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Tim Janus talked about his wing eating techniques on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday yesterday.

February 4, 2013 at 7:10 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts, Tim "Eater X" Janus | Permalink * Comments (11)

Phantom Gourmet has produced videos about 8 New England eating challenges. (Part 1 | Part 2)

February 3, 2013 at 11:09 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boston, Challenge Lists, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Food Republic has a video where Pat Bertoletti demonstrates wing eating techniques.

February 2, 2013 at 11:50 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pat Bertoletti, Training, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

The gambling website Sportsbook.ag is accepting bets on an eating contest to be held today in New Orleans between Grantland.com (ESPN) personalities Joe House and "Cousin" Sal Iacono. (video preview | podcast preview | "House Eats" video #2).

February 2, 2013 at 10:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, New Orleans | Permalink * Comments

The NBC program First Look is looking for two people to attempt the Bacon Bomb challenge at Paddy Long's in Chicago on February 4 for an upcoming episode.

January 31, 2013 at 11:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Eating Challenges, Television | Permalink * Comments

A press release announces the "Furious" Pete video ‘Shocking Before and After Transformation in 5 Hours - EXPOSED!’ has received over 10,000,000 views on youtube.

January 31, 2013 at 4:36 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Videos | Permalink * Comments (17)

Defending champion Lizzy McDaniel and 2011 women's division winner Theza Friedman competed in a promo contest for the Princeton Oyster Bowl on CBS Philly earlier this week (gallery). The contest will award a Caribbean trip to the overall winner on Sunday. Dave "US Male" Goldstein is listed as a 3.5- 1 underdog for the contest.

January 31, 2013 at 11:51 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Television, Trenton, Women | Permalink * Comments

List of 100+ wing Wing Bowl personal bests

January 31, 2013 at 10:03 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics, Wing Bowl 21

A listing of all competitive eaters who have a Wing Bowl total of 100 or more in the eatfeats database sorted by personal best follows after the jump. The all time top 5:

2012 Feb 3 1st 337 30 min Takeru Kobayashi Wing Bowl 20 Philadelphia, PA
2012 Feb 3 2nd 271 30 min Jonathan “Super Squibb” Squibb Wing Bowl 20 Philadelphia, PA
2011 Feb 4 2nd 254 30 min Bill “El Wingador” Simmons Wing Bowl 19 Philadelphia, PA
2008 Feb 1 1st 241 30 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Wing Bowl 16 Philadelphia, PA
2012 Feb 3 4th 238 30 min Stephanie “Xanadu” Torres Wing Bowl 20 Philadelphia, PA

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Blondie's Bar and Grill in Vacaville, CA is looking for people to attempt its 5 pound eating challenge on tomorrow's episode of Good Day Sacramento.

January 29, 2013 at 3:17 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Sacramento, Television | Permalink * Comments (1)

Jamie McDonald competed in an in-studio burger eating contest in today's episode of Better Connecticut.

January 29, 2013 at 2:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Connecticut, Jamie McDonald, Television | Permalink * Comments

The Canadian Medical Association Journal has an article about "Furious" Pete Czerwinski with quotes from gastroenterologist David Metz. update Jan 29 Part 2 of the article is available.

January 28, 2013 at 8:39 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Canada, Health | Permalink * Comments (23)

A new facebook page has been started at http://www.facebook.com/PhilippinesCompetitiveEater.

January 26, 2013 at 10:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Philippines, Websites | Permalink * Comments (3)

"Demolition" Denney Lin has produced produced a video about competing in the Las Vegas Wing Bowl Wing Off at Mango's on Thursday. His total of 40 wings was the top performance on the 2013 circuit.

January 26, 2013 at 8:18 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Las Vegas, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

“All You Can Eat” British documentary on youtube

January 24, 2013 at 2:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, England, Hooter's Wing Eating Championship, Larell Marie Mele, Pat Bertoletti

All You Can Eat a documentary that was televised last week on the British channel ITV, can now be viewed on youtube. Featured competitive eaters include:

  • Pat Bertoletti (shows a training session)
  • Larell Marie (behind the scenes coverage of the Nathan’s finals)
  • Hooters Finals sponsor’s exemption Lewis Richards (Hooters contest coverage labels finalist Nate Biller as “Nasty Nick” and calls Sonya Thomas the defending champion of the first-time event.)
  • 72 year old Peter Dowdsewell (attempts 10 hard boiled eggs record)

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Joshua Hockett has formed a facebook group about eating challenges and contests that he hopes to attempt during his stay in San Diego starting on March 22, 2013 before his deployment out to sea in 2014.

January 22, 2013 at 2:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:San Diego, Websites | Permalink * Comments (2)

The big announcement for Wing Bowl 21 is that a one hour highlight package will be available on http://watchwingbowl.cbslocal.com/. The video will cost $5 to watch, $7 after February 1.

January 22, 2013 at 8:33 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Videos, Wing Bowl 21 | Permalink * Comments (5)

Opponents of competitive eating are maintaining a facebook page titled "Stop Eating Contests". The page has been up almost 2 years and has obtained 30 "likes".

January 22, 2013 at 8:16 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Websites | Permalink * Comments (2)

TailgateFan.CBSLocal.com has a list of five competitive eating records for (relatively) healthy foods.

January 21, 2013 at 1:17 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Records | Permalink * Comments (2)

A casting call has been placed for "Man v. Food: New Orleans". The program will record tomorrow and Wednesday. update Jan 23 The program was actually "Super Bowl Tailgate Takeover" hosted by Adam Richam that will be televised Jan 30 on the Travel Channel.

January 21, 2013 at 8:09 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food, New Orleans | Permalink * Comments (4)

Sherry Stott has started a facebook page about her Colorado eating contests and challenges at https://www.facebook.com/WOmanvFood. She also has a youtube channel. update Jan 25 A twitter associated with the facebook has been started at https://twitter.com/sherrystott1

January 21, 2013 at 7:49 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Denver, Websites, Women | Permalink * Comments

The January 27 episode of Fox's "The Cleveland Show", titled "The Wide World of Cleveland Show" will have a competitive eating segment taking place in Japan.

January 20, 2013 at 11:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, Television | Permalink * Comments

WebMD has a list of the restaurant menu items that received the Xtreme Eating Awards from The Center for Science in the Public Interest. The Veal Porterhouse with red potatoes from Maggiano’s Little Italy is the award recipient with the most calories (2710) in the listing.

January 19, 2013 at 8:54 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health | Permalink * Comments (7)

NJ.com has an article about Bill "El Wingador" Simmons and his lack of involvement in Wing Bowl 21. Simmons says he has yet to be indicted on his drug trafficking charge and still plans to continue with his "America's Biggest Eater" television project.

January 18, 2013 at 5:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, Television, Wing Bowl 21 | Permalink * Comments (3)

The Ad Lib in Glasgow, Scotland is looking for women to attempt its Monster Burger challenge for a feature about slender and healthy female competitive eaters.

January 17, 2013 at 10:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Glasgow, Health, Women | Permalink * Comments (1)

Big Food will debut Wednesday at 10 pm ET/PT on CMT. In the inaugural episode, brothers John and Don McLemore will attempt to create a cake the size of a tank at Fort Benning, GA.

January 15, 2013 at 9:24 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Southwest GA, Television | Permalink * Comments

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