Dale Boone will be competing in T Mo's taco eating contest in Bethalto, IL on June 1. The contest will be sanctioned by the WLOCE.
Archive for May, 2013
Naader Reda's video of him eating blended dog food and paper (his "enemies" list) is mentioned on SBNation.com.
The Zanesville Times Recorder has a preview of Sunday's Riders 4 Relief National Onion Ring Eating Championship in Coshocton, Ohio. Competitors Jamie McDonald and Stephanie Torres will be doing a meet and feet tomorrow.
The Charleston Daily Mail has a preview of Saturday's pepperoni roll eating contest at the Three Rivers Festival with quotes from Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus and Miki Sudo. Pat Bertoletti departure from MLE is mentioned.
According to The Onion, Dusty's Kitchen in Columbus, Ohio has made its Colossus Burger challenge a regular menu item because too many patrons were completing it within the 30 minute time limit. The 10 pound "Colossus" will now be known as "The Classic" and a the weight of the challenge burger (now called "The Leviathan") has been increased to 40 pounds.
The Tampa Wing Bowl has been moved to July and the first qualifier will take place on July 10. The finals will award $5000.
Crazy Legs Conti offers advice on competitive eating training and techniques in the new episode of Mansome on screen.yahoo.com.
Smithsonian Magazine has a report on the Naga King Chili Pepper eating contest held in Kisama, India which includes information about the science of spicy food. Express.co.uk also has an article about spicy food competitions.
The student newspaper for Bowling Green State University has a report about Jamie McDonald finishing the gyro challenge at South Side 6 and winning $666.
The new poll asks who you think is the top North American female competitive eater not ranked in the current MLE top 50.
Curley’s Fry Eating Contest at Morey's Piers in Wildwood, NJ will move to Father's Day, June 16, after being held on July 4 in previous years. The contest will continue to award $500 to the winner.
Pat Bertoletti has uploaded a video of him and Joey Chestnut attempting the B3 Burrito challenge at the now-demolished NASCAR Cafe.
Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus, Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt, Miki Sudo, Juliet Lee, Micah Collins, Yasir Salem, Marcos Owens, Brian Subich and Bill Myers are expected to compete in Saturday's pepperoni roll eating contest at the West Virginia Three Rivers Fest.
Pitopia in Manhattan will hold a falafel ball eating contest on June 2 awarding an iPad mini to the winner.
Nathan Famous' main Coney Island location reopened at 7 pm yesterday.
The Wall Street Journal has an article about pitcher Chris Sale of the Chicago White Sox billing him as the possessor of baseball's highest metabolism. He reportedly ate 2 ice cream sundaes and 30 bags of potato chips during an four hour flight and is the sixth player in major league history with a listed height of 6'6" or more and a weight of 180 pounds or less.
The World Pie Eating Championships held at Harry's Bar in Wigan, England are mentioned in a New York Times article about Wigan Athletic's relegation from the Premier League after a bottom 3 finish.
The Big Eaters Club held a group "Quadzilla" Burger Challenge event at Skyline Burgers in Portland. Ryan "Max Carnage" Rodacker finished his burger in 7:59. "Honey Badger" finished hers in 14 minutes.
Jamie McDonald ate 9.5 pounds of apple pie at Thunder Valley Casino Resort this morning to set an All Pro Eating record (video, eating starts a 7:00 mark) update Fox40 has an article and video about the record. Jamie ate 11.25 pounds in about ten minutes.)
JCOnline has a gallery of a pizza eating contest held on May 20, 1973 at Arni's in West Lafayette, Indiana. 200 people competed and the first prizes was $1000.
Sunday's episode of On the Run at the Brooklyn Half [Marathon] can be viewed on youtube. Yasir Salem's segment starts at 17:55.
The Dime has a list of ten eating challenges in Colorado.
Joey Chestnut wins 2013 Niko Niko’s gyro contest
update May 21 Galleries: CultureMap | Matt Stonie | Houston Press | KTRK | Niko Niko’s
Robb Zipp has videos and the Houston Chronicle has a gallery
update KRTK has an article and video
The top 6
1) Joey Chestnut 22.25 10 minutes (new record)
2) Matt Stonie 20
3) Miki Sudo 15.5
4) Adrian Morgan 13
5) Juan Rodriguez 10
6) Steve Hendry 9.5
7) Badlands Booker 8.75
8) Andrew Kogutkiewicz 5.75
9) Corey Fanguy 5.5
10) Alex Perez 3.75
Joey Chestnut reportedly won with a new record (22.25 gyros).
update A picture of the contest field.
CW39 has an article and video previewing the contest calling Matt Stonie Joey Chestnut’s biggest rival.
Molly Schuyler appears to have decided to compete in the Nathan's qualifier in St. Paul, Mn on June 2.
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