The Riverfront Times reports that The Precinct in St. Louis (owned by former Cardinal Jim Edmonds) changed the name of its "Officer Down" hot wing challenge after disapproval from the local police department. The new name will be the "Hot Pursuit" challenge.
Archive for October, 2013
The All Pro Eating rankings have been updated to place Molly Schuyler in the top position.
The new @AussiesVsFood twitter will document the attempt of 6 Australians to attempt 21 American food challenges in 21 days from October 15 to November 5.
Fat Daddy's in Mansfield, TX will hold a jalapeno eating contest on October 26 awarding a meet and greet with Vanilla Ice, who will be performing that night.
Halftime promotion Little Arlene, billed as the "hot dog queen" made a brief appearance in "Free Spirits", a documentary about the St. Louis Spirits of the ABA that debuted tonight on ESPN. According to a 1986 LA Times article, she ate 23 hot dogs, 22 large slices of pizza and 16 large Cokes during a Philadelphia 76ers game.
The Tailgate Fan blog has instructions on how to hold an eating contest.
Craigslist has a request for 500 hot dogs for a Halloween eating contest in Boston. The poster "Jay" claims to be a four time hot dog championship finalist and a record holder for eating a gallon of mayonnaise.
Bayou City Wings in Pasadena, TX will hold a hot wing eating contest Friday awarding $200 to the winner.
The Basement in Orlando will hold two hot dog eating contests on Saturday. A men's contest will award $300 ($200 to the winner) and the female champion will receive $100.
Backstreets Sports Bar in Cape Coral, FL will hold a taco eating contest on November 6 awarding $1,000. Qualifiers will be held on October 9/16/23/30 and the top performer will face "The Undertaker" for the $1K prize.
Jeremiah Forster ate 15 bratwurst in 10 minutes to win the first prize of $500 at a contest held at the Seymour (Indiana) Oktoberfest.
2013 Pie Wood Fired Pizza Let em Eat IV
update Oct 7 GSHLTV has a video
update #2 The Star and ctvnews have articles
update Kobayashi has defended his title with a total of 42 slices (10.5 pizzas)
From anonymous comment
1) Takeru Kobayashi 42
2) Pat Bertoletti 39
3) Jamie McDonald 38
Pat Bertoletti and Takeru Kobayashi are 2 of 3 people to have eaten more than 55 hot dogs in a 10 minute contest. This will be their first meeting of the decade of the 2010s. A listing of their meetings is avaiLable after the jump.
“Furious” Pete Czerwinski has withdrawn
Simcoe.com has a preview of the contest
News Lincoln County reports that Stephanie Torres ate a 7 pound Super Ultimate Monster Burger in 14 minutes to win an eating contest held at the Newport Cafe in Newport, OR (video)
Frank's RedHot UK will hold a wing eating contest at Sticky Fingers in London on November 14 awarding £1500 to the winner. A qualifier will be held at that restaurant on October 13.
2013 Rock the Tot finals
update NewsNet5 has an article and video
The Cleveland Leader has an article and video preview
Results start at 20:30 mark of video
1) Molly Schuyler 6 lbs in 3 min, continues undefeated streak in contests allowing use of hands
2) Bob Kuhns
3) Sean Mulcahey
4) Brian Feldman
5) Jose Carbajal
Cleveland Leader has a link to live video coverage on its youtube page.
Fox8 has an article about the finals
2013 Radcliff, KY hard boiled egg contest
update Oct 8 Two days after the contest, the official top 4 has been announced. Ronnie Hartman was #5 with 40
update Oct 6 WDBR has an article and video
The News Enterprise has an article
Matt Stonie has the top 4
1st- Joey Chestnut- 141 eggs
2nd- Matt Stonie – 132
3rd- Miki Sudo – 109
4th- Sonya Thomas – 92
update Joey Chestnut reportedly ate 141 eggs in 8 minutes, which is a rate of an egg every 3.4 seconds.
WDRB.com has an article on amateur competitor Nick Holeman.
2013 Mucho Burrito Ghost Pepper Burrito contest
update Jamie McDonald has defended his title
Jamie McDonald will defend last year’s title at Mucho Burrito’s Ghost Pepper Eating Contest today. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski will not compete after he suffered an injury in last year’s contest and withdrew.
Alpha History has an article from 1906 about a limburger cheese eating contest in Johnsburg, IL resulting in the death of Frank Miller. Two other competitors were critically ill for several weeks but survived.
Dale Boone is facing off against a Mongolian named Aagii in an eating contest at Foodies - India's Mega Food Festival in Bangalore.
NJ.com reports that Bill "El Wingador" Simmons was sentenced with a 7 year prison term today after he pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute. update Simmons could be out of jail in 4 months if he is accepted into the NJ intensive supervision program and claims he made $1,000 a week distributing drugs.
The St. Louis Columbus Day Parade & Festival will hold a meatball eating contest on October 13 awarding a 40 inch TV.
The News Enterprise reports that Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo, Sonya Thomas and Ronnie Hartman are expected to compete in tomorrow's hardboiled egg eating contest in Radcliff, KY. Bob Shoudt has withdrawn from the contest.
Registration will open at noon central on IFOCE.com for the World Twinkie Eating Championship At Bally's Casino in Tunica, MS on October 26.
Takeru Kobayashi will compete in a hot dog eating contest at Seton Hall's Midnight Madness on October 25 in South Orange, NJ. The event will be televised on Fox Sports 1.
Stephanie Torres will attempt to become the first woman to finish the Mad Greek Challenge at the Mad Greek Deli in Portland tomorrow. The meal consists of a 10 pound sandwich, a pound of fries and a 32 ounce drink.
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