Eaters interested in qualifying for the 2007 Nathans’ finals should definitely consider appearing on Brian Seiken’s video podcast to boost their chances. 6 primary guests attempted qualification and 4 succeeded, including first-timers Pat Bertoletti and Brian Subich. Here is the list of interviewees:

#1: Ed “Cookie” Jarvis – did not attempt to qualify
#2: Ray “The Bison” Meduna – did not attempt to qualify
#3: Pat Bertoletti – qualified
#4: Allen “Shredder” Goldstein – qualified
#5: Don “Moses” Lerman – failied to qualify
#6: Charles Hardy – did not attempt to qualify
#7: Kevin Lipsitz – did not attempt to qualify
#8: Tim Janus – qualifed
#9: Brian Subich – qualified
#10: No official interview
#11: Dale Boone – Failed to qualify

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Thanks Brian Seiken

LI Ducks Nathan’s qualifier
1. Allen “Shredder” Goldstein 21.5 HDB
2. Kevin Basso 13 HDB

no ranked eaters other than Goldstein competed according to Seiken.

Updated June 27 3:18 pm – Urban Honking has an interview with the Shredder

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Kobayashi has a post about his favorite athlete on his blog, who also possesses a long winning streak in the most prestigious event in his sport.

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from megamunch & steakbellie

1. Humble Bob Shoudt – 9+ pounds 8 minutes ($2000 prize)
2. Tim “Eater X” Janus – 8+ pounds ($500)
3. “Cincinnati Kid” Nathan Kunce 5.5 pounds ($100)
4. Crazy Legs Conti – 5.4 lbs
5. Brian Subich – 5 lbs range
6. Micah ‘Wing Kong’ Collins – 4.9lbs
7. Steakbellie – 4.6lbs

Brickhouse Braunstein looked to be 2 slices into his second pie (2.6 lbs pie)

Dave Shoffner, the author of megamunch, ate 2 lb. 7 oz.

Dave Shoffner also has a flickr gallery of the contest

Amateur Contest
1. “gooey” Sean Gordon 3.75lb ($250 gift certificate)
2. Chris “the hunk” Brunk 3.5lb
3. Intimidater” JD Slater 3.1 lb

results updated June 25, 4:37 pm

updated 11:18 pm Steakbellie has a gallery also, and wonders why Dave Shoffner’s galleries lacks any pictures of Eagles cheerleaders

Updated 6/30 6:09 pm Steakbellie has posted a blog entry about the contest

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From dailypress.com

16th Annual Virginia State Harley Davidson Owners Group Rally, Lynchburg, VA

Sonya Thomas 60 biscuits in 8 minutes
Badlands Booker 42 biscuits

Updated 9:55 The Lynchburg News Advance has an article about the contest

11:16 USA Today has an AP article and picture of the contest

Updated June 25 9:14 pm, WDBJ7 has a video of the contest

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From IFOCE.com

Atlanta Zoo
1. Pat Bertoletti, 33 HDB
2. Sam Vise, 20 HDB
3. Dale Boone 18 HDB
4. Hall Hunt, 17.5 HDB

Daly City (suburban SF)
1. Jed Donahue, 19.5 HDB
2. Erik Denmark, 19 HDB
3. Ron Koch ?

The minor league baseball game in Long Island has been postponed, but the Nathan’s qualifier will still be held

Updated 9:15 Larry McNeil has posted some pictures in a buffet forum thread. Pat hung Boone in effigy. Here are some thumbnails of The Legend’s pictures:

Updated 6/25 7:09 am – BAE has a blog entry and some pictures on her myspace page

4:39 Mike Wooldridge has a flickr gallery of the San Francisco qualifier

5:27 Liz & Krista have a Jed Donahue interview up. Jed previously competed in the 1999 Nathan’s finals.

Updated June 26 12:25 am – Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough has uploaded two videos of the contest to youtube: Video #1, Video #2

6:32 pm – Urban Honking has an interview with Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough about the contest.

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In this blog entry, Baxojayz says he witnessed Lori Weiss complete Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 15 pound Belly Buster burger in about two hours. Last year, he said she finished the 11 pound 96er. I have sent a comment to Baxojayz, but it has yet to be approved or answered.

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The Whaler announces that he has decided to start supporting Joey Chestnut. Read why.

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I have finally updated the blog’s sidebar and the list of links found on it. Please let me know if I have omitted any links related to competitive eating and I will add it.

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Molly Pitcher Rest Area results

From “eater” & Brian Seiken & IFOCE.com

Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin with 22.5
Allen “Shredder” Goldstein with 20.5
Arturo Rios 15.5
“Beautiful” Brian Seiken 12.5 officially retired from Nathan’s after contest
Don “Moses” Lerman reversal

This wackbag thread has results and pictures

Updated 7:05 – The Courier Post has an AP article about the contest

NoFilterPaul has some pictures and a video on his myspace page

Updated June 24, 2:31 pm Brian Seiken has a writeup with some pictures of the contest

Updated 6:28 pm Krista has an interview with Philbin for Digest

Ed Catlett has a gallery of the qualifier

AP photos has a picture of Philbin and Lerman

Updated June 26, 7:15 pm – Philbin’s win makes a Japanese blog

Updated June 28, 1:29 pm – Moth has a flickr gallery of the contest

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OC Weekly has an article about Anaheim resident Merwin Barrientos’ completion of a 26(patties)x26(cheese slices) sandwich from In N Out Burger. He had to finish his meal at an outside table because the restaurant closed before he could complete it. Like Kate Stelnick, Barrientos does not intend to use his successful consumption of a megaburger as a springboard for a competitive eating career.

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LancasterOnline has a preview of tomorrow’s Shoo fly pie eating contest. Brian Subich will see if his momentum from qualifying for Nathan’s continues.

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Now that Kobayashi has started a web site, there are 6 eaters in the IFOCE top 20 who lack a home page, blog or myspace site. The new poll asks which eater should be the next to start a web site.

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Mike Woolridge of the UC Berkeley School of Information has written a paper titled Comparing Apples and Oranges: Normalizing Competitive Eating Records across Food Disciplines, which calculates and compares the rates of ingestion for 23 records on the IFOCE website.

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Thanks steakbellie, who has already written a blog entry about the contest

QVC Nathan’s qualifier results

1. Seaver “The Achiever” Miller – 21.5 HBD’s
2. Buffalo Jim Reeves – 20
3. Steakbellie – 18
? Super Paul – ?
? Justin Mih – ?
? Brandon “Thunder Lips” – ?

I will check the recording I made of QVC and see if there is any coverage of the contest.

Updated June 23, 2:08 pm
Steakbellie has uploaded his gallery to flickr

Liz has an interview with Seaver Miller at Digest

I did not see any coverage or even mention of the contest when I watched the recording of QVC. Nathan’s hot dogs were one of the products on sale during 11am-noon yesterday.

5:39 pm KYW has a brief article about the contest

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As of 12:30 pm, “Horsemen of the Esophagus” was being prominently advertised in the sports / athlete gossip blog Deadspin

Updated 11:27 pm Here is the NY Times review that Jason Fagone took offense to.

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The News & Advance has a preview of Saturday’s Virginia Ham biscuit contest in Lynchburg, VA. Sonya Thomas and Eric “Badlands” Booker will compete against twelve of the best Harley riding eaters in an 8 minute contest.

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The Hungover Gourmet has a blog entry about meeting Sonya Thomas at the eBay conference in Las Vegas.

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Creative Loafing has a paragraph about Saturday’s Nathan’s Hot Dog qualifier at the Atlanta Zoo. Spectators for that event must pay for admission to the zoo ($13.99 – $17.99). The article inaccurately claims that the three ranked Georgia eaters expected to compete are 19 or under.

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Urban Honking announces that its report on the Nathan’s finals on the Fourth of July and all subsequent competitive eating coverage will move to True Fan, Urban Honking’s sports blog.

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(Thanks Ian Hickman) The video for the song “Round and Round,” which appears in the soundtrack for The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, sung by Far East Movement has a headband-wearing Kobayashi impersonator, along with brief scenes of a female hot dog eating contest.

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Brian Seiken has uploaded his television show featuring a phone interview with Dale Boone. Boone questions the legitimacy of the achievement’s of the IFOCE’s college age stars. Most of the second half of the interview consists of a rant about Crazy Legs Conti which is not suitable for children. Boone announces that he is going to be writing a diet book about his regimen in India which resulted in a massive weight loss.

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The Battle Creek Enquirer has an article about next month’s AICE Reuben Sandwich eating contest to be held at Pastrami Joe’s Deli in Marshall, MI, which has made a web page for that event.

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Businesswire has put out a press release publicizing Friday’s Nathan’s qualifier at the Molly Pitcher rest area on the New Jersey Turnpike. The qualifier will be part of Spotlight on NJ, a “summer celebration of the Garden State’s diversity, energy, and charm”.

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Liz has uploaded interviews of the 1st and 3rd place finishers, “Humble” Bob Shoudt and “Beautiful” Brian Seiken, at Sunday’s Shea Stadium Nathan’s qualifier.

Updated 9:24 PM – The Chip Simpson interview has been appended to the Pat Bertoletti interview.

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