• Gallery and video of the 42 inch pizza at Big Lou’s Pizza in San Antonio.
• The Heart Attack Grill segment was televised yesterday on CBS News’ Sunday Morning. I have not been able to track down an online clip.
• Video of an attempt at the Spike’s hot dog record in Boston. An unnamed woman is still was the record co-holder with 14 hot dogs in 90 minutes.
• Video of the pie eating contest for the case models on Deal or no Deal last Friday (Another video)
• Jo “Gavonne” Rose has a report on the Firehouse wings contest he competed in.
• Hatsuyo “The Witch” Sugawara eats 6.3 kg of (13.8 lb) of curry in 15 minutes. One of her competitors was the masked “Mr. Oh” who has a blog entry with some pictures from the contest.

update The Spike’s record challenger broke the store record with 15 hot dogs. Congratulations.

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• Gallery and full results from 2008 Wookey Hole Caves Big Eat
• Volvo from the movie Twilight awarded in pie eating contest held on the Tyra Banks Show. The episode will be broadcast on November 28.
• Report, gallery and video from Skinnyboy’s office pizza contest
• Video from another offfice pizza eating contest. Kim almost finishes a 26 inch pizza.
• Crazy Legs Conti authors a section of The Experts’ Guide to Doing Things Faster

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• Report on the Pittsburgh cupcake eating contest won by Pete Maurizio by his judge (from CupcakesTakeTheCake) An “IFCE” representative was present and announced the rules
• Video from 2005 Golden Palace turkey eating contest won by Sonya Thomas
• NC State and Wilkes University wing eating contests tonight
• “A Christmas Story” “Mommy’s Little Piggy” Eating Contest
  Hammond, Indiana Dec 6
• A blog about Competitive Eating Training
• Column about Brad Sciullo finishing the Belly Bruiser

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• Megamunch announces that he is retiring from blogging. Thanks for your efforts, MM.
• Article and gallery from 12 pound team pizza challenge attempt in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The article reports that a single competitive eater from Menahsa (probably Mike Fitzgerald) ate 3/4 of the pizza.
• Video from the Battle at the Big Apple pizza eating contest
• Wing Eating contest in Harrisburg, PA November 28. First prize is a Nintendo Wii
• Picture of Blondie’s (Winnipeg, Canada) burger menu which lists a 9 pound burger for $62.95
• Muscatine, Iowa taco eating contest Saturday. Entrants must receive at least $75 in pledges.

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A video and galleries by angrysong and someguynamedcarlfrom Saturday’s Carninval O Pizza eating contest at the Home Slice Pizza. The picture captions indicate that Chris (no last name provided) won the contest for the third straight year. A Tic-Tac-Toe T-shirt was made to outfit Chris’ entourages, which is one of the larger fan groups competitive eating

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• Interview with director Josh Camerote about “Swallow Your Pride”
• Female bodybuilder Isabelle Turell has signed with the WLOCE according to WLOCE.com
• Kobayashi does a pudding eating contest to promote the “Angry Kid” DVD release (this might be the first contest in Japan Kobayashi has done since the last Food Battle Club in 2002)
• Central Michigan University wing eating contest report
• Wing Bowl 17 tickets are already for sale on Craigslist even though they have yet to become available to the general public
• Ben & Jerry’s Vermonster eating contest in Singapore December 6
• Austin, TX pizza eating contest Saturday
• Monique Griffin wins a pizza eating contest at Luke Air Force Base

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• English language tribute to Gal Sone
• Videos of Lynchburg, VA Dickey’s BBQ qualifier
• Forney, TX Christmas pie eating contest December 6 (open only to Forney residents) first prize is a large flat screen TV
• Kobayashi dyes his hair green
• Request for Atlanta area Tostino’s Pizza Roll eating contest competitor
• Picture of Juris Shibayama at the Nashville Krystal qualifier
• B. C. Pizza (MI, GA & KY) to offer Sarge pizza challenge

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• The meat in Denny’s Beer Barrel’s big burgers gets a bad review
• Tim Rauscheder beer drinking video
• NYC wing eating contest tonight
• Gal Sone wins a poll of the Japanese celebrity people most want to see without makeup
• A large image of the Joey Chestnut baseball card
• Picture of victorious (and wet) Juliet Lee at Nashville qualifier
• Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara wins the Morioko wanko soba noodle eating contest with 383 bowls in 15 minutes

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Previous pancake eating contests held at Pete’s Grille in Baltimore has taken place on a Friday morning in the middle of November (2007 – November 16, 2005 – November 18) If the contest is held at the same time this year, the probable dates are either November 14 or 21. Previous contests have awarded $500 to both the top male and female competitors.

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• Video of Pat Bertoletti drinking beer with the help of a steak knife
• Jill Stoler and Jo Gavonne attend the Village Halloween Parade as the Chapmans (bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman and his wife Beth, that is) More pictures are on Jill’s myspace
• Competitive eating themed “Beetle Bailey” comic strip (from Paul Barlow)
• Americus, GA hot dog eating contest report

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Dick’s Last Resort will be holding a Freaky Food Eating Contest on Halloween. Wearing costumes is required to compete. The contest appears on the event calendars for the Boston, San Antonio, Dallas, Chicago, San Diego and Myrtle Beach, SC locations. (It is not listed on the Las Vegas calendar.) The winner will receive $500 cash, while 2nd and 3rd place will win $200 and $100 gift cards.

The food items to be consumed at the San Antonio contest will be 4 dog biscuits, a hunk of bleu cheese, a pickled pig’s foot, a pickled egg, 10 sardines and a large glass of buttermilk.

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• Gallery from the Famous Famiglia pizza contest with 200 pictures
• Jason McCormack has videos of July’s BBQ eating contest in Tulsa and his recent pie eating contest victory
• Beautiful Brian to attend the Coney Island benefit honotring George Shea and might sing songs from “Stick to Blogging” at that event. He also has his thoughts on Kate Westfall’s departure
• Jesup, GA spaghetti eating contest report

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• Val Bromman has a blog entry and gallery from a sandwich eating / Big Wheel riding contest judged by Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown
• Buffalo Wing Festival contest gallery from Matt Ventre
• Kobayashi has some pictures from Paul Barlow from the Birmingham Krystal qualifier on his blog
• Oyster Bay NY, oyster eating contest report
• Evansville, IN donut hole eating contest for charity

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• Santa Clarita, CA hard boilded egg eating contest Sunday, $250 first prize
• George Shea to be honored at Coney Island benefit November 3
• Mini-documentary about the Garlicky Greens contest
• Video of 3 pound burger attempt at the Cottage Cafe in Traverse City, MI
• Yogurt Eating contest for breast cancer research

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Two unaffiliated contests this Saturday will award $100 to the winner:

• Spaghetti Eating Contest, Arch Fest, Jesup Georgia, $200 total purse
• Hot Dog Eating Contest, New Martinsville, WV

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• BeautifulBrian.com has a commentary about Brad Sciullo
• Video of Famous Famiglia pizza eating contest
• Joey Chestnut mentioned during San Jose city council meeting
• Picture of Badlands Booker and Erik Denmark at the Nashville Krystal qualifier
• Boston area hot dog contest Oct 25 says it will offer $200 in cash prizes
• Report on Antioch, IL hot dog contest

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The Carolina Packers Hot Dog Eating Contest will be held at the Brickdirt National Super Street Championship tomorrow at Clary’s Speedway in Brinkleyville, North Carolina. The first prize will be $350 and the entry fee is $10. Rules – Event Information

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Craigslist has a posting requesting competitors for a pizza eating contest to be held tomorrow morning at the Playboy Radio studio in Los Angeles. The winner will judge a sexy costume contest with Playboy models.

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• Picture of Juliet Lee at the Nashville qualifier
• Favorite KSO V pictures at Krystalist
• Kobayashi has some pictures from the Krystal Square Off on his blog
• Tomoko Miyake has posted a FAQ using questions sent by her fans (Her favorite baseball team is the Hanshin Tigers)
• Craigslist posting about Raleigh, NC wing contest Sunday

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The Wing Shack in Whitby, Ontario will be hosting weekly qualifiers for a wing eating contest held on Super Bowl Sunday.

The previous two finals awarded $5000 to the winner. The finals prize for the 2009 contest is not mentioned on the Wing Shack’s website. The website does say that the entry fee is $20 and contests will be winner take all. It is not clear if the overall winner will receive all of the entry fees or if each qualifier winners will receive all the fees for that week. The previous two contests were sponsored by The Rock FM, but the upcoming contest is not mentioned on the radio station website currently.

2008 contest – winner Joe Menchetti
2007 contest – winner Jade Dotzentroth

Some other restaurants holding weekly eating contests during football season:
Court Jester’s – Aberdeen, NJ
Black Horn Bar – Carolina Beach, NC
Buffalo Wild Wings – Sterling Heights, MI
The Pour House – New York City, NY

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• An article listing four eating challenges in Winnipeg (a flickr gallery of the nine pound burger from Blondie’s)
• Dale Boone is about to return to India according to his myspace page
• Primanti Brothers sandwich eating contest at the University of Pittsburgh
• Columbia Heights cupcake eating contest gallery
  
• Minnesota “Juicy Lucy” burger eating contest with qualifiers this month (dates not listed)

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• Ian Hickman in CiCi’s pizza contest: part 1, part 2
• J & R Steakhouse’s online Wall of Fame/Shame has been updated but does not include recent notable 76 ounce steak finishers such as Furious Pete or Elizabeth Canady. Maureen Kearney is one of the recently added finishers (picture on right)
• Brad Sciullo has been dropped from the AICE rankings. (Cached previous rankings)
• Women only wing eating contest in Columbus Ohio October 9
• Preview of the Newark, Ohio Dickey’s BBQ qualifier

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The following information about a wing eating contest at the Buckhead Saloon in Raleigh, NC has been sent by email:

The contest is on Sunday Oct. 12th, and will be starting at 4pm. Each contestant will have 10 minutes to eat as much wing meat as they can. We will weigh the amout of wings they started with, and weigh the scraps after they are done. The first prize is an all-inclusive trip for two to Las Vegas. Second place will get a month free memebership at Peak Fitness, and third will get a Miller Lite prize package (shirts, hats, etc). The entrance fee is $10, and signup starts this coming Sunday (Oct 5).

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A jalapeno eating contest will be held at the St. Francis Fall for Greenville (South Carolina) on October 10. The prize breakdown:

1st Place = $300
2nd Place = $200
3rd Place = $100

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• Texas State Fair corny dog results, competitor factoids, Patrick Michels gallery
• Press relase for Famous Famiglia pizza has the following competitors: Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Crazy Legs Conti, Bob Shoudt, and Tim Eater X Janus
• Beautiful Brian has his personal IFOCE chronology
• British man dies after consuming homemade ultra hot sauce
• Video of Kevin Ross speed eating hot dogs
• Tomoko Miyake has a blog entry that Google translation titles “Wang Eating”
• Paul Newman dies at 83. This tribute says his hard boiled egg eating scene in Cool Hand Luke was responsible for starting a wave of eating contests involving college students and troops in Vietnam.

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