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Awful Announcing has posted a segment from a recent podcast in which Adam Amin discusses calling Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest on ESPN.

November 20, 2023 at 1:04 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments

"Airsoft Fatty" faced off against Eric "Badlands" Booker in a chug-off held at Times Square in New York City.

November 15, 2023 at 1:34 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eric "Badlands" Booker, New York City, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

StarNow has posted a casting call for eating contest participants for an Ed Sheeran music video that will be filmed in Sydney this week.

November 13, 2023 at 3:11 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Music, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Tiktok user @ugh_madison has gone viral recently for her videos of extended stays at buffet restaurants. A twelve hour visit to Golden Corral has received over 13 million views. (Youtube | Instagram).

November 3, 2023 at 3:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffets, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments (40)

The new video game "Spiderman 2" is set in New York City. One of the Brooklyn locations features a public appearance for a hot dog eating champion who has eaten 77 hot dogs in 10 minutes.

November 1, 2023 at 2:04 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:New York City, Video Games | Permalink * Comments

Matt Stonie appeared on tonight's episode of "Hell's Kitchen" on Fox. Other celebrity guests included Paula Abdul and Dolph Lundgren.

October 27, 2023 at 1:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Television | Permalink * Comments

BBC CWR has an interview with Leah Shutkever.

October 23, 2023 at 3:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Leah Shutkever, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments

The BBC has an article about Natalie Beddau's death from choking on marshmallows at a charity competition held at the Beddau rugby club in Wales. The objective of the event was apparently to stuff the most marshmallows in a competitor's most instead of a traditional eating contest.

October 19, 2023 at 1:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Wales | Permalink * Comments (2)

The Sun reports that a 37 year old woman passed away after choking during a marshmallow eating contest held Saturday at the Beddau Rugby Club in Wales, UK. The BBC also has an article about the fatality that does not mention the cause of death.

October 10, 2023 at 11:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Wales | Permalink * Comments (7)

NBCDFW has a segment about James Webb, who will be competing in the Lewisville, TX tamales contest tomorrow. The Australian has been given the nickname "The Wonder from Down Under".

September 29, 2023 at 12:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dallas, James Webb, Videos | Permalink * Comments

KC Finn's posted a behind the scenes video of Molly Schuyler and Dan Kennedy attempting their Big A** Burger Challenge in Jackson, TN. (via Little Maxine)

September 29, 2023 at 1:46 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Dan Kennedy, Memphis, Molly Schuyler, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Raina Huang uploaded a video of a dumpling contest in which she faced off against James Webb and Bandana Eats.

September 29, 2023 at 1:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:James Webb, Raina Huang, Videos | Permalink * Comments (4)

The youtube channel for Hell's Kitchen has uploaded a clip from a 2012 episode in which Joey Chestnut faced off against chefs in a wing eating contest.

September 26, 2023 at 10:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments

CBC reports a customer at Ship & Anchor Pub in Calgary was hospitalized tonight and is currently in a life threatening condition. He reportedly choked while competing in an Oktoberfest hot dog eating contest, but that has yet to be confirmed. (Pub statement about incident)

September 24, 2023 at 2:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calgary, Health | Permalink * Comments

Joel Hansen has uploaded a video from July's ZBurger eating contest in Washington, DC.

September 16, 2023 at 3:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:District of Columbia, Joel Hansen, Unafilliated Contests, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

The Associated Press has an article asking: "Spicy food challenges have a long history. Have they become too extreme?"

September 12, 2023 at 3:14 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

The Paqui One Chip Challenge has been withdrawn from stores after Harris Wolobah, a Worcester, MA high school student, passed away after eating the super spicy chip dusted with Carolina Reaper and Naga Viper peppers.

September 7, 2023 at 8:23 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Spicy Eating Challenges, Uncategorized, Worcester | Permalink * Comments (12)

RIP Jimmy Buffet. His Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant chain had a "Trouble in Paradise" quadruple patty burger challenge that was free if it was finished in under 12 minutes.

September 5, 2023 at 12:03 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Music | Permalink * Comments (1)

Molly Schuyler ate 54 hot dogs at Cricket Car Hop in Stratford, CT to break her women's record for a hot dog eating contest and claim the $2,000 first prize.

September 2, 2023 at 5:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bridgeport, Contest Results, Records, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (4)

Wisconsin Public Radio has an interview with Katina DeJarnett about returning to the United States after a months-long food challenge tour of the world with Randy Santel.

August 30, 2023 at 3:25 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Katina DeJarnett, Milwaukee, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments

Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle produced a video about his competitive eating career titled "Why I Never Made It To The Nathan's 4th of July Hot Dog Contest".

August 28, 2023 at 11:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kevin Strahle, Videos | Permalink * Comments (12)

MLE top 50 updated, Stonie out

August 15, 2023 at 1:05 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Rankings

The MLE top 50 has been updated. Matt Stonie has been removed after almost 2 and a half years of inactivity. The top 15.
1. Joey Chestnut
2. Geoffrey Esper
3. Miki Sudo
4. Nick Wehry
5. James Webb
6. Gideon Oji
7. Bartley Weaver, IV
8. Derek Hendrickson
9. Pat Bertoletti
10. Michelle Lesco
11. Max Suzuki
12. Darrien Thomas
13. Zosan Pacpac
14. Mayoi Ebihara
15. Adrian Morgan
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George Shea announced on twitter that "Hungry" Charles Hardy, also known as the Godfather of Competitive Eating, passed away. He was runner in the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest in 1998 and 1999 and also had top 5 finishes in 2000 and 2001. Hardy's loss to winner Steve Keiner by a quarter of a hot dog in the 1999 Nathan's contest was controversial since Keiner began eating before the official start signal had been given.

August 3, 2023 at 3:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Nathan's History | Permalink * Comments (3)

Derek Hendrickson discussed food challenges at Las Vegas restaurants in a recent City Cast Las Vegas podcast.

July 25, 2023 at 1:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Derek Hendrickson, Eating Challenges, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (9)

Margot Robbie, star of the new Barbie movie, discusses eating four pounds of pasta to win a spaghetti bolognaise eating contest in a youtube short video.

July 22, 2023 at 2:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Female Celebrities, Videos | Permalink * Comments

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