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BeautifulBrian.com has an article about Pat Philbin’s first IFOCE contest since his suspension and reinstatement.

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Charlotte (Concord Mills) results from IFOCE.com:

Hall Hunt 28.75 HDBs
Juliet Lee 28 (best ever debut by a woman)
Tim Brown 25
Pat Bruss 23.5
Super Paul Barlow 10
Kevin Carr ?
Juris Shibayama ?

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AICE News reports that it will sanction the 30 inch hot dog eating contest to be held during the June 21 session of the New York Food Film Festival. “Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating”, a documentary starring Crazy Legs Conti, will be screened that evening and Conti will be present to answer questions about the film. Joe Menchetti is expected to defend his title.

AICE News also reports that “Swallow Your Pride” will be screened, but the Wing Bowl 13 documentary does not appear on the festival schedule.

update The schedule has been updated and “Zen” and Conti’s Q&A have been removed. “Swallow Your Pride” will most likely take its place

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The website for Concord Mills says that the Nathan’s qualifier will be held in the parking lot for AMC Theaters

Charlotte.com’s calendar (which has a picture of Hall Hunt who is described as a “steadfastly Christian eater”) says the contest will take place in the food court. The entry also mentions Juliet Lee and Erik Denmark (who will presumably not be attending)

IFOCE.com & nathansfamous.com provide no Charlotte site information at all.

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CE News reports that “rumors” exist Jed Donahue will be suspended.

The new poll asks how much prize money in a non-IFOCE event would you need to risk an IFOCE ban if you were an IFOCE member ranked outside of the top 10.

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R Suzuki has a blog entry about an article in the Japanese newsmagazine Weekly Today about Kobayashi which quotes his manager: (automatically translated)

According to Kumi tail Seki of the manager, The mother the dying/fleeing paragraph, Kobayashi presently is activity inactive “in March. You heard that either training has not done. There is no communication yet from this person concerning the conference participation of next month, it is undecided”

The article also says that Kobayashi spends 150,000 Yen ($1,233) on bodybuilding supplements each month.

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Megamunch received the Shoo Fly Pie prize breakdown (and a notice that he is on standy status for that event) which follows:
1st ($4,000), 2nd ($2,000), 3rd ($1,500), 4th ($1,000), 5th ($750), 6th ($500), 7th ($250)

There will also be an amateur contest.

Over the past three years the purse of that contest has increased from a $500 shopping spree, to $2,600 to $10,000

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(From theOnlineWire) Pinnacle.sports has posted their odds on Kobayashi winning the Nathan’s finals and the over/under on the winning amount:

Tue 7/3	Will Takeru Kobayashi win?
12:00 PM	101 Yes	-102
	102 No	-114
Tue 7/3	How many hot dogs will the winner eat?
12:00 PM	103 Over	57 hot dogs -141
	104 Under	57 hot dogs +125

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Gersh Kuntzman has written an article for the Brooklyn Papers about Joey’s record breaking performance in Tempe another how air conditioning benefited his performance. There is also a cartoon about the feat.

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Erik “the Red” Denmark has posted a report from his victory at Sunday’s Shea stadium qualifier along with a link to a flickr gallery of the contest.

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According to AICE News, eaters who have competed in any previous eating contest will not be able to compete in any Backyard Burger qualifier, but they can get a slot in the finals by submitting an application:

Reminder: there will be five slots for pro eaters at the finals. Food Warriors must contact Arnie Chapman and make a case why they deserve a bye into the finals. Please site your eating accomplishments. Pro Eaters should also include a statement regarding their extreme dislike of mini burgers and how their participation in the national championship will help end the “mini-burger” epidemic that our country is currently facing. If you wish to enter a qualifier as an Amateur Eater you must not have more than one speed eating contest under your belt; this does not include eating challenges.

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(from noaphex) LiveLeak has a one minute video of footage from Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier at Arizona Mills at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=01d_1180994817

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From NY Daily News:

WE (Women’s Entertainment) will usher in the June 17 premiere of the fourth season of “Bridezillas” with a ferocious wedding-cake eating contest in Times Square Tuesday at 8 a.m. Brides, bring your forks!

More on the contest and entry information can be found on plj.com First prize is $25,000 towards a dream wedding.

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(From AICE news) TimesLeader.com has a picture with a caption of the pierogi eating conest held at the Nanticoke Music Festival won by Carey Poehlmann.

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Actor Ryan Reynolds has written an anti competitive eating post for the HuffingtonPost which claims the current record is 49 hot dogs in under 12 seconds. Don Lerman is the only eater listed by name.

updated The entry is basically a copy of a post from Ryan’s myspace blog (now set to private) from last year which targeted Pat Bertoletti instead of Don Lerman

http://technorati.com/posts/tag/%22Mustafat%2BOsmana%22?page=3

See http://www.bebo.com/Blog.jsp?MemberId=3826440174 for the entire post

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IFOCE has released its updated point standings. Apparently the TripRewards wing contest was a 50 point event. The top 10 in that listing matches the results in the eatfeats database:

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(From Liz K) Happy 22nd to Pat Bertoletti.

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Here is a list of people I believe will enter Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier at Concord Mills near Charlotte, NC. Please inform me of any others, and correct those who will not be attending:

Juliet Lee
Hall Hunt
Kevin Carr
Super Paul Barlow
Jeff Chapman http://fiset35.blogspot.com/

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From EATORF.com calendar:

Sat. June 9 @ 1 PM Lake Ariel Hose Company, Lake Ariel, PA Chili Wimpees, $10 entry fee, $100 first prize
Tue. June 19 @ 8 PM McGrath’s in Dalton Texas Wieners

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(from blog.miyaketomoko.com) Takuya Yamomoto, 2005 “Gluttonous King” champion (and 2006 runner up), has started a blog at takuyashirusu.jugem.jp The subject of a recent entry is Joey Chesnut’s breaking of the Nathan’s record (automatically translated):

Becoming great thing, don’t you think? it increases, yesterday, you knew with the friend and the net now morning saw with news it is, but rather the head bad record coming out, the better seed [e] (ã‚œQ.) They are 59 these [tsu] [te] [aho] in 12 minutes. Kobayashi this time considerably with [yabai] the shank (the â–½;)Finally alternation of generation??
Kobayashi being defeated privately, desired it is not, it is, but seriously so is.
Production pleasure and ~

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The LAist blog has a report from this morning’s donut eating contest at Randy’s Donuts held to promote the DVD release of CHiPs. James Donohue won the contest, finishing his 18 donuts before any other eater could finish a dozen. A contest video and post contest interview with Donohue are available.

update CelebrityMound has some pictures

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NY Times blog entry, currently 29 comments (Liz’s youtube video is embedded)
Vallejo Times Herald article
Skinnyboy’s Tempe travelog

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Gothamist has an interview with Guardian Angels founder and talk radio host Curtis Sliwa. In addition to the opening of a Guardian Angels chapter in Cape Town, South Africa, stickball, and his hatred of Manhattan, Sliwa also discusses his competitive eating history:

Let’s switch focus from the Guardian Angels to competitive eating. How did you become a world champion pickle eater and do you have any plans to return to the world of competitive eating?

I established the world record one year at one and three quarter pounds. The contest took place on the lower East Side of Manhattan. I had done it because I was recovering from gunshot wounds that were inflicted on me by John Gotti Jr’s goons in the summer of 1992. One of the remedies was liquid penicillin- chicken soup. It came from the second avenue deli. The owner, Abe Lebewohl, would send it over each day and even inquire about my health. Unfortunately, he was the victim of violent crime. He was held up at gunpoint, shot, and killed. He had asked me to participate in this contest to represent the lower east side. I could barely consume solid food at that time and I had agreed. That was the first big solid food I’d had, which might be how I was able to set the world record, but I’d also won the contest three times after.

Unfortunately, I’ve suffered gastronomical depression. My head has revolted against my stomach. The stomach wants to continue but the mind has reached a wall. In my last pickle competition, I was so weak that I didn’t even place into the show. I placed third one year at the 4th of July Dirty Water Hot Dog Eating Contest at Nathans, with 16 hot dogs in 12 minutes. That was back in the late 90’s. Now that wouldn’t even qualify you to get into the contest. So, the world of competitive eating has passed this older timer by.

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On Covers.com, SportsBook.com has posted the following odds for the Nathan’s finals:

Takeru Kobayashi 1-1
Joey Chestnut 4-5
Field 20-1

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