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Men’s Nathans contest on ESPN2, women’s not listed

June 7, 2025 at 8:49 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest


The ESPN schedule for July 4 is out. The men’s Nathan’s contest will be televised live on ESPN2 at noon. The women’s contest is not listed, but will probably be streaming only since ESPN2 will be showing First Take from 10am to noon and ESPN will broadcast Wimbledon.

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TWU Local 100 has a post about Eric "Badlands" Booker recent appearance on America's Got Talent. He recently retired from his day job as a New York City subway conductor.

June 7, 2025 at 8:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eric "Badlands" Booker, New York City, Television | Permalink * Comments

Bartley Weaver has started a new competitive eating organization, the Extreme Eating Championshipts.

June 7, 2025 at 8:13 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bartley Weaver, IV, Organizations | Permalink * Comments (6)

Semora Kludy has started a youtube channel to complement her facebook page documenting her Michigan food challenges, Semora's Competitive Bites.

June 4, 2025 at 1:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Michigan, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments (17)

RIP John Brenkus, host of ESPN Sport Science. In 2014, he did a segment about the science of competitive eating.

June 2, 2025 at 5:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Science, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Max Stanford is the guest on the new Food Challenge News podcast. Other recent episodes: Hendrika "The Punk Gardner" Guanz | Geoff Esper | Naader Reda

June 1, 2025 at 5:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Max Stanford, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (5)

Vice Sports produced an Instagram video titled "The Dark Side of Competitive Eating" containing the Tim "Eater X" Janus quote: "Throwing up after the contest is a necessary part of the sport"

June 1, 2025 at 5:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Videos | Permalink * Comments (9)

Eric "Badlands" Booker is expected to appear on tonight's episode of America's Got Talent on NBC at 8pm Eastern. updateA video of Booker's appearance doing a hot sauce chug is online.

May 27, 2025 at 6:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eric "Badlands" Booker, Television | Permalink * Comments (12)

updateJoey Chestnut ate 42 24 ounce containers of popcorn to set a record: TMZ | WIBQ The Rural King facebook has started a live video of today's popcorn record attempt in Terre Haute, IN

May 26, 2025 at 12:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Records, Terre Haute | Permalink * Comments

In Mr. Beast's latest video, "Professionals vs. Amateurs", Joey Chestnut faced off against four sumo wrestlers in a hot dog eating contest for a $100,000 donation to the winner's charity. (Joey's segment starts at 20:40).

May 26, 2025 at 1:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Charity Events, Joey Chestnut, Male Athletes, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Raina Huang announced that her completion of the Kodiak Arrest challenge at Humpy's in Anchorage, Alaska gave her restaurant challenge wins in all fifty states. I think she is the fifth person and first female to accplish that feat after Randy Santel, Ramsey Hilton, Ivan Mendoza and Nathan Klein.

May 18, 2025 at 7:25 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Raina Huang, Statistics | Permalink * Comments (4)

Zermatt Neo and Pat Bertoletti attempted the famous Wanko Soba noodle bowl challenge while they were in Japan.

May 15, 2025 at 11:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Noodle Eating Challenges, Pat Bertoletti, Videos, Zermatt Neo | Permalink * Comments (3)

Joey Chestnut will attempt to set the popcorn record at a Rural King in Terre Haute, IN on Memorial Day, May 26.

May 7, 2025 at 12:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Records, Terre Haute | Permalink * Comments

Teinei Kinoshita wins TV Tokyo “King of Gluttony” 2025

May 5, 2025 at 9:53 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Japan, Television

Results from the final round of today’s “King of Gluttony” contest televised on TV Tokyo. (video of program, results start at 2:50)

1 Teinei Kinoshita 23 bowls of ramen
2 Kawaxile 22 bowls
3T Geoff Esper 21
3T Pat Bertoletti 21

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Joseph Terwilliger has uploaded a video of him competing in the 1997 Nathan's qualifier at the Newport Center Mall in Jersey City, NJ. Three time champion Mike "The Scholar" DeVito won the qualifier, so a bye was not always given to past winners.

May 2, 2025 at 3:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Newark, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Joey Chestnut's relationship with Impossible Foods might have ended. Basketball influencer Briana Green appears in a new ad for their plant based hot dogs, when Joey would have been the obvious choice. Joey has not made any videos for Impossible Foods since December.

April 27, 2025 at 7:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments (1)

Jack Legath is the guest for the third episode of Extreme Eaters. He attempts to surpass Geoff Esper's total for the in studio eating challenge.

April 26, 2025 at 9:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (4)

Paramount has uploaded a clip from the 2012 film, "The Guilt Trip" of Barbra Streisand attempting a 72 ounce steak challenge at a Lubbock, TX restaurant resembling The Big Texan. Barbra did not eat any actual steak for the scene, watermelon was substituted.

April 26, 2025 at 8:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Big Texan, Female Celebrities, Movies | Permalink * Comments

Joey Chestnut to attempt wing poundage record

April 25, 2025 at 4:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Records

update Joey ate 14.4 pounds of wing meat

Joey Chestnut will attempt to set a record tomorrow at Buffalo Wild wings for the most pounds of traditional wings eaten in a session. He does not have the MLE traditional wing poundage record:

2011 Apr 13 1st 10.6875 12 min Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship Dallas, TX
2011 Apr 13 2nd 10.25 12 min Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship Dallas, TX
2011 Apr 13 3rd 7.9375 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship Dallas, TX
2011 Apr 13 4th 7.875 12 min Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship Dallas, TX
2012 Sep 2 1st 7.61 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY

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    The contest page for Big Eater Championship 2025, to be televised May 5 on TV Tokyo, has been released. Geoff Esper will look to defend his title and Takeru Kobayashi will serve as commentator.

    April 25, 2025 at 3:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, Television | Permalink * Comments (2)

    Zermatt Neo has uploaded a video of his video of his trip to Osaka, Japan to compete in the qualifier for "Big Eater Championship 2025" that will be televised May 5 on TV Tokyo.

    April 20, 2025 at 8:34 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, Television, Videos, Zermatt Neo | Permalink * Comments (15)

    The competitive eating themed "King of the Hill" episode that originally aired on November 10, 2002 can be viewed on youtube. Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson guest star as competitive eating fans.

    April 19, 2025 at 8:32 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television | Permalink * Comments

    James Webb is the guest on the latest Dos and D podcast.

    April 16, 2025 at 2:25 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:James Webb, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (14)

    The Takedown Twins youtube channel has been rebranded as the Extreme Eaters podcast. The format is similar to "Hot Ones", but instead of a hot wing gauntlet, guests will attempt a speed or capacity challenge while they are being interviewed. Two episodes featuring Geoff Esper and Sean "BasketLockerBall" Butler have been released.

    April 13, 2025 at 12:45 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Geoff Esper, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (1)

    Food League Singapore announced it will be releasing music by the Backshot Boys, a quartet consisting of Geoff Esper on vocals, Zermatt Neo on guitar, Sean Lee on bass guitar and Pat Bertoletti on keyboard.

    April 8, 2025 at 7:32 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Geoff Esper, Music, Pat Bertoletti, Singapore, Zermatt Neo | Permalink * Comments (4)

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