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Bleacher Report has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in the Hooter's Wing finals tonight. Tampa.CBSLocal.com also has a podcast of Joey's appearance on the Fabulous Sports Babe Show yesterday.

July 25, 2013 at 9:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2013 Hooter's Wing Circuit, Joey Chestnut, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (8)

In tonight's episode of Honey Boo Boo (9 PM ET/PT on TLC), "Pumpkin" the sister of the show's protagonist, will attempt to eat the Pigzilla barbecue sandwich challenge at Papa Buck's BBQ in Metter, GA. Dale Boone is the only person to previously finish the challenge. update July 25 Grantland.com has a column about the episode

July 24, 2013 at 4:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Barbecue Eating Challenges, Dale Boone, Savannah, Television | Permalink * Comments (1)

Sunstar Scheduling is looking for an EMT for a chicken eating contest on July 25 (the phone number corresponds to the Tampa Bay area)

July 22, 2013 at 1:19 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2013 Hooter's Wing Circuit, Health, Tampa | Permalink * Comments

Zach Galifianakis will guest-star in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons as an aspiring competitive eater befriended by Lisa.

July 21, 2013 at 9:35 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television | Permalink * Comments

TheLocal.es reports that Joaquín Alcaraz Garcia passed away after drinking 6 liters of beer in 20 minutes to win a contest held Wednesday in the Murcia region of Spain.

July 19, 2013 at 3:34 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Spain | Permalink * Comments (2)

Uncle Bob's Self Storage has uploaded a video of Takeru Kobayashi drinking a gallon of milk in under 25 seconds recorded at Saturday's cupcake record attempt. (via Deadspin)

July 18, 2013 at 2:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Newark, Videos | Permalink * Comments

The Australian reports that Bruce Holland, a 64 year old resident of Beach Holm, died after participating in a pie eating contest held during half time of a rugby game at Bushland Beach Tavern in Townsville, QLD, Australia.

July 18, 2013 at 7:53 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Fatalities | Permalink * Comments

Variety has an article about comedian Barry Rothbart mentioning his competitive eating documentary, "Hungry". A release date is not given.

July 17, 2013 at 11:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hungry | Permalink * Comments

MyFoxChicago.com held a promo contest to promote Bartolini's meatball eating contest on Sunday.

July 17, 2013 at 2:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Mr. Figure Insider announced plans to create a 7-inch action figure resembling Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle.

July 13, 2013 at 9:24 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kevin Strahle, Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (55)

Takeru Kobayashi will attempt to set a record for most cupcakes eaten in one minute ate Uncle Bob's Self Storage Facility in Upper Saddle River, NJ tomorrow. update July 13 Kobayashi ate 30 cupcakes in a minute.

July 12, 2013 at 4:27 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Newark, Records | Permalink * Comments (3)

Tableau Software has a graph of the performance of the top male competitors at the Nathan's finals. Indyweek has produced a graphic about the hot dog eating contest held at Foster's market in Durham, NC (the unnamed winner ate 8 hot dogs).

July 11, 2013 at 3:03 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2013 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Raleigh, Statistics | Permalink * Comments

The Cooking with Jack Show has a video about Saturday's hot dog eating contest held at Dog Haus Dogs in Pasadena won by Jimmy Lin (the contest starts around the 9:30 mark). The video is part of the Ford Fiesta Mission.

July 11, 2013 at 2:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Naader Reda, Videos | Permalink * Comments

"Furious" Pete Czerwinski choked today while attempting a pizza eating record on the English TV program Let's Do Lunch. Fortunately, he appears to be all right. Competitors are being sought for Pete's Guinness burger eating record attempt in London tomorrow. update A video of the appearance is available.

July 9, 2013 at 10:10 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, England, Health | Permalink * Comments (16)

The Hollywood Reporter announces that the broadcast of the 2013 Nathan's finals on ESPN2 attracted 1.15 million viewers and a 0.7 rating, a decline from the 0.8 rating the tape-delayed broadcast received in 2012 (# of 2012 viewers not specified). The last live coverage on ESPN in 2011 attracted 1.949 million viewers.

July 8, 2013 at 8:36 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2013 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN | Permalink * Comments (30)

Kwame Hall has produced a video about last month's Hooters wing eating qualifier in Las Vegas won by Miki Sudo.

July 8, 2013 at 8:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2013 Hooter's Wing Circuit, Las Vegas, Miki Sudo, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

Hot dogs endorsed by Takeru Kobayashi are available for sale at http://www.rastellidirect.com/kobidog/. A pack of 24 hot dogs costs $19.99.

July 5, 2013 at 11:21 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (9)

NowThisNews has produced a split screen video of Joey Chestnut & Takeru Kobayashi at their respective contests yesterday.

July 5, 2013 at 8:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2013 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Joey Chestnut, Kobayashi (小林尊), Videos | Permalink * Comments (7)

Scientific American asks "How does competitive eating represent us as Americans?"

July 4, 2013 at 7:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Science | Permalink * Comments

Personal hot dog bests July 4, 2012 July 3, 2013

July 4, 2013 at 12:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2013 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Statistics, Uncategorized

A list of 25+ personal bests in hot dog eating contests between July 4, 2012 and July 3, 2013 according to the eatfeats database follows after the jump. Of the 34 people in this list, 17 are expected to compete in today’s Nathan’s finals.
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ESPN Sportsnation has several poll questions about competitive eating.

July 3, 2013 at 6:01 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN | Permalink * Comments

Buzzfeed on Kobayashi’s schism from Major League Eating

July 3, 2013 at 3:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Merchandise

Buzzfeed has what is probably the best competitive eating article of 2013 about Takeru Kobayashi’s schism from Major League Eating containg more information about his post-MLE business arrangements.

  • Good news for Kobayashi about his deal with Hofmann Hot Dogs: He was to have received $100,000/year, 2% of supermarket sales and a stake in Hofmann’s restaurant chain
  • Bad news: The deal was with Zaccanelli Food Group and not Hofmann and was terminated after Hofmann sued Frank Zaccanelli earlier this year. Rastellis is producing Kobayashi’s line of hot dogs which will debut tomorrow.

Maggie James also provides information about the start of her relationship with Takeru Kobayashi:

I was hosting this gay male party and I invited Kobayashi to come because I thought he was gay. He shows up and says, ‘I don’t think I’m gay,’ and I’m like, ‘What does that mean, you don’t think?’ He’s like, ‘I don’t know, everybody all my life has told me that I’m gay, but I’ve never experienced that.’ And Kobi is just a little bit strange, so people think that, but when you get to know him and talk to him, there’s nothing really feminine about him.

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Slate.com has done its annual re-posting of Jason Fagone's 2008 article about commpetitive eating injuries.

July 3, 2013 at 2:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health | Permalink * Comments

The Atlantic has an analysis of the standoff between Takeru Kobayashi and Major League Eating.

July 3, 2013 at 8:52 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contracts, Kobayashi (小林尊) | Permalink * Comments (4)

SeacoastOnline reports that Brad Read, a pitcher for the Portsmouth (NH) Mavericks of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League needed surgery to remove a piece of a hot dog after participating in an eating contest.

July 2, 2013 at 8:32 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Male Athletes, New Hampshire | Permalink * Comments

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