Liz Kellermeyer has written a preview of Saturday's Denver-area Nathan's qualifier listing Mongo Marquez, Pete "Pretty Boy" Davekos and Russ Witzke as expected entrants.
Dougie's in Brooklyn will host a kosher buffalo wings eating contest on Sunday, June 14. First prize is a $250 gift certificate.
(from Crawfish twitter) The Colusa (California) Casino Resort World Tri-Tip Eating Challenge will take place on June 28. The purse is $1,377 and registration opens tomorrow.
(via theblackmallard) RudolphFoods.com has a list of some of the competitors in Saturday's pork rink contest which include: Tim “Gravy†Brown, “Wild†Bill Myers, “Buffalo†Jim Reeves, Craig Reed and Rick Petralia
Westword has a preview of Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in Denver listing Erik Denmark (who will probably not compete), Kevin Ross and Russ Witzke as expected entrants.
Pat Bertoletti wins Minnesota w/26 HDB
update #2 WCCO has video from the contest
update The top 3 from MLE via Crawfish
1 Pat Bertoletti 26
2 Mark Williams 13.5
3 Julie Dey 11
Julie Dey has the best female debut since Juliet Lee and is the 8th female with a 10+ HDB Nathan’s result according to the eatfeats database. The contest was her first according to a comment in a CityPages blog entry.
It is surprising Patrick Vandam did not compete.
George Shea reports that Pat Bertoletti won the Minnesota Nathan’s qualifier with 26 HDB. DeepDishEats confirms the total. Cold rain contributed to Bertoletti’s unexpectedly low amount.
In a startribune.com comment, someone claiming to have done 31 HDB says he will participate in the qualifier, which would probably be Patrick VanDam if accurate.
The dates for the 2009 pizza contests at Dani's House of Pizza in Queens are now available. The first qualifier will take place on June 13.
The Augusta (GA) Chronicle has an article about Saturday's Mudbugabeaux-N-Brew Crawfish Boil and Craft Beer Festival with a guide to crawfish eating techniques for participants in the crawfish eating contest.
Heroes West in Joliet will host four qualifiers for a wing eating contest this month. The finals will take place at The Taste Of Joliet on June 27.
2009 Kansas City qualifier previews
The Pitch’s preview of the Kansas City (Overland Park, KS) Nathan’s qualifer says that the contest will take place on Sunday (The official schedule says it will occur on Saturday) and that “Buffalo” Jim Reeves will compete.
update George Shea confirms that the contest will take place on Saturday and that Gravy Brown will compete
update #2 NBCActionNews has an article about the contest
The Shoppe in Denver will hold a cupcake eating contest awarding $400 to the winner on July 4.
A press release about Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at Cub Foods in Plymouth, Minnesota confirms that Pat Bertoletti will compete.
CitySearchNYC reports that the Hill Country rib-eating contest on Saturday has one remaining slot left.
HamptonRoads.com has a preview of Saturday's qualifier at the MacArthur Center in Norfolk, VA. Sonya Thomas is the only listed expected competitor.
The schedule for the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Flushing Meadows, NY for 2009 is out. The Chef One dumpling contests will take place on August 9 and award $1,800 to both the men's and women's divisions.
Choo Choo's in Queens, NY will have its annual burger eating contest on June 6. The first prize is $150.
Metromix and Midtown Lunch have previews of tomorrow's contest at Go! Go! Curry!
NY Daily News on Rocco’s Pizza contest
The New York Daily News has an article about Sunday’s pizza eating contest in Brooklyn with the following quote from George Shea: “It doesn’t have real eaters. It isn’t officially sanctioned. It sounds like a cheap publicity stunt to me”.
updateGothamist has a blog entry about the dispute between Rocco’s and Nathan’s
A "ghost pepper" eating contest will be held in Chicago tonight. First prize is a 32 inch plasma television.
GoGoCurryUSA.com has a page about Saturday's curry eating contest with mini-profiles of the five finalists.
A rib eating contest will be held in New York City on June 6. Submit a short essay or video to apply.
MalliesBar.com has a list of 6 eaters confirmed for Saturday's calamari contest: Pat B, Humble Bob, Eater X, Sonya, Crazy Legs & Badlands Booker.
Dani's House Of Pizza in Queens, NY announces that its pizza eating contest will take place over the next two months.
Go! Go! Curry! finals poster
The Japanese language blog for Go! Go! Curry! has a poster of the five curry eating contest finalists mentioning that three of the competitors have previously competed in the Nathan’s finals.
The contest will be webcast on http://www.justin.tv/gogocurryusa on Saturday.
update Go! Go! Curry! is looking for volunteers for the contest.
Dells BBQ Bash in Wisconsin Dells will have a wing eating contest on May 30 that will award prize packages to 6th place. The 6th place finisher will receive $30 in addition to other prizes.
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