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A video clip of Takeru Kobayashi eating 7 hot dogs in a minute on the Brazilian television program Legendarios is available.

November 27, 2010 at 10:53 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Brazil, Television | Permalink * Comments (4)

A competitive eating game iPhone / iPod app is available at http://hotdogwars.kooapps.com/

November 27, 2010 at 9:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Video Games | Permalink * Comments

Outrageous Food Nov 26, 2010 episode links

November 26, 2010 at 6:47 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Central Illinois, Minneapolis, Outrageous Food, Pittsburgh, Pizza Eating Challenges, Sandwich Eating Challenges

Food Network episode summary:

Restaurants

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Joey Chestnut makes honorable mention in a list of 25 most powerful Bay Area residents sports

November 26, 2010 at 9:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Rankings | Permalink * Comments (1)

JoBlo has a list of the top 10 overeating scenes in in cinematic history illustrated with a picture of Eric "Badlands" Booker at Denny's Beer Barrel Pub.

November 25, 2010 at 10:45 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Movies | Permalink * Comments (1)

AOL has a video of Joey Chestnut eating a Thanksgiving meal accompanied by two EMTs.

November 25, 2010 at 10:06 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Videos | Permalink * Comments (7)

TimesRecordNews.com has an article about Nate Biller's tips for Thanksgiving.

November 24, 2010 at 10:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nate Biller, Training | Permalink * Comments

Pete Davekos offers 9 tips for maximizing your Thankgiving Day meal capacity in MTV's Clutch blog.

November 24, 2010 at 7:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pete Davekos, Training | Permalink * Comments (6)

Grace Lee has a picture of the set of the T.Ocho show.

November 23, 2010 at 2:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cincinnati, Female Athletes, Grace Lee, Television | Permalink * Comments

AJC.com reports that Paul Barlow will play a lawyer in the upcoming Ryan Reynolds / Jason Bateman movie, The Change Up, which is currently filming in Atlanta. Olivia Wilde, who claims that she lost a brownie eating contest to Chris Farley of Saturday Night Live when she was ten, will also co-star.

November 23, 2010 at 7:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Atlanta, Movies, Olivia Wilde | Permalink * Comments (8)

Crawfish has uploaded a gallery from last year's grits eating contest held in Bossier City, Louisiana.

November 22, 2010 at 1:19 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, Shreveport | Permalink * Comments

The ESPN SportCenter blog has an interview with Keith Solomon, the founder of the new competitive eating club at the University of Maryland, who says that Juliet Lee is the inspiration for the club.

November 20, 2010 at 9:14 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:College Contests, ESPN, Maryland DC area | Permalink * Comments

Lucy Bauer's Twinkie eating contest on the Guy Bauer Half Hour is available on youtube. The clip includes the KFC commercial Lucy appeared in last year.

November 19, 2010 at 11:43 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments (2)

Outrageous Food November 19, 2010 episode (The Knishwich) links

November 19, 2010 at 8:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Ice Cream Challenges, New York City, Outrageous Food, Sandwich Eating Challenges

Episode Summary

Restaurants

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WMCTV reports that the Kappa Alpha fraternity at Rhodes College in Memphis is under investigation after a freshman claimed he experienced frostbite during an ice cream eating contest in September.

November 19, 2010 at 5:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:College Contests, Health, Memphis | Permalink * Comments (1)

Adam Richman announces that he will appear on the ESPN networks today. update Nov 19 video | gallery | chat session transcript

November 18, 2010 at 8:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments (5)

The Business Record has an article about how sales at the three Des Moines area restaurants featured on Man vs. Food have increased since their television appearance. Jethro's BBQ is selling 50 to 60 Adam Emmeneckers Challenges a day, up from 2 or 3 daily sales earlier in the year.

November 16, 2010 at 1:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Des Moines, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments (2)

Lucy Bauer will compete in a Twinkie eating contest tonight on the Guy Bauer Half Hour.

November 16, 2010 at 1:23 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

WSNX.com has a podcast of an interview with Scott Bickel about his Applebee's 2 for $20 challenge and his plans to compete in the Nathan's finals.

November 15, 2010 at 8:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cleveland, Podcasts, Scott Bickel | Permalink * Comments (21)

Kobayashi fails to break Guinness pizza record

November 14, 2010 at 6:19 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), New York City, Records

update Nov 15 The Brooklyn Eagle has an article with quotes from George Shea.

Kobayashi has a blog entry about his record attempt.

CBS New York reports that Takeru Kobayashi failed to break the Guinness pizza record. His time of 2:03 to eat a 12 inch was 18 seconds off of the record of 1:45.

update In a New York Daily News article, Kobayashi says the pizza’s poor condition contributed to his failing to break the record.

Gothamist has some pictures.

Examiner has an interview with Kobayashi. According to the interview, Kobayashi’s return to the IFOCE in 2011 does not appear likely.

Japanes sports website Sponichi Annex has an article about Kobayashi’s record attempt.

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The Wall Street Journal reports that George & Rich Shea and Dave Baer have started a bedbug detection business.

November 13, 2010 at 7:59 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, New York City, Organizations | Permalink * Comments (2)

The Today show website has a video clip of Adam Richman's appearance yesterday to promote his new book America the Edible along with an interview that was not televised.

November 10, 2010 at 9:58 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books, Man vs. Food, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

Hulu has a segment from the Food Network's "Unwrapped" from 2004 about Denny's Beer Barrel Pub's Ye Olde 96er 10+ pound burger including footage of an AICE contest. Kate Stelnick was reportedly inspired by the program to finish the burger in early 2005. (via mediaoverdose)

November 8, 2010 at 11:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Central Pennsylvania, Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

An episode of Modern Marvels titled "Supersized Food" will be televisesd on the History Channel at 4pm eastern today. Meals featured include a 250 pound burger from Mallie's in Southgate, Michigan, a 54 inch square pizza from Big Mama's & Papa's in Los Angeles and the 72 ounce steak from the Big Texan Steak Ranch.

November 6, 2010 at 11:10 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Big Mama's and Papa's, Eating Challenges, Television | Permalink * Comments

Matt Stonie has uploaded a video of his mushroom eating challenge, done in honor of his "Megatoad" nickname.

November 5, 2010 at 1:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Competitive Eating, Matt Stonie | Permalink * Comments (5)

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