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MLive.com has started a poll to determine the top eating challenge in Michigan.
Black Sports Online has a blog entry about Nela Zisser's latest video where she attempts a breakfast challenge containing 10,782 calories. (Daily Mirror article)
IHOP announces the chain will offer all you can eat pancakes until February 14. The #panuary Instagram challenge will return; no mention is made of the comeback of the Pancake Bowl eating contest. (via Stephanie Wu)
Stephanie Wu noted that the jackpot or the Phozilla challenge at Pho 87 in Las Vegas has hit $1,987. The restaurant has previously denied payment to finishers deemed professional eaters.
A 12 pound "Smashville" burger will be available at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville for the NHL All-Star weekend on January 30 and 31. The burger has impaled hot dogs as a topping.
The Daily Mail has an article about Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran attempting a 5 pound cheesesteak sandwich at Huckleberry's Diner in Leeds, Yorkshire.
Thrillist has a list of the spiciest chili pepper eating contests in the world.
KENS5.com reports Everybody Loves Raymond's in San Antonio has started a "Shut Your Mouth Trump" spicy burger challenge inspired by the Republican poll leader. The restaurant previously created the "Charles Barkley Fat Mexican Burger" after the NBA hall of famer disparaged the appearance of San Antonio women.
Las Vegas Weekly has buffet-maximizing tips from Carolyn, who is billed as a "competitive eating queen" who won an hours-long eating contest at Paris Las Vegas’ Le Village Buffet in 2010.
Randy Santel announces he has completed his tour of the eastern USA and Canada. During the trip, he successfully completed 78 restaurant eating challenges.
Brooklyn Casting has posted a request for amateur competitive eaters to participate in restaurant eating challenges.
Ramsey Hinton announces he completed the challenge at TinCup Bar in St. Paul, MN to give him eating challenge victories in all 50 states. (via Stephanie Wu)
Kate Ovens wrote a report for the Newcastle Tab about her completion of the fish and chips challenge at the Blue Bell Pub in Sandyford, England.
Buffalo.com has an article about the "Big Elm" burger challenge at Elma Town Grille in Elma, NY containing an interview with Stephanie Wu, the most recent finisher.
In a recent video, Yuka Kinoshita ate 5 one pound steak meals from Steak Gusto. She claims the total weight of her feast was 6kg (13.2 pounds).
Matt Stanton reports that he and Kirk Lower were the first pair to finish the two meter pizza challenge at Criniti's in Sydney.
Pho Viet has a blog entry about the challenge at Pho Garden in San Francisco. Joey Chestnut has finished the challenge in 15 minutes, which is not the overall record of 13 minutes. There have been about 3000 attempts with a success rate of 7%.
Marlon / mwn1986 reports he ate 55,506 calories in the day after he competed in the Sugars Classic bodybuilding contest. His breakfast contained 32,587 calories.
Kate Ovens wrote a report for the Newcastle Tab about her attempt at the 27 inch pizza at Toni's Pizzeria in Glasgow, Scotland (video).
Mirror.co.uk reports that an attempt to cook the world's spiciest chilli produced toxic fumes which required the evacuation of four student houses at the University of Manchester. The firefighters responding called it "the most stupid thing they'd been sent out for in 20 years."
In Nela Zisser's latest video, she attempts to eat 22 Big Macs in one session. update Nov 12 The Daily Mirror and Daily Mail have articles
Elite Daily has an article about Australian competitive eater Cal "hulksmashfood" Stubbs and his burger challenge dominated instagram.

Grantland.com competitive eating content

ESPN terminated its Grantland.com sports / pop culture website on Friday. Here are the competitive eating articles it published, read them while they are still in the archive if you are interested

  • June 2011, Patrick Michels on the inaugural Nathan’s women’s finals
  • July 2012, “Cousin” Sal Iacono on his attempt at an eating challenge in 1993
  • July 2013 Carles’ writeup of Honey Boo Boo episode where the star’s sister attempted the Pigzilla barbecue sandwich challenge at Papa Buck’s BBQ in Metter, GA
  • August 2013 Danny Chau asks “Can Matt Stonie Bring About a New Golden Age in Competitive Eating?”
  • August 2014, Danny Chau’s report on competing in the Little Tokyo gyoza contest

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SCTimes has an article on Jeremiah "Fit vs. Food" Forster of St. Cloud, MN, a former competitive bodybuilder. He has completed over 60 eating challenges.
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