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The Bakersfield Condors have produced a commercial about Takeru Kobayashi's appearance at their game Friday night.

January 3, 2011 at 6:02 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bakersfield, Kobayashi (小林尊), Videos | Permalink * Comments

Takeru Kobayashi has started a personal twitter page at http://twitter.com/FReeKobi0704

January 2, 2011 at 5:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Websites | Permalink * Comments

Total IFOCE cash purse for 2010

January 2, 2011 at 8:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Organizations, Prizes

Summing the cash purses for the 2010 competitions listed on the IFOCE contests page results in a total of $138,250. In Patrick Michels’ article for the Dallas Observer, George Shea claims the total prize value is $550,000.

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"Casting calls" for hot wing eaters on two upcoming episodes of "Outrageous Food" have been posted: Badboyz Bistro in Bedford, Pennsylvania needs five people (3 men and 2 women) to eat its "Hellraiser" wings on January 3 and Rock Rest in Golden, CO is looking for hot wing eaters for recording sessions on January 9 and 13.

January 1, 2011 at 6:47 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Central Pennsylvania, Denver, Outrageous Food, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (2)

2010 end of year poll choices part 1

January 1, 2011 at 8:25 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings

Happy New Year. A list of the current set of choices for the first batch of end of 2010 polls appears after the jump. Please make any additional suggestions you think should be added in the comments. updated Jan 2 6:34 pm
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TheMayorOfTempe has uploaded a video of Stephanie Torres eating the Anchor Pizza Challenge at Barney's Boathouse in Tempe in ten minutes and 50 seconds.

December 31, 2010 at 9:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Phoenix, Pizza Eating Challenges, Stephanie Torres, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Val Bromann has posted pictures of her five favorite moments in competitive eating from 2010.

December 31, 2010 at 3:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries | Permalink * Comments (2)

"Furious" Pete Czerwinksi drinks a bottle of olive oil (6000 calories, 700 grams fat) in his most recent video.

December 31, 2010 at 7:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Videos | Permalink * Comments (8)

The arrest of Takeru Kobayashi after the Nathan's Famous finals is #5 on AOL Weird News Top 10 of 2010.

December 30, 2010 at 7:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Rankings | Permalink * Comments

Johnnie Excel has uploaded a video of him eating the Godzilla Roll at Sushi Delight in Lomita, CA with a time of 7:20, breaking the record of 11 minutes set by Stephanie Torres in October. update Johnnie has posted a blog entry.

December 30, 2010 at 2:34 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Johnnie Excel, Long Beach, Sushi Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments (12)

EatingALot.com is a web site documenting the eating contests and challenges of a west coast based competitive eater.

December 30, 2010 at 7:39 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Websites | Permalink * Comments (6)

The investment website Seeking Alpha claims that the intrinsic value of a share of Nathan's Famous stock is over five dollars more than its current market value.

December 30, 2010 at 2:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Mainichi Daily News reports that a 300 pound hamburger created in Miyazaki, Japan received recognition from the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest burger on sale. (Via BurgerDogBoy)

December 29, 2010 at 12:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Records | Permalink * Comments (2)

PJStar has an article about the video produced by Rich Gerberding to encourage Man vs. Food to record an episode in Peoria, Illinois.

December 29, 2010 at 12:51 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Central Illinois, Man vs. Food, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Mamba0909 has a gallery of August's gyoza eating contest held at the Nisei Week festival held in downtown Los Angeles.

December 29, 2010 at 9:03 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, Los Angeles | Permalink * Comments

A twitter page for the New York City-based League of Amateur Competitive Eaters has been started at http://twitter.com/amateureaters The league is intended for people who have not previously competed in a professional eating contest. update The league also has a facebook page.

December 28, 2010 at 5:12 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:New York City, Organizations | Permalink * Comments (9)

The Daily Mail has an article about the 30,000 calorie meal Donna Simpson, Guiness record-holder for the heaviest woman to give birth, claims to have eaten for Christmas dinner. The total weight of the feast is over 115 pounds and includes 80 pounds of meat, 15 pound of potatoes and over 15 pound of vegetables. If her stomach capacity is over 100 pounds, she could win $5,000 by eating the 105 pound burger at the Clinton Station Diner.

December 28, 2010 at 1:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, Health, Women | Permalink * Comments (17)

Jessica "Queen of Cuisine" has uploaded four new eating challenge videos: Venezia team pizza challenge (Phoenix) | Net Grill burger (Fresno) | Batter Up pancakes (Fresno) | Intimidator omelet (Antioch, CA)

December 27, 2010 at 10:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Fresno, Oakland, Omelet Eating Challenges, Pancake Eating Challenges, Phoenix, Pizza Eating Challenges, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments (3)

b michael and sady doyle have sketched out a competitive eating film called Eating Harvard. Projected actors for the movie include Bill Murray, Robert Downey, Jr., Amy Poehler and Method Man & Redman.

December 27, 2010 at 12:34 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boston, College Contests, Humor, Movies | Permalink * Comments (3)

The Travel Channel will run a Man vs. Food marathon starting at 7 am eastern and finishing at 4am on December 26.

December 25, 2010 at 12:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments

The Adventurous 500 produced a video about a two person attempt at a 14 pound pizza called "The Massive" at the Sink Restaurant in Boulder, Colorado.

December 23, 2010 at 11:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boulder, Pizza Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments

CalorieLab lists Takeru Kobayashi's contract dispute with Major League Eating at #2 in in its list of top 10 Offbeat CalorieLab blog entries of 2010.

December 23, 2010 at 12:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contracts, Kobayashi (小林尊) | Permalink * Comments (4)

Comcast Sports Net in Washington, DC and Baltimore will have a segment about the University of Maryland's competitive eating team tonight at 10.

December 22, 2010 at 6:16 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:College Contests, Maryland DC area, Television | Permalink * Comments

"Mark Wahlberg's Eating Contest Entourage" is one of the extras in The Other Guys DVD. (It is not clear if Mark's competitive eater friend is an actor or an actual competitive eater.) The Coney Island Nathan's was one of the locations for the film.

December 22, 2010 at 7:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Movies | Permalink * Comments (3)

eatinBIG.com is a website started in August 2010 focusing on eating contests and challenges. The site administrator's two passions are food and bodybuilding.

December 21, 2010 at 5:05 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Websites | Permalink * Comments

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