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Kobayashi calls IFOCE contract a “slave contract”

May 9, 2011 at 12:14 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contracts, Kobayashi (小林尊), Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New York City

AOL Weird News has an article about Takeru Kobayashi being removed from the Nathan’s “Wall of Fame” which includes the following statement from Kobayashi via his translator Maggie James:

By not signing their contract, they will erase you from the wall. They are not deep about the spirit of history. They do as they wish. They are not presenting a contract that protects the league as a whole. They only present individual slave contracts which control each player in their category of value. Nothing protects the sport.

A picture of the old wall with Kobayashi still appears on the Nathan’s Famous facebook page.

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AndysBurgers and "Furious" Pete Czerwinski have videos of the 4th annual "Big A Burger Challenge". Pete also has a video of David Brunelli's post-contest "reversal of a reversal".

May 6, 2011 at 11:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Eastern NC, Unafilliated Contests, Videos | Permalink * Comments (10)

The facebook for Tres Hermanos Restaurant in Milwaukee has a video of Sylvia Ortiz winning last night's jalapeno eating contest and receiving a trip to Las Vegas. (via Martita's Mixers)

May 6, 2011 at 2:19 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Milwaukee, Unafilliated Contests, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments

The facebook for Skipper's Smokehouse announces that it will appear on the debut episode of Man vs. Food: Nation on June 1 along with other Tampa restaurants.

May 5, 2011 at 1:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food, Tampa | Permalink * Comments

The twitter for Vanilla Ice announces that he is filming an episode of Man vs. Food: Nation in Key West today.

May 4, 2011 at 2:32 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Florida Keys, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments

The MLE Facebook announces that Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas will face off in this year's Pizza Hut Chowlenge at the Guys Choice Awards on Spike TV.

May 3, 2011 at 12:16 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas, Television | Permalink * Comments (3)

Neal Dennis has uploaded a gallery of Saturday's Big A Burger Challenge in Mount Olive, NC won by "Furios" Pete Czerwinski with a record time.

May 3, 2011 at 12:10 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Eastern NC, Galleries, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

A facebook page for the South African Federation of Competitive Eating has been set up using the same logo as Major League Eating. The organization's most recent competition was a hot dog eating contest on April 27.

May 3, 2011 at 11:54 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:South Africa, Websites | Permalink * Comments (1)

It has been over two weeks since Pat Bertoletti won the Wingstop wing eating contest in Dallas on April 13 and results have not been posted on the contest page on IFOCE.com. (Results have been added to more recent contest pages.) Bertoletti's winning total has not been listed on the IFOCE records page despite being more than three pounds greater than the previous record.

April 30, 2011 at 8:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Dallas, Records | Permalink * Comments (31)

The 120 ounce steak at Brand in Las Vegas will be featured on an upcoming episode of Outrageous Food.

April 29, 2011 at 12:19 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Las Vegas, Outrageous Food, Steak Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

The third Don Sturdy podcast has an interview with Matt "Sweet Tooth" Cohen.

April 28, 2011 at 8:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (3)

Kent "Blackhole" Phoa, a competitive eater from Singapore, has started a blog at http://blackholesg.wordpress.com/

April 27, 2011 at 8:21 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Singapore, Websites | Permalink * Comments

The difference in prize money between the men's and women's divisions in Nathan's hot dog eating contest was a subject on tonight's Joy Behar Show. The episode will be rerun on CNN Headline News at 3am eastern tonight. Eater.com relays a statement by Sonya Thomas about her feelings on the differential.

April 26, 2011 at 11:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2011 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Prizes, Sonya Thomas, Television | Permalink * Comments (7)

Scott Bickel's appearance on WOIO News can be viewed online (via Scott Bickel twitter).

April 25, 2011 at 7:51 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cleveland, Scott Bickel, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (33)

Man vs. Food is reportedly filming in Panama City Beach, Florida this weekend (picture). Hip Pocket Deli in Pensacola announced that Man vs. Food cancelled plans to record there.

April 24, 2011 at 8:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food, Pensacola | Permalink * Comments

The MLE facebook has a link to a video of Sonya Thomas' and Pat Bertoletti's appearance on Fox and Friends this morning to promote next week's La Costena Jalapeno Eating Championship. A picture of the appearance.

April 23, 2011 at 5:03 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pat Bertoletti, Sonya Thomas, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (22)

The Travel Channel blog has an entry by Adam Richman about why he will not attempt restaurants' eating challenge in upcoming episodes of Man vs. Food.

April 23, 2011 at 8:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments (7)

Analysis of opting out of Nathan’s women’s division for men’s

April 22, 2011 at 3:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2011 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Statistics, Stephanie Torres, Women

Don Sturdy mentions the possibility of Stephanie Torres opting out of the women’s division of the Nathan’s finals for the more lucrative men’s division. (It is not clear if the rules allow this.) Here are the average amounts eaten and corresponding prizes for the top 8 places in the past three years when the contest duration has been ten minutes.

$10000 60.33 1st
$5000 56.17 2nd
$2500 44.67 3rd
$1500 42.33 4th
$1000 36.58 5th
34.33 6th
33.17 7th
31.67 8th

If the women’s purse of $5000 is distributed in the same manner as the men’s purse, the following prizes will be awarded: $2500/$1250/$625/$375/$250.

The absences of Takeru Kobayashi and Sonya Thomas from this year’s men’s contest could lower the average amount eaten for some of the places, but it is probable that all male moneywinners will eat at least 33 hot dogs which is the average amount for seventh place in the previous three years.

If a rookie woman eats 31-36, that would be between the average amount of Sonya Thomas, 37 (34, 41, 36) and Juliet Lee 30 (29, 34, 27), which would be good for second place and a prize of $1250, which exceeds the men’s fifth place prize of $1000.

For the top woman to earn more money in the men’s contest she would have to come in at least second place, since the women’s first prize of $2,500 equals the men’s third place prize. The average top male performance excluding Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi over the past three years has been 47.33 (42 55 45), which exceeds Sonya Thomas’ personal best of 41 hot dogs by six.

A list of all the top 8 amounts for the past 3 years is available after the jump.
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Monsters and Critics reports that actress Olivia Wilde appeared on this morning's episode of Live with Regis and Kelly where she talked about her competitive eating history and mentioned using a special technique to eat 33 pancakes in 20 minutes to win a contest. The possiblity of her competing in the women's division of the Nathan's hot dog contest was raised and she said she would consider it if the competition had a vegetarian option. update A video of Olivia's appearance is available.

April 22, 2011 at 3:19 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Olivia Wilde, Television | Permalink * Comments (1)

Miami.craigslist.org has a request for women to participate in an eating contest in the Florida Keys. The contest will be televised on an unnamed hit cable TV show.

April 22, 2011 at 1:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Florida Keys, Television, Women | Permalink * Comments

Amateur Eaters is looking for a Southern California competitive eater to appear in a Crest commercial tomorrow.

April 22, 2011 at 12:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Television | Permalink * Comments

A podcast of Grace Lee's appearance on The Bert Show this morning is available online. Grace discusses her eating challenge history and talks about the possibility of her competing in the Newnan, GA Nathan's qualifier.

April 21, 2011 at 2:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Atlanta, Grace Lee, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (7)

NY Daily News reports that Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa has announced that he has prostate cancer and will undergo surgery this week. Sliwa competed in the Nathan's finals several times in the 1990's and finished third in 1994.

April 21, 2011 at 2:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, New York City | Permalink * Comments (5)

Don Sturdy has videos of interviews with Pat Bertoletti and Adrian Morgan conducted at the Stockton Asparagus Festival. update Don Sturdy has added an interview with Joey Chestnut.

April 20, 2011 at 11:27 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adrian Morgan, Pat Bertoletti, Stockton, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

Man vs. Food is reportedly recording in Mobile, Alabama. (video) update Lagniappe Mobile has more information. The challenge restaurant will be Wintzell's Oyster House.

April 19, 2011 at 12:51 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food, Mobile, Wintzell's Oyster Record | Permalink * Comments (1)

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