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Hall Hunt has withdrawn from the Lewisville tamale contest and a comment says he will be replaced by Rich LeFevre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.
2006 Bratwurst Fest previews
Sheboygan Times opening day report & festival schedule
Sheboygan Times pro contest editorial
Erik “the Red” Denmark radio interview podcast
Sheboygan Times bratwurst preview
The Sheboygan Times has a preview of Saturday’s Johnsonville Bratwurst Eating contest and Brat Days. The Violent Femmes will play a concert on Saturday night.
Incorrect Quick Chek date in Daily Record article
The Daily Record’s article about the NJ Balloon Festival gives two different dates for the Quick Chek Italian Sub eating contest, the correct date of July 29 in the sidebar and an incorrect date of July 30 in the body of the article. The Courier Post has basically the same article, but it does not have an incorrect date.
Tim Janus’ summer 2006 plans
The Norwich Bulletin reports that Tim Janus will return to his home state to compete in the Ash Creek Saloon Baby Back Rib-Eating Championship in Fairfield, CT Aug. 13.
This article about an egg roll qualifier for the North Dakota Rhubarb Pie contest says that the 6th (Janus) and 12th (Crazy Legs Conti) ranked eaters might travel west to compete in that event on July 29.
NYC dumpling contest to offer $1K men’s & women’s purses
(from AICE news) There will be a Chinese dumpling eating contest at the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Flushing Meadows Park in Queens on August 13. Women’s and men’s purses of $1,000 ($500 1st, $300 2nd, $200 3rd) will be offered. Last year’s female second place ate only about 11 dumplings in two minutes (the female winner, Floria Lee, almost tied the male runners up), so Gothamite trencherwomen interested in winning $300 might want to check this event out.
Gallon of milk drinking contest in New York August 12
A gallon of milk drinking contest will be held at Rockland State Park in New York on August 12. 90% of the proceeds will go to charity, so prizes will be minimal. Contestants will have an hour to finish the gallon.
July 15 AICE contest previews
The Boston Globe has a preview of the Italian Sauage Eating contest in East Boston, MA and the Battle Creek Enquirer has a preview of the Reuben Sandwich Eating contest in Marshall, MI. Both contests will take place on Saturday. The Italian Sausage contest will be held at the Italia Unita Festival, so wearing a Zinadine Zidane jersey is not recommended.
Atlanta Frank’s Red Hot wing eating contest Saturday
If Dale Boone is looking to follow up his corndogorama victory with another local contest, a buffalo wing eating contest sponsored by Frank’s Red Hot will be held at Atlantic Station in Atlanta on Saturday.
NBC4: Sonya Thomas to do NC Ribs
NBC4 (Washington DC local news) interviewed Sonya Thomas after Nathan’s, which is mentioned in the station’s blog. Sonya said that she intended to do Friday’s rib contest at Harrah’s casino in Cherokee, NC. Dale Boone is also expected to compete in that contest and interesting (in the Chinese curse meaning of the word) things tend to happen when those two compete. I don’t believe that Sonya has ever lost in VA, DC, MD, DE or NC.
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