Archive for October, 2008

Contest calendar Oct 3-5

October 3, 2008 at 3:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews

A listing of the contests in the eatfeats calendar this weekend follows after the jump:
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Crazy Legs Conti begins movie watching record attempt

October 3, 2008 at 11:04 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Crazy Legs Conti, New York City

Gothamist reports that Crazy Legs Conti has started his attempt to break the current Guinness continuous movie watching world record of 120 hours 23 minutes. He is watching the movies with 5 other competitors, including the current record holder, in a temporary glass structure in Times Square. 10 minute bathroom breaks between movies are allowed, but sleeping is not. The winner will receive a $10,000 cash prize.

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Oct 10 Greenville, SC jalapeno eating conetst, $600 purse

October 3, 2008 at 10:26 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Unafilliated Contests, Upstate SC

A jalapeno eating contest will be held at the St. Francis Fall for Greenville (South Carolina) on October 10. The prize breakdown:

1st Place = $300
2nd Place = $200
3rd Place = $100

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Largest victories in CE history

October 2, 2008 at 10:50 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results

A list of the sanctioned contests in the eatfeats database with the 10 largest ratios between the victor and runner-up follows. The ratio is the first column in the table.

3.708 2008 Sep 20 89 Takeru Kobayashi Krystal Square Off qualifier Birmingham, AL
3.067 2006 Nov 29 46 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas Wookey Hole Big Eat Mince Pie Eating Contest Wells, Somerset, UK
2.821 2007 Mar 24 39.5 Chip “The Phenom” Simpson Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Sunrise, FL
2.444 2008 May 31 33 Tim “Gravy” Brown Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Tempe, AZ
2.440 2006 Jun 27 30.5 Eric “Badlands” Booker Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Manhattan, NY
2.214 2005 Aug 27 31 Tim “Eater X” Janus GoldenPalace.com grilled cheese qualifier Lincoln, NE
2.177 2006 May 27 3.94 Chip “The Phenom” Simpson House of Blues Wing Eating Championship Cuyahoga Falls, OH
2.150 2007 Aug 20 21.5 Crazy Legs Conti Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Saratoga Springs, NY
2.125 2007 Aug 25 51 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas Krystal Square Off qualifier Chattanooga, TN
2.125 2007 Jun 23 34 Rich “The Locust” LeFevre Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier San Francisco, CA

A list of all contests with ratios greater than the 2001 Nathan’s finals in which Kobayashi doubled the previous record follows:

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Link Buffet: October 2, 2008

October 2, 2008 at 9:53 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Asheville, Burger Eating Challenges, Websites

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Juliet Lee to appear on Guy Fieri special

October 1, 2008 at 9:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Juliet Lee

Juliet Lee has updated her WriteNow page with a report on the Krystal finals and her piloting the boat delivering the competitors to the contest site. She does not mention the Nashville qualifier, but says she was trying to be especially neat in the finals. Juliet will record a program for the Food Network with Guy Fieri in New York City this month which will be televised in November or December.

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Val Bromann goes to KSO V

October 1, 2008 at 7:23 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chattanooga, Galleries, Krystal Square Off

Val Bromann has a blog entry and gallery about her trip to the Krystal finals. Her father drove her from Chicago to Chattanooga from midnight to Sunday morning.

Hall Hunt also has some pictures on his blog.

update Jamie of Hungry Sisters has a pre-KSO report which includes her selection as Kobayashi’s bunnette and several videos. (She will post a contest report later)

update #2 The trip report on hungrysisters has been extended to cover the contest and a gallery has also been uploaded.

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