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Iguana's will hold a Burritozilla eating contest awarding $1000 on October 1. A qualifier awarding spots to the top 4 finishers will take place in Campbell, CA on September 10.

Gawker.com competitive eating content

Last week Gawker Media sold its websites: Gawker.com (gossip), Deadspin.com (sports), Jezebel.com (women), Kotaku.com (video games), etc. to Univision after declaring bankrputcy following the loss of an invasion of privacy lawsuit filed by WWE legend Hulk Hogan for posting a sex tape without his permission. While the bulk of Gawker Media’s competitive eating content was posted on Deadspin, which will remain in operation, there were a few competitive eating articles on Gawker.com, which will shut down today (the fate of the Gawker archives are not clear):

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In her latest video, Kate Ovens attempted to eat a 28 ounce "Glam Burger" covered in gold leaf and milkshake from Honky Tonk in London.
Darron Breeden finished the challenge at Family Pizzeria in Staffod, VA intended for two diners without assistance yesterday.
The Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver will offer a 10 pound Hercules Burger for $70 from August 20 to September 5.
The NC Hot Sauce Festival will hold a pepper eating contest in Oxford, NC on September 10 awarding $1000 to the winner and $300 to the runner up.
Naader Reda attempted a 50 patty burger from In-N-Out Burger at Foodbeast headquarters today. update Aug 13 FoodBeast has a blog entry about the challenge.
PeterboroughToday.co.uk reports that Rob Radcliffe was the first person to finish a 10,000 calorie burger challenge at Rocker's Steak House in Cambridge, England that was topped with the world's spiciest peppers.
DiscoverSD has an article about Josh Hockett and San Diego eating challenges.
CFO.com has an article about Kurt Schmidt, who ate a 240 ounce prime rib at Black Otter Supper Club in Milwaukee in 2 and a half hours. He appeared on the Travel Channel progam "Big Beef Paradise".
Liverpool Football Club players Robbie Fowler and Luis Garcia both attempted the 5 pound Burritozilla at Iguana's Tacqueria in San Jose.
The Wall Street Journal has an article about British golfer Andrew "Beef" Johnston eating burgers at three Manhattan restaurants in one night before the PGA Championship in New Jersey. He hopes to do an eating challenge and win a T-shirt.
Molly Schuyler ate 30 burgers in 26 minutes at Tendermaid in Austin, MN yesterday to break the existing record by 13 burgers.
Hangzhou, China held an eating contest where competitors ate hot peppers while sitting in ice buckets.
To celebrate National Chicken Wing Day, Hooters restaurants will offer All You Can Eat Wings on July 28 (all day) and July 29 (11 am to 4 pm).
Emma Dalton has produced a video of her eating two Empire State Burger Challenges at Tinseltown in under 9 minutes.
Sophia DeVita produced a video where she attempted to eat 10000 calories of vegan food in a day to celebrate attaining 10,000 youtube subscribers.
Leah Shutkever won a £250 voucher from the Rub Smokehouse in Birmingham, England for having the fastest time to finish the cookie burger challenge in June.
The California Hot Sauce Expo will hold four spicy eating contests in Long Beach this weekend.
June Lee, a member of the Harvard women's tennis team, reports she ate 6 pounds of nachos served in a helmet at a recent Mets game and received $100 from her managers.
Mirror.co.uk has an article about Emma Dalton becoming the first person to finish the Pop Goes The Cookie Burger at Rub Smokehouse and Bar in Birmingham, England. (video)
Ramsey Hilton coaches the cast of CMT's The Dude Perfect Show on how to finish the 7 pound El Hefe burger challenge at Kenny's Burger Joint in Dallas. (via Randy Santel).
Darron Breeden has uploaded a video of him finishing the Eagle's Deli burger and fries challenge in Boston, which was expanded to 13 pounds after "Furious" Pete Czerwinski finished it. (via Ali Abramson)
Postman / bodybuilder Ry Williams finished the Belly Buster Challenge consisting of two sausages, a whole pizza, one side item, two orders of fries and a giant pretzel at the Bierkeller in Cheltenham, England.
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