Chris' Village Way Pizza in East Rochester, NY will hold a wing eating contest on Sunday awarding two tickets to the Bills / Raiders game on September 18.
Former Detroit Piston "Bad Boy" Rick Mahorn will serve as a celebrity judge for the hot dog eating contest at American Coney Island in Detroit on September 13.
Grace Lee will judge a meatball eating contest in Lynchburg, VA on Friday. (Grace's twitter bio still lists her as an undefeated eating champion.)
The Spin Lounge in Whittier, CA will hold qualifiers for its wing eating contest today and September 14. The finals on September 24 will award $200 to the winner.
The NC Hot Sauce Festival will hold a chili pepper eating contest on September 10 in Oxford, NC (north Raleigh area) awarding $300 to the winner.
Peace for Paws will hold a dog biscuit eating contest for humans in Dublin, Ohio on September 17. The winner will receive pizza for a year from Donato's.
Kobayashi wins West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship
update Sept 8 TheSun.Co.UK has an article with a video and OrangeCounty.com has a video
update Sept 7 Personal bests have been updated.
update Sept 6 #2 CBS and KTLA have new videos. A video of almost all of the entire contest is available. Patch has a gallery.
update Sept 6 The OC Register has an article and gallery and Fox News has an article. (via comment)
update 11:13 Naader Reda has the results
1) Takeru Kobayashi, 49 hot dogs, lowest total in a big hot dog contest since 2005
2) Tom Gilbert 29
3) “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 25
4) Rich LeFevre 23.75
5) Johnnie Excel 22.75
6) Naader Reda 17
7) Dale Bone 16.5
8) Kevin Ross 16
9) Aaron Ybarra 14
10) Mary Bowers 6.5
update 9:52 Kobayashi’s official total is 49 hot dogs
update 9:30 The contest is over. Rebecca Hall reports that Kobayashi ate 47 hot dogs. (Dale Boone reportedly quit)
Naader Reda has a preview of this evening’s West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship at The Derby Deli in Mission Viejo, which will start at 6pm Pacific (9 pm eastern).
At least six competitors in the ten person field have eaten at least 30 hot dogs in a contest. Here are the personal bests according to the eatfeats databse (contests only, no exhibitions)
Takeru Kobayshi 64.5 HDB in 10 minutes
Tom Gilbert 34.5 12 minutes + OT
Rich LeFevre 34 HDB in 12 minutes / 31 in 10 minutes
“Furious” Pete Czerwinski 33 12 minutes + OT
Dale Boone 31 in 10 minutes
Johnnie Excel – 30 HDB in 15 minutes
Kevin Ross 20 HDB in 10 minutes
Naader Reda – 17.5 HDB in 12 minutes
Aaron Ybarra – 17 HDB in 12 minutes
Mary Bowers – 8 HDB in 12 minutes
If Tom Gilbert finishes ahead of Pete Czerwinski, it would be the third time in a row he has bested “Furious” Pete and Tom Gilbert would have a strong claim as the top non-IFOCE competitive eater besides Kobayashi. Here are their head to head results:
Marcos Owens announces that he won today's pancake eating contest at Jo's in Manhattan by eating 19 pancakes in 5 minutes. update The top 3 and a video are available. update #2 Metromix has a gallery.
EveJersey has a slideshow of Saturday's Premio Italian Sausage Eating Contest held at Six Flags in New Jersey won by Dave "US Male" Goldstein.
Mike Longo reports that he won today's eating contest at the Uptown Deli in Bethesda, MD with a total of 5 softball sized matzoh balls. Jesse Dyamond was runner up and Dave Goldstein (not US Male) was 3rd. update Sept 6 Patch.com has a gallery and article.
Marcos Owen reports that Dave Brunelli defeated him by one burger, 29 to 28, to win $250 at today's eating contest at Stewart's in Marlboro, NJ. update Sept 6 News 12 New Jersey has a video. update Sept 6 #2 Patch.com has an article with a video.
The Denver Post has an article about Mark Sutherburg's victory at a hot dog eating contest at a Taste of Colorado. Andrew Lane was the runner up.
Pizza 9 in Albuquerque will hold an eating contest on September 10 awarding a flat screen TV and Blu Ray DVD player.
Mike Longo has the top 3 in today's burger eating contest for professionals held at a Taste of Hamburg (PA): 1) Dave Brunelli 12 burgers 2) Joel Podelsky 9 3) Mike Longo 8
The Chit-Chat Diner will hold a chili eating contest on October 2 in Hackensack, NJ awarding $1000 to the winner.
An oyster eating contest awarding $1000 to the winner will be held at the Pearl Street Oyster Festival in Netarts, Oregon on September 10. Teams will consist of a shucker and a swallower.
A Taste of Hamburg (PA) will hold a burger eating contest for professionals on Saturday awarding $500 to the winner ($800 total purse) and an amateur eating competition awarding $125 to the winner ($200 total purse).
Stweart's in Marlboro, NJ will hold a burger eating contest on Labor Day awarding $250 to the winner.
Jay Gorman won a wing eating contest held in Washington, DC this evening (Mike Longo was the runner-up) (contest video) and Will Millender won a wing eating contest held in Brooklyn.
Pasquani's in Denver will hold a qualifier on Saturday for a pizza eating contest in February 2012 that will award $1000 to the winner.
Seminole Casino in Hollywood, FL will hold an ice cream eating contest on Saturday awarding $2,500 in cash and prizes.
The Capitol Lounge in Washington, DC will hold a wing eating contest on Tuesday awarding a prize package with a reported value of $600.
Naader Reda & “Aubrey” win Big Butte Burger contests
update September 2 A facebook gallery of the contest with results has been posted.
Naader Reda announces that he won yesterday’s 30 minute Big Butte Burger eating contest at Lone Butte Casino in Chandler, AZ by eating almost two 4.5 pound sandwiches. “Aubrey” (almost certainly Aubrey Koehn) won the speed eating contest by eating a Big Butte Burger in 5 minutes.
Johnny Excel won yesterday's cheesesteak eating contest at Philly's Best in San Dimas, CA by eating 6.5 sandwiches in 12 minutes.
Marcos Owens announces he won $1,000 at today's wing eating contest held at Buffalo's Chicken in Wood Ridge, NJ. His total of 46 wings was more than twice the runner-up's.
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