CSTV / AICE Collegiate Eating Championship announced
AICE News announces that the finals of the Collegiate Eating Championship will take place at the Wave House in San Diego on April 19. Three collegiate eaters with impressive eating resumes will receive byes, others can enter the finals by competing in a qualifier on April 18. “Furious” Pete of bodybuilding.com will probably be one of the three eaters to receive a bye. Entrants must be currently enrolled in at least three college credits. Foods have yet to be determined, but will be items popular with college students. Jack in the Box is the primary sponsor, so the contest might feature food from that chain.
The contest will be held as part of the Collegiate Nationals sponsored by CSTV. The Collegiate Nationals will consist of four multi-sport events for college students to be held this spring. The other San Diego events will be beach volleyball, flowboarding and a battle of the bands.
CSTV has been acquired by CBS and will be rebranded as the CBS College Sports Network in March during the NCAA basketball tournament. It was not announced if the eating contest will be televised on CSTV. I believe this is AICE’s first deal with a television network.
CSTV has its headquarters in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, like IFOCE / Shea Communications.
Link Buffet: February 19, 2008
San Diego corned beef musubi article and video
James Madison University grilled cheese eating contest, winner eats 12 sandwiches in 8 minutes
Shoo Fly Pie contest to be held June 21, $10,000 purse
“Eating Levi” does not make the South by Southwest festival, but will appear on DVD and the Yes Network
Rio Wraps (Michigan) Burrito Bowl finals report and qualifiers gallery
Princeton Oyster Bowl video
Queen Mary chili cheese fries mini documentary
Rice and Bean Pot competitors eat burritos on Fox 25 news
Brooklyn Dodger forum thread about Nathan’s redevelopment plans
Link Buffet: February 11, 2008
Rich “Big Rig” Brooking attempts 32 inch pizza challenge in Charlotte
“Super Burger” constructed after reading about “Super Burger” kit on eatfeats via the New York Times Freakonomics blog.
Contest report and tips from Krispy Kreme Challenge participant
Juliet Lee updates her WriteNow page
Jill Stoler is down
Article about Jillian McCleaf, winner of top Wingette (no pictures)
Micheal Springer interview in PC newspaper
The website for the newspaper of Providence College has an interview with Michael Springer. Springer was prohibited from competing in the finals for the “Eat The Meat” wing contest after winning a qualifier, but that ban was not mentioned in the interview.
In other news about big eating Friars, this Rhode Island Monthly article about former Providence basketball player, and current ESPN announcer, Doris Burke, reports she is the second biggest eater in women’s basketball:
She’s hungry, and as she parks in the darkness of a casino garage she hopes she isn’t too late for the crew lunch. She works out ninety minutes most days at a gym near her house, and she is as slender as she was twenty years ago when she played at PC. You wouldn’t know it from looking at her, but she can out-eat any woman on the basketball circuit but one, and she’s half Burke’s age.
Collegiate eating championships April 19 in San Diego?
Furious Pete / Dedicatedforlif of youtube eating challenges fame announces in a forum thread on bodybuilding.com that he is being sponsored for the North American Collegiate Eating Championship in San Diego, California. That contest will take place on April 19. He says he was contacted by IFOCE last month, so this might be an IFOCE contest.
Krispy Kreme Challenge coverage
News 14 article and video
NBC17 article and flickr gallery
Let’s Jog blog entry
Neither article mentions the winner. Results will be posted on the event website.
update The top 10 have now been posted. Philip Curley was the winner with a time of 31:20
Link Buffet: January 25, 2008
Wing Bowl Links
Philly area doctor to compete in Wing Bowl 16
“Wing Ding” wing sauce contest results
Steakbellie: new Wing Bowl logo and sonnet
CBS3 video of wing contest for police officers
Don “Moses” Lerman predicts Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein to win Wing Bowl 16
Non-Wing Bowl links
Review of “Zen and Art of CE” DVD (Grade: A-)
MIT tomato sauce eating contest Saturday, part of Bad Ideas weekend
Krispy Kreme Challenge registration closed with 3000 eaters / runners
Sonya Thomas judges contest at Capitals game
AOL fanhouse has a report and gallery from a hot dog contest held in honor of Dollar Dog Night at yesterday’s Washington Capitals game in which students from several area colleges competed. Virginia Tech student Alex Malycke won a pair of Southwest Airline tickets by eating 7 hot dogs in 3 minutes. Sonya Thomas served as judge and also performed a one minute exhibition.
The Washington Post DC Sports Bog and On Frozen Blog also have reports about the contest (thumbnails above are from On Frozen Blog). On Frozen Blog also has a video of Sonya’s exhibition. Sonya’s moratorium on dunking food in water was not in place during the exhibition.
The owner of the Capitals, Ted Leonsis, is also an executive at AOL, which probably helped in the contest receiving the publicity it did.
In other news about the NHL’s Southeast division, if the Nathan’s qualifiers start at a Florida Panthers game in March as they have the previous two years, we are about a month and a half away from the beginning of that series.
update A longer video is available on youtube which begins with an interview with Sonya.
Link Buffet: January 21, 2008
HugeEaters.com reports that “Krazy” Kevin Lipsitz & Lorraine are expecting twins
The (UK) Telegraph on Eddie “Bozo” Miller
USA Today reports that “Ham & Eggs” will be commercial free
PennLive.com reports Brian Subich’s qualification for the Wing Bowl.
hot dog contest for Drexel U students, $100 first prize
32 inch pizza challenge at Paventi’s Pizzeria in Charlotte, NC
Wing sauce contest in West Chester, PA, first prize is Wing Bowl tickets
Orange eating contest in Brunei to celebrate Chinese New Year.
NC State Krispy Kreme Challenge Jan 26
KrispyKremeChallenge.com reports that this year’s edition of that event will be held on January 26 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The contest entails running two miles from NC State to a Krispy Kreme, eating a dozen donuts there, and then returning to the start. Last year’s contest had 1387 registrants, which is probably the largest field for an eating contest in the world.
U of Kentucky repeats as Music City Bowl rib victors
kentucky.scout.com reports that members of the University of Kentucky football team defeated players from Florida State University in both team and individual rib eating contests held by the Music City Bowl in Nashville. The Florida State contingent’s performance might have been hurt by a mass suspension due to a cheating scandal.
The University of Kentucky also won the event last year, defeating Clemson in a contest marred by Clemson defensive tackle Elsmore Gabriel requiring the Heimlich maneuver after getting a piece of bone lodged in his throat.
update Tallahassee.com has a gallery of the rib contest
Michael Barone on 1965 Boston IHOP contest
International Week concludes with an entry about a 1965 contest held at a Boston International House of Pancakes for collegiate mixed gender pairs. The Harvard student paper reports that the Harvard team was victorious over the Brandeis team in that contest. The article was written by Michael Barone, who would go on to become one of the most famous analysts of American politics.
Link Buffet: December 9, 2007
Team hot dog eating contest between students from the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University
Competitive eating article in U of Wisconsin at Eau Clair student paper, has some quotes from Ryan Nerz
Vail Hostess snoball (factory made pastries) eating contest
Bonita Springs, Florida wing contest
Portage, Michigan wing contest
Link Buffet, November 15, 2007
In her debut competition, Samantha Begoun wins Chicago area hot dog eating contest by eating 9 hot dogs in 10 minutes, defeating the male runner up by half a hot dog
Asian food eating contest for New Jersey college students
Joey Chestnut article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, requires payment to read whole article
Forum thread on running message board about the McDonald’s Dollar Menu Challenge
Slideshow of hot dog eating contest at the Southern Illinois University
Kalamazoo restaurant brings back the “Bomb Burger”, one pound with one pound of fries
Austin TX pizza contest November 17
Link Buffet, November 2, 2007
Youtube clip of the eating contest at Rutgers from “The Apprentice”
blog entry by runner up in the UK breakfast eating contest
North Jersey hot dog eating contest, winner ate 11 hot dogs in 5 minutes and won $250
“Mean” Gene Okerlund of the WWE opens a fast food restaurant and oversees a burger eating contest
CBS News article about the pumpkin farm where the US-Japan pumpkin eating contest took place (Joe Menchetti is not mentioned)
Howard University anti-CE (really anti-obesity) editorial
Kansas U corn dog contest video
Parody about high school eating competitive eating clubs
Branson, MO pizza contest
Evansville, Indiana donut contest video
Billy Blanks (Tae Bo) does eating contest in Japan
Oct 30, 2007 misc. links
Brandeis University hot dog winner defends competitive eating
“Human Regurgitator” invited to Boston College
Albany, GA pizza contest Nov 2, $250 first prize
challenger eats 13 different types of hot dogs in Tacoma, WA
Northeast Florida Fair pizza & hot dog contest results
Japanese article about Joey’s Krystal victory
Article about the Tower Bar’s (San Diego) weekly eating contests
Heisman trophy candidate competes in wing contest
The Michigan Daily reports that University of Michigan running back Mike Hart, considered a top 5 candidate for the Heisman trophy, competed in in a wing-eating contest at Buffalo Wild Wings to raise money for the UM Stars charity.
In the interests of balance, here’s a gallery from the “Chicks Eat Chicks” women’s only wing eating contest held at Ohio State University
October 19, 2007 misc. links
Article about corny dog winner (from Rhonda Evans)
Oyster Bay, NY Oyster eating contest
Brandeis U eating contest
Harvard Law eating contest
Web MD video about El Wingador
Also, today is Pat Philbin’s and Russ Keeler’s birthday
Win a date in NJ wing contest
Candela I Pizzeria near Princeton, NJ is holding a wing eating contest on September 29 with an unusual prize:
If you’re the first to finish your heaping plate of savory Candela chicken wings, you’ll win a date with the Candela waitress of your choice. See here for more information about our fine females of Italian food. And girls, gays and everything in between, we haven’t forgotten about you, either: if you prevail at eating those delicious Candela wings faster than the rest, you’ll score a date with one of our prime, well-defined delivery boys.
U of Iowa corn cancellation columns
The University of Iowa student newspaper has columns in favor of and against the cancellation of a corn eating contest that was to precede the Iowa – Iowa State football game. Ryan Nerz is quoted in the anti-cancellation column. Iowa lost to previously winless Iowa State.
U of TN article about Krystal qualifier
The University of Tennessee student newspaper has an article about this weekend’s Krystal qualifier in Knoxville.
U of Iowa corn contest banned
HawkCentral.com reports on the cancellation of a corn on the cob eating contest:
The University of Iowa is taking a hard-line stance against a problem epidemic among Americans today:
Eating corn.
A corn-on-the-cob eating contest was to be part of UI’s annual “Beat State Week,†leading up to the Iowa-Iowa State football game.
UI canceled the contest (the corn-eating one, not the football one) because it would “encourage gluttony.â€
“With the initiatives we have in terms of promoting health living, at least symbolically, we should not promote activities that would seem to encourage gluttony, particularly with the widespread problem of obesity today,†said Phillip Jones, the vice president for student services.
“Stand by Me” pie results from skinnyboy & Liz K
From blogspot.dogsarefunyes.com
update Corrected results from Pat Bertoletti via Liz K
1. Pat: 9.17
2. Tim Brown: 8.47
3. Mongo Marquez: 6.56
4. Kevin Ross: 5.58
5. Erik and Crazy Legs: 4.88
7-Jason Erb 4.63
8-Cameron McKirdy 3.75
9-Scott Sayer 3.34
10-Shawn Kirby 3.03
11-Skinnyboy 2.92
12-Tim League 2.84
update #2 The IFOCE results are the same as Liz’s results
update #3 Added full results from Jason Erb. The Corvallis Gazette Times has an article which misidentifies Crazy Legs Conti as Erik Denmark.
Plymouth State hot dog contest results
The Plymouth State newspaper has an article about a hot dog contest held there. Jared Rennie won the men’s division by consuming whopping 12.5 dogs in 12 minutes, while Maria Crawford bested the other females with a mark of 11.5 hot dogs (Surprisingly, there were 7 entrants in the men’s adult divison, while 11 women over 18 competed. I wonder if there are any other women besides, Sonya, Carlene and Takako Akasaka to do the “half deuce”
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