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First IFOCE rankings of 2010 out today

April 30, 2010 at 1:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings

The MLE facebook announces that the first new rankings of 2010 will be released later today with a new entrant in the top 10.

update The new top 50 is now out. The top 10:

1. Joey Chestnut
2. Bob Shoudt
3. Takeru Kobayashi, first ranking outside top 2
4. Pat Bertoletti
5. Sonya Thomas
6. Tim Janus
7. Ben Monson
8. Erik Denmark
9. Hall Hunt
10. Tim Brown

New entrants: Adrian Morgan #18 Nick Bauer #31 Damien Boykin #40 Jon Bello #47

Dropping Out: Rich LeFevre #18 John Palmgren #43 Mike Springer #45 Rick Petralia #47T Richard Foley #50T #Steve Martin #50T

There were 52 listed in the previous poll due to ties so the number of entrants and ejected differs.

High risers Ben Monson #24 -> #7 Joe LaRue #38 -> #29

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MovieTalkFest has an article about "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and his documentary. Pete says he thinks he could earn $100,000 a year in IFOCE contests if he was allowed to compete in them.

April 29, 2010 at 11:23 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Documentaries | Permalink * Comments (20)

Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria has a gallery of the first successful 54 x 54 inch pizza challenge attempt.

April 29, 2010 at 11:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Big Mama's and Papa's, Galleries, Los Angeles | Permalink * Comments

Bob Shoudt vs. Tim Janus head to head results

April 29, 2010 at 5:45 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Statistics, Tim "Eater X" Janus

A commenter requested a listing of head to head results for “Notorious” Bob Shoudt and Tim “Eater X” Janus, which is provided after the jump. Shoudt has finished ahead of Janus in 6 straight contests.
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Damon Wells has uploaded a video of the contest held at the Asparagus Festival in Stockton, CA.

April 29, 2010 at 2:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Stockton, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Furious Pete interview in The Globe and Mail

April 29, 2010 at 1:15 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Documentaries, Videos

“Furious” Pete Czerwinski and George Tsioutsioulas, director of The Story of Furious Pete, have interviews in the Toronto Globe and Mail which is currently the most popular article in the health section. NOW Toronto also has an article.

update #2 Furious Pete did an Egg McMuffin eating contest on the Dean Blundell show this morning.

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Around the 50 minute mark of Bill Simmons April 22 ESPN.com podcast with "reality TV czar" Dave Jacoby, a show called Lethal Ingestion is proposed where death row inmates would receive a pardon if they won an eating contest held during their last meals.

April 28, 2010 at 4:05 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts, Television | Permalink * Comments (2)

The facebook for Andy's Burgers has a gallery of the 2010 Big A Challenge and Mike Longo has a video of that contest.

April 27, 2010 at 9:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eastern NC, Galleries, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Tickets ($10) are on sale for the May 10 staged reading of Hot Dogs: The Competitive Eating Musical at The Red Room in Manhattan. (via Kelly Reeves)

April 27, 2010 at 9:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:New York City, Theater | Permalink * Comments

"Tiny" Tim Rauscheder has uploaded a video of him drinking a 40 ounce bottle of Mickey's in 28 seconds.

April 27, 2010 at 1:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Videos | Permalink * Comments (4)

Isle of Capri Casinos has uploaded a video of the April 17 rib eating contest in Lula, Mississippi.

April 26, 2010 at 7:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Memphis, Mississippi, Videos | Permalink * Comments (23)

The Wall Street Journal has an article about Goldman Sachs' mortgage unit, which reports that the division held White Castle burger eating contests in which about 10 mortgage traders participated.

April 26, 2010 at 4:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, New York City | Permalink * Comments (4)

Tim "Obi Wing Kenobi" Cain has uploaded a video of his second place finish in at a Rock the Tot contest at a Pittsburgh Bar Louie. Brad "The Lunatic" Sciullo won the contest with by eating 5 pounds and 13 ounces of tater tots, an amount greater than the national winner ate the previous two years.

April 26, 2010 at 2:14 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Brad Sciullo, Pittsburgh, Rock the Tot, Videos | Permalink * Comments

CPBiggestEater has some tweetphotos of the first heat of the shrimp wonton eating contest held in Singapore.

April 26, 2010 at 8:13 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:CP Biggest Eater, Galleries, Singapore | Permalink * Comments

Emizzle03 reports that Man vs. Food recorded at Port Royal Pub and Grille in Islip, Long Island yesterday.

April 25, 2010 at 11:05 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Long Island, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments (3)

CNN.com: A new gay character, Kevin Keller, will be introduced to readers of Archie Comics when he defeats Archie's friend Jughead, famed for his eating prowess, in a burger eating contest.

April 24, 2010 at 11:10 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Comics | Permalink * Comments

Eric "Badlands" Booker has submitted a video to GoDaddy.com's Super Bowl video contest.

April 23, 2010 at 11:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eric "Badlands" Booker, Videos | Permalink * Comments (4)

Adrian Morgan has posted facebook galleries of the New Orleans crawfish and Lula, MS ribs contests.

April 23, 2010 at 11:23 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries | Permalink * Comments

The NASCAR Cafe has started a webcam with live coverage of diners attempting its six pound B3 Burrito challege.

April 23, 2010 at 11:21 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:B3 Burrito, Las Vegas, Websites | Permalink * Comments (2)

Zeste.tv has desciptions in French about the Man vs. Food episodes it is televising. The French name for the program is Casse-croûte à l'américaine

April 23, 2010 at 8:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments (1)

Three “Outrageous Food” restaurants

April 22, 2010 at 7:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Central Illinois, Colorado Springs, Eating Challenges, Pensacola, Television

Here are three restaurants that will appear on Outrageous Food on the Food Network on Saturday at 10 pm eastern.

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The black widow spider is not the only suitable mascot for a female competitive eater. Etoxin states that the female angler fish can eat a meal twice her size in one bite. This would be equivalent to a 120 pound woman eating a 240 pound burger.

April 22, 2010 at 2:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Science, Women | Permalink * Comments (3)

BeauJos.com has a commercial for its 14 pound pizza challenge, which looks more like a giant bread bowl.

April 22, 2010 at 8:33 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Beau Jo's, Denver, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Furious Pete Czerwinski's twitter announces that The Story of Furious Pete is the most viewed film in the Hot Docs documentary festival.

April 21, 2010 at 11:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Documentaries | Permalink * Comments (1)

The first IFOCE top 25 poll of 2010 can be voted on at http://eatfeats.com/rankings.php

April 21, 2010 at 10:06 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings | Permalink * Comments (2)

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