Registration for the 2013 Krispy Kreme Challenge is now open. Entrants in the February 9 event will run two and a half miles from NC State University to a Krispy Kreme in Raleigh, NC, eat a dozen donuts and then return to the starting line. Over 3,000 people have registered since registration opened on December 1. (Registration will be capped at 8,000).
The University of Maryland's competitive eating club team will be leaving the Atlantic Coast Conference to join the Big 10 when the school changes leagues in 2014-15. (The team's facebook page has not been updated since early 2011.) The move could create a competitive eating superconference with Eric Dahl, perhaps the nation's top collegiate competitive eater, already in the Big 10 at the University of Wisconsin.
The student newspaper for Oxford University in England has an article about local eating challenges.
The student newspaper for McGill University has an article about its poutine eating contest against a team from Concordia University in Montreal tomorrow.
The event listing for Friday's Hoffman Hot Dog eating contest at the Texas State Fair in Dallas announces that amateurs and college students will compete against each other (winner will receive $1,000) and then Takeru Kobayashi will do an exhibition. update A press release announces the prizes will be $1000/$500/$250 update Oct 11 Syracuse.com and Dallas Observer have articles about the contest.
Nathan's Famous at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY will hold a hot dog eating contest tomorrow as part of its Grand Opening Celebration.
Syracuse.com has an article about Hofmann's Hot Dogs strategy to become a national frankfurter brand which includes signing Takeru Kobayashi on as an endorser and minority investor. The company plans to hold hot dog eating contests on college campuses. (via Teri Weaver)
A banana eating contest was held today during an economics class at Florida State University (nine tweets about contest). The competition awarded extra credit to the winner.
Entrants from area colleges are being accepted for the College Wing Eating Contest at the Buffalo Wing Festival this weekend.
The Chick-fil-A at the University of Southern California will hold a nugget eating contest for two person teams on March 27. The registration deadline is March 17 and the entrance fee is $40.
IHOP Intercollegiate Pancake Eating Contest from the 60s/70s
The International House of Pancakes’ offer of free pancakes in honor of National Pancake Day has received a lot of publicity today. In the 1960s and early 70s, the chain garnered attention by holding the Intercollegiate Pancake Eating Contest on Shrove Tuesday. Mixed-gender pairs from area colleges would eat silver dollar sized pancakes for 30 minutes and the totals would then be compared to determine a national champion, who would be awarded an overseas trip.
The 1964 Boston University team of John Henry and Janet Lehrer ate 367 pancakes (Henry 248, Lehrer 119), the highest total I could find. Jet Magazine did an article on the mixed-race pair. John Henry was a lineman on the Boston U football team and would be the last player drafted in the 1965 AFL draft. (I could not find any information about his pro football career, if any.)
Other IHOP collegiate pancake eating contest reports:
- 1963, 270 pancakes, San Berardino Valley College
- 1965, 150 pancakes, Harvard/Radcliffe (written by Michael Barone, who would gain fame as a political analyst)
- 1965, 238 pancakes, Miami-Dade Jr. College
- 1966, 306 pancakes (2nd nationally), U of Miami
- 1967, 130 pancakes, Elizabeth, NJ (school not listed, national champs in Chicago ate 302)
- 1970, 189 pancakes, Tufts
Kristen Macher won Rhett's challenge, an eating contest held at Boston University to benefit the greater Boston Food Bank. Kirsten finished a triple bacon cheeseburger, fries, root beer and an 8 scoop sundae with a record time of 13:14.
The Indiana State newspaper reports that associate dean of student engagement and leadership development Brooks Moore is trying to prevent a hot dog eating contest held to benefit the Boys' and Girls' Club from paying out a $500 prize on the basis that an eating competition is gambling, which is prohibited by the campus code. Mike Reedy won the contest by eating three hot dogs in 36 seconds. (Homer Simpson: "Marge, someone squeezed all the life out of these kids. And unless movies and TV have lied to me, it's a crusty, bitter old Dean!")
The Yeshiva University website has a blog entry about Takeru Kobayashi's appearance last night where he helped at a giant hamantaschen in honor of Purim. The event was organized by Yeshiva's Stern College for Women Chemistry Club.
The Harvard Crimson has a report on the Chickwich Challenge, in which competitors are required to eat a chickwich sandwich from 12 different Harvard dining halls. The winning team consisted of a pair of conceptual artists.
The Duquesne student paper has an article about Amanda Corturillo winning a giant banana split eating contest held as the first Student vs. Food Challenge. It does not appear she finished the dessert according to a gallery of the contest.
The Krispy Kreme Challenge will take place in Raleigh, NC this morning. NewsObserver.com reports that all 7700 spots were filled even though the running segment of the event was extended to almost five miles. The eating segment still consists of a dozen doughnuts. update Alex Varner from UNC-Chapel Hill won the event with a time of 28:37
The average member of the University of Virginia football team reportedly ate 9.03 pounds of beef at a Brazillian steakhouse before the Chick Fil A bowl. The top eater on the Wisconsin football team at the pre-Rose Bowl "Beef Bowl" ate about 6.5 pounds (8 * 13 oz.) of prime rib, which is considerably less than the UVa average.
The Chick Fil A Bowl held an eating contest at Sal Grosso's Brazilian Steakhouse where members of the University of Virginia football team defeated players on Auburn University's team by an average of 9.03 pounds per player (1002 total) to 5.9 pounds per player (614 total) which is ironic considering that Chick Fil A's commercials featuring cows discourage viewers from eating beef. (via TheGurglingCod)
College Football Talk reports that University of Oregon offensive lineman Mark Asper applied the Heimlich maneuver on a man choking during the pre-Rose Bowl "Beef Bowl" eating contest held at Lawry's in Beverly Hills. The choking man was the father of an Oregon student and apparently not participating in the "Beef Bowl".
Registration is now open for the 2012 Krispy Kreme Challenge. The February 4 contest in Raleigh, NC entails running 2 miles, eating a dozen donuts and then running another 2 miles. Over 5,000 people have participated in previous challenges.
The NCCEA rankings of top collegiate competitive eaters have been updated and Jay Gorman is the new #1, moving ahead of Eric Dahl.
The National Collegiate Competitive Eating Association has posted its first rankings listing Eric "Silo" Dahl as the top competitive eater in college. (People had to submit a "resume" to be considered for the rankings.)
The National Collegiate Competitive Eating Association announces it has started a search for the nation's top collegiate competitive eater. Entrants should submit their eating achievements to http://www.thenccea.com/
The Wisconsin State Journal reports that the University Square Food Court in Madison, WI, site of the The National Food Court and Wisconsin Collegiate Eating Championship in 2010 and 2011, closed earlier this month due to poor performance. The food court's youtube page remains available.
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