Contest Calendar: October 17-19, 2008
A list of contests in the eatfeats database this weekend follows after the jump.
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NC hot dog eating contest tomorrow, $350 prize
The Carolina Packers Hot Dog Eating Contest will be held at the Brickdirt National Super Street Championship tomorrow at Clary’s Speedway in Brinkleyville, North Carolina. The first prize will be $350 and the entry fee is $10. Rules – Event Information
Nov 8 IFOCE Fort Pierce, FL pizza contest
The Van Duzer Foundation’s website has the following announcement:
That’s right, the Van Duzer Foundation is teaming up with the one and only International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE) to host THE BATTLE AT THE BIG APPLE! Featuring world-class competitive eaters, the likes of Joey Chestnut, who stunned the world twice at the famed Fourth of July Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. Mark your calndar right now for Saturday, November 8th, 2008, and please keep watching this site for more information on preliminary contests (you might even eat your way into a chance to compete in this once-in-a-lifetime event).
The location is not listed on the foundation website. TCPalm says that it will take place in Fort Pierce, Florida.
October 10-12, 2008 calendar
A list of this weekend’s contests follows after the jump. Independent contests with notable prizes:
Oct 10 Jalapeno contest, Greenville, SC $600 total purse
Oct 11 Cranberry Pie Eating contest, Fort Langley, BC, Canada, first prize is Vancouver Canucks tickets
Oct 12 Wing Eating Contest Raleigh, NC, first prize is a trip to Las Vegas
Famous Famiglia pizza press release
A new press release about Sunday’s Famous Famiglia pizza eating contest in Times Square is available. Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti are the listed expected entrants, who were also mentioned in the September 11 press release.
Raleigh, NC wing contest Oct 12 – first prize is a Vegas trip
The following information about a wing eating contest at the Buckhead Saloon in Raleigh, NC has been sent by email:
The contest is on Sunday Oct. 12th, and will be starting at 4pm. Each contestant will have 10 minutes to eat as much wing meat as they can. We will weigh the amout of wings they started with, and weigh the scraps after they are done. The first prize is an all-inclusive trip for two to Las Vegas. Second place will get a month free memebership at Peak Fitness, and third will get a Miller Lite prize package (shirts, hats, etc). The entrance fee is $10, and signup starts this coming Sunday (Oct 5).
Contest calendar Oct 3-5
A listing of the contests in the eatfeats calendar this weekend follows after the jump:
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Oct 10 Greenville, SC jalapeno eating conetst, $600 purse
A jalapeno eating contest will be held at the St. Francis Fall for Greenville (South Carolina) on October 10. The prize breakdown:
1st Place = $300
2nd Place = $200
3rd Place = $100
Link Buffet: September 29, 2008
- Texas State Fair corny dog results, competitor factoids, Patrick Michels gallery
- Press relase for Famous Famiglia pizza has the following competitors: Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Crazy Legs Conti, Bob Shoudt, and Tim Eater X Janus
- Beautiful Brian has his personal IFOCE chronology
- British man dies after consuming homemade ultra hot sauce
- Video of Kevin Ross speed eating hot dogs
- Tomoko Miyake has a blog entry that Google translation titles “Wang Eating”
- Paul Newman dies at 83. This tribute says his hard boiled egg eating scene in Cool Hand Luke was responsible for starting a wave of eating contests involving college students and troops in Vietnam.
Krystal Square Off V finals previews
- Times Free Press article and video
- WDEF blog entry with video (from Fred Patech)
- Blog entry and gallery about today’s autograph session
- Hall Hunt blog entry
- Sponichi article in Japanese
September 26-28 contests information
Some competitors in the Krystal finals will sign autographs and pose for pictures at the Krystal in Hixson, TN tomorrow. Takeru Kobayashi, Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Humble Bob Shoudt are expected to appear.
A list of the competitors in the Lewisville, TX tamale contest has been provided in a comment. It does not appear that anyone will compete in both the Krystal finals and the tamale contest. Expected entrants include: Nate Biller, Tim Brown, Erik Denmark, Nic Fry, Bill Myers, Brent Ricord, Kevin Ross, Damon Serignet, Patrick Vandam and Frank Wach.
A listing of all contests this weekend in the eatfeats calendar is available after the jump.
update A press release with competitor profiles is available on the city of Lewisville’s website. It is interesting that the press release mentions Frank Wach competing in Bartolini’s meatball contest.
update #2 Pete Davekos’ appearance on Fox 25 this morning can be viewed online.
Memphis qualifier expected entrants
The Krystal Square Off blog has a preview of today’s qualifier in Memphis. Listed ranked entrants include Rich LeFevre, Crazy Legs Conti, Juris Shibayama, Erik Denmark and Chris Abatsas, Damon Serignet. Juris Shibayama’s competing in a second qualifier will give him the tiebreaker over Badlands Booker regardless of how much he eats.
Sonya Thomas will get in unless the top four breaks 55. Booker will have to hope that the runner-up does not exceed his total of 51.
Erik Denmark has blog entries about last weekend’s jalapeno contest and Krystal qualifier in Memphis. He has the following account of the Krystal overtime in Memphis:
In the 10 burger overtime eat-off, Rich Shea announced clearly to keep the eating clean – Juliet did not, she continued to stuff multiple burgers in and around her mouth getting about half of them in and half of them on the table and ground. She raised her hands in the air when her 10 burgers were out of the boxes, the crowd booed and the judges told her to eat the mess she had made. She continued to sweep up the sloppy burgers from the table and with every sweep of burger mess in to her mouth she raised her hands again looking for victory and the crowd booed louder. This continued for about the next 60 seconds, the crowd was now hoping that either Badlands or Juris would get through their 10 burgers before Juliet was done cleaning her mess.
But it didn’t happen, Juliet finally ate enough of what she had spilled to get the decision. Not a popular decision at all.
Erik Denmark also says that Kobayashi’s bye slot in the Krystal finals will be filled by an amateur pulled from the crowd and not a fourth wild card entrant.
Brooklyn loukoumades eating contest tomorrow
A loukoumades eating contest will be held on September 21 at the Holy Cross Greek Cultural Festival in Brooklyn. According to the contest flyer, more than $1,000 in prizes will be awarded.
IFOCE September New England contests
(from anonymous comment) The fifth Garlicky Greens eating contest will be sanctioned by IFOCE. The competition will take place at b.good in Cambridge, Massachusetts on September 27. Registration opens September 18 at noon eastern and the first prize is a year of meals and a belt. A posting on craigslist about the contest is available. Pete Davekos and 2007 winner Michael “Betsy’s Boy” Cobb are expected. Will 2006 winner Gretchen Salyer (pictured on right) make her sanctioned contest debut?
A contest preview has also been added for Saturday’s burrito eating contest in Maine. The expected entrants include Pat Bertoletti, Tim Janus, Sonya Thomas, Tim Brown, Badlands Booker and Pete Davekos.
No Houston Astros game tomorrow
MLB.com has announced that the Houston Astros baseball game tomorrow has been postponed due to hurricane Ike with the makeup date undetermined, so the kolache contest cannot be held in conjunction with that event.
September 13 IFOCE contest previews
The Shreveport Times has an article about the grits eating contest to be held at Harrah’s Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, LA. Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Tim Janus are listed as expected entrants. The article does not mention the possibility of the contest being cancelled due to hurricane Ike.
The Nashville Krystal qualifier entrants have been posted on the Krystal Square Off blog:
Juliet Lee
Eric Booker
Erik Denmark
Juris Shibayama
Nathan Biller
Pete Davekos
Bill Myers
Dave Goldstein
Andrew Wong
Steve Larson
Houston kolaches expected entrants
Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle has a preview of Friday’s kolache eating contest. The expected entrants are Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Hall Hunt, Crazy Legs Conti, Erik Denmark and Sean “The Cablinasian” Pendergast.
NYC IFOCE pizza contest Oct 12
According to a database entry and email, Famous Famigila will sponsor an IFOCE pizza eating contest that will take place in New York City on October 12.
IFOCE Labor Day weekend contest entrants
SportsBubbler.com has a list of the expected entrants at the Buffalo Wing Festival wing eating contest: Sonya Thomas, Juliet Lee, Badlands Booker, Buffalo Jim Reeves, Russ Keeler, Dave “US Male” Goldstein, Brian Subich, Wild Bill Myers, Beautiful Brian Seiken
Sonya is the only listed entrant in the Buffalo Buffet Bowl contest on Sunday (presumably most, if not all of the wing contest competitors will also enter that event.)
Juliet Lee is still listed on the Myrtle Beach pork barbecue sandwich eating contest roster despite also being in the buffalo wing list
Joey Chestnut, Bob Shoudt and Tim Brown are expected at the spaghetti chili eating contest in Cincinnati.
KrystalSquareOff.com has yet to list all the non-amateurs competing in the Jacksonville qualifier on Labor Day. The most recent blog entry has a video interview Hall Hunt did this morning. The Krystal twitter page is taking predictions for the contest.
Nugget Rib expected entrants
A press release lists four expected entrants at tomorrow’s Best in the West Nugget World Rib Eating Championship in Sparks, Nevada: Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Rich LeFevre and Erik Denmark.
Krystal Square Off “Running of the Grill”
You can follow the events of the opening festivities for Krystal Square Off V on the KSO twitter page at http://twitter.com/ksquareoff The “Running of the Grill” is almost concluded and the press conference is about to begin.
The Times Free Press has an article and WDEF has a blog entry about today and tomorrow’s events. Registration for amateurs tomorrow starts at 2pm.
Viewing tomorrow’s qualifier requires admission to the Southern Brewers Festival which costs $15.
update TimesFreePress.com has a preview of the qualifier focusing on the favorite, Bob “Stoudt” [sic]
Myrtle Beach BBQ & LA Gyoza entrants
(from hungrysisters) The website for the Sun Fun Festival has a list of entrants in the Pork Barbecue Sandwich Eating Contest. Half of the current IFOCE top 10 is expected: Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Bob Shoudt, Hall Hunt and Juliet Lee.
Cory Hayashi has emailed the list of competitors for the gyoza eating contest that will take place on August 23 at the Nisei Week Japanese Festival in Los Angeles: Pat Bertoletti (#2), Rich LeFevre (#7), Erik Denmark (#12), Tim Brown (#13), Kevin Ross (#29), El Toro (#41), and Shawn Kirby (#48). Actresss Miki Mia (The 40 Year Old Virgin) and the 2007 Nisei Week Queen and Court will also compete.
Mike Nafziger has emailed that Bob Shoudt will probably attend the Chattanooga qualifier and he might do an exhibition.
IFOCE Cincinnati chili spaghetti contest Sept 1
(from Crawfish comment) A chili spaghetti eating contest will take place at Kings Island amusement park in Cincinnati on Labor Day, September 1. Registration will open on Friday August 15 at 1 pm eastern. Joey Chestnut is an expected entrant.
2008 IFOCE grits contest September 13
(From comment) IFOCE.com has been updated with information about the return of the Harrah’s Louisiana Downs World Grits Eating Championship to Bossier City, Louisiana on September 13. Like last year, the purse will be $10,000. Registration will open on Wednesday, August 13 at 1pm eastern.
After having no contest with a purse larger than $5,000 in the first half of 2008, five IFOCE contests in the the third quarter will award total prizes of at least $10,000 (Nathan’s, Krystal, OK BBQ, kolaches and grits)
Link Buffet: August 8, 2008
- Krystal qualifier registration opens at noon eastern (limit 3 qualifiers per person)
- Floria Lee an expected entrant at the Goya National Black Bean Eating Championship
- Video of interview with organizer of Saturday’s Baton Rouge, LA rib eating contest (purse $400). The ribeatingcontest.com URL mentioned in the interview does not work
- Arizona State women’s basketball team members compete in Battle of the Bone qualifier
- Blog entry about 3.5 lb Homewrecker hot dog challenge in West Virginia
- Signup info for the Taste of Hamburg-er eating contest on megamunch. Prize money will be based on the number of “professionals” competing.
- Malaysian article (in English) about the Singapore showdown
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