El Toro & Rich LeFevre on KVBC
The morning show of KVBC.com has a video about El Toro showing him training with watermelon. There is also a video of Rich LeFevre competing in a one minute hot dog eating contest in the sidebar.
Archive for May, 2008
Pat B wins Minneapolis, Vandam w/30 HDB
From IFOCE.com via the Sicilian:
1) Pat Bertoletti 41 HDB in 10 minutes
2) Patrick Vandam 30
3) Mike Fitzgerald 23.5
update KARE11.com has a short article with a video
update #2 StarTribune.com also has an article
update #3 May 19 – Pat Bertoletti has posted a blog entry to his YardBarker blog about the contest
May 20 watermelon contest to promote MLE Game
A press release on gonintendo.com announces that a watermelon eating contest between Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti will take place at the Nintendo World Store at Rockefeller Center in New York City on May 20.
Andy’s Big “A” burger contest report
(from MosesNews) A press release about last month’s Big “A” burger contest at Andy’s Burgers, Shakes & Fries is now available at Carolina Newswire. The top 3 finishers:
1. Joe Menchetti, 5 minutes 15 seconds, $1000 prize
2. Joshua Currier, 5:45, Lumberton, NC, $500
3. Shayne Katrigis, 7:58, Charleston, SC, $250
Link Buffet: May 9, 2008
- York (PA) Revolution to offer all you can eat seats where you can enjoy the company of former Baltimore Orioles
- Japanese commercial featuring a ramen eating contest
- Pat Bertoletti posts a picture of a hot dog training session (see above) to a yardbarker comment (The Waffle House belt is to remind Pat that Joey can be beat)
- Kansas State Games to have a hot dog eating contest July 18
- UK hot dog eating contest May 23
- Twins closer Joe Nathan to appear (but not compete) at tomorrow’s Nathan’s qualifier
- Today is Cookie Jarvis’ birthday according to a comment
- Furious Pete has posted an article about the Collegiate Nationals to bodybuilding.com
- China and the Philippines ban conversion of rice paddies to golf courses (via Freakonomics)
- Chicago Nathan’s qualifier next weekend to take place in Matteson
2008 Nathan’s qualifiers truncated to 10 minutes
IFOCE.com reports that after discovery of “a document that suggests the original hot dog eating contest was 10 minutes in length”:
Major League Eating has elected to conduct all qualifying rounds of the 2008 multi-city Nathan’s Famous circuit tour as 10-minute competitions and may shift to this duration permanently, making it the official contest length.
While contests in the mid-1980s were 10 minutes (that length is mentioned in the New York Times 1986 contest report), contests in the first half of the 1970s ranged from 2 minutes to 5 minutes according to a Google News archive search. The July 4, 1974 contest, the only Independence Day contest found in the archives from that time period, was 3.5 minutes.
Results from the archive search are available after the jump:
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Rich LeFevre wins Las Vegas qualifier
Results from an anonymous comment & CE News
1. Rich LeFevre 31 or 32 (10 minute contest instead of 12)
2. Ron Koch 21
3. Andrew McKirdy 14
? El Toro
update Hall Hunt made quite accurate predictions for the qualifier
update #2 The Las Vegas Review has a captioned picture of Ron Koch and El Toro (from the Hangman)
update #3 BeautifulBrian.com has a contest report with some pictures
Couples sought for contest vs. Conti
The web site for the Hot Dog Safari announces that a hot dog eating contest between Crazy Legs Conti and two couples will take place at that event on June 1 at Suffolk Downs in suburban Boston. The entry form states that the couple must be married or engaged and that the accepted pairs will be notified by May 15. The winner will receive $1000 in gift certificates, the loser will receive $500 in gift certificates.
Skinnyboy to attempt Big Texan steak today
Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane announces in his blog that he will attempt the Big Texan’s 72 ounce steak at approximately 4:30 pm eastern, which can be viewed on the restaurant’s webcam.
update Skinnyboy reports that he had about 7 ounces of steak remaining along with the potato when an hour elapsed.
New Nathan’s qualifiers to take place in Sam’s Clubs
A press release announces that the five recently added Nathan’s qualifiers will take place at Sam’s Clubs to promote the addition of Nathan’s hot dogs to the menu of Sam’s Clubs’ in store restaurants.
May 17 Chicago
May 24 Pittsburgh
May 31 Overland Park, KS (Kansas City)
June 4 New Orleans
June 21 Dallas
In additional upcoming contest news, the IFOCE strawberry shortcake eating contest returns to Mattituck, NY on June 15. Registration opens tomorrow at noon eastern (from the Sicilian)
Beautiful Brian on LeFevre vs. Koch
BeautifulBrian.com has a preview of today’s Nathan’s qualifier focusing on Ron Koch’s comeback to face his rival Rich LeFevre.
The Las Vegas Review Journal also has a short preview which says that LeFevre and Koch will compete. It says nothing about Joey Chestnut.
Gal Sone’s meals released and reviewed
The meals Gal Sone endorsed for the Lawson convenience store chain debuted yesterday. Gal Sone has a blog entry about the release containing pictures of a store containing her advertisement. Gigazine has reviews of the meals. Lawson stores will sell the meals until May 19.
Appetite boosting hormone discovered
The New Scientist has an article about a study conducted by a research team led by Alain Dagher at McGill University in Montreal about the effects of the hormone ghrelin:
Made in the stomach, ghrelin levels rise when people are hungry and wane after a meal. People who get injections of the hormone gorge themselves, while those suffering from a rare disease that keeps ghrelin levels unusually high tend to be obese overeaters.
“I think it’s the most powerful appetite stimulant that has ever been found,” Dagher says.
The article says that drugs that block ghrelin are in the under development at pharmaceutical companies.
Hall Hunt’s May 2008 poll released
Hall Hunt has published his latest poll. The top 6 remain unchanged, the remainder of the top 10 follows:
7. Hall “Hoover” Hunt (182) [8]
8. Rich “The Locust” LeFevre (181) [7]
9. Erik “The Red” Denmark (160) [12]
10. Chip “The Phenom” Simpson (153) [9]
Badlands Booker and Joe LaRue are the newcomers to the rankings, replacing Justin Mih and Nate Biller. Arturo Rios (now #15) and Brian Seiken (now #21) both jump four slots.
Link Buffet: May 7, 2008
- Beautiful Brian’s thoughts on Badlands Booker’s possible comeback. (He thinks that Tim Janus will compete in the Shea Stadium qualifier)
- Musician Dan Bern trains for and wins a hard boiled egg eating contest (he thinks that the female who ate 65 eggs is 8 years old) (via Ugly Dude Food)
- Megamunch has a blog entry about his participation in City Chase, which had a dog food eating segment
- Wing Tut to do Cleveland brownie eating contest and 5K Race for the Cure in Pittsburgh on Sunday. He is seeking donations for the Race for the Cure.
- Article about eating contests at Fitchburg State College
- 8.5 month pregnant woman competes in taco eating contest
- Videos of Scozzy Bone at the Acme Oyster Eating contest: video 1, video 2
- Dallas Nathan’s qualifier to be held at Plano Sam’s Club
- Skinnyboy competes in Denver CE meetup group burger contest
- CE: sport / not a sport debate in New Mexico State student paper
Kristin Day vs. the Big “A”
Reflector.com has a page dedicated to Kristin Day’s recent attempt at Andy’s Big “A” 50 ounce burger challenge. The page has 5 videos, a slideshow along with an article by Kristin, probably making Kristin’s meal the best documented burger challenge by a female since Kate Stelnick completed the 96er in January 2005.
Chewing machine competes in apple eating contest
The blog for Discover magazine has an entry about an artificial mouth which is the subject of an article in an upcoming issue of the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
The chewing simulator—which was maintained at 98.6 °F, sported artificial teeth, and included artificial saliva and helium flow “to reproduce the breathing phenomenaâ€â€”went up against actual human mouths in a Golden Delicious apple-eating contest. These human mouths chewed apple pieces “as naturally as possible†before spitting out the chewed up mass when they would have otherwise swallowed. The resulting mush was tested for texture, color, and volatile compound release, parameters which the group will soon use to optimize the device for aroma release.
New Poll: 2008 Nathan’s purse
The new poll asks what you believe the sum of the prizes for the upcoming Nathan’s finals will be. Last year’s purse was $20,000.
Pat posts about the asparagus contest
Pat Bertoletti has uploaded a blog entry to his group blog with Joey Chestnut at yardbarker.com in which he describes the end of the asparagus contest in Stockton from his perspective:
A point came with 1 minute remaining where the margin was 1 spear. It became obvious that I could take this contest in front of Joey’s home crowd. I saw victory and let it slip through my grasp. My brain knew the necessary means to achieve this yet a disconnect between brain and body function existed. It was a point of mental and physical failure as neither would respond in the dwindling seconds. Asparagus was forced in yet my body fought every attempt to let it pass down my esophagus. It’s provides evidence that Joey is a true champion; a champion knows how to coerce every ounce of drive and performance out of their body, doesn’t make excuses, and gets the job done.
Pat says his next contest will take place at the Minneapolis Nathan’s qualifier this Saturday. Unlike previous Minnesota qualifers which were held at the Mall of America, the upcoming contest will take place at Cub Foods Grocery Store in Apple Valley.
Furious Pete on “The Edge”
A bodybuilding.com forum thread is devoted to Furious Pete’s in studio appearance this morning at 102.1 FM “The Edge”. Pete reports he ate 125 chicken wings during his appearance and that the radio station will sponsor him. The DJ described Pete as “Val Kilmer on steroids”.
update A podcast of the appearance is available.
Link Buffet: May 5, 2008
- NY Magazine’s blog has an entry about the MLE video game reporting that eaters were paid for use of their electronic likenesses
- 1000 pound onion burger created in Oklahoma
- May 31 Jamaican boxing card to have eating contest
- “The View” discuss the G4 Network’s “Hurl”
- Variety columnist thinks “Hurl” will be televised on the Game Show Network
- Washington Redskin Randy Thomas ate 8 pounds of food in an hour at a barbecue in Maryland
- Jill Stoler ends her blogging hiatus and hopes to end her competitive eating hiatus at the Carnegie Deli pickle contest
Ex-NFLer Chris Zorich loses burger eating contest
Mike Golic is not the only former Notre Dame defensive lineman to lose an eating contest this week. WNDU.com reports that Chris Zorich, a former member of the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins, lost an eating contest at CJ’s Pub in South Bend, Indiana on Saturday. Zorich ate 4 burgers, placing him in the middle of the pack. Jim Seitz and Brynne Kolbe tied for first with 6 burgers and Seitz won the overtime eat-off. Video of the contest is available on WNDU.com.
Newsday: “Feast on the First” boosts “Mike & Mike” searches
Neil Best’s sports media blog reports that there was an increase in the number of internet searches for the “Mike & Mike” radio show on ESPN radio on May 1, the day of the wing eating contest between Mike Golic and three IFOCE members.
Portland mayoral doughnut contest results
The Portland Mercury blog has a report about last night’s doughnut eating contest for mayoral candidates at Voodoo Doughnuts. Craig Gier was the first to finish his two doughnuts. Sho Dozono was hurt by not having any doughnuts at the start of the contest. 7 of the 13 mayoral candidates participated.
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