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In Grantland.com's list of 2013 predictions, "Cousin" Sal Iacono claims that Joey Chestnut will become a vegetarian after being held hostage by PETA.

December 29, 2012 at 8:40 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments (4)

The video about Molly Schuyler finishing the Stellanator burger produced by Omaha.com can be viewed on youtube.

December 28, 2012 at 10:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Molly Schuyler, Omaha, Videos | Permalink * Comments

The fifteen song package Entrees & Leftovers - Greatest Hits is available for digital downloading for $5 at href="http://badlandsbooker.bandcamp.com/">badlandsbooker.bandcamp.com/.

December 27, 2012 at 12:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eric "Badlands" Booker, Music | Permalink * Comments (23)

Pravda reports that 20 year old Dau Fatnassi died in Kairouan, Tunisia after eating 28 raw eggs from an attempt to win a bet he made with friends.

December 27, 2012 at 8:03 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Africa, Health | Permalink * Comments

RIA Novotski reports that an unnamed 19 year old girl was hospitalized after choking in a banana eating contest held in the Ukrainian town of Grebensky on December 22.

December 25, 2012 at 12:01 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Ukraine , Uncategorized | Permalink * Comments

Holiday foods eating videos

December 25, 2012 at 6:41 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Jamie McDonald, Matt Stonie, Meredith Boxberger, Naader Reda, Videos

Merry Christmas. A list of holiday food eating videos produced by competitive eaters follows:

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The dLife segment about how Erik Denmark copes with diabetes originally televised on CNBC in 2010 is now available on youtube.

December 24, 2012 at 12:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Erik Denmark, Health, Videos | Permalink * Comments

To honor the Whopper's 55th anniversary, Jamie McDonald and Naader Reda have produced videos where they eat 10 of the Burger King sandwiches.

December 23, 2012 at 11:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Jamie McDonald, Naader Reda, Videos | Permalink * Comments (32)

The new poll asking who you think should be 2012 rookie of the year runner-up after Jamie McDonald has been started. update The poll is looking for the competitive eater (other than Jamie McDonald) who started competing in 2012 (or late 2011) with the most impressive contest / challenge results this year.

December 22, 2012 at 8:47 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings | Permalink * Comments (27)

NPR has a blog entry about the increased number of incidents requiring hospitalization after children attempt eating stunts like the "chubby bunny" marshmallow-stuffing challenge and consuming a tablespoon of cinnamon without liquids (via Grub Street).

December 22, 2012 at 10:24 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health | Permalink * Comments

The official youtube page for the Ricki Lake Show has posted a video of Sonya Thomas' appearance where she attempted to break a hard-boiled egg eating record.

December 20, 2012 at 11:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Sonya Thomas, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Jamie McDonald produced a video where he attempted to eat all the items on Denny's new Hobbit menu.

December 19, 2012 at 11:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Jamie McDonald, Videos | Permalink * Comments (4)

Eddie Archbold's death after winning an October insect eating contest in Deerfield Beach, FL is a candidate for the Associated Press' top Florida story of 2012.

December 17, 2012 at 12:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fort Lauderdale, Health | Permalink * Comments

Miller Lite is currently running a commercial titled "Corner Men" where a diner attempting a spicy chicken wing challenge drinks Miller Lite to soothe his throat (spicy challenges generally do not allow liquids during attempts). (commercial without age restriction) update Jan 7 Emilio Rivera of Sons of Anarchy plays the chef. Thebackground music is Sleepy Silver Door by Dead Meadow.

December 17, 2012 at 8:16 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Spicy Eating Challenges, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Talking Stick Resort has a video of the finals of Battle of the Bone 5 won by Jeff Butler.

December 16, 2012 at 9:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Phoenix, Videos | Permalink * Comments

BBC America has a blog entry about an upcoming program, British Man vs. Food. The host will be Arthur Richerman and the inaugural challenge will be Harridge's "Born to Be Mild" challenge, where diners will take afternoon tea at an improper hour.

December 15, 2012 at 4:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Humor, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments

Yahoo! Movies has a blog entry about the release of a promo video made to congratulate Barbra Streisand for receving a Golden Globs nomination for Guilt Trip (She was not nominated) where she talks about filming the 50 ounce steak challenge scene: "It was disgusting because I don't love steak".

December 15, 2012 at 4:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Female Celebrities, Movies, Steak Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

Naader Reda & Miki Sudo finish team pizza challenges w/o assistance

December 14, 2012 at 11:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Las Vegas, Naader Reda, Pizza Eating Challenges, Team Challenges, Videos

Naader Reda has a video of Miki Sudo (13 minutes) and himself (41) both finishing the 9+ pound team pizza challenge without assistance at Naked City Pizza in Las Vegas. Here are some other famous challenges for teams that a single person might be able to finish (no sole individual has finished any of these challenges to my knowldege):

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AppShopper announces the release of the iPhone app "Mr. Couch Potato World Sushi Eating Championship" video game. update Dec 18 The app is now available for free.

December 14, 2012 at 7:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Video Games | Permalink * Comments

Mike "Awesome Fat" Litman, finisher of a 10.5 pound prime rib at Ward's House of Prime on the Travel Channel's "Big Beef Paradise, will attempt become the first person to finish Mulligan's 7.5 pound monster burger challenge on tomorrow's episode of Fox6's Real Milwaukee".

December 13, 2012 at 4:10 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Milwaukee, Television | Permalink * Comments

A hot dog (ch)eating contest overseen by Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas is one of ten candidates for the funniest momemt of 2012 on NBC's Today.

December 10, 2012 at 10:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (4)

Jamie "The Bear" McDonald has started a website at http://www.jamiethebearmcdonald.com/. He will attempt to qualify for Wing Bowl 21 tomorrow morning by eating 60 Krispy Kreme donuts in under 10 minutes. update Dec 10 Jamie finished his stunt in 8:58 to qualify.

December 9, 2012 at 8:36 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Jamie McDonald, Websites | Permalink * Comments (21)

Shigeo Okamoto has posted videos from Food Battle Club and other Japanese competitive eating programs. In the Food Battle Club posted, Nobuyuki Shirota defeated Takeru Kobayashi.

December 9, 2012 at 8:38 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, Kobayashi (小林尊), Nobuyuki Shirota, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (12)

The newspaper for Keene State College has an article about Major League Eating records.

December 7, 2012 at 9:25 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Records | Permalink * Comments

Large Animal Games released the Nomsters video game for mobile devices today. Takeru Kobayashi will do a fruit eating challenge when one billion in-game fruits have been collected worldwide.

December 6, 2012 at 12:05 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Video Games | Permalink * Comments (1)

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