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Molly Schuyler's facebook reports that she finished the "Big Fat Fatty" Challenge at Fat Sal's Deli in Los Angeles in 14:13, less than half the time needed for the only two previous finishers Miki Sudo (32 min) and Jamie McDonald (40 min). (Eyewitness account calls feat "beautiful?") (via email) Molly also finished the VictorEChallenge at Bulldog Burger in Fresno in 4 minutes. update Jul 16 Erik Lamkin has uploaded a video of his and Molly's atttempt.
American Burger Co. will hold a 1.5 pound burger eating contest on August 6 in Charlotte awarding $500 to the winner. Entrants will need to qualify in Charlotte and Greenville, SC.
KnoxNews.com reports that Joey Chestnut, Juliet Lee, Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez, Eric "Badlands" Booker, "Wild" Bill Myers, Ronnie Hartman, Matthew Raible, Damien Boykin, and Gideon Oji are expect to compete in Sunday's Hooters qualifier in Knoxville. The restaurant will offer all you can eat wings on July 13 and 20.
Spike’s Junkyard Dogs owner David Gettleman offers Boston.com five tips for winning a hot dog eating contest. He says the chain record is 23 hot dogs, which was set by Matt Stonie.
The Mirror Online claims that a Facebook picture of the Haystack burger challenge at The Farmers Arms, in Burscough, West Lancashire has received 2.5 million views.
The Las Vegas Sun has an article about competitive eating training with quotes from Miki Sudo and Juan Rodriguez. The Las Veags challenge list says that the jackpot for the Pho 87 challenge is now $1,870.
The Bangkok Post has an article about competitive eating in Thailand containing interviews with members of the Thai Pro Eater group.
Diana bills herself as a powerlifter/bodybuilder on her DianasFitDiary instagram, but her top sport might be competitive eating. Last week she posted a picture of a huge stack of pancakes (at an unnamed restaurant) that she ate.
Mashable has a blog entry about a 1.595 km (almost 1 mile) pizza created in Milan, Italy that received a Guinness record for World's Longest Pizza.
The Clifton Chili Club youtube page has a video of Kate Ovens taking on Jay in the "Double Dares You" burger and cheesecake challenge at the Bristol Marriott City Centre Hotel'
Kenosha News reports that Teddy Delacruz ate the "Towering Turret" burger in 25:49 at Mars Cheese Castle in Kenosha, WI yesterday to win a contest.
The next two qualifiers for the amateur Burritozilla eating contest that will award $1350 on July 18 will take place in San Jose on June 20 and June 27.

Stephanie Wu announces she has finished 100+ eating challenges

Stephanie Wu announced yesterday she successfully completed the challenge at Uncle Linny’s which takes her count to 100.5. She is the first woman (and fifth overall) to reach the challenge century mark. Others with 100+ documented challenge counts: Randy Santel (250+), Ramsey Hilton (200+), Naader Reda, Ryan “Max Carnage” Rodacker.

Other possible members of the century club include the LeFevres, Pete Czerwinski, Pat Bertoletti, Joey Chestnut.

Taft Parker has finished Shula’s 48 ounce steak
at least 347 times. This might be the overall top mark for challenges done if you do not require different sites.

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The Man vs. Food restaurant in London has started a twitter at https://twitter.com/manvsfoodlondon/. They offer s 7 pound burger challenge awarding £250 and a free meal for the entire table if finished.
Qualifying starts June 19 for the Farrell's Splendiferously Superific Summer Spectacular Ice Cream Eating Challenge in La Brea, CA. The winner of the pro contest will receive $750.
News.com.au has an article about Nela Zisser's latest video where she faces off against Isaac Harding Davis of Australia in a five foot sandwich eating contest.
Dax "The Ginger" Swanson won today's Burritozilla eating qualifier at Iguana's in San Jose.
Mars Cheese Castle in Kenosha, WI will hold an eating contest on June 20 to launch its "Towering Turret" burger challenge awarding $225 ($100 to the winner).
Stephanie Wu announces that she and an anonymous partner were the first to finish the Big Di XXXL pizza challenge at DiPiazza's in Grand Rapids, MI, earning them a prize of $450.
Iguana's will hold qualifiers for its Burritozilla eating contest in San Jose and Santa Clara on Saturday. The finals on July 18 will award $1350 ($1000 to the winner). The contest is amateur-only (that status is not defined).
Bleacher Report has a video of Tommy Kraemer attempting a five pound Reuben sandwich at Izzy's in Cincinnati. Another incoming Notre Dame offensive lineman, Dillan Gibbons, won a coney dog eating contest earlier this month.
Launch Espresso & Kitchen in Geelong, VIC, Australia held a 21 patty burger eating contest on Saturday. None of the 6 entrants were able to finish.
The Daily Meal has a post about the Inferno Soup at Nitally's in St. Petersburg, FL calling it the "spiciest dish in America'. The blog entry makes the interesting claim that the restaurant pays $65 after failed challenges.
Don Shula, the coach with the most wins in NFL history, served as referee for a Shark Attack Burger eating contest held at his steakhouse in Delray Beach, FL.
Iguana's Tacqueria has posted pictures of two finishers of the Burritozilla in the early 2000s: Joey Chestnut and "mystery hot girl". The San Jose restaurant will hold qualifiers for a Burritozilla eating contest next month.
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