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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.
The Auburn (CA) Journal has an article about the "No. 25 Thai Hot" challenge at David's Thai Cuisine which will be terminated after owner David Voraphongphibul sells his business.
Joe.co.uk has a report on an attempt at the Chilli Challenge at Meat Liquor in London which includes five tips for competitive eaters.
Boston Magazine has an article about New England eating challenges which contains Geoff Espers training tips.
Omaha.com reports that Molly Schuyler eating the 72 ounce steak at Sayler's in Portland in 2:44 appears in the latest edition of Ripley's Believe it or Not.
The Daily Mail has an article about Li Yongzhi of Shawoli, China, who reportedly eats up to 5.5 pounds of chilli peppers daily.
WBIR has a segment about Randy Santel's unsuccessful attempt at the Rocky Top ice cream challenge at It's All so Yummy Cafe in Knoxville. Randy mentions his upcoming team pizza challenge with Matt "Sweet Tooth" Cohen in the clip.
Bleacher Report produced a video of San Diego Chargers linebacker Brock Hekking reportedly eating 21,396 calories in 43 minutes at Phil's BBQ in San Diego.
Don Chingon in Brooklyn will award $1000 in cash and $500 in gift cards to a pair that can finish its 30 pound burrito in under an hour. T-shirts will be awarded to a quartet that accomplishes the feat. (via Stephanie Wu). (also CNBC video)
Randy Santel and Olivia Ragni finished the breakfast challenge at the Pied Piper Eatery in Nashville yesterday.
Gersh Kuntzman has a report in the NY Daily News about his attempt at the 30 pound burrito at Don Chingon in Brooklyn.
Deadspin has a compendium of eating challenge stories submitted by commenters.
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