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NY Daily News has a article and video of Takeru Kobayashi offering advice on competitively eating hot dogs.

July 3, 2012 at 12:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Training, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Mary Bowers appearance on KTLA this morning, in which she talked about her hot dog recipes, can be viewed online.

July 2, 2012 at 5:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2012 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Los Angeles, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments

Crazy Legs Conti participates in a video book club about The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan.

July 2, 2012 at 11:10 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books, Crazy Legs Conti | Permalink * Comments

Johnnie Excel and Eric Dahl have videos from their successful six person team attempt at the 54 inch pizza at Big Mama's & Papa's in Burbank, CA.

July 2, 2012 at 8:01 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Big Mama's and Papa's, Eric Dahl, Johnnie Excel, Los Angeles, Team Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Blue Ribbon Hunter on Yahoo! Screen has a video about Maria "Edible" and her modeling career with footage from the Queens Nathan's qualifier and wing eating tips. Yahoo! also has competitive eating training advice from Maria.

June 30, 2012 at 3:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Maria Edible, Videos | Permalink * Comments (12)

Matt Stonie has produced a blog entry, long contest video, short contest video and vlog about his victory in the Boston Nathan's qualifier. update MassBytes has an interview with Matt Stonie.

June 30, 2012 at 9:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2012 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Boston, Matt Stonie, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

The Futon Critic announces that Joey Chestnut will compete in a wing eating contest against Gordon Ramsay on the July 16 episode of Hell's Kitchen on Fox.

June 29, 2012 at 11:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Television | Permalink * Comments (1)

NYPost reports that MarShon Brooks of the Brooklyn Nets will participate in the Nathan's finals (Stefan Bondy says he will judge). Brooks predicted that Sonya Thomas would upset Joey Chestnut even though they will not be competing in the same contest.

June 27, 2012 at 8:14 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2012 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Judging, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments (9)

A podcast (begins at 31:40 mark) of an interivew Pete and Mia Davekos did on WROR to promote the Boston Nathan's qualifier is available. Mia "Meatballz" Davekos was a competitor on CBS' Survivor in 2004. (via email)

June 27, 2012 at 3:43 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2012 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Boston, Pete Davekos, Podcasts, Women | Permalink * Comments (1)

Dexter Holland, singer for The Offspring, will be a judge for the Crif Dog Classic.

June 26, 2012 at 2:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Crif Dog Classic, Music, New York City | Permalink * Comments (25)

Nathan’s contest to start at noon, to be tape delayed on ESPN

June 25, 2012 at 4:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2012 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN

The Olympics will apparently not be the only tape-delayed sporting event this summer. The Nathan’s Famous facebook page announces that the Nathan’s finals will begin at the tradition starting time of noon eastern and a recording of the event will be televised on ESPN at 3pm. A comment says that the contest will be televised live on another ESPN network. (via Larell Marie email) update The schedule listing on ESPN.go.com does not currently show a hot dog contest at noon July 4 on any ESPN network.

update The Brooklyn Paper gives a conflict with a Brooklyn Cyclones game as the reason for the time shift. The game will start at 6 pm, two hours after original end of the contest. Presumably, the Cyclones schedule has been set since the start of the baseball season in April so it is surprising that no conflict would be announced until 9 days before July 4. The maximum attendance at the Cyclones ballpark is 10,000, a fifth of the estimated attendance at the Nathan’s finals.

update June 26 IFOCE.com announces the contest will not be televised live on any ESPN cable channel; it will be streamed on ESPN3.com

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First IFOCE top 50 update of 2012

June 25, 2012 at 11:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings

The first IFOCE top 50 of 2012 has been released. The top 7 remain unchanged.

In: #16 Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle, #26 Juan “More Bite” Rodriguez added #28 “Monster” Marcos Owens, #31 Meredith “Deep Fried Diva” Boxberger, #34 Dax “The Ginger” Swanson, #37 Jake Larry

Out: Ben Monson, Hall Hunt, Damon Wells, Jason Erb, Dave Solomon, Sean Brockert added

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Matt Stonie becomes 8th member of double deuce club

June 24, 2012 at 10:18 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Statistics

After yesterday’s qualifier victory, Matt Stonie became the 8th person to eat 40 or more hot dogs in a Nathan’s contest. 40+ personal bests:

2009 Jul 4 1st 68 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Brooklyn, NY
2009 Jul 4 2nd 64.5 10 min Takeru Kobayashi Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Brooklyn, NY
2009 Jul 4 3rd 55 10 min Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Brooklyn, NY
2009 Jul 4 4th 53 10 min Tim “Eater X” Janus Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Brooklyn, NY
2012 Jun 23 1st 42 10 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Boston, MA
2009 Jul 4 5th 41.75 10 min “Notorious” Bob Shoudt Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Brooklyn, NY
2009 Jul 4 6th 41 10 min Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Brooklyn, NY
2009 Jun 20 1st 40 10 min Eric “Badlands” Booker Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Queens, NY

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"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has a video where he calls for competitive eating to be added as an Olympic sport.

June 24, 2012 at 9:01 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

The Daily Herald has an article about Jacob Larry auditioning for NBC's The Biggest Loser. He brought a trophy, a giant check and 40 competitive eating T-shirts to the audition and said he intended to make changes in his life which apparently include retirement from competitive eating.

June 23, 2012 at 10:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Television | Permalink * Comments (5)

BBC has a segment from The Men Who Made Us Fat about an attempt at the 9.5 pound "Kidz Breakfast Challenge" at Jester's Diner in Great Yarmouth, England.

June 23, 2012 at 12:43 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Breakfast Eating Challenges, East Anglia, Television | Permalink * Comments

Wreckless Eating has a video promoting tomorrow's 54 inch pizza eating contest at Big Mama's & Papa's in Burbank, CA. Jippidy has a video about the pizza's construction. "Furious" Pete Czerwinsksi says he will not be participating on the competitive eaters team.

June 23, 2012 at 6:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Big Mama's and Papa's, Los Angeles, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

Senator Olympia Snowe will judge the Great Maine Lobster Eating Contest at the Portland LobsterFest on June 30.

June 22, 2012 at 6:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Judging, Portland, ME | Permalink * Comments

Break.com has a gallery titled: "15 Awful Competitive Eating Photos".

June 21, 2012 at 11:51 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries | Permalink * Comments (3)

The eating contest on the Travel Channel's Truck Stop USA that Randy Santel competed in can be viewed online.

June 21, 2012 at 11:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Jefferson City, Randy Santel, Television | Permalink * Comments (1)

Meredith "Deep Fried Diva" Boxberger has a video previewing her appearance at the women's Nathan's finals on July 4.

June 21, 2012 at 10:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2012 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Meredith Boxberger, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Matt Stonie has started a video series where he answers competitive eating questions from fans.

June 21, 2012 at 5:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

Damon "The Omen" Wells announces that he is leaving Major League Eating. He will become the sixth member of the team attempting the 54 inch pizza at at Big Mama's & Papa's on Sunday. This will probably leave the IFOCE top 50 without any southern Californians whenever it is updated (assuming Ben Monson is removed also.)

June 19, 2012 at 4:50 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Big Mama's and Papa's, Damon Wells, Organizations | Permalink * Comments (18)

Naader Reda appears in an OC Register video about the start of qualifying for Farrell's Ice Cream Challenge. KTLA also had a video.

June 19, 2012 at 6:41 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Naader Reda, Orange County, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

A press release announces the launch of ESPNW.com, an online channel devoted solely to women's competitions. The Nathan's women's finals is listed on the ESPNW.com schedule at 2:25 pm eastern, before the start of the 3pm program on ESPN.

June 18, 2012 at 1:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2012 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN | Permalink * Comments (18)

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