The blog for Bubba Dogs reports that “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti will compete in their hot dog eating contest in Sea Isle City, NJ on Saturday. The entrance fee for the contest is $15. Prizes will include Flyers Club Box Seats, limousine service and restaurant gift certificates to Smithville Inn & Lobster Loft.

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TimeRecordNews has a report on the beanie burger eating contest at the Texas-Oklahoma Fair. Maurel Merette took advantage of 3 time champion Nathan Biller’s absence to win by eating 4 beanie burgers in 7 minutes.

I have not located any media coverage about the Houston Kolache contest. Friday night in Texas during football season is probably not the best time and place to maximize coverage.

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XXLmag.com reports that a burger eating contest with a $250 first prize will be held at the Checkers in the Liberty City area of Miami, FL on October 6.

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(From SlashFood) Sweet Sweet Confections is sponsoring a contest to determine who can eat the most Sweet Sweet Smores Bars in 3 minutes. Entrants will submit videos of their attempts to an online video site like youtube.

The winner will receive:

1.) Reimbursement for all Sweet Sweet Smores Bars consumed during the 3 minutes.
2.) $25 in Sweet Sweet Confections product.
3.) $50 in cash.
4.) Mention on the website.

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RichmondRegister.com reports that the Spoonbread Festival will take place this weekend in Berea, Kentucky and its spoonbread eating contest (as seen on MTV’s True Life) will occur on Saturday.

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A hot dog eating contest will be held at M’Dawg Haute Dogs in Washington, DC tomorrow. First prize is a 15 inch LCD TV.

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PoliceOne.com has an article about a meatball contest for policemen in which the winner, Tim McInerney, makes the following claim:

McInerney’s track record included eating 40 hot dogs in 17 minutes during a 2003 preliminary round of the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest in Coney Island.

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(From Sean Gordon)

At Frawley (Blue Rocks) Field, 8 minutes

1. Sean Gordon – 17 HDB
2. Joel “The Cannon” Podelsky – 13 HDB
3. Gabe Venit- 11.5 HDB, 2nd contest (first was qualifier)

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portclintonnewsherald.com reports that Tony Groch, a 68 year old from Toledo, won a pierogi-eating contest at the third annual Perch, Peach, Polka and Pierogi Festival by eating 22 pierogies in 2 minutes. The victory is his fourth pierogi contest win. An article about a 2004 victory for Groch is online.

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The wing eating contest to be held on September 15 at the Smoke on the Water Festival in Arkansas which AICE news reported was canceled is still listed on the festival’s website schedule.

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From megamunch.blogspot.com

A Taste of Hamburg-er Festival Hamburger Eating Competition, Hamburg, PA

1) Ian Hickman, 13 burgers in 8 minutes
2) Carey “The Powerhouse” Poehlmann 9 burgers
3) Brian Yoder, 7.5 burgers
4) Dave Shoffner, 5.5 burgers
4) Two unnamed eaters, 5.5 burgers

ReadingEagle.com has an article about the contest.

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The Juneau Empire reports that a pel’meni eating contest will be held in Juneau, Alaska on September 7. Dale Boone set the IFOCE pel’meni record by eating 274 of the Russian dumplings in 6 minutes.

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Muskogee Phoenix reports that Oklahoman Mike Yoss won a hot wing eating contest in Baltimore yesterday, defeating former NFL defensive lineman William “Refrigerator” Perry and three other qualifiers.

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A black & white cookie eating contest will be held at the Jerome Avenue & Gun-Hill Festival in the Bronx on September 29. This craigslist posting has more information.

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Metromix has a gallery of the August 18 tofu eating contest in Los Angeles. One of the pictures is captioned:

Danny Meza ultimately came in third behind the winner Jim Donahue who Hoover-sucked his tofu in 16 seconds. Still, he won a half-day fishing trip (2nd place received a 3/4-day trip) which is not bad at all.

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The Republican Herald has an article about the “A Taste of Hamburg-er” festival planned for Labor Day weekend in Hamburg, PA:

There’s also several contests planned for the festival, including a burger-eating contest, with the contestant that devours the most hamburgers in the designated time crowned the winner. There’s a $5 entry fee, and registration will begin the day of the festival.

“There’s talk that a group from the United Eaters of Pennsylvania will turn up to participate in the burger-eating contest, which will really bring some serious competition to the festival,” Kershner said.

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DelawareOnline.com has a blog entry with a lot of pictures about last month’s waterless “Suicide” wing eating contest won by Ian Hickman held in Dewey Beach, DE.

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(From Deuce of Davenport via Deadspin)

A 6.5 mile bicycle race during which competitors will eat three slices of pie will be held in Concord, MA on August 25:

A short race against the clock with a unique twist: three “pie stops” (two along the way and one at the finish) where you will dismount your bike and eat a slice of pie! A test of not just your legs but your stomach, with excellent prizes to reward you for your daring. Please note the Pie Race is limited to the first 60 registrants, so sign up now! Click here for a press release from our first-ever Pie Race in 2005.

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From WashingtonPost.com:

A few months ago, the Palace of Wonders was sold to the owners of Mount Pleasant’s Radius Pizza and Tonic Restaurant. They’ve decided to resurrect the H Street funhouse’s competitive eating events, but with a twist: Instead of racing to eat hot dogs, 10 contestants have to finish an entire large pizza from Radius, crust and all. There will be gift certificates for the winners

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AsiaWeek has an article about Sunday’s Chef One Dumpling Eating Contest in Flushing, Queens, on Sunday. The third place finishers are not mentioned.

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TigardTimes.com has an article about the Tualatin crawfish contest, which requires that competitors eat the meat in the claws:

But in Tualatin, the claws are an intricate piece of the flavored tradition of the Crawfish Eating Contest. Cotton Scheckla, 80, stills holds the Tualatin crawfish-eating record from 1970 when he ate 170 crawdads – tails and claws – in 15 minutes.

Scheckla, now a retired longshoreman and Newberg resident, admits using his teeth to crack open the claws wasn’t a smart idea. After spending three weeks picking shells out of his bleeding gums, Scheckla had to get his teeth capped. His dentist and family weren’t happy with his style of eating, but still it was the best technique Scheckla had for the fast-paced competition.

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Aug 11 Nanticoke, PA potato pancake eating contest
Aug 11 Tulatin (Portland area) OR crawfish eating contest (record dates from 1970)
Aug 18 Los Angeles Tofu eating contest, last year’s first prize was a trip to Asia, this year’s prize is not listed
Aug 18 Crab eating contest, Camarillo, CA, First prize is a $400 travel gift certificate, last year’s winner was Heather Oniel.

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A columnist for the Buffalo news competed in a corn contest after receiving advice from “Buffalo” Jim Reeves:

Reeves’ eyes gleamed as I told him of my intention. He said he wished I’d come to him sooner so we could have devised a workout schedule. I told him that would have been way deeper than I wanted to go. A few tips from an expert is all I was after, advice on how to avoid the mistakes that engulf most newcomers to the sport.

Reeves clued me in. He said the allotted three minutes would seem like an eternity once the contest began. He urged me swallow after each trip across the cob because an overloaded mouth will result in fatigued jaw muscles and compromise my intake. If I relaxed and enjoyed myself he assured me last year’s winning total — six ears — would be well within reach. And once the contest began, once the competitive juices began flowing, I forgot every word he’d said.

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Please place results from the dumpling eating contest at the Dragon Boat Festival in Queens, NY today in the comments to this post. BeautifulBrian reports that Dale Boone competed in the contest, which is not an AICE contest, but has had AICE eaters compete in previous years.

This blog entry reports that the women’s winner outate the men’s 43 dumplings to 41. I will be very interested to learn who the female winner is if that is the case.

update results from Joe Menchetti

Men
1. Joe Menchetti, 60
2. Chris Yee, 41 1st ever eating contest
3. Dale Boone, 39

Women
1. Floria Lee, about 43
2. Tang Na Way ?
3. ?

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FDLReporter.com has an article about the amateur bratwurst eating contest held at the Brat Days Festival in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Mike “The Hammer” Fitzgerald of Menasha, WI won the contest with a respectable 19 bratwursts in 10 minutes.

update Sheboygan Press has a slideshow and video of the contest.

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