A myspace page claiming to be Takeru Kobayashi’s official myspace page is located at http://www.myspace.com/officialtakerukobayashi The maintainer of that page has not logged in since July 4.

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Don “Moses” Lerman has two videos on youtube: one as himself, the other as Gustoff Zhychick Lerman plans to have a live web cab.

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Last night’s episode of the weight loss reality show “Fat March” featured a competitive eater named Will Millender. An article and blog entry about Will appeared in May.

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The Clearfield High School football team’s attempt to eat Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 100+ pound burger will appear on Country Fried Home Videos (epsisode title is “Slightly Used” on Country Music Television this weekend (all times eastern):

Friday Aug. 17th at 8:30 pm
Saturday Aug. 18th at 1:00 am
Saturday Aug. 18th at 7:30 pm
Sunday Aug. 19th at 1:30 am

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The Japanese language web site for the movie Ratatouille (called Remy in Japan) has videos of a cooking lesson and interview with Natsuko “Gal” Sone. There is also a blog entry about attending the Japanese premier of Ratatouille on Gal Sone’s blog.

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An 7 minute excerpt from “The Simpsons” where Homer competes in a steak eating contest with a truck driver at the Slaughterhouse restaurant can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0MX9re7YXY

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The first qualifier for the 2008 Nathan’s finals will be held at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga, New York on Monday August 20. Registration is now open.

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LJWorld reports that Sonja Frevele won the handless pie eating contest at the Leavenworth County Fair. She has won all of the pie eating contests held at that site since they began in 2002 (no contest was held in 2004)

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BeautifulBrian.com has an article about Dale Boone’s involvement with the IFOCE, beginning with Boone’s victory at the 2002 pelmeni eating contest.

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Andrew “skinnyboy” Lane has a trip report and gallery from last Wednesday’s peanut butter & jelly eating sandwich at Knott’s Berry Farm in southern California.

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A video of Monday’s AICE frog leg eating contest can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=756lc6jFXhc Full results from that event are available on the Madison Mallards web site.

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from beautifulbrian.com:

Ron the “Undertaker Koch” has informed the IFOCE to go —— yourself after being rejected from competing in the Peanut Butter and Jelly contest which was held on Aug 8 in CA. A dejected and disgusted Koch (as seen in photos below) has made his feelings known that he is not a happy camper. It was apparant that the IFOCE had good reasons for not letting Koch compete in this event but the Undertaker seemed to take it personal.

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Top 3 of the Windmill hot dog eating contest:

Ian Hickman 14.75
Gentleman Joe 11.5
Brian “Eatin” Keaton 9

update results above have been corrected to results listed on AICE news Neither Dale Boone nor any other IFOCE member appears in those results

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WECT.com has an article about a burger eating challenge at Andy’s restaurant in eastern North Carolina:

The challenge is this: eat 50 ounces of hamburger plus fries and a huge drink.

All that food must be consumed within 30 minutes or less. If a customer can eat it, the meal is free.

If the customer can’t finish the meal then they owe Andy’s $22.

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Tim Brown has uploaded a video of himself practicing for the September jalapeno eating contest in Chicago.

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AsiaWeek has an article about Sunday’s Chef One Dumpling Eating Contest in Flushing, Queens, on Sunday. The third place finishers are not mentioned.

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TigardTimes.com has an article about the Tualatin crawfish contest, which requires that competitors eat the meat in the claws:

But in Tualatin, the claws are an intricate piece of the flavored tradition of the Crawfish Eating Contest. Cotton Scheckla, 80, stills holds the Tualatin crawfish-eating record from 1970 when he ate 170 crawdads – tails and claws – in 15 minutes.

Scheckla, now a retired longshoreman and Newberg resident, admits using his teeth to crack open the claws wasn’t a smart idea. After spending three weeks picking shells out of his bleeding gums, Scheckla had to get his teeth capped. His dentist and family weren’t happy with his style of eating, but still it was the best technique Scheckla had for the fast-paced competition.

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(From truefan) KrystalSquareOff.com will let users compete in fantasy comeptitive eating leagues starting tomorrow. Scoring will be based on both the qualifiers and finals:

Leagues can have a maximum of seven teams but no fewer than four. Once teams have been drafted, owners can drop, add or trade their competitive eaters up until midnight on the day before the regional qualifier final. Eaters cannot be dropped, traded or added once they’ve competed. Points will be accumulated based on the average number of Krystal Hamburgers that each eater consumes in the local qualifier finals and their total at the Krystal Square Off IV World Championship.

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Top 4 of Monday’s frog leg eating contest in Madison, Wisconsin from AICE news:

1. Matt “The Mad City Masticator” Detroit MI 1 LB 10.8 OZ $500, Chemistry Professor at Wayne State University in Detroit
2. Mark Lyle “The Human Vacuum” Columbus OH 1 LB 8.6 OZ $250
3. Aaron “Hot Legs” Mitchell Chicago IL 1 LB 8.4 OZ $100
4. Ian “The Invader” Hickman Sterling VA 1 LB 7.2 OZ

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A video of Tim “Eater X” singing at the Nathan’s finals can be seen at http://youtube.com/watch?v=EL-DwZ5D_KA

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A pulled pork barbecue sandwich eating contest will be held at the Beach, Boogie and BBQ Festival in Myrtle Beach, SC on September 1. Registration for the contest is now open.

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From IFOCE.com

1. Pat Bertoletti, 42 sandwiches in 10 minutes, $1500
2. Tim “Eater X” Janus, 37.5 sandwiches, $1000
3. Rich LeFevre, 34
4. Erik “the Red” Denmark, 20
DQ El Toro

Ron Koch served as judge

update OCRegister has an article and some pictures.

skinnyboy has more complete results

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Esben Agersnap has a blog entry about the women’s division of the mango eating contest with several pictures at the Delhi Mango Festival in India.

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Aug 11 Nanticoke, PA potato pancake eating contest
Aug 11 Tulatin (Portland area) OR crawfish eating contest (record dates from 1970)
Aug 18 Los Angeles Tofu eating contest, last year’s first prize was a trip to Asia, this year’s prize is not listed
Aug 18 Crab eating contest, Camarillo, CA, First prize is a $400 travel gift certificate, last year’s winner was Heather Oniel.

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A columnist for the Buffalo news competed in a corn contest after receiving advice from “Buffalo” Jim Reeves:

Reeves’ eyes gleamed as I told him of my intention. He said he wished I’d come to him sooner so we could have devised a workout schedule. I told him that would have been way deeper than I wanted to go. A few tips from an expert is all I was after, advice on how to avoid the mistakes that engulf most newcomers to the sport.

Reeves clued me in. He said the allotted three minutes would seem like an eternity once the contest began. He urged me swallow after each trip across the cob because an overloaded mouth will result in fatigued jaw muscles and compromise my intake. If I relaxed and enjoyed myself he assured me last year’s winning total — six ears — would be well within reach. And once the contest began, once the competitive juices began flowing, I forgot every word he’d said.

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