The University of Texas student newspaper has an article about the Austin veggie dog eating contest held on July 4. Scott Meyers won by eating 16 veggie dogs in 10 minutes. A gallery of the contest is also available.
Archive for July, 2009
Deadspin has a gallery of the Nathan's finals which includes a picture of the floor around the eaters' table after the contest.
Badlands Booker reports that his fifth CD, Extended Play is available on his myspace page.
Dale Boone repeats in apple uglies, Suzanne French 2nd
The Salisbury Post has the top 4 from yesterday’s apple ugly eating contest in Faith, NC. update a SalisburyPost.com also has a gallery:
1 Dale Boone 20
2 Suzanne French 14, cordogorama 3rd place
3 Larry McNeil (IFOCE #37) 13
4 Keatin Shelton 12, last year’s runner up
http://twitter.com/claytoclayto/: The winner of last night's hot dog eating contest in Ybor City (Tampa) was a woman.
Chestnut’s 68 HDBs 86s Kobayashi
update IFOCE.com now has the full results. (from Craig Reed)
Badlands Booker has some results outside the top 3. Sonya Thomas reached her longtime goal of 40+ and Booker did 30.
positions #5-#8 are from twitter.com/erikdenmark
1. Joey Chestnut 68 HDB, new 12 & 10 minute record
2. Takeru Kobayashi 64.5 a personal best
3. Pat Bertoletti, 55, personal best
4. Tim “Eater X” Janus 53
5. “Humble” Bob Shoudt 41.75
6 Sonya Thomas 41, a 12 & 10 minute womens record
7T Hall Hunt 38
7T Erik Denmark 38
? Badlands Booker 30
The teleblog of the program is available after the jump
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PinoyFood has a blog entry about Tom "Goose" Gilbert's appearance in the Philippines promoting 7-11's hot dog eating contest. A video of Gilbert eating 10 hot dogs (using non-"picnic style" rules) in 3 minutes and 23 seconds is available. Another video promoting the contest features lookalikes of boxer Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach. update July 6 The contest website has a report on the event.
Yahoo News has a picture of the humans vs. elephants contest which labels Tim Brown as Eric Badlands Brooker [sic].
The Buffalo News has an article about "Buffalo" Jim Reeves and his return to the Nathan's finals today.
SalisburyPost has a preview of today's Apple Ugly eating contest. Larry McNeil and Cornodograma third place finisher Suzanne Freach/French are expected to compte.
The twitter for the Alley Cat Club in Charlotte reports that Dale Boone won their hot dog contest last night by eating 27 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Nicholas Giffen's twitter reports he placed third and the runner up was a former Nathan's finalist.
The new poll asks who you think will win tomorrow's Nathan's finals. Paul Barlow has posted his predictions on his myspace blog. Buck Wolf, who has participated in radio broadcast of the Nathan's finals, predicts a Pat Bertoletti win.
This evening's ESPN Sportcenter had a long story on competitive eating which can be viewed online. The segment originally ran on E:60 in October and a reporter roundtable about the clip is also available.
CBS4 reports that Damon Serignet won this afternoon's hot dog eating contest in Miami.
Sponichi has a picture of the back of Kobayashi's new hairstyle. Kobayashi says that the V-shaped hairline represents victory. Follow translated Japanese coverage of Nathan's and Kobayashi on this link. John Palmgren, runner up at the recent Rudolph Pork Rind contest, was the guest of honor at a local pork rind contest in Peoria.
DelcoTimes.com has an article about Micah "Wing Kong" Collins.
OceanCityToday reports that slots are still available in Fish Tales July 4 hot dog eating contest. Qualifying by eating 5 hot dogs is required. Ken Federighi will attempt to defend his title. Cash prizes will be awarded to 2nd and 3rd place in addition to the $1,000 received by the winner.
GoGoCurryUSA.com has a slideshow of its curry eating contest.CNN has an article about the health risks of competitive eating. Don Lerman is listed as a retired competitive eater even though he participated in the Go! Go! Curry! contest in May.
A hot dog contest awarding $250 to the winner will be held at noon in Miami today. Registration is first come, first served.
KSO VI September 27, 2009 w/ 2 rule changes
The Krystal Square Off twitter has a link to a blog entry announcing that this year’s finals will take place on September 27. The blog also announces two new rules changes: one will limit “detritus”, the second modification is not described.
As for the other change, Brad Wahl, the vice president of marketing at The Krystal Company, shared, “Let’s just say it’s a really big change; one that will make this year’s competition the most exciting in the six-year history of the Krystal Square Off. Much like the way the three-point shot revolutionized the game of basketball, this new rule will drastically alter the way eaters approach our contest from a strategic level.â€
1010WINS has an article and gallery (solely of Chestnut & Kobayashi) of the Nathan's weigh-in today. update CNN also has an article about the weigh-in, which claims that Eater X has eaten 55 HDBs. update #2 NY1 video
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