Reversals allowed in Moe’s Burritos for Life
Hollis has a report of the second round Moe’s Burritos for life contest held in Germantown, MS. Gurgitation -> Regurgitation -> Gurgigation is apparently an accepted sequence of actions in the eating tournament.
Oakland A’s hot dog eating contest
From Mike Wooldridge – The Oakland A’s are having a hot dog eating contest on August 16. The registration deadline is August 7th (Monday)
Kalamazoo, MI team rib eating contest
from mlive.com Old Burdick’s Bar & Grill in Kalamazoo, MI has apparently copied Don “Moses” Lerman’s idea for a team rib contest. On Friday a 3 minute contest for 2 person teams will be held. Entry fees are $20 and proceeds will go to charity. The winning team will receive a catered party worth $300.
Moe’s Burritos for Life 1st round articles
The period in which the first round contests of Moe’s Burritos for Life will be held is about over. Several articles have been written about the contests:
Alligator (U of Florida) Daily
Capital News 9 (NY) also video
Huntsville (AL) Times
Vail (CO) daily
Dragon Boat Festival dumpling purse almost doubled from 2005
(From AICE news) The purse of the Chinese dumpling contest to be held at the Dragon Boat Festival in Queens August 13 has almost doubled from last year. Prizes will increase to $1000, $500 and $300 from $500, $300 and $200. Prizes will be awarded for both men’s and women’s divisions. The women’s contest purse of $1800 is probably larger than the purse for all other American women’s only eating contests combined. Registration ends August 7.
2005 Frank’s Red Hot beach volleyball wing contest results
I have recently come across the results for the four Frank’s Red Hot wing eating contests held in conjunction with beach volleyball contests held in the summer of 2005. Two of the winners were females, making them the only females I am aware of besides Sonya and Carlene to win a coed contest.
Amy Walter of Hillsborough, NJ won the Belmar, NJ contest. Her total of over 3 lbs is almost twice as much as any other winner, but the contest durations are not listed so it could have lasted longer. Kate Stelnick appears to have company among college age female Garden Staters who had one impressive debut in 2005 and have apparently done no eating competitions since that time.
Speedeat.com says Joe Menchetti appeared on ESPN2’s Cold Pizza to promote the Belmar contest, but it does not list the results or indicate if he competed in that contest on his web page.
The other female winner, Ann Steele, is from Arlington, VA, so Sonya is not the only Northern VA woman to have won a contest. Ms. Steele did an interview for a local newspaper after her victory.
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.
Moe’s Burritos for Life video game
Moe’s Southwest Grill has a flash video game to promote its Burritos for Life contest at http://www.moes.com/burritosforlife/game.html
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.
Joe Menchetti wins Dewey Beach (Delaware) wing eating contest
DelawareOnline reports that “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti won a wing eating contest at Dewey Beach by eating a record 141 wings (without liquids) in 30 minutes. The win was Menchetti’s second of the weekend; he also won the Italian sausage contest in Boston.
LA Tofu Eating Contest August 12
A hands-free tofu eating contest will be held at the Tofu Festival in downtown Los Angeles on August 12. The winner will receive an 11 night tour of Asia.
Dale Boone wins Atlanta Frank’s RedHot wing eating contest
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Dale Boone won Frank’s RedHot Battle to the Bone wing eating contest in Atlanta Saturday by eating 30 wings in 4 minutes. Boone’s victory came a day after he placed third in a rib eating contest at Harrah’s casino in Cherokee, NC.
Moe’s Burritos for Life entry deadline July 10
The entry deadline for Moe’s Southwest Grill Burritos for Life contest is Monday. (Entrants cannot be ranked by any competitive eating organization)
Lori, who ate a three pound burrito in 1:30 in 2001 in an Orange County contest, could be a possible contender in Moe’s contest.
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.
Chicago White Castle Slyder contest
A writer for the Herald News has an account of his participation in a Slyder eating contest for employees of the Chicago Sun Times newspaper family at White Castle. The winner ate 25 mini-burgers in a half hour.
Los Angeles hot dog contest July 2 with $500 prize
LA Weekly’s calendar lists a hot dog eating contest in Chinatown on July 2 with a first place prize of $500.
Dale Boone to skip 2007 Atlanta qualifier for corndogorama
Creative Loafing has an article about the corndogorama contest Dale Boone won by eating 10 corn dogs in 5 minutes just 4 hours after he took third place at the Atlanta Zoo Nathan’s qualifier. Boone said he would skip next year’s hot dog qualifier to focus on corndogorama.
Updated June 28, 1:30 pm – Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough has sent me some pictures of Boone at corndogorama. He believes that Boone’s Indian secret is wearing motion sickness wristbands.
Moe’s Southwest Grill to hold national burrito eating tournament
from fastcasual.com: Each Moe’s Southwest Grill franchise will host a burrito eating contest and crown a local restaurant champion, who will compete in burrito eating regionals. Winners from the 5 regions will compete in a national burrito eating championship in Atlanta September 2. The winner of that contest will receive a weekly free burrito from Moe’s for the next 55 years in addition to other prizes.
Joe Menchetti wins $5K in Boise rib eating contest
The Idaho Statesman reports that Joe Menchetti won $5,000 by eating 3 pounds of rib meat in 8 minutes at the Eagle Rib Shack’s rib eating contest at Boise Hawks field.
Updated June 26 2:41 pm the Startle Grams blog has a picture of the contest along with pictures of other eating contests held this weekend.
Updated 6:29
The contest had a $500 entry fee. A gallery of the contest is available.
Liz & Krista report on ice cream & pickles
Liz and Krista have uploaded their writeups of last week’s pickle contest held at the Carnegie Deli and goldenpalace.net ice cream contest held at the Water Club in Manhattan.
Fixed 1:50 pm – Changed Brooklyn to Manhattan – Thanks Krista
Request for Carnegie Deli pickle contest video
If anyone recorded a video of the last week’s pickle contest at the Carnegie Deli from start to finish I would like to host it on this website in order to resolve the controversy about the duration of that event. Kevin Lipsitz had the Hartford Nathan’s qualifier recorded in its entirety so hopefully he has a complete video of the pickle contest. If any participant or spectator timed the contest with a stopwatch, please report your results in the comments to this post.
Frank’s Red Hot Battle to the Bone in Memphis Friday
The Memphis Commerical Appeal reports that a hot wing eating contest sponsored by Frank’s Red Hot will be held Friday at 5pm at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest along the Memphis riverfront. The prize was not listed, but last year’s contest awarded $150 and was reportedly had trouble getting enough entrants, so Mid-South eaters might want to look into this event.
Another midwestern contest survives political opposition
The Genessee (Michigan) board of commissioners decided to use $150 of county funds to sponsor a hot dog eating contest at Capital Coney Island in Flint Township despite Commissioner Rose Bogardus’ opinion that the contest promotes gluttony and eating disorders. The contest will take place on May 20 from 2-6 pm and an entrance fee of $10 will enable competitors to eat as many hot dogs as possible in 15 minutes. Unspecified prizes will be awarded to the best performers. Funds will go towards the Consortium on Child Abuse and Neglect. Hopefully Sharon Scholten will not show up or there might not be any money left for charity after hot dog expenses have been deducted.
Cincinnati oyster contest
With the Acme oyster contest cancelled due to Katrina, the most lucrative oyster contest held this spring will apparently be held at the Washington Platform restaurant in Cincinatti on Friday. The winner will receive $1,000 in gift certificates.
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