The website for the Wilmington, DE Blue Rocks has a web page about the hot dog eating contest that will take place before their games. 5 qualifiers will be held throughout the season (one has already taken place). Qualifiers are 8 minutes long.

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Philly.com’s Inqlings page has a paragraph about Bill “El Wingador” Simmons’ establishment:

El Wingador’s To-Go – the eatery at Fourth and Girard backed by five-time Wing Bowl winner Bill “El Wingador” Simmons – is dark after only four months. Sign on the door mentions a temporary closing due to “unforeseen circumstances beyond our control” and expresses a hope to “reopen soon, possibly under new management.”

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From a Katherine Searight email:

I just wanted to say congratulations to Chip Simpson who graduated from
graduate school yesterday with his Doctorate of Physical Therapy. I guess all the
eaters will now have to call him Dr. Chipburger. Thought maybe you would want to
post it on eatfeats so he can get the recognition he deserves.

Thanks

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stuff.co.nz has an article about a Kentucky Fried Chicken Eating contest in New Zealand. Even though the contest was an informal affair not open to the public, it still drew criticism from public officials:

The event drew the ire of Waikato District Health Board officials who said it sent the wrong message at a time when the district and country were facing an obesity epidemic.

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The SomeBoys blog reports that Natsuko “Gal” Sone will appear in a play called “Sukedachi” in August with Matsuura Aya and Tokito Ami. Performances will run from August 5 to 14 and tickets will go on sale on June 17.

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The Japanese 2ch bulletin board is believed to be the world’s largest internet forum. Lisa Katayama (who wrote the wired.com article about Gal Sone) has an article about that website. This link (which also appears in the sidebar) will search for oogui (competitive eating) topics on that website and translate the results to English:

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The Plymouth State newspaper has an article about a hot dog contest held there. Jared Rennie won the men’s division by consuming whopping 12.5 dogs in 12 minutes, while Maria Crawford bested the other females with a mark of 11.5 hot dogs (Surprisingly, there were 7 entrants in the men’s adult divison, while 11 women over 18 competed. I wonder if there are any other women besides, Sonya, Carlene and Takako Akasaka to do the “half deuce”

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In addition to the 4 hours of eating contests to be rerun on ESPN2 tonight starting at 7pm eastern, CBS will rerun the competitive eating themed CSI at 9pm tonight that was originally broadcast on Thanksgiving weekend 2005.

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In a recent blog entry, Kobayashi reports on the results of a visit to the doctor in which he received a MRI. Fortunately everything appears to be in good shape. Kobayashi says his highest weight was 87 kg (191.4 lb)

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Skinnyboy recorded video of Pat Bertoletti’s and Rich LeFevre’s appearance on local television before the Las Vegas qualifier.

There is also a video of Rick “The Grizzly” Baird’s introduction.

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A website for the Nathan’s qualifier to be held at the Mall of America has been set up at nathansmoa.com. There is a gallery of last year’s qualifier.

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The East Hartford Gazette has a preview of the May 19 Nathan’s qualifier. Tim Janus and Tim Brown are expected entrants.

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(From “The Savage” comment)

There was a hot dog eating contest in tonight’s episode of the NBC comedy, “The Office”. watchingtheoffice describes the contest in their recap of tonight’s episode:

Next event, Michael had Pam cooks up hundreds of hotdogs for a hotdog eating contest. No one is really keen on the idea and in his frustration Michael finally reveals his plan. Whoever excells at these challenges will be the next regional manager. Stanley starts stuffing his face.
Stanley: “I would rather work for an up-turned broom with a bucket for a head than work for anyone else in this office besides myself. Game on!”

Creed walks up, “No one told me we were having hotdogs.” The fish he caught earlier is now only bones.

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jinryuichi reports that Yakkun Sakurazuka wants to fill the spot in Gal Sone’s group Gyaruru formerly occupied by Tsuji Nozomi. His thoughts on the possible new member:

If there is anything more bizarre than a fake-tan Tsujiji, is a rapper dude cross-dressing as a gyaru in a sailor school uniform and dancing Para para.

Original Japanese article translated

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HerosTv.com describes some sections of the upcoming “Simpsons” video game:

The Wii version will include a mini-game where Homer is in a eating contest and players must use the Wii remote as a spoon.

The level that was shown at the event was called “Around the World in 80 Bits” and featured Homer eating a bunch of ethnic foods (including the Insanity Chili Pepper from the “Vision Quest” episode) and growing into a huge, Katamari-esque, ball of lard.

Hopefully the mini-game will be more successful than the most recent Wii / competitive eating fusion.

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(Thanks Patrick Bertoletti) The Texas Observer blog has an entry about last Saturday’s BerryHill tamale eating contest won by Joey Chestnut with several pictures.

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In the most recent website update, I removed some eater links that were either private myspace pages or apparently abandoned blogs. Those links were removed because there was not much new information on them available to the general public and not because of issues with any of the removed eaters. Some of those links have been restored.

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Steakbellie has a writeup of last month’s Ultimate Eating Tournament in Myrtle Beach, SC. He also has a gallery of over 100 pictures from Myrtle Beach and South of the Border.

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The EATORF website lists 3 events on its upcoming contests page:

Sat. May 12 7 PM Duke’s in Peckville Steak and Cheese Pizza
Sat. May 26 5 PM Mickey Gannon’s in Scranton WINGS
Tue. June 12 7 PM McGrath’s in Dalton Texas Wieners

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MosesNews reports that today is Cookie Jarvis’ 41st birthday and also marks a period of 1 year since Jarvis retired from competitive eating.

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The location for the June 9 Charlotte Nathan’s qualifier has not been listed yet on the IFOCE or Nathan’s website, but the website for Concord Mills says it will take place at that site. Concord Mills is 10 miles northeast of Charlotte off I-85.

A haiku appears on an IFOCE website about the possibility of Boone and Steakbellie competing in that event. (It is surprising Steakbellie would travel south when there are plenty of qualifiers near Philly) Juliet Lee told Brian Seiken she intends to compete in Charlotte.

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plogbypavy reports that a profile of Wing Bowl participant Doug “Obi Wing” Petock appeared in a recent edition of the Villanova Times. Petock will be graduating from Villanova after seven years at that university. The article does not appear to be online, but a scan is available of the first part. The blog entry lists some of Petock’s eccentricities:

2. Carry’s a lightsaber at all times… He is a jedi knight defending the galaxy against any “challenger.” If he perceives you to be a challenger, you must duel him on Mendel Field. Last year on Halloween, a kid dressed up as Darth Vader… Big Mistake!

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WorldPictureNetwork has a good gallery of last Thursday’s Nathan’s qualifier in Las Vegas. The captions are quite good in regards to names, but unfortunately the only result listed is Pat Bertoletti’s winning amount. Robin Leach, formerly of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”, was a commentator.

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A new blog has been started called “Eat This Blog” at t-champ.blogspot.com. The objective for the blog follows:

This Blog will follow the numerous competitive eating contests throughout America as they happen, and explain how the “sport” and its “athletes” are becoming more popular in pop culture.

The most recent post has 13 instance of competitive eating in popular culture.

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(From megamunch) Dave “MegaMunch” Schoffner has proposed a format for reporting competitive eating contest results on his blog.

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