Canadian Eat This Book review
sportsnet.ca has a positive review of Eat This Book
Archive for 2006
Chicago Reader Pat Bertoletti profile
The current edition of The Chicago Reader has an excellent (and long) profile of Pat Bertoletti. The article includes an account of the assault on the Rockford Corner Bar’s chili dog record and calls Dale Boone “sort of Larry the Cable Guy of competitive eating”
15+ HDB performances by non-qualifiers
Following the jump is a list of all known performances of 15 or more hot dogs by eaters eligible for the July 3 qualifier. Dale Boone and probably some other southerners will be attending the ribs contest in Memphis.
Nathan’s finals odds announced
The onlinewire lists Nathan’s finals odds from pinnaclesports
The top 7 favorites are:
Takeru Kobayashi 1/4
Joey Chestnut 4/1
Sonya Thomas 13/1
Chip Simpson 36/1
Patrick Bertoletti 100/1
Bob Shoudt 100/1
Rich LeFevre 100/1
You can also bet on Cookie Jarvis at 150/1 if you think there is a chance that Cookie will compete despite his retirement and lack of qualification.
Chicago White Castle Slyder contest
A writer for the Herald News has an account of his participation in a Slyder eating contest for employees of the Chicago Sun Times newspaper family at White Castle. The winner ate 25 mini-burgers in a half hour.
AdAge on competitive eating sponsorships
Advertising Age has an article about the difficulties IFOCE has experienced obtaining mainstream sponsors like national fast-food chains.
Bacci Pizza contest July 29
Bacci Pizza in Chicago will be holding its 4th annual jumbo slice eating contest on July 29. It is possible that Bacci Pizza has dropped IFOCE affiliation since this contest does not appear on the IFOCE calendar and children are allowed to enter with parental permission.
George Shea podcast
justmyshow.com has a podcast of an interview with George Shea, chairman of IFOCE.
Wall Street Journal on Sonya Thomas
The Wall Street Journal has an article about Sonya Thomas’ training techniques. A subscription is required to read the full article. I am not sure if this article will appear in Thursday’s print edition or if it is online only.
Los Angeles hot dog contest July 2 with $500 prize
LA Weekly’s calendar lists a hot dog eating contest in Chinatown on July 2 with a first place prize of $500.
Cheap Seats to feature US Open of Competitive Eating
(Thanks Brian Subich) In Monday’s episode of Cheap Seats on ESPN Classic, at 7:30pm and 11:30 pm eastern, the Sklar brothers will offer commentary on the Alka Seltzer 2005 US Open of Competitive Eating.
Dale Boone to skip 2007 Atlanta qualifier for corndogorama
Creative Loafing has an article about the corndogorama contest Dale Boone won by eating 10 corn dogs in 5 minutes just 4 hours after he took third place at the Atlanta Zoo Nathan’s qualifier. Boone said he would skip next year’s hot dog qualifier to focus on corndogorama.
Updated June 28, 1:30 pm – Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough has sent me some pictures of Boone at corndogorama. He believes that Boone’s Indian secret is wearing motion sickness wristbands.
New Poll: Minimum amount to advance to Coney Island
Jed Donahue says that Nathan’s representatives told him that qualifier winners must eat at least 18 HDB to reach the finals in Coney Island. The new poll question asks what you think the threshold should be, if any.
Moe’s Southwest Grill to hold national burrito eating tournament
from fastcasual.com: Each Moe’s Southwest Grill franchise will host a burrito eating contest and crown a local restaurant champion, who will compete in burrito eating regionals. Winners from the 5 regions will compete in a national burrito eating championship in Atlanta September 2. The winner of that contest will receive a weekly free burrito from Moe’s for the next 55 years in addition to other prizes.
New Coney Island Nathan’s qualifier July 3
from IFOCE.com: a new Nathan’s qualifier will be held in Coney Island on July 3 to replace the Thailand qualifier that was cancelled due to storms. The contest will be open only to people who have competed in a qualifier in 2006 and Thai citizens.
Booker wins NYC Civil Service qualifier with 30.5 HDB
Thanks Brian Seiken
NYC Civil Service qualifier, South Street Seaport, Manhattan, NY
1. Eric “Badlands” Booker 30.5 HDB
2. John Sclafani 12.5 HDB (spelling updated 7/1)
3. Frank Fumanante 10 HDB
Booker turns in an impressive performance and indicates he is still a force to be reckoned with despite not having competed in many contests recently.
Updated June 28 12:53 pm – Digest has posted an interview with Badlands.
NBC11 Joey Chestnut video
NBC11 has a video clip, slideshow and article about Joey Chestnut’s preparation for the Nathan’s finals.
Doodle Burger updates online Wall of Fame
The Doodle Burger has updated its online Wall of Fame to list Tim Janus’ breaking his record last month. The Rockford Corner bar has yet to update its web site to list Tim’s performance in chili dogs in February.
Two AICE Reuben sandwich articles
The Lansing State Journal and the Kalamazoo Gazette both have previews of Pastrami Joe’s, of Marshall, MI, Reuben sandwich eating contest scheduled for July 15. Entrants will wear costumes similar to professional wrestlers outfits.
Hall Hunt officially awarded wild card, Erik the Red 2nd
Thanks Phenom – CompetitiveEatingNews.com announces that Hall Hunt has been awarded the Nathan’s wild card slot with an average of 18.625 HDB in 3 contests, Erik “the Red” Denmark placed 2nd with an average of 17.17 HDB.
Updated June 27, 3:14 PM Urban Honking has an interview with Hall Hunt
7:07 – Erik Denmark has a blog entry. He believes that skinless bratwursts were used instead of hot dogs.
Post minimization policy
In order to limit the number of posts and keep all the information about a contest in a single post, I am going to add new links about a contest to the post containing the contest results instead of making a new post for the new link. The sidebar has a list of recently modified posts to show which posts have been changed recently.
Joe Menchetti wins $5K in Boise rib eating contest
The Idaho Statesman reports that Joe Menchetti won $5,000 by eating 3 pounds of rib meat in 8 minutes at the Eagle Rib Shack’s rib eating contest at Boise Hawks field.
Updated June 26 2:41 pm the Startle Grams blog has a picture of the contest along with pictures of other eating contests held this weekend.
Updated 6:29
The contest had a $500 entry fee. A gallery of the contest is available.
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