BostonNow – pro-am AICE sausage contest Friday
BostonNow.com reports that there will be another sausage contest at the Boston Italian Festival in addition to the main sausage contest on Saturday:
On Friday there will be a World Sausage Eating Contest that pairs professional eaters with local celebrities fighting it out for the title of champion. More than 150 pounds of sausage will be devoured, with each contestant responsible for one to four pounds or up to 16 12-inch links.
“We receive a lot of exposure from it, and it has become a highlight of the festival,” says Capogreco. “We’re drawing a lot of competitive eaters, too, such as Tom “The Goose” Gilbert, Ian “The Invader” Hickman and Joshua “The Lumberjack” Hearne.”
Some profiles of the expected competitors are listed on the festival website.
Cincinnati coney contest August 3
From MyFoutainSquare.com
At noon on Friday, August 3, the contestant who consumes the most Skyline Coneys topped with Extreme Habanero Cheese in 3 minutes will be crowned champion!
To register to a chance to compete, complete the official entry form located here: www.myfountainsquare.com/skyline. Fifteen contestants will be randomly drawn and notified on Monday, July 30.
Produced by Skyline Chili and Fountain Square Management Group.
Registration deadline is July 29. First prize is a $100 gift card to Skyline Chili. Other competitors will receive a $25 gift card.
IFOCE PB & J contest at Knott’s Berry Farm (Cal.) Aug 8
An IFOCE peanut butter & jelly sandwich eating contest will be held at Knott’s Berry Farm in southern California on August 8 to promote the start of the 2007 Drum Corps International Summer Music Games World Championships.
Registration opens tomorrow at noon eastern. The total purse is $3000.
AICE Reuben sandwich preview
The Battle Creek Enquirer has a preview of Saturday’s Reuben sandwich eating contest. Some of the expected entrants are:
Among those who will be competing are “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti of Wallingford, Connecticut, Pat “Dr. Delicious” Bruss of Cincinnati, Ohio and Chris “The American” Schlesinger from Bohemia, New York. “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti is considered by some to be the best money eater in the country.
Pittsburgh hot dog contest Sat., $300 first prize
From post-gazette.com’s calendar
EAST LIBERTY: Station Street Hot Dog and Sandwich Shop, 6290 Broad St., hosts a six-minute Hot Dog Eating Contest at 1 p.m. as part of its grand opening and in observance of July as National Hot Dog Month. First prize winner receives $300, a color television and case of hot dogs. Call 412-365-2121.
Dewey Beach wing contest information
The website for The Starboard has information about Sunday’s wing contest.
Sunday is the famous WINGS TO GO SUICIDE WING EATING CONTEST!!! In at least our 20th year of this contest, 3pm this Sunday, you can get your chance to win $500 in CASH by eating the most Suicide Wings within the 30 minute time frame. No Drinks, No other Food, just WINGS!! To sign up, be here before 2pm on Sunday, and see our DJ to get yourself signed up for a shot at the title!
IFOCE Chicago jalapeño eating contest Sept 16
La Costeña will sponsor the “Feel the Heat” Jalapeño Eating Challenge to be held in Chicago on September 16. Registration will open August 1.
Regarding other possible IFOCE September events, it is not clear if the Buffalo Wing Festival will retain its IFOCE affiliation. Registration for the buffet bowl contest does not appear to be handled by IFOCE, and the page for the wing contest brings up an error.
Three Brothers Pizza registration opens tomorrow
Registration for the second Three Brothers Pizza contest will open on July 13 at noon eastern. The contest will take place on August 18 in Greenbelt, Maryland. There will also be an amateur contest.
Another August IFOCE contest will take place at the Ash Creek Saloon Rib Eating Contest. Joey Chestnut is expected to defend his title. Former WWF/WWE wrestler King Kong Bundy will act as celebrity judge.
Queens, NY dumpling contest August 5
From Gothamist:
So it’s only in the interest of each borough having its own event that we bring you this next story- the 4th Annual Dumpling Eating Contest, taking place on Sunday August 5th as part of the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Flushing. For all of those who watched Joey Chestnut eat 66 weenies last week and exclaimed, “Hell, I can do that,†here’s your chance: the Dumpling Eating Contest is accepting registrants until the end of the month.
The contest is two minutes long with prizes of $1000, $500 and $300. Last year’s festival had separate contests for men and women with equivalent prize money for both genders.
Summer EATORF events
From the EATORF calendar
Sat. June 30 @8pm The Stadium Club in Moosic Boneless Hot Wings ($200 first prize)
Fri. July 20 @ Gametime 7pm PNC Field in Moosic during Yankees game Hot Dogs
Wed. August 8 @ 9pm Joe Shags Restaurant in Pittston Square Pizz
Daly City preview
InsideBayArea.com has a preview of today’s Nathan’s qualifier in the San Francisco area. Bert Chi and Jake True are two locals who will take on Rich LeFevre.
Erik Denmark previews pigs feet
(From Erik Denmark) Erik Denmark has written a preview of tomorrow’s pigs feet contest that he will compete in. Some of the other expected entrants are Crazy Legs, Justin Mih and Skinnyboy.
LancasterOnline previews Shoo Fly Pie
LancasterOnline has a preview of tomorrow’s Shoo Fly Pie contest with quotes from “Humble” Bob Shoudt and Pat Bertoletti.
Amateur P’Zone contest vs. Kobayashi
A press release announces a P’Zone eating contest against Takeru Kobayashi:
Coinciding with the return of P’Zone pizza, Pizza Hut will launch a national competition “Dare You to Still Be Hungry†featuring Takeru “The Tsunami†Kobayashi, world leader in competitive eating. Through the contest, consumers can enter for a chance to win a trip to New York to take on legendary eating champion, Kobayashi, in an event sanctioned by Major League Eating (MLE).
To enter, P’Zone pizza fans should visit pizzahut.com, upload a photo of themselves with their favorite P’Zone and write a brief description stating why they are up to the challenge of competing against Kobayashi. The contest deadline for submitting photos is July 1. The face-off with Kobayashi will take place in early July.
Entries are being accepted at http://www.pizzahut.com/vpofpizza/ The rules announce that one amateur with no competitive eating experience will be selected to compete against Kobayashi. The selected eater will receive $5,000 and a trip to New York City.
Pittsburgh pierogie preview
Post-Gazette.com has a preview of Saturday’s AICE pierogie eating contest.
Shoo Fly Pie expected entrants
From an IFOCE email sent to Dave Shoffner:
Pat Bertoletti
Sonya Thomas
Bob Shoudt
Hall Hunt
Juliet Lee
Steakbellie
The Mad Greek
Wild Bill Myers
Brian Subich
The Sane Greek
Russ Keeler
Dave Shoffner (received standby slot)
Pete Miernicki
Tim Janus will miss the contest for the first time. This will be the first matchup of Sonya & Juliet since the meatball contest in Atlantic City.
Molly Pitcher qualifier information
EarthTimes.com has a press release about the “Spotlight on New Jersey” to be held at the Molly Pitcher travel plaza on Friday. Spaces in the Nathan’s qualifier are still available according to the press release:
Concerts, giveaways, and special activities will take place throughout the day. Chief among them will be the Nathan’s Famous hotdog eating contest scheduled for 1:00 PM. The winner of this regional qualifying event will compete in Nathan’s national championship on July 4th in Coney Island, New York. HMSHost invites all aspiring hotdog champions to come out this Friday and compete for the right to represent the great State of New Jersey in this classic event.
No expected eaters are listed. Brian Seiken says that he, Brian Subich and Allen Goldstein will attend on the home page of beautifulbrian.com
IFOCE “Stand By Me” pie contest registrations opens today
From IFOCE.com:
On July 28, the nation’s top Major League Eaters will converge on the small hamlet of Brownsville, Oregon to recreate one of the most iconic moments in both film and competitive eating history.
STAND BY ME was filmed in Brownsville and was released in 1986. For the first time, the IFOCE will sanction a hands-free pie eating contest as a tribute to the movie that helped bring competitive eating into the spotlight.
Registration for this contest will open at 12:00pm on Friday, June 15.
I think this is the first handsless contest IFOCE has sanctioned. The only contests listed in July on the IFOCE calendar are in Oregon.
New Haven, CT matzo ball eating contest June 26
From NHRegister.com:
With “Indiana Jones” coming downtown, it’s going to be party time!
A free movie! Aerial acrobats! A matzo ball-eating contest! Poison darts!
Well, the poison darts will be only on the big screen set up on the Green, where “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” the movie that made Indiana Jones an instant hero, will be shown.
The celebration, which will be held on the Green and along Temple Street between Chapel and George, will kick off at 5 p.m. June 26, two nights before the fourth “Indy” movie starts filming downtown.
The contest will take place at Katz’s II on Temple (no other details are provided)
Different locations listed in Concord Mills
The website for Concord Mills says that the Nathan’s qualifier will be held in the parking lot for AMC Theaters
Charlotte.com’s calendar (which has a picture of Hall Hunt who is described as a “steadfastly Christian eater”) says the contest will take place in the food court. The entry also mentions Juliet Lee and Erik Denmark (who will presumably not be attending)
IFOCE.com & nathansfamous.com provide no Charlotte site information at all.
Shoo Fly pie purse $10000
Megamunch received the Shoo Fly Pie prize breakdown (and a notice that he is on standy status for that event) which follows:
1st ($4,000), 2nd ($2,000), 3rd ($1,500), 4th ($1,000), 5th ($750), 6th ($500), 7th ($250)
There will also be an amateur contest.
Over the past three years the purse of that contest has increased from a $500 shopping spree, to $2,600 to $10,000
Charlotte (Concord Mills) entrants list
Here is a list of people I believe will enter Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier at Concord Mills near Charlotte, NC. Please inform me of any others, and correct those who will not be attending:
Juliet Lee
Hall Hunt
Kevin Carr
Super Paul Barlow
Jeff Chapman http://fiset35.blogspot.com/
LAist on CHiPs donut contest
The LAist blog has an entry about the donut eating contest to be held tomorrow morning at Randy’s Donuts to promote the DVD release of CHiPs.
Randys-Donuts.com has a webcam of the restaurant. Hopefully it will broadcast the contest.
OregonLive – IFOCE blueberry pie contest July 28
From OregonLive’s article about the “Stand By Me (movie) Celebration and Rolling Roadshow,” to take place on July 28 in Brownsville, Oregon:
Other activities include a sock hop, a “body” scavenger hunt with clues from the movie, photo opportunities at various film locales, and a blueberry pie-eating contest presented by the International Federation of Competitive Eaters.
June 2-4 independent contests
Click on the links below to see articles about the independent contests this upcoming weekend.
June 2, Cleveland Heights, OH hot dog eating contest (1st prize has listed value of $300)
June 2, San Jose, CA tamale eating contest
June 2, Windham, NH Strawberry eating contest
June 2, Nanticoke, PA pierogi eating contest
June 3, Louisville, KY Strawberry Eating contest
June 3, Bakersfield, CA Jalapeno eating contest
June 3, Savannah, GA wing eating contest
June 4, Raleigh, NC pancake eating contest
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