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The NY Times small business blog has an entry about grand openings reporting that the total budget for the "Hottest Dog" contest judged by Joey Chestnut at the Banfield Pet Hospital in Brooklyn was $10,000 (Joey Chestnut's appearance fee was not split out.)

December 2, 2011 at 9:23 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Joey Chestnut, New York City | Permalink * Comments (13)

TimesLedger has an article about Barry Rothbart, co-director of the upcoming competitive eating documentary Hungry. Rothbart appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" last month and will co-host the upcoming season of Punk'd on MTV. update A 15 second teaser for the documentary is available.

December 2, 2011 at 8:58 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries | Permalink * Comments (2)

While Man vs. Food: Nation is now on hiatus for the season (if not permanently), a "woman vs. food" show will debut later this month. A facebook page announces that the first episode of Suzilla, The Mouth That Roars will be televised on Discovery's Planet Green network on December 20. The program will star Suzanne "Suzilla" French, who is billed as the #4 female competitive eater in the world.

December 1, 2011 at 2:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Suzanne French, Suzilla, Women | Permalink * Comments (28)

The new poll asks who do you think is the top turkey eater.

November 30, 2011 at 1:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings | Permalink * Comments (8)

Yahoo! Sports has a column asking the question: "Competitive Eating: Sport or Mental Disorder?"

November 29, 2011 at 9:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health | Permalink * Comments (19)

Man vs. Food: Nation apparently cancelled

November 29, 2011 at 11:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food: Nation

The 2012 schedule for the Travel Channel has been announced. Man vs. Food: Nation does not appear in the list of renewed shows. The apparent cancellation is not surprising after a Broadcasting & Cable article reported that a ratings decline of 15% for the entire channel could primarily be attributed to a drop in the popularity of Man vs. Food:Nation.

update Dec 2 The Travel Channel twitter had the following response to the non-listing: “this is just the first announcement of 2012- we’ve got more in the queue. Stay tuned!” An untelevised Charlotte episode has been recorded, so that statement does not mean that the Travel Channel has committed to a new season.

After conclusion of Wednesday’s episode, Adam Richman made what appears to be a farewell statement to his audience.

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Dave "US Male" Goldstein has started a facebook fan page with several galleries of his contests and challenges.

November 29, 2011 at 7:06 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dave Goldstein, Websites | Permalink * Comments (1)

Lauren Takao will attempt the 12 egg omelet at Moose McGillycuddy's in Honolulu on Wednesday's Man vs. Food: Nation, the final new episode of 2011. Lauren was one of the five finalists in the program's casting call video competition, and she will appear on television before the winner of the contest, John Lomascolo, whose episode is expected to be televised in 2012.

November 28, 2011 at 9:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Honolulu, Man vs. Food: Nation, Omelet Eating Challenges, Women | Permalink * Comments (19)

"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded the episode of Abenteur Leben recorded in Toronto where he attempted a 72 ounce steak and also competed against his dog in an eating contest. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

November 26, 2011 at 10:18 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television, Toronto, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

Baltimore.CBSlocal.com has an interview with Mike Solano about the visions he experienced after choking in a crab cake eating contest in Timonimum, MD in September. Solano was technically dead for four minutes and suffered a mini-stroke.

November 24, 2011 at 10:12 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Baltimore, Health, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Matt Stonie attempted to drink a turkey after putting it into a blender. Gravy and cranberry sauce were also used.

November 24, 2011 at 7:06 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Videos | Permalink * Comments (8)

RecordSetter announces Takeru Kobayashi's total in today's turkey record attempt was 8.52 pounds in 10 minutes. update The official amount was 7.5 pounds (gallery) update Nov 24 Huffington Post has a video update Nov 24 #2 Huffington Post report |

November 23, 2011 at 6:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), New York City, Records | Permalink * Comments (28)

MSNBC's BodyOdd blog asks the question "Can eating too much make your stomach burst?"

November 23, 2011 at 4:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health | Permalink * Comments (2)

Takeru Kobayashi has started a new facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/KobiEats

November 23, 2011 at 1:05 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Websites | Permalink * Comments (10)

IFOCE head to head results: November 23, 2011

November 23, 2011 at 12:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics

A list of the updated IFOCE head to head results over the past year for people with two or more results can be viewed after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

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Eric "Badlands" Booker's new CD Big Man Mentality is now available for purchase.

November 22, 2011 at 11:10 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eric "Badlands" Booker, Music | Permalink * Comments (3)

In his latest video Q & A, "Furious" Pete Czerwinski talks about the possibility of competing in a beer drinking contest, his typical everyday meals and eating disorders.

November 20, 2011 at 11:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

Joe LaRue's monologue about his competitive eating career at trueHunger in Cincinnati November 7 can be viewed on youtube. At the end of the video, Joe announces that he is retiring and has started a hunger charity.

November 19, 2011 at 9:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cincinnati, Joe LaRue, Theater, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

The CP Australia facebook has a short video of Tim Janus and Juliet Lee promoting Saturday's CP Biggest Eater qualifier in Melbourne Saturday.

November 17, 2011 at 10:02 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, CP Biggest Eater, Juliet Lee, Tim "Eater X" Janus, Videos | Permalink * Comments (4)

OpieRadio has a video of a reversal during a mashed potato eating contest this morning at the Times Square Hard Rock Cafe.

November 17, 2011 at 10:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:New York City, Videos | Permalink * Comments

The Brooklyn Daily reports on Joey Chestnut judging the "Hottest Dog" contest at the new PetSmart. The winning dog, Chloe, dressed as a hot dog.

November 16, 2011 at 9:24 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Judging, New York City | Permalink * Comments (11)

Will Millender has uploaded his appearance on the Discovery Channel's Dirty Money where he competes in a hot dog contest to obtain a discount at a flea market. (via twitter)

November 15, 2011 at 9:41 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television, Videos, Will Millender | Permalink * Comments (1)

Mirror.co.uk reports that Freddie Starr was hospitalized for food poisoning after eating a fermented egg in a gross food eating contest on the British version of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. In addition to the egg, the 68 year old comic also consumed a pig’s anus, cockroach milkshake, camel toe, turkey testicle and mice tails to win the contest.

November 14, 2011 at 7:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Health, Television | Permalink * Comments (3)

Meredith Boxberger has produced a video about being the first person to finish the Ultimate Dirty Burger at Big Chris BBQ in Barrie, Ontairo. update A picture of the burger update Nov 14 Darren Rovell of CNBC has linked to the video

November 13, 2011 at 8:43 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Meredith Boxberger, Toronto, Videos | Permalink * Comments (8)

Hulu has Thursday's episode of Bones about the investigation of the death of a competitive eating champion.

November 12, 2011 at 9:34 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments

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