Competitive Eating category

Most IFOCE victories in the 2000s

According to the eatfeats database the competitors with the most victories in IFOCE contests follows are:

64 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas
56 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
52 Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti
30 Rich “The Locust” LeFevre
29 Tim “Eater X” Janus

A list of everyone with multiple IFOCE victories follows after the jump:
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CourierPostOnline has a gallery of Thursday nights Wing Bowl Wingoff at PJ Whelihan's in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Damaging Doug won the contest in overtime according to a comment by papagiorgio
Will Millender is seeking ideas on a sub 90 second stunt for a television program.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a video of yesterday's funnel cake eating stunt.
A post on hartford.craigslist.org is seeking entrants for a televised eating contest.
Andrew "A-Bomb" Lane has a tribute to former IFOCE MC Michael Castellano, who is now a restauranteur in Key West.

“Live” episode of Man vs. Food filming tomorrow

MiamiNewTimes.com reports that a portion of the “live” episode of Man vs. Food will be recorded at Don Shula’s Steakhouse at the Alexander Hotel in Miami tomorrow between 1 and 2:30 pm. The session is open to the public.

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The first MLE podcast is available at itunes. The inaugural guest is Crazy Legs Conti.
A video of Natsuko "Gal" Sone competing in an eating contest disguised as an old woman has been reuploaded to youtube: Part 1 | Part 2
Adam Richman will host an eating contest at AAA Great Vacations EXPO in Columbus, Ohio on January 23. Entrants should write up to 250 characters on why they should be selected on the EXPO facebook page. update The date appears to have been moved to Jan 24.
The IFOCE top 25 of the decade poll is now accepting votes at http://eatfeats.com/rankings.php Thank you for your suggestions.
IFOCE.com has a list of expected entrants at Saturday's Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich Eating Championship at the Isle in Biloxi, Mississppi. The eatfast facebook also announces that the MLE podcast will debut later this week.
Andrew "A-Bomb" Lane is posting the restaurants in the list of the "101 Tastiest Places to Chow Down" to his twitter as they are announced on tonight's episode. Denny's Beer Barrel Pub is #100. update TravelChannel.com has a restaurant list and slideshow.
(via Johnny D comment) The website KevinEatsIt.com and a youtube page have been set up to document Kevin Silber's Connecticut eating challenges. One of the videos shows Kevin finishing the Grizzly Challenge at the Black Bear Saloon in Milford, CT for the first time.

IFOCE top 25 of decade poll choices

The next ranking poll will be an IFOCE top 25 for the decade of the 2000s. The current set of choices is listed after the jump. Please make any suggestions you think should be added in the comments.
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The Great Moomsi & partners finish Zeus burger

TheGreatMoomsi.com has a video of Greg Maloomian and two teammates completing the Zeus Burger at the Clinton Station Diner in New Jersey. The listed weight of the burger is 12.5 pounds but the actual burger weight was over 14 pounds. A picture of the list of the diner’s challenges shows an award of $500 for a three person team finishing the Zeus in less than an hour.

The restaurant staff claimed that no team had previously completed the Zeus challenge, but a three person team in a 2005 AICE contest did finish the burger.

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Happy new decade. The first set of best of the previous decade polls can be voted on in the sidebar. Thanks for your contributions and support in the 2000s.
MiamiToday reports that the live episode of Man vs. Food received a filming permit for Domino Park, Domino Park Plaza and Miami Beach citywide.

End of decade poll choices, part 1

The current set of choices for the first batch of end of decade polls is listed after the jump. Please make any suggestions you think should be added in the post comments.

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Competitive eating called “male food porn”

Double XX has a column about Man vs. Food which describes the program as male food porn:

As cultural taboos against ungoverned appetites intensify, porn inevitably follows. And thus we have the phenomenon of expert gluttony. One manifestation of this phenomenon is the professional eating contests that take place under the banner of organizations like the International Federation of Competitive Eating and the Association of Independent Competitive Eaters. Another is that brand of television that showcases promiscuous mastication, with Man vs. Food being the current darling of that genre.

New York Magazine’s Grub Street blog has a response to the column which attributes the popularity of competitive eating to the “distaster factor”.

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TravelChannel.com has a video of the "press conference" help by Adam Richman and Greg "The Great Moomsi" Maloomian after successfully completing the pizza challenge at Randy's Wooster St. Pizza.
Rona Conti noted that a Japanese competitive eating DVD will go on sale in March. The programs offered appear to be the two 2005 "Gluttonous King" contests and the 2006 "Gluttonous Queen" competition.
Michael has started a blog documenting his Milwaukee-area eating challenges at http://berggvsfood.blogspot.com/

Second set of end of year polls started

The next set of end of year polls have been added to the sidebar. The previous end of year polls can be voted on after the jump
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The facebook for the Ivy Bakery in Brooklyn announces that it is seeking a T-shirt design for its cupcake eating contest in April 2009.
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