Competitive Eating category

On the Box reports that a picnic with giant food items was held in London's Kensington Park to promote the debut of the second season of Man vs. Food today on the Good Food Channel in England. (video of the creation of the giant items)
Westword has a gallery of Steve's Snappin' Dogs Chow Down for Charity hot dog contest. Jimmy Mares was the winner, Andrew Lane was runner up.

Furious Pete on “Winner’s Bracket”

A clip of “Furious” Pete Czerwinski on yesterday’s Winner’ s Bracket on ABC has been uploaded. In this segment, Pete’s 72 ounce steak video faced off against a NBA summer league dunk in the semifinals of a 16 item tournament.

FuriousPeteWinnersBracket.avi 3 min 8.5 MB

In the first two rounds, the clip defeated a catch by a ballboy and outfielder Jason Bay running into a wall.

Michelle Beadle posted the following comment about the clip to twitter: “@marcelluswiley and I were pulling for u! I’m going to tackle ice cream now”

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Randy Santel has started a youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/AtlasZeusPromos with videos of several successful midwestern eating challenges.
Lucy Bauer, who appeared in a commercial for Kentucky Fried Chicken last year, stars as a competitive eating coach in a video to promote Give Forward's burrito eating contest on July 28.
Gastroboy has emailed a link to a video of a hot dog eating contest on the Spanish television program Sé lo que hicisteis. The contest was inspired by Joey Chestnut's appearance on Are you smarter than a fifth grader?, which appears at the start of the clip.
http://twitter.com/ESPN_Michelle: "More competitive eating in today's show. Why must I love that sport so much!?!?! I'm obsessed. My friends are starting to worry. Help!" (Michelle Beadle's Saturday show is "Winners Bracket" on ABC at 5 pm) update Furious Pete's 72 ounce steak video advanced to the semifinals of a 16-item tournament, where it was defeated by a dunk in a NBA summer league game.
newyork.craigslist.org has a request for a competitive eater who is not a member of IFOCE for a documentary. The politics of competitive eating will be a topic of the documentary.
Here is the clip of "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's 72 ounce steak record receiving 2 cheers on Tuesday's Sportsnation on ESPN: FuriousPeteSportsNation.avi (35 sec 4 MB)
InsulaTV has a video from the Taco Bell Challenge in Puerto Rico where Sonya Thomas ate 53 tacos in 12 minutes.
Val Bromann has a gallery of the cupcake eating contest held by Bleeding Heart Bakery in Chicago. Casey Comiskey won by eating 18 cupcakes in about 8 minutes.
The Wall Street Journal's Metropolis has an entry about Brick Lane Curry, which has experienced a big increase in the number of orders for its "Phaal Challenge" after it was featured on an episode of Man vs. Food.

Man vs. Food July 21, 2010 (Puerto Rico) episode links

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"Furious" Pete Czerwinski annouces that his 72 ounce steak video will appear on today's episode of Jim Rome is Burning on ESPN at 4:30 eastern. (Jim Rome is not a competitive eating fan, so his commentary might not be %100 positive.) update A post on the Jim Rome facebook page about the steak video currently has 94 comments. update "Furious" Pete has uploaded the "Final Burn" segment of Jim Rome is Burning about Pete's steak video
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a video of him eating a 72 ounce steak in 6:52 at a CFL game in Hamilton, Ontario Friday.
WFFTV has a news video about the Atomic Wing eating contest at the Coney Island Siren Festival. Sean Lennon repeated as champion by eating 46 wings in 8 minutes.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski's facebook announces that he ate a 72 ounce steak (meat only, no sides) in 6:48, which will be recognized by Guinness as a world record. Pete also won a contest to guess the number of OMG burgers sold by The Catch restaurant in Anaheim.
Lily Jang has uploaded a video of Mark Wright losing to Erik "the Red" Denmark in a sandwich eating contest on Fox Q13 to promote Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast Sandwich Making & Eating Contest at Bite of Seattle tomorrow. Denmark will compete on a team with Joey Chestnut and Ben Monson against sandwich-makers. (Lily Jang also defeated Mark Wright in a 5 pound burrito eating contest last year)
TermLifeInsurance has an infographic about competitive eating.
Caroline Shin of the Columbia School of Journalism has produced a video about the "Punisher" spicy tequila challenge at Mojave in Astoria, NY.
Joey Chestnut will attempt to break the record for the most Mars bars consumed in one minute at the Comic-Con International in San Diego on July 22. Pat Bertoletti and Tim Janus will also be present at the event.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski will attempt to set a record for eating a 72 ounce steak at the Hamilton, Ontario Tiger-Cats CFL game on Friday.
BonnerSprings.com has an article about Man vs. Food recording at Papa Bob's BBQ in Bonner Springs, KS (Kansas City area) where the challenge was the 4.5 pound "Ultimate Destroyer" sandwich. The episode is expected to be televised on August 11.
Mas3423 has uploaded videos of Joey Chestnut's hot dog eating contest against Shaquille O'Neal. Shaq had four teammates and Tim Janus apparently served as coach for Shaq's team.

Man vs. Food July 14, 2010 (Phoenix) episode links

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List of Phoenix eating challenges & contests in the eatfeats database

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