. Instead, competitors record their efforts and upload videos of their performances to youtube or Google video. A clock must be visible in the video at all times. Videos of the winning performances, 12 hardboiled eggs in a minute and 6.75 cans of tuna in 3 minutes are available on line. The company is currently seeking ideas for the food to be used in its third eating contest. Winners receive a year’s supply of Black Hole, an appetite enhancer that suppresses the impulse to feel full after eating a large meal.

The connections between bodybuilding and competitive eating are stronger than an outside observer would expect. Not only is Kobayashi an avid bodybuilder, several other top eaters including Tim Janus, Bob Shoudt and Chip Simpson are into weightlifting as well. It would be interesting to see if Sonya Thomas working out with weights would improve her eating ability.

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Kobayashi has posted a contest report and a trip report about Sunday’s mutton eating contest in Taiwan.

updated A Chinese language news clip of the contest is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YPvgD6BCBY Kobayashi ate using chopsticks.

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Brian Seiken has a preview clip from his Christmas show which will be released on December 22 at http://hometown.aol.com/beautifulbrian43/page9.html Guests include Pat Philbin, Bob Shoudt, Juliet Lee, Seaver Miller, Kevin Lipsitz and Rich LeFevre.

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The new poll asks what you think the top state in the US for competitive eating is. Use what ever basis you want, such as number of top ranked eaters, number of contests, amount of famous restaurant challenges, etc. Since the poll only allows 20 choices maximum, only the top 20 states in population are listed.

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PhillyEdge has an article about Bill “El Wingador” Simmons new restaurant. El Wingador To Go will be takeout only with no seating area.

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