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Shirtoid.com is selling T-shirts for fictional eating challenges based on Star Wars ("Jabba's Platter - It's Enough to Stuff a Sarlac!") and Harry Potter.

July 27, 2011 at 12:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Movies | Permalink * Comments

Crazy Legs Conti's advice helped Nick Altschuller defeat the Tasty Burger Challenge at Kings in Dedham, MA. (Conti's choice in competitive eating music: "Air Supply or early Menudo") update Pete Davekos coached Shannon "The Mutilator" Mulaire of Fox 25 on her eating challenge for a segment that will appear on the 10:30 pm news tonight. (A gallery of the challenge) update #2 The video and article (which misspells "Carlene Pop" as "Carling Pop") are now available.

July 25, 2011 at 8:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boston, Burger Eating Challenges, Crazy Legs Conti, Pete Davekos, Television, Women | Permalink * Comments (24)

ESPN Front Row has a report on three ESPN staffers attempting the Hall of Famer burger challenge at Silders Grill & Bar in Plainville, CT.

July 25, 2011 at 7:35 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, ESPN, Hartford | Permalink * Comments

Most followed competitive eater twitter pages

July 22, 2011 at 9:21 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Websites

In response to a comment, here is a list of twitter pages for competitive eaters with 250 or more followers. Please let me know if there are any I have missed (follower totals are from 9pm eastern).

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TV Addict reports that a death at a hot dog eating contest will be investigated in the second episode (titled "The Hot Dog in the Competition") of the second episode of the upcoming season of Fox's Bones.

July 22, 2011 at 7:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television | Permalink * Comments

The NCCEA rankings of top collegiate competitive eaters have been updated and Jay Gorman is the new #1, moving ahead of Eric Dahl.

July 21, 2011 at 9:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:College Contests, Rankings | Permalink * Comments (7)

Eric "Silo" Dahl appeared on KARE 11 this morning to compete in a pancake eating contest.

July 21, 2011 at 1:17 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eric Dahl, Minneapolis, Videos | Permalink * Comments

DonSturdy.com has a podcast of an interview with Larell Marie Mele.

July 20, 2011 at 5:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (13)

The Wii game based on Major League Eating appears in OCWeeklys top 10 list of videogames based on food.

July 20, 2011 at 3:16 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Video Games | Permalink * Comments

The Bismarck Tribune reports that Paul Chapman will be attempting the Slapshot Challenge consisting of 15 sliders and a large fries and milkshake at JP's in Durham, NH on tonight's episode of Man vs. Food: Nation and claims the challenge has been renamed "Chappy's Challenge" after he finished it in 23 minutes. Matt Stonie finished the challenge in 8:35, but has not been added to the online wall of fame, which calls it the "Andy Bo Challenge".

July 20, 2011 at 2:24 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Man vs. Food: Nation, Matt Stonie, New Hampshire | Permalink * Comments (5)

Plum TV has a video of a recent interview of Takeru Kobayashi recorded in The Hamptons containing a 45 second lobster roll eating contest. (via curbed.com)

July 20, 2011 at 12:16 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Long Island, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Heat Seekers will debut on the Food Network July 22 at 10 pm eastern. The show will be focused on the spiciest foods in the United States and will fill the time slot formerly occupied by Outrageous Food.

July 19, 2011 at 1:43 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Spicy Eating Challenges, Television | Permalink * Comments (1)

A new Discovery Channel eating challenge show was recorded at Fat Sal's Deli in Los Angeles on Friday. The name of the show is probably "Foodzilla".

July 18, 2011 at 1:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Suzilla, Women | Permalink * Comments (1)

The OC Register has a slideshow of today's "Pig's Trough" eating contest held at Farrell's in Mission Viejo, CA. Matt Cohen won the men's division and Andrea Barber won the women's contest.

July 17, 2011 at 10:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Galleries, Orange County, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Matt Stonie has posted his videos of the men's Nathan's finals: Part 1 | Part 2. update July 17 Matt has posted videos of the women's contest: Part 1 | Part 2

July 16, 2011 at 9:27 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2011 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Matt Stonie, New York City, Videos | Permalink * Comments (52)

Takeru Kobayashi has changed the appearance of his website and moved it from http://www.takeru-kobayashi.com/ to http://kobayashitakeru.com/index.html

July 15, 2011 at 7:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Websites | Permalink * Comments

Minyanville has a video titled The Economics of Competitive Eating which asks Tim Janus and other competitors at the recent Nathan's weigh-in how rising food prices have affected their training.

July 15, 2011 at 12:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2011 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Business, Tim "Eater X" Janus | Permalink * Comments (16)

The list of professionals expected to compete in Sunday's meatball eating contest in Midlothian, IL sponsored by Bartolini's has been posted and includes Joe Menchetti, Tom Gilbert, Bob Kuhns and Pete Czerwinski, who will be filmed by German television for an upcoming program.

July 15, 2011 at 12:02 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Contest Previews, Television, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (20)

Joey Chestnut will be competing in an ice cream sandwich eating contest against Mandy Marks on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area's Chronicle Live at 5pm Pacific.update July 15 Joey Chestnut's appearance yesterday can be viewed online.

July 14, 2011 at 1:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Television | Permalink * Comments (17)

Eatfeats 2011 post-Nathan’s IFOCE poll choices

July 14, 2011 at 10:54 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings

I will start an IFOCE poll sometime next week. A list of the current choices for the poll follows. People need to have at least one IFOCE contest in 2011 to be listed. Please let me know if you think someone should be added to the list.

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You and Me This Morning has a video about Pat Bertoletti set in his trophy room and Dawali restaurant, his training site.

July 14, 2011 at 9:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pat Bertoletti, Videos | Permalink * Comments (6)

Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle served as Erik Denmark's judge in the 2011 Nathan's finals. Unlike last year when he judged Juliet Lee, he reported an amount the same as the official result (33.5).

July 13, 2011 at 1:23 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2011 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Erik Denmark, Judging | Permalink * Comments (3)

"Furious" Pete Czerwinski appears in the most recent Epic Meal Time video titled Epic Stockyard Burger. The German television program Abenteuer Leben - täglich Wissen will be recording Pete in Chicago this weekend where he will probably be competing in Bartolini's meatball contest.

July 12, 2011 at 8:34 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

BBQTV has a video (starts at about the three minute mark) of part of the hot dog eating contest held at the Festival of Discovery won by Dale Boone, who was reportedly booed at the end of the contest (not shown on video).

July 12, 2011 at 8:12 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dale Boone, Upstate SC, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

Top Story Weekly has a video of a sketch set at the women's division of the Nathan's finals in which competitors are heckled during pre-contest interviews. (probably not safe for work)

July 12, 2011 at 7:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2011 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Humor, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments (4)

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