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The Heart of a Champion, a movie project about Roland Beef's choice between competitive eating and his girlfriend, is seeking to raise $10,000 on IndieGoGo.com.

January 14, 2013 at 2:36 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Movies | Permalink * Comments (2)

A facebook page has been started for the Competitive Eaters of Southern Ohio Club.

January 13, 2013 at 9:36 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cincinnati, Websites | Permalink * Comments (1)

Smithsonian Magazine has a blog entry about the Scoville Scale used to rank the spiciness of food.

January 13, 2013 at 9:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Science, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

One year anniversary of Scott Bickel’s passing / 2012 losses

January 13, 2013 at 12:16 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Scott Bickel

It has now been over one year since Scott Bickel took his own life on January 11, 2012 by jumping of the State Route 82 Bridge in Sagamore Hills in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. (Bickel’s death was not the only appearance of the bridge in 2012 news; members of “Occupy Cleveland” were arrested in May for attempting to blow it up.) Other 2012 losses in the competitive eating community include:

Samit Aulakh fell into a coma after choking in a Gulab Jamun eating contest in Surrey, BC in November (as far as I know, he is still in that condition.)

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Guyism has a video of Pat Bertoletti chugging a bottle of fish sauce.

January 11, 2013 at 9:18 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pat Bertoletti, Videos | Permalink * Comments

The founders of http://www.competitiveeating.com.au/ have started a facebook page at www.facebook.com/CompetitiveEatingWorldWide/

January 10, 2013 at 5:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Websites | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Telegraph of Calcutta has an article about 13 year old schoolboy Bharat Sharma choking to death on idlis. He reportedly stuffed his mouth with three of the savory cakes after being bullied about sharing his lunch. (Times of India article)

January 10, 2013 at 1:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, India | Permalink * Comments (2)

Johnnie Excel qualified for Wing Bowl 21 by eating 20 grilled cheese sandwiches in under 12 minutes. In other Wing Bowl 21 news, Rick "The Manager" Russo has a new video for his anthem and the mini-profiles of the competitors have been updated. (The DC representative "Large" Todd King, won the 2012 Washington Wing Bowl.) update Philly.com has an article

January 10, 2013 at 8:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Johnnie Excel, Music, Philadelphia, Wing Bowl 21 | Permalink * Comments (18)

Bleacher Report has a video titled "The Legend of Furious Pete".

January 9, 2013 at 8:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

A six person team including Jamie McDonald, Naader Reda, Kevin Ross and Damon Wells will attempt the 54 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria in Burbank, CA on January 13. Big Mama's & Papa's has also started a blog about its pizza challenge at http://bigmamaspizzablog.com/ update Jan 14 The team did not complete the pizza.

January 9, 2013 at 10:03 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Damon Wells, Jamie McDonald, Kevin Ross, Los Angeles, Naader Reda, Pizza Eating Challenges, Websites | Permalink * Comments (9)

ITV competitive eating documentary / 200+ English eating challenges

January 8, 2013 at 3:14 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, Eating Challenges, England, Television

update Jan 24, 2014 Additional challenges have been added since this list was posted. See http://eatfeats.com/calendar/UnitedKingdom.html (600+ challenges) and http://eatfeats.com/calendar/England.html for updated lists.

ITV in Great Britain are running a documentary about competitive eating in the UK and USA titled All You Can Eat at 9 pm and 10 pm British time tonight. (Liverpool Echo article)

A listing of over 200 English eating challenges in the eatfeats database follows after the jump. Other websites about UK food challenges are The Food Project and MenVsFoodUk Read the rest of this entry »

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Jamie McDonald has officially been moved to the top position in the All Pro Eating rankings.

January 8, 2013 at 10:59 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Jamie McDonald, Rankings | Permalink * Comments (55)

Eat This Book: A Year of Gorging and Glory on the Competitive Eating Circuit by Ryan Nerz is #3 in Buzzfeed's list of the 20 most awkward memoirs ever written.

January 7, 2013 at 11:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books | Permalink * Comments (3)

12 contest 2011/12 MLE contest non-recurrence streak

January 7, 2013 at 12:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Biloxi, Statistics

The third Isle Biloxi Peanut Butter & Banana Sandwich Eating World Championship was held a year ago on January 7, 2012. The fourth edition was tentatively scheduled for January 5, 2013. That contest was obviously not held this past weekend, and its non-recurrence will extend a streak of MLE events held 11-15 months ago that have yet to be brought back.

There are twelve competitions listed on www.ifoce.com/contests.php?more=1 between October 15, 2011 and February 11, 2012. It does not appear that any of those contests will take place in Fall/Winter 2012/13. More than 365 days have elapsed since ten of the events were last held. February 2012 had two competitions of CP Biggest Eater, a circuit that has yet to be renewed for 2012-13. Looking further down the calendar, the facebook for TooJay’s Deli announced in November it intends to bring back its St. Patrick’s Day corned beef sandwich eating contest.

Those 12 events have five sponsors: CP Brand, Isle of Capri casinos, Cafe Martorano, Wild Turkey & Jake Melnick’s. Steve Martorano announced he intends to return his meatball eating contest to its original site of Las Vegas in the fall. I have not seen any plans for future competitions from the other four sponsors.

Going by the eatfeats calendar, the non-recurrence streak is at 22 competitions since the CP Biggest Eater events are listed as three separate contests (men/women/professionals). That listing follows after the jump:

1 2011 Oct 15 I World Moon Pie Eating Championship Lady Luck Casino Caruthersville, MO
2 2011 Oct 22 I CP Biggest Eater qualifier – men Orchard Central Singapore, Singapore
3 2011 Oct 22 I CP Biggest Eater qualifier – professionals Orchard Central Singapore, Singapore
4 2011 Oct 22 I CP Biggest Eater qualifier – women Orchard Central Singapore, Singapore
5 2011 Oct 22 I The Isle Bettendorf Maid-Rite Sandwich Eating World Championship Isle Casino Hotel Bettendorf Bettendorf, IA
6 2011 Nov 6 I Battle Of The Bhut XXX Wing Eating Championship Jake Melnick’s Corner Tap Chicago, IL
7 2011 Nov 12 I Isle Casino Racing Pickle Eating World Championship Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park, FL
8 2011 Nov 19 I CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – men Melbourne Central Melbourne, VIC, Australia
9 2011 Nov 19 I CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – professional Melbourne Central Melbourne, VIC, Australia
10 2011 Nov 19 I CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – women Melbourne Central Melbourne, VIC, Australia
11 2011 Nov 22 I Wild Turkey 81 Eating World Championship The TimesCenter Manhattan, NY
12 2011 Nov 27 I CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – men Plaza Hollywood Hong Kong, China
13 2011 Nov 27 I CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – professionals Plaza Hollywood Hong Kong, China
14 2011 Nov 27 I CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – women Plaza Hollywood Hong Kong, China
15 2011 Dec 10 I Martorano’s Masters Meatball Eating Championship Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, FL
16 2012 Jan 7 I Isle Biloxi PB&B Sandwich Eating World Championship Isle Biloxi Biloxi, MS
17 2012 Feb 4 I CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – men Siam Discovery Bangkok, Thailand
18 2012 Feb 4 I CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – professionals Siam Discovery Bangkok, Thailand
19 2012 Feb 4 I CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – women Siam Discovery Bangkok, Thailand
20 2012 Feb 11 I CP Biggest Eater Finals – men Siam Paragon Bangkok, Thailand
21 2012 Feb 11 I CP Biggest Eater Finals – professionals Siam Paragon Bangkok, Thailand
22 2012 Feb 11 I CP Biggest Eater Finals – women Siam Paragon Bangkok, Thailand

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Naader Reda produced a video of him and John Rivera eating all seven meals on IHOP's $7 menu along with the entire dessert menu.

January 7, 2013 at 11:15 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Inland Empire, Naader Reda, Pancake Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Acta Diurna has an article (in French) about Man vs. Food calling it "Pornographie alimentaire".

January 6, 2013 at 9:05 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:France, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments

The Sun has an article about Paul Mason, who has lost over 400 pounds since he was labelled the "World's Fattest Man" in 2009. At his peak weight of approximately 1000 pounds, he ate 20,000 calories a day. The treatments required for Mason's condition has resulted in a cost of over a million pounds ($1.62 million) to British taxpayers.

January 5, 2013 at 8:43 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, England, Health | Permalink * Comments (19)

The Chicago Tribune has an article about the novel "POW!" by Chinese author Mo Yan. The protagonist of the book is a meat eating champion who ate five pounds of steak in an hour to win an eating contest at the age of 12.

January 5, 2013 at 8:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books, China | Permalink * Comments (1)

Milky Way Midnight Madness video list

January 3, 2013 at 5:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Videos

A list of videos where people ate five Milky Way bars as part of New Year’s Eve Midnight Madness follows (please add additional videos in the comments):

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Thuzio is holding a contest awarding a box of 10 Twinkies autographed by Takeru Kobayashi. former New York Giant running back Tiki Barber and Olympic rower Taylor Ritzel.

January 3, 2013 at 7:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (6)

UStream has a video where Joe Rogan recounts the 2006 egg nog drinking contest held during the Opie & Anthony. The former Fear Factor host says victor Pat "from Moonachie" Philbin's post-contest reversal was "crazier than Fear Factor, for sure". (via Pat "from Moonachie")

January 2, 2013 at 11:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pat Philbin, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

CBS Local's Tailgate Fan blog has computed the caloric content of several competitive eating records.

December 31, 2012 at 2:21 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Records | Permalink * Comments (6)

Naader Reda has produced a video promoting tonight's Milky Way Midnight Bar Challenge where people will record videos while they consume five Milky Way Midnight bars. Over ten competitive eaters have already signed up; Miki Sudo has already produced her video (picture).

December 31, 2012 at 7:58 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Naader Reda, Videos | Permalink * Comments (56)

Eric Andre's LIVE New Year's Eve Spooktacular, to be televised on Adult Swim (The Cartoon Network) at 11:30 pm eastern tomorrow, will have some type of competitive eating (no other details were disclosed).

December 31, 2012 at 1:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television | Permalink * Comments

RocketNews24 reports that a man in Wuhan, China was diagnosed with a hole in his stomach after he consumed a spicy "hot pot" soup. (via DailyMail)

December 29, 2012 at 12:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:China, Health, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (2)

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