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ESPN has a press release about the 2023 edition of Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest. The women's contest will be streamed on ESPN3 starting at 10:45 am Eastern. The men's competition will be broadcast live on ESPN2 starting at noon. John Anderson and Rich Shea will be the commentators.

June 22, 2023 at 4:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2023 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN | Permalink * Comments (9)

2023 ESPN Nathan’s schedule

June 16, 2023 at 7:36 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2023 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN

The ESPN July 4 schedule is now out. The men’s Nathan’s finals will be televised live on ESPN2 at noon Eastern and then rerun five times. The women’s contest is not listed, but it appears it will be relegated to streaming again. At 10am, ESPN will show Wimbledon and ESPN2 will air First Take. The documentary “The Good, The Bad, The Hungry” will also be shown twice on ESPN2.

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Current has an interview with James Webb eating six Big Ugly Burgers at Bub's in Carmel, IN on May 25 to break a record previously held by Eli Lessig.

June 13, 2023 at 11:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Burger Eating Challenges, Indianapolis, James Webb, Records | Permalink * Comments (2)

Erik "the electric" Lamkin and his girlfriend Kristie are guests on a recent Shane Dawson podcast. Around 26:00 he says he would like to separate himself from the competitive eating community because he thinks that eating contests are gross.

June 4, 2023 at 2:38 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Erik Lamkin, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (5)

The Toledo Blade has a gallery of Joey Chestnut's appearance at Saturday's Mudhens minor league baseball game. He did a cotton candy eating exhibition and oversaw a ice cream eating contest between local celebrities.

May 31, 2023 at 4:11 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, Joey Chestnut, Toledo | Permalink * Comments

Hot Chick Studios produced a video game titled "Meat Sweats" in which the goals is to supply menu items for "Beard Meats Food" while he attempts a restaurant's eating challenge.

May 21, 2023 at 2:04 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Video Games | Permalink * Comments

Daily Dot has an article about a recent video by tiktok food challenger mohmotion in which employees at an Orlando Golden Corral discussed if he would be allowed to continue dining at the buffet. He was in town to compete in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in Kissimmee, FL, but missed the competition due to forgetting what time it was.

May 17, 2023 at 12:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2023 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, All You Can Eat, Mo Mbengue, Orlando, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

An episode of DangerTV in which host Andrew Younghusband competes in the 2015 Smoke's Poutinerie eating contest in Toronto with minimal training has been uploaded to youtube. Eric "Badlands" Booker, Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie offer him advice. (The first half is about demolition derbies; the competitive eating segment begins around 11:00).

May 16, 2023 at 1:44 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television, Toronto, Videos | Permalink * Comments

GuinnessWorldRecords.com has post celebrating Leah Shutkever's 33rd birthday on May 11, which is also Eat What You Want Day. She says she was inspired to start competitive eating by Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle.

May 12, 2023 at 12:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Leah Shutkever, Records, Uncategorized | Permalink * Comments

On today's episode of Indy Now on Fox 59, it was announced that Joey Chestnut and Geoff Esper will compete in Jack's Donut Holes Eating Championship in New Castle, IN on May 26.

May 9, 2023 at 1:46 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Indianapolis, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Larell Marie Mele has set up a gofundme to help pay for George Chiger's surgery which took place three weeks ago that included amputation of a toe. He is currently experiencing issues with an incision on his big toe.

May 3, 2023 at 2:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Charity Events, George Chiger, Health | Permalink * Comments (15)

TechCrunch has a post about youtube updating its policy on eating disorder content to ban videos showing "imitable content". Since anyone can imitate a restaurant challenge video by ordering the oversized menu item, this policy could theoretically result in the termination of all food challenge videos.

April 22, 2023 at 3:58 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Videos | Permalink * Comments (11)

Japanese competitive eater Hitomi "Russian" Sato just attained a million subscribers for her youtube channel.

April 16, 2023 at 2:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, Videos | Permalink * Comments

The Epoch Times reports that Hatsuyo "The Witch" Sugawara, a mainstay on the Japanese team for the "Battle of Big Eaters" international competition, passed away earlier this month due to colorectal cancer. She was 59.

March 31, 2023 at 1:23 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Hatsuyo Sugawara （菅原初代）, Japan | Permalink * Comments (2)

Ed "Cookie" Jarvis has posted several videos of his television appearances to his youtube channel.

March 17, 2023 at 2:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Ed "Cookie" Jarvis, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (22)

B/R Walkoff produced a videovid asking members of the USA baseball team how many hot dogs they could eat in 10 minutes.

March 17, 2023 at 2:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Videos | Permalink * Comments

In his latest video, a Jaffa cake challenge, Geoff Esper admits he is lacking enthusiasm for competitive eating and is considering missing Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest. (via MikeyinCharge)

March 15, 2023 at 12:59 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Geoff Esper, Videos | Permalink * Comments (22)

Manchester Evening News has posted a gallery of pictures taken at a tripe eating contest hosted by Sutcliffe's Tripe of Wigan on April 23, 1975.

March 6, 2023 at 2:19 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, Manchester | Permalink * Comments

Brandon "Da Garbage Disposal" attempted to win $1,000 by finishing the 9 pound "Godzadilla" quesadilla challenge in under 35 minutes at Chabelitas Mexican Grill in Las Vegas.

March 3, 2023 at 3:01 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Brandon Clark, Eating Challenges, Las Vegas, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

The British Eating League has started a youtube channel. The latest video is from its Jaffa Cake eating contest won by Max Stanford.

February 23, 2023 at 2:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Organizations, United Kingdom, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Daily Star has an article listing five eating contest fatalities.

February 21, 2023 at 1:11 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Yorkshire Post has an article about Josh Gudgeon, co-host of the "Breaking Bread" podcast with Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran.

February 17, 2023 at 2:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Podcasts, Yorkshire | Permalink * Comments

The death of a competitive eater will be one of the incidents examined in the upcoming episode of CSI: Vegas, which will be televised February 16 on CBS at 10 pm eastern. (preview #1 | preview #2)

February 16, 2023 at 1:26 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Las Vegas, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

In a promotion for Bounty paper towels, former NFL tight end great Rob Gronkowski faced off against Austin Ekeler and Aidan Hutchinson in a wing eating contest. Between rounds, they answered questions about their pro football careers.

February 14, 2023 at 2:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Geoff Esper appeared on CBS 12 this morning to discuss his competitive eating career and promote the April 30 Sweet Corn Eating Championship in West Palm Beach, which he said he will not be competing in. (youtube video)

February 13, 2023 at 1:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Geoff Esper, Palm Beach, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

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