IFOCE.com reports that registration for the September 18 burrito eating contest at the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque will open tomorrow. The purse will be $3,000.
Archive for August, 2009
NiseiWeek.org has a list of ranked eaters who will attempt to deny Joey Chestnut his third straight gyoza victory: Tim Brown, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Nate Biller, Kevin Ross and Sean Kirby. A contest slot will be auctioned off before the competition.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has started a bodybuilding.com thread about eating 20 Johnsonville sausages at Dean Blundell's Sausagefest. Director Kevin Smith was another Sausagefest guest.
IFOCE.com announces that registration will open tomorrow for the September 6 Philly CheeseSteak at Five Spot Soulfood Restaurant in Brooklyn, NYC.
TimesOnline reports that Pete Maurizio won yesterday's hot dog eating contest at the Bridgewater-Beaver County River Regatta by eating 19 hot dogs in 5 minutes.
KansasCity.com has a gallery of Saturday's 10 pound brisket burger eating contest for local celebrities.
1124 lb. cupcake created in Michigan
MLive has a report and video about a 1224 pound cupcake created at the Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit. The cupcake received Guinness recognition as the world’s largest and it is estimated to have 2 million calories. The cupcake was constructed after a failed attempt to cook a 7,000 pound cupcake.
In other Michigan cupcake news, Craig Reed reports that a woman who had just completed basic training won a cupcake eating contest at Cupcake Station in Birmingham by eating 18 cupcakes in 8 minutes.
A thread on the Man vs. Food message board says that the program will be recording at the Mean Pig BBQ in Cabot, Arkansas today.
The All Canadian Oyster Eating Championship on August 20 will award a trip to Ireland to compete in the World Championship of Oyster Eating in Ireland in early September. Entrants must qualify at The Ceili Cottage in Toronto by August 19.
Minnesota funnel cake results thread
Bryan Beard just posted funnel cake results:
1. Tim Janus
2. Hall Hunt
3. Bob Shoudt
4. Erik Denmark
5. Tim Brown
6. Bryan Beard
update CNN has a video and WCCO has a slide show (from A Bomb)
update #2 7th place finisher Jon Lapolla has posted full results and a contest report to a bodybuilding.com forum thread.
In the most recent "Extreme Amy" segment on Fox5Vegas, Ron Koch completed the 10 lb. pizza at Graziano's in Las Vegas in under 2 hours. Amy has a blog entry about the challenge.
Ed "Cookie" Jarvis offered advice to a competitor in tomorrows 10 pound brisket sandwich eating contest for Kansas City celebrities.
Luigi's Slice in Sacramento will host a pizza eating contest on August 22 that will award $500 to the winner.
The Idaho Statesman reports that Man vs. Food will be recording at Flying Pie Pizzeria in Boise, Idaho today. (Article contains spoiler about the Rockies Challenge attempt)
Krystal Square Off qualifier fields open thread
The comments of this post are for anyone who would like to publicize where they will attempt to qualify for the Krystal finals. Announced Krystal qualifier acceptances:
Chattanooga – Pat Bertoletti, Paul Barlow
Jacksonville – Bruce “The Hangman” Pobanz, RJ Frasca
San Antonio – Erik “the Red” Denmark
Will Millender's twitter says that he is one step closer to a Man vs. Food appearance and will have more details when he can disclose them.
TotesFawes reports that Wing Bowl 17 winner Jonathan Squibb ate 178 wings at an unnamed company's wing eating contest. Squibb is not an employee.
(From Paul Barlow) San Jose Citysearch has a list of "Practice Spots for Competitive Eaters" in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Idaho Statesman has an article about about Man vs. Food recording in Boise this week.
The Krystal Square Off blog reports that Pat Bertoletti will compete in the first Krystal Square Off qualifier at the Southern Brewers Festival in Chattanooga, TN on August 22.
The MLE facebook page lists five of the 15 competitors in this weekend's funnel cake eating contest in Minnesota: Tim Janus, Bob Shoudt, Tim "Gravy" Brown, Hall Hunt & Erik Denmark.
Man vs. Food August 12 (Las Vegas) episode links
- NASCAR Cafe challenge – 6 pound Big Badass Buritto
Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp
Daily Fiasco blog entry about the filming
Las Vegas Sun article about the challenge
Las Vegas Weekly article about Playboy Playmate Laura Croft attempting the burrito - Hash House a Go Go
Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp - Hot n Juicy Crawfish
Myspace page | Citysearch | YelpList of Las Vegas challenges in the eatfeats database
KTVB reports that Man vs. Food is recording in Boise, Idaho today at Rocky's Diner.
The new poll asks what discontinued contest you would most like to see return.
The Phantom Gourmnet twitter reports that Sonya Thomas will appear at the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in Boston on September 26, the same weekend as the Krystal Square Off finals.
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