Archive for October, 2013
Mandy has a post for Manfuel.com about competing in Saturday's eating contest at the New York City Dumpling Festival (she ate 15).
The Heritage of Flight Festival will hold a wing eating contest in New Carlisle, OH on Saturday awarding $250 ($150 to the winner).
For Entreprenuer Magazine, Freakonomics co-author Stephen Dubner offers 3 lessons in problem solving that can be drawn from Takeru Kobayashi's record breaking perfromance at the 2001 Nathan's finals.
The Guardian has an article about a 0.6 kg pound (1.32 pounds) burger named after soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic available at Doddy's Cafe in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. (video)
The mini-documentary about Miki Sudo and Juan Rodriguez competing in the Nugget Rib Eating Championship in Sparks, NV is now available on the VICE.com youtube channel.
Wingstop will hold a wing eating contest at Soldier Field before the October 10 Chicago Bears game. The winner will receive a full sized helmet autographed autographed by Devin Hester and a game day spread catered by Wingstop.
Metro Pizza in Santa Clara, CA is holding a pizza eating contest tomorrow awarding $200 to the winner.
“Wild” Bill Myers top 5 MLE finishes
According to the eatfeats database, Sunday’s yogurt contest was the first time that “Wild” Bill Myers finished in the top 3 of a non-qualifier in his MLE career. It is also the first time he finished ahead of Micah “Wing Kong” Collins in 32 matchups. Listings are provided after the jump:
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A press release announces the finalists for the Rock the Tot tater tot eating finals in Bar Louie Cleveland on Saturday: Molly Schuyler, Bob Kuhns, Jose Carbajal (Chicago), Brian Feldman (Washington, DC) and Sean Mulcahey (Cincinnati).
Bluff City Oktoberfest will hold a bratwurst eating contest in Memphis on Saturday awarding $500 to the winner.