Miscellaneous podcasts & articles
Here are various links I have come across in the past month or so:
Erik Denmark radio interviews: June 2, June 5
Kevin Carr’s interview with Pat Bertoletti (about 50 minutes)
Interview with David “Brickhouse” Braunstein & Matt Streett before Baltimore crabcake contest
Las Vegas Sun preview of Nathan’s qualifier (has only Ron Koch quotes I am aware of)
2005 US Open of Competitive Eating writeups: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3-5
Rocky Mountain News column
Another Natsuko “Gal” Sone fan blog
Amateur Nathan’s contest to be held in Boston Sunday
Ryan Nerz will emcee a Nathan’s hot dog contest at the Hot Dog Safari in Boston on Sunday. The winner of that event will not receive entry into the Coney Island finals, but New Englanders can use the contest to practice for the 2007 finals. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the gate and include all the hot dogs, sausages and ice cream you can eat.
Tempe Nathan’s qualifier preview
The Arizona Reporter has a preview of Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier in Tempe. Rich LeFevre and Ron Koch are expected. Erik Denmark and Andrew Lane have also announced they plan to attend.
Delaplane strawberry contest preview & Ian Hickman profile
timescommunity.com has a preview of tomorrow’s strawberry eating contest at the Delaplane Strawberry Festival and a profile of Ian Hickman.
List of expected eaters for goldenpalace.net ice cream contest
The IFOCE web page has posted a preview of Friday’s goldenpalace.net ice cream contest listing Pat from Moonachie, Loren Yarbrough, Bob Shoudt, Brian Seiken, Pat Bertoletti, Eater X and Crazy Legs Conti as expected entrants.
Two new IFOCE contests in NYC & Cleveland to be held this weekend
The IFOCE website lists two new contests that will be held this week. The goldenpalace.net ice cream eating contest will be held in New York City on Friday ($4000 in prizes) and the House of Blues Wing Eating championship ($1000) in prizes will be held in Cleveland on Saturday.
Corrected 6:24 pm – Thanks Pat Bertoletti
Hartford qualifier information
The East Hartford Gazette has details about the Nathan’s qualifier that will be held in Hartford on May 20.
Shoo Fly Pie: 2006 information and 2005 gallery
Rockvale Outlets has put out a press release about the 2006 Shoo Fly Pie contest that will take place on June 24. The contest has a website which has a gallery of the 2005 contest. Tim Janus is expected to defend his 2005 title. There will be an amateur contest before the IFOCE event which will award a $250 gift certificate to the winner. The website has shoo fly pie recipes if entrants want to make some practice pies.
Houston Chronicle previews tamale contest
The Houston Chronicle has a preview of Saturday’s tamale eating contest written by a local competitive eating judge. The article also contains an interview with “Horsemen of the Esophagus” author Jason Fagone in which Fagone claims that eating contests have been banned in Japan (???) after the competitive eating related deaths.
Baltimore crabcakes list of entrants
The website for the Baltimore Waterfront Festival has a full list of expected entrants for tomorrow’s crabcake eating contest. Bob Shoudt said on The Buffet that he will compete despite not being listed.
Liz (w/o Krista) to cover Baltimore crabcakes
Liz (without Krista who is currently in China) will cover Saturday’s crabcake contest in Baltimore for Urban Honking’s Digest. Liz also has a photo gallery of Ryan Nerz’s reading at Barnes & Noble.
West Palm Beach sweet corn eating contest information
TCPalm has details about Sunday’s sweet corn eating competition in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Broadway at the Beach foods revealed?
The foods in the four rounds of Saturday’s speed eating tournament in Myrtle Beach are listed as chicken wings, hot dogs, ice cream and shrimp by event coordinater Michael Castelalano at the end of this article about the Tucson jalapeno popper contest.
Broadway at the Beach preview
MyrtleBeachOnline has a short preview of Saturday’s speed eating tournament at Broadway at the Beach. Larry McNeil and Loren Yarbrough are listed as expected entrants.
Sonya & Joey to face off at Stockton Aspargus Festival
The website for the Stockton, CA Asparagus Festival announces that the winner of the 2004 deep fried asparagus eating contest, Sonya Thomas, and the winner of the 2005 event, Joey Chestnut, will face off in the 2006 contest to be held on April 22. Sonya will stop off on the west coast en route from returning from her homeland of South Korea.
Erik “the Red” Denmark’s Sunrise preview
Erik “the Red” Denmark has a preview and odds of Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier in Sunrise, Florida. It appears that the Boeing employee is trying to single-handedly create a market for his company’s products. In less than a month, the Seattle resident will have competed in the NE, SE and SW corners of the country.
Sunrise qualifer details
newtimespbp.com has information about this Saturday’s Nathans qualifier to be held before the Florida Panthers game in the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. The contest will start at 6pm and there is no admission charge (there might be a fee for parking) According to the buffet message board, the following eaters are expected to attend:
Joe LaRue
Crazy Legs Conti
Hall Hunt
Erik Denmark
Loren Yarbrough
Larry McNeil
Weather for Saturday is expected to be partly cloudy with a high of 82 and a low of 71.
Joe LaRue to defend pancake title in Central NY
Tomorrow morning, Joe LaRue will look to better his record of 30 pancakes in 15 minutes at the pancake contest at the Central New York Maple Festival in Marathon, NY.
Charlotte and Baltimore hot dog eating contest
Two hot dog eating contests will be held this extended weekend. A hot dog eating contest will be held at Green’s Lunch in Charlotte on Saturday at 1 pm in honor of that establisment’s 80th birthday. On Monday, a hot dog eating contest will take place at Mother’s Grille in Baltimore at the conclusion of the Oriole’s season opener. Call the restaurants for contest details.
Conti competes in Coney charity contest
Crazy Legs Conti will compete in a mini-hot dog contest against Dick D. Zigun, founder of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow, during a gala benefit to support Coney Island arts. The event will take place on April 7 at the Crobar. Tickets are $100 and $250. George Shea will announce and officiate the contest. Donors can sponsor either eater by pledging an amount to contribute per hot dog eaten.
2006 Sheboygan bratwurst contest officially scheduled
The Sheboygan Press has an article previewing the Sheboygan Jaycees Brat Day Festival to be held in early August and the bratwurst eating contest is on the schedule contrary to Clarence Mertz’s efforts. For competitive eaters/fans who are fans of alternative music, the Violent Femmes will appear at the festival. The full schedule of the contest will be announced on April 8.
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