Competitive Eating category

A web page has been set up to promote TV Tokyo's broadcast of a qualifier for the 2010 "Gluttonous Queen" contest on January 1.
The Travel Channel will televise its list of the "101 Tastiest Places to Chow Down" in January 2010. Some of the listed restaurants Katz's Deli in New York, San Francisco Creamery Co. in Walnut Creek, CA and The Salt Lick Barbecue in Driftwood, TX have already appeared on Man vs. Food. Program commercial
William Beutler reports that Kobayashi appeared in ESPN's highlights of the decade montage. (I have not been able to find the video online)
Preeth Walser has some videos of a hands free turkey eating contest sponsored by Chennai Live 104.8 (apparently Indian FM stations can end in even numbers)
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski is currently recording a television program in Germany and Austria. He has posted some pictures from his trip to bodybuilding.com.
Christopher Elston has a blog entry about the premiere of Nacho Mountain.
The Travel Channel will run a Man vs. Food marathon tomorrow from 9am to 3am eastern.

South Florida burger challenge reports

Clay Cartland has set up a website documenting his Miami-area eating challenges at http://www.panclayke.blogspot.com/ The December 17 entry describes his setting the record for the Doomsday burger at Kingdom and confirms that the restaurant will appear on the February 3 live episode of Man vs. Food. The blog also has a link to donate to Feeding South Florida.

The Broward-Palm Beach New Times has an article about a five pound “Beast” burger challenge attempt at the restaurant owned by former Miami Dolphin Kim Bokamper in Plantation, Florida.

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Crazy Legs Conti and Gerard Mullin, associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins, offer four tips on how to win an eating contest in wired.com

2009 competitive eaters poll added

Some end of year polls have been added to the sidebar. The following poll questions and choices (after the jump) will be added in the next day. Please list poll choices you think should be added in the comments.

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A wing eating contest will be held at tomorrow's screening of Nacho Mountain at the Tally Ho Tavern in Bethlehem, PA.
The Craigslist for New Haven CT announces that an unnamed television program is seeking contestants for an eating contest.
Buck Wolf has posted an AOL News video from September's cannoli eating contest at the Feast of San Gennaro won by Crazy Legs Conti.
The twitter for the Alexander Hotel reports that the live February 3 episode of Man vs. Food will be televised from the Shula's Steak House located inside that Miami Beach resort.
Greg "The Great Moomsi" Maloomian has posted some pictures to bodybuilding.com of his pizza challenge attempt with Adam Richman that appeared on the previous episode of Man vs. Food
Missioninpo has uploaded news videos about the Morioka wanko soba noodles eating contest that Hatsuyo "the Witch" Sugawara won for the third year in a row by eating 399 small bowls in 10 minutes. (Part 1 | Part 2)
Steakbellie's twitter reports that T-shirts bearing the Manitoba Meatsweat logo from his 2007 fantasy competitive eating team is available for sale on IFOCE.com
The AV Club section of The Onion has a long article about the Hartford episode of Man vs. Food.
(via HitchcockBlonde) Adam Richman will judge a baby bratwurst eating challenge at Majors Sports Cafe in Minneapolis tomorrow. The top performer will receive a $500 gift card.
ESPN's youtube channel has a video from June in which Joey Chestnut describes the contents of his refrigerator.

Man vs. Food eating challenge picture contest

The Man vs. Food home page has the following announcement:

We want to see photos of you taking on your own food challenges across the country. Your photo could be selected to appear on-air during our 2-hour Man v. Food LIVE event on February 3 at 9 E/P.

The photo contest begins on Wednesday, December 16, at 10:30 p.m. EST and ends on Tuesday, February 2, at 11:59 p.m. EST.

The contest rules indicate that photo submitters are granting the Travel Channel a “non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, fully paid up license to make use of and distribute your photograph”.

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The Morning Call has an article about Nacho Mountain which will premier this weekend at the Grand Theater in East Greenville, Pennsylvania. The 50 pound Mount Olympus burger at the Clinton Station Diner will be featured in one of the scenes.

Man vs. Food live in Miami Feb 3

Today’s episode of Man vs. Food announced that a live episode of the program will be televised from Miami on February 3. (The Super Bowl will be played in Miami that week).

update BurgerBeast relays a rumor that the program will be televised at K_____m. (There is only one restaurant on the Miami eating challenges list which fits this pattern)

update #2 The program description lists the 48 ounce steak at Don Shula’s steak house as another challenge.

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VH1.com has a clip from the reality show For the Love of Ray J 2 of a chili dog eating eating contest held at Pink's Hot Dogs in Los Angeles. (I wonder if the restaurant would have granted filming permission if they knew several of the competitors would vomit.)
"Adrian Against" has uploaded a gallery of his attempt to eat three "Illegal" Buritos weighing more than three pounds to his facebook page.
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