Competitive Eating category

"Tiny" Tim Rauscheder has uploaded a video of his victory at a wing eating contest at Frank & Tony's in Willoughby, OH where the first prize was a 55 inch TV.
A new twitter account has been started at @BettyDoesFood. Betty is the first woman to have eaten two Big Ugly burgers at Bub's in Carmel, IN and she also ate all 25 items available in a vending machine in another challenge.
The website for Egizi Funeral Home announces that "Tollman" Joe Paul, winner of Wing Bowl 8 in 2000, passed away. update The Wing Bowl website has a post about Joe Paul.
In a pitch to Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Jeff Cerulli says his competitive eating documentary will "change the way people look at C.E." (Mark Cuban's HDNet televised several IFOCE programs around 2004-2006.)
Matt Stonie has started a blog at mattstonie.blogspot.com
LasVegas.CBSlocal.com has a video from the first qualifier for the 2012 Las Vegas Wing Bowl which said that Tom Gilbert was disqualified.
Ken has set up a youtube channel devoted to New York City eating contests which has footage of 2011 Nathan's and the Dumpling Festival competition.
Kevin "LA Beast" announces that the videos on his youtube channel have been viewed more than one million times in total.
Examiner.com has a write up of last night's episode of NY Ink in which Maria "Edible" judged a hot dog eating contest held in a tattoo parlor. update Jan 16 Maria announces that Pat Philbin has posted the clip.
Grace "Maneater" Lee will appear in tonight's episode of Kitchen Nightmare's on Fox at 8pm eastern and compete in a chicken wing eating contest. (via Yvonne Monet) (Video interview recorded during episode filming in September) update Jan 15 The contest was cut, youtube has the outtake
Jessica "Queen of Cuisine" has resumed eating challenges after a year's hiatus and has posted videos of two recent successful challenges: The Real Meal Deal at The Original Pancake House in Roseville, CA and the Super Challenge Roll at Miyozen and Emeryville, CA. update Jan 16 Jessica has also uploaded a video of a team pizza challenge she attempted with Kevin Ross at Graziano's in Corona, CA.
Tomorrow's episode of Disaster House on the DIY network will feature a constest between two competitive eaters and two garbage disposal units. Bryan "Big Sexy" Beard will be one of the competitive eaters.
The episode of Abenteuer Leben "Furious" Pete Czerwinski recorded in Argentina can be viewed on youtube: Part 1 Big Steaks | Part 2 Cowboys | Part 3 Ostrich Leg
Meredith Boxberger has uploaded a video of her eating the 72 ounce steak meal at the Lonestar Grill in Newmarket, ON. Her time of 29 minutes was the best for the Newmarket location.
Austinist has an interview with "Hungry" Todd Rungy about his television project which received funding through Kickstarter. Rungy describes Joey Chestnut as "not really like, a patriot, you know" who lacks personality. (Joey Chestnut did a tour of Pacific military bases with Adrian Morgan and Crazy Legs Conti last year and his brother served in the National Guard in Iraq.)
TwinCitiesLive.com has a video clip of Eric "Silo" Dahl's appearance yesterday to promote his attempt this evening at the Monster 44 Challenge at Dickey's Barbeque Pit. A press release about the attempt is also available. update Eric Dahl finished the challenge in 38:58. update Jan 16 A video of the challenge has been posted.
Adam Richman announces that Amazing Eats, which will be televised tomorrow on the Travel Channel, consists of clips from Man vs. Food episodes and that he has a new show consisting of fresh material upcoming.
A promo video for "America's Biggest Eater" featuring Stephanie Torres' Wing Bowl qualification stunt is available on youtube.
WLOCE has a video of Dale Boone promoting a new 3kg burrito challenge available in Bangalore, India. update Dale Boone also apparently rapped and ate a Volcano Burrito at a Taco Bell in India.
Takeru Kobayashi has posted a link to a Chinese website that has videos of Japanese competitive eating shows including Food Battle Club. There is also a Japanese segment about the 2001 Nathan's finals (video with 13:04 duration)

2011 IFOCE head to head results

The IFOCE head to head results for people who have two or more results from 2011 IFOCE contests in the eatfeats database follows after the jump. The first table ranks the combined head to head results for each competitor.

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“America’s Biggest Eater” aims to be “American Idol” of eating

The facebook page for America’s Biggest Eater is accepting videos from amateur competitive eaters. Bill “El Wingador” Simmons will serve as host for the reality TV show, which has the following description:

Billed as “American Idol meets the Contender “, the show will feature “eat-offs” to narrow down a field of over 100 amateur eaters to ten finalists. The finalists will then compete in surprise elimination-style eating competitions for significant prizes, and the chance to be crowned by Elwingador as America’s Biggest Eater.

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