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Hofmann Hot Dogs has produced a one minute commercial starring Takeru Kobayashi. Awful Advertisments has a blog entry about the ad.

September 18, 2012 at 4:12 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Merchandise, Videos | Permalink * Comments (21)

Syracuse.com has an article about Hofmann's Hot Dogs strategy to become a national frankfurter brand which includes signing Takeru Kobayashi on as an endorser and minority investor. The company plans to hold hot dog eating contests on college campuses. (via Teri Weaver)

September 16, 2012 at 9:41 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:College Contests, Kobayashi (小林尊), Merchandise, Syracuse | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Lowell Sun has an article about Saoheng Young, who is working with the staff of Middlesex Community College in his goal to lose 120 pounds.

September 15, 2012 at 9:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boston, Health | Permalink * Comments

The right sidebar for the Kickstarter page for the competitive eating documentary Hungry lists an estimated date for the premier and DVD availability in August 2012. The project reached its funding threshold of $10,000 six months ago on March 13. update Barry Rothbart reponds: "Don't worry. The world is about to experience Hungry. And it will rattle Competitve Eating"

September 13, 2012 at 7:33 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hungry | Permalink * Comments (1)

The new poll asks what you think is the second biggest contest on the MLE circuit after Nathan's. (Choices needed to have been held the past three years to be listed).

September 12, 2012 at 2:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings | Permalink * Comments (5)

1998 World Trade Center qualifier clips in Footlong documentary

September 11, 2012 at 11:29 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, Nathan's History, New York City, Videos

Footlong is a documentary (full movie) about “the social impact of the hot dog on American Culture” that opens with coverage of the 1998 Nathan’s finals (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3) including interviews with George Shea, Gersh Kuntzman, Ed Krachie, Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa and defending champion Hirofumi Nakajima along with brief snippets of the 1998 Nathan’s qualifier held in Windows on the World on top of the World Trade Center.

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Joel "The Cannon" Podelsky announces that his weight has dropped from 275 to 205 pounds after starting a weight-loss regimen on March 10, 2012.

September 10, 2012 at 12:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health | Permalink * Comments (2)

Johnnie Excel, Naader Reda and Kevin Ross have started State of the Plate: a competitive eating video podcast discussing topics in competitive eating.

September 10, 2012 at 11:09 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Johnnie Excel, Kevin Ross, Naader Reda, Podcasts, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

Wreckeless Eating has a video of Naader Reda and Damon Wells attempting all the menu items available at Taco Bell (approximate weight 19 pounds).

September 9, 2012 at 11:48 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Damon Wells, Eating Challenges, Naader Reda, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Hold the Soup, a documentary about the 2005 Ruthie & Gussie's matzo ball eating contest, can be viewed on youtube. Don Lerman, Ron Koch, Brian Seiken, Badlands Booker and Crazy Legs Conti are interviewed.

September 4, 2012 at 9:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, New York City, Videos | Permalink * Comments (58)

Joe Menchetti won the first prize of two Baltimore Ravens club level seats at the 2012 Roma Gourmet Ed Reed Chicken Sausage Eating Contest at the Maryland State Fair on Sunday (video).

September 4, 2012 at 1:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Baltimore, Contest Results, Unafilliated Contests, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

The 72 ounce steak challenge at The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX will appear in an upcoming episode of Jeff and Jordan do America which will star to former Big Brother participants.

September 4, 2012 at 12:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Amarillo, Big Texan, Television | Permalink * Comments

The Village Pub in Las Vegas has a gallery of last Saturday's rib eating contest where Miki Sudo won $1,299.

September 1, 2012 at 4:17 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, Las Vegas, Miki Sudo | Permalink * Comments

Pat Bertoletti vs. Matt Stonie head to head rankings

August 31, 2012 at 2:19 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Pat Bertoletti, Rankings, Statistics

A list of head to head results for Pat Bertoletti and Matt Stonie follows after the jump. Matt Stonie has finished ahead of Pat Bertoletti in the last two contests they have competed in after Pat finished ahead in 8 of the previous 9 contests. The new poll asks who you think should be #2 in the next IFOCE top 50. Read the rest of this entry »

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NBC Sports Off The Bench has a blog entry about the twiter feud between Joey Chestnut and Frank Zaccanelli, CEO of Hofmann Hot Dogs with more background information. Details about the Hofmann competitive eating event at the Texas State Fair that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in have not been finalized.

August 30, 2012 at 9:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (7)

Guts of Glory a board game described as "a mouth-cramming, deck-spewing, competitive card game for 2-4 players set in the post-apocalypse" has started a Kickstarter.com page which seeks to raise $25,000 by September 28. ($3,434 has been raised today). A beta version of the game's rulebook and a print & play edition are available on the page. update Aug 30 Kotaku has a positive review of the game.

August 29, 2012 at 2:47 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Games | Permalink * Comments

North Nevada Buisness Weekly has an article about Joey Chestnut defending his title at the Nugget Best in the West Rib Cook-off, in Sparks, NV on Wednesday where he discusses his post-competitive eating career plans which include opening a boutique hot dog restaurant in San Jose. (Presumably it will not serve Hoffman hot dogs.)

August 27, 2012 at 5:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Joey Chestnut, Reno | Permalink * Comments

Takeru Kobayashi eats 110 bunless hot dogs at New York State Fair

August 26, 2012 at 5:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Records, Syracuse

update Aug 27 CBSNews.com has a video

DMagazine reports that Kobayashi will compete in a hot dog eating contest at the Texas State Fair in Dallas on October 16.

Joey Chestnut called Kobayashi’s sponsor “nasty Hoffman crap dogs” and then engaged in a twitter feud with the sausage maker: thread 1 | thread 2 The Sports Hernia has a blog entry wondering if Shea Communications authorized Joey’s tweets.

update 6:58 Syracuse.com article and gallery about the exhibition

update 6:04 Kobayashi unofficial total is 110 hot dogs.

update 5:55 A picture of the stage
Basketball player Dwayne “Pearl” Washington will serve as celebrity counter

Takeru Kobayashi will attempt to eat 100 hot dogs without buns at the New York State Fair in Syracuse this evening to set a new record. (The only bunless hot dog record I am aware of it Lynda Kuerth’s mark of eating 23 frankfurters in 3:10 in 1977 recognized by Guinness, which stopped maintaining speed eating records in the early 1990s.) Video of Kobayashi at the NY State Fair.

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KSHB has a video and article about Randy Santel's victory at the Kansas City Bacon Fest yesterday where he ate two pound of bacon in five minutes.

August 26, 2012 at 3:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kansas City, Randy Santel, Videos | Permalink * Comments

A craigslist poster in Florida is selling a T-shirt signed by many 2012 Nathan's finalists including Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus, Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt and Juliet Lee for $200.

August 17, 2012 at 10:13 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2012 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (12)

Videos submitted by the winners of Jakes Wayback Burgers Chowdown Showdown can be viewed and voted on on the restaurant's facebook page.

August 16, 2012 at 11:36 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Videos | Permalink * Comments

Takeru Kobayashi will attempt to set a record for most bunless Hofmann hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes at the New York State Fair in Syracuse on August 26.

August 14, 2012 at 2:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Records, Syracuse | Permalink * Comments (33)

America's Test Kitchen has a podcast with a segment about competitive eating containing interviews with Crazy Legs Conti and Sonya Thomas (interviews are in segment #2).

August 13, 2012 at 11:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Crazy Legs Conti, Podcasts, Sonya Thomas | Permalink * Comments (6)

Brian Seiken has uploaded Gut Busters in Alaska which starred Crazy Legs Conti, Charles Hardy and Dale Boone. Videos of The LeFevres appearance on the Jay Leno Show along with Eric "Badlands" Booker on the Jimmy Kimmel Show are also available.

August 12, 2012 at 9:38 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Carlene LeFevre, Crazy Legs Conti, Dale Boone, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Rich LeFevre, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

Full episodes of Man vs. Food can be viewed online at http://www.travelchannel.com/video/man-v-food-full-episodes

August 11, 2012 at 11:59 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments

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