Archive for March, 2012
Texas Rangers outfielder David Murphy has a list of his largest meals.
Matt Stonie has produced a parody of Epic Meal Time titled Epic Meal Toad.
Phat Hogs in Oakdale, CA (Stockton area) will hold a slider eating contest with men's & women's divisions on Saturday awarding a 3 month VIP membership to Golds Gym.
El Toro Jimenez won a taco eating contest held at Baja Bar & Grill in Las Vegas.
Nathan's Famous of Canada announces it will hold the Canadian Hot Dog Eating Championship at the CrossIron Mills Mall near Calgary on June 2.
The Wall Street Journal has a blog entry about Thursday's hamantaschen eating contest sponsored by El Al.
With the deadline less than 24 hours away, the "Hungry" competitive eating documentary has reached its Kickstarter funding goal of $10,000.
Yahoo's PostGame blog has an entry about Meredith "Deep Fried Diva" Boxberger and her Oreo eating feat. (via Asparagus Fest blog)
The Andy Troy Show will interview several competitive eaters on http://centannibroadcasting.com/ starting at 8pm eastern tonight. Expected guests include Tim Janus, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Crazy Legs Conti and Yasir Salem.
The DC Sports Bog reports that an eight pound "StrasBurger", named in honor of pitcher Stephen Strasburg, will be available at Washington National games. (via HardBallTalk)
Top Dog Pizza in Victoria, BC will hold a pizza eating contest on March 31 awarding $1000 and a 50 inch television.
Andrew Lane has a blog entry about Stephanie Torres finishing the Govanator Challenge at Govnr's Park in Denver without assistance, which is usually attempted by two person teams. The estimated weight of the burger, bun, toppings & fries was 13.5 pounds, which Stephanie finished in 53 minutes. Andrew and Stephanie also won $300 by completing the Gut Buster Pizza at Fat Boys in Colorado Springs.
Johnnie Excel announces he won the corn dog eating contest held at Festival of the Kite in Redondo Beach, CA with a total of 14 corn dogs in 5 minutes. Frank "The Tank" Paulin was the runner up.
Takeru Kobayashi ate 13 grilled cheese sandwiches in a minute at SXSW in Austin today and claimed a world record (video)
In tonight's episode of Family Guy, (9 pm on Fox) Peter Griffin trains his son Chris for a hot dog eating contest, necessitating a stay at a weight loss camp where the campers are threatened by a serial killer. (preview video)
The qualifier for the Toasted Owl Tavern wing eating contest on March 14 will award two Boston Celtics tickets.
Randy Santel announces that he and Adam Torres were the first team to finish the 30 inch Big Joe Pizza Challenge at Frank's Pizzeria in Omaha, Nebraska.
Naader Reda announces that he (24 minutes) and Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez (16 minutes) were the first two people to finish the four foot long burrito at Coconuts Bar in Las Vegas. (picture
Saoheng Young won the Worcester Wing Man competition on Thursday and received a $1500 gift certificate to WineNation.
Rich Shea hints that there might be a Nathan's qualifier in Minnesota's 2nd most populous city (St. Paul) in 2012. A Minneapolis/St. Paul area Nathan's qualifier was held from 2005-2009. The new poll asks what city that previously held a qualifier (but was not on the 2011 circuit) would you most like to see regain a qualifier.
Will Millender announces he won the Diet Bet pizza eating contest held at Ripley's Believe it or Not with by eating 1.5 giant pizza slices in two minutes. Joel Podelsky was the runner up. Brooklyn Fans has a video interview with Will Millender. update A press release about the contest is available.
The Freebirds in Killeen, TX created a 50 pound burrito produced by joining together 9 Super Monster burritos. (via Ron Ruggless)
Eric "Silo" Dahl has started a blog at http://ericsilodahl.blogspot.com/
Pat "from Moonachie" Philbin won a sausage eating contest held at tonight's New Jersey Devils game.