Green chile grilled cheese preview
This page on the New Mexico State Fair website is the only information I have been able to find about Saturday’s green chile grilled cheese contest. The $100K rookie grilled cheese challenge will be held as well. No expected competitors are listed. There will be three New Mexico IFOCE contests in about a month and a half.
Erik “the Red” to attempt spot shrimp record
Erik “the Red” Denmark announces that he will attempt to break the IFOCE record of 4 lb. 9 oz. of spot shrimp in 12 minutes tomorrow. The record is currently held by “Hungry” Charles Hardy. The attempt will be part of a charity event and broadcast on internet radio around 7:30 eastern / 4:30 pacific.
Crazy Legs Conti claims to have done 5 pounds in 10 minutes:
Q Do you have a favorite eating contest? Hot dogs? Ice cream?
A I turned pro on Acme Louisiana Oysters (20 dozen in ten minutes) and earned the moniker, “The Mollusk Kingâ€. I’ve done well in Alaskan Spot Shrimp (5 lbs in ten minutes). I am training for Delaware Crab Cakes, so seafood is my specialty. My father weaned me on seafood, calling it, “low tide food – nothing that grows above the ankleâ€. Favorite Eating Contest? Lobster, Lobstah, and Ayuh, Lobsta.
Jalapeno contest at Texas State Fair October 8
IFOCE.com announces that an 8 minute jalapeno pepper eating contest will be held at the Texas State Fair on October 8. Will Don “Moses” Lerman come out of retirement to compete in his speciality?
Janus, Simpson, Bubba at ATL Krystal qualifier
Krystalsquareoff.com announces that Tim “Eater X” Janus and Chip “Burger” Simpson are expected at the Atlanta qualifier. This will be the first matchup of top 10 ranked eaters in a qualifier. Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough and Paul “BoneBreaker” Barlow are among the expected entrants representing Georgia. The contest could see the return of the mystery eater who reportedly gave Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas everything they could handle at the waffle eating contest before DQing.
Updated 3:07 pm – The preliminaries will be held throughout the Atlanta area and will start tomorrow at the Georgia Tech football stadium:
September 21 Georgia Tech Football 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM
September 22 Southlake Mall 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
September 23 Cumberland Mall 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
September 24 Local Finals–Lenox Square 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Kobayashi to compete in closed Boston contest September 23
The Fenway park area will not enjoy a baseball championship in the autumn of 2006, but it will host an eating champion. IFOCE.com announces that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in a lobster roll eating contest at the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in Boston this Saturday. (The festival has already sold out) Kobayashi will compete against a team of four amateurs whose total will be combined. The contest is apparently closed to all other competitors.
Kobayashi has an entry about the lobster roll contest in his blog which mentions Rona Conti.
Krystal Knoxville roster set
krystalsquareoff.com has the list of expected competitors in today’s qualifier in Knoxville. The webcast should start around 6pm eastern.
Expected fried okra / pulled pork / Knoxville Krystal entrants
The OK Gazette reports that Patrick Bertoletti, Tim Janus and Larry McNeil are expected at the goldenpalace.net Fried Okra Eating Championship at the Oklahoma State Fair.
The Reader reports that Joey Chestnut, Chip Simpson and defending champion Rich LeFevre are expected at the World Pulled Pork-Eating Contest at Harrah’s Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
zerobxu will also compete in the pulled pork contest. zerobxu competed in the kolache eating contest and has a blog entry and gallery about that contest.
KrystalSquareOff lists Pat Bertoletti, Juris Shibayama, Arturo Rios, Larry McNeil as expected competitors in the Knoxville qualifier.
Updated 9/15 4:28 pm (Thanks Brian Cooley) The U of Tenn student paper has an article about the Knoxville qualifier. Pat Bertoletti says he hopes to break 60.
Corny dog contest at Texas State Fair Oct 1
The 4th annual Corny Dog contest will be held at the Texas State Fair on October 1. The first place prize is $500 with 2 Southwest Airlines tickets. The registration deadline is September 18.
Nashville Krystal field set
krystalsquareoff.com has the roster for tomorrow’s qualifier in Nashville. Ranked eaters expected are:
Humble Bob Shoudt (IFOCE #5)
Erik “The Red” Denmark (IFOCE #12)
Jim Hamrick (IFOCE #27)
Kevin Carr (IFOCE #31)
Krystal Jacksonville qualifier roster
krystalsquareoff.com has a full roster for today’s qualifier in Jacksonville. 7 Top 30 ranked eaters are expected:
Joey Chestnut (IFOCE #2)
Crazy Legs Conti (IFOCE #11)
Hall Hunt (IFOCE #15)
Joe LaRue (IFOCE #16)
Seaver Miller (IFOCE #17)
Bryan Miller (IFOCE #23)
Brickhouse Braunstein (IFOCE #29)
The contest is expected to start at 3pm today (eastern)
Expected Labor Day weekend contest entrants
A Krystal press release says that Joey Chestnut, Crazy Legs Conti, Hall Hunt and Joe LaRue will appear at the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier. Hall Hunt will enter the 2 minute preliminary round. Fox30 has an article about the qualifier. “The Hangman” Bruce Pobanz is also expected.
A Buffalo Wing Festival press release says that Sonya Thomas will appear at the festival (but does not explicitly state she will compete in the contest) Bob Shoudt and Brian Seiken say they will attend on their websites.
An IFOCE press release says that the top three finishers in last years Waffle House contest: Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas and Pat Bertoletti are expected back in this year’s contest. “The Hangman” Bruce Pobanz will also compete.
Hall Hunt has withdrawn from the Lewisville tamale contest and a comment says he will be replaced by Rich LeFevre
Buffalo Wing Festival in projected path of Ernesto
The current projected path of tropical storm Ernesto has it passing over western New York state Saturday afternoon and evening.
Updated 9/1 8:28 am – The Buffalo Wing Festival has an inclement weather plan that says they will have several huge tents.
Expected Lewisville tamale entrants
courier-gazette.com has a preview of Saturday’s tamale eating contest in Lewisville, TX. Expected competitors include Tim “Eater X” Janus (who returns to his college (SMU) metropolitan area), Hall Hunt, Seaver Miller and Larry McNeil.
Sky City jalapeno preview
The Cibola Beacon’s calendar has a preview of tomorrow’s jalapeno pepper eating contest at the Sky City Casino. The contest will start at 4pm local time. The top five eaters will receive Acoma pot (which I assume is short for pottery) in addition to a cash prize.
Texas Tamale preview
dallasnews.com has a preview of Saturday’s World Tamale Eating Championship in Lewisville, TX.
Aug 12/13 contest previews
Three Brothers Pizza – Sonya Thomas is listed as an expected entrant
Illinois State Fair Horseshoes
LA Tofu
Sonya Thomas to do 3 brothers pizza
The AP calendar reports that Sonya Thomas will compete in Saturday’s Three Brothers Pizza eating contest in Greenbelt, MD. Sonya will look to extend her VA/MD/DC/DE/NC undefeated streak.
August 12/13 to be a lucrative weekend in competitive eating
There will be at least 5 contests this weekend with a purse value of $1,000 or more:
3 Brothers Pizza, $5000
Illinois State Fair Horseshoes, $4000
Queens Chinese dumplings, $3600 – $1800 for men’s and women’s divisions
Windmill Hot Dog Eating contest, over $1000
LA Tofu eating contest, first place prize is a 13 day trip to Asia
The purse for the Ashbrook Saloon rib eating contest is not listed
Waffle House Championship in Atlanta Sept 3
The second Waffle House World Waffle Eating Championship will be held in Atlanta the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. In last year’s contest, Joey Chestnut narrowly edged out Sonya Thomas for his first victory against the Black Widow. This will be the second major contest held in Atlanta Labor Day weekend; the finals of Moe’s Burritos for Life will be held on Saturday at Georgia Tech.
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