Youtube has a video of a sushi-eating contest won by Takeru Kobayshi from a 2001 episode of TV Champion. Sushi makers assembled new sushi while the competitors ate the existing sushi. The contest awarded a spot in the 2001 Nathan’s finals. Kaz Arai, who had already received a spot in the 2001 Nathan’s finals as the defending champion, oversees the contest.

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The website for the Colbert Report has a video clip from last night’s episode about Brad Sciullo’s attempt at the 20+ pound Belly Bruiser burger at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA. The second part of Brad Sciullo’s appearance will probably be televised on Monday. Colbert gives Sciullo the “Martin Burger King” nickname. No mention was made of Brad Sciullo’s ejection from the IFOCE.

George Wendt, who has a burger challenge named after his Cheers character, was an in studio guest.

Related Links

• Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub home page
• Mouthpiece Sports interviews Brad Sciullo
• PittsburghLive article about Sciullo completing the Belly Bruiser.
• Kate Stelnick (Tony Danza show appearance) and Lori Weiss (eyewitness blog entry) along with Brad Sciullo are the only other people to appear on the Wall of Fame for Denny’s 10-11 pound Ye Olde 96er burger.
• ESPN E:60 competitive eating clip starring Brad Sciullo
• Stephen Colbert segment about Don “Moses” Lerman from a 2001 episode of the Daily Show.

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(Via Craig Reed comment) The new IFOCE top 50 (actually 51 since there is a tie for #50) is now available. The new top 5:

1. Joey Chestnut
2. Takeru Kobayashi
3T Pat Bertoletti
3T “Humble” Bob Shoudt
5. Sonya Thomas

Entering: Ben Monson (#24), Benjamin Taylor(#26), Erik Unger (#31), Damon Wells (#32), Anthony Reganato (#35), John Lapolla (#41)

Dropping Out: David “Brickhouse” Braunstein (#44), David “SykoBOZO” Cagle(#46), El Toro Jimenez (#47) Nic Fry (#48), Scott Zukowski (#49)

Previous rankings in Google cache

update (from Laura) There are actual 52 ranked eaters since there are 2 #47s and a #48. Steve “Pi Guy” Martin was also added at #50 (actually #51)

Jon Bello, with 2 top 3 KSO VI qualifier finishes, appears to be the top omitted eater at first glance.

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Tonight’s episode is the first episode of Man vs. Food not set in a single metropolitan area; the sites are three minor league baseball stadiums.

Travel Channel: Guide | Slideshow | Video (baseball lesson)

ESPN interview with Adam Richman about tonight’s episode

• West Michigan Whitecaps challenge Fifth Third Burger
  MLive article before recording
  MLive article after recording (contains spoiler)
  Season statistics about the burger
• Charleston (SC) River Dogs food Homewrecker hot dog
  Press release about the recording
  Charleston City Paper article about the recording
  Video clip from Man v Food about hot dog variations at the Charleston ballpark
• Gateway (E. St. Louis area) Grizzlies food – “Baseball’s Best Burger”
  Press release about the burger, which uses a Krispy Kreme doughnut as a bun.
  BND article about the recording
  KSDK article and gallery about the recording

• List of West Michigan eating challenges
• List of Charleston eating challenges
• List of St. Louis area eating challenges

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The suggested names have been added to the list of choices and the new IFOCE top 25 poll is now accepting votes at http://eatfeats.com/rankings.php

I would like to try setting up a semi-official poll group of registered voters who make their votes public. If you would like to be in the poll group comment or email and be sure to check the “Make vote public” checkbox.

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The table after the jump shows the 2009 head to head results in the eatfeats database of the IFOCE eaters currently ranked #8 to #30.
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The following table shows the 2009 head to head results in the eatfeats database of the current IFOCE top 7:

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A list of choices for the next eatfeats IFOCE top 25 poll is available after the jump. Ben Monson, Damon Wells, Jon Lapolla, Chillin Peng, John Palmgren and Ryan McKillop have been added to the previous poll choices. If you think any other names should be added, please list them in the comments.

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“Furious” Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a segment from a German TV program about his victory in Dani’s Pizza contest in New York City this summer. The clip is totally in English and includes footage of Pete’s appearance at the Nathan’s finals as a spectator.

Furious Pete has another video of his Crossfit gym attempting a workout which includes 400m runs, kettle bell swings and pizza eating.

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Here all the IFOCE winning streaks of 5 contests or longer in the eatfeats database. “Humble” Bob Shoudt has an active 4 contest winning streak.

• 17 2001 Jul 4 – 2006 Oct 28 Takeru Kobayashi (does not include Glutton Bowl contests)
• 9 2006 Aug 12 – Sep 23 Joey Chestnut
• 7 1993 Jun 26- 1995 Jun 24 Mike DeVito
• 7 2004 Jul 8 – Oct 20 Sonya Thomas
• 6 2007 Sep 16 – Oct 10 Pat Bertoletti
• 6 2007 Oct 11 – 2008 Apr 26 Joey Chestnut
• 6 2007 Apr 28 – Jul 15 Joey Chestnut
• 6 2005 Feb 12 – Jun 18 Sonya Thomas
• 6 2004 Jan 30 – May 29 Sonya Thomas
• 5 2003 Jul 19 – Nov 2 Ed Jarvis
• 5 2007 Jan 20 – Feb 17 Joey Chestnut

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Travel Channel Episode Guide | Slideshow | Side of the City video (South Street)

Restaurants

• Tony Luke’s Challenge – Ultimate Cheesesteak
  Home Page | Citysearch | Yelp
  Video clip about the Ultimate Cheesesteak’s construction
  The Ultimate Cheesesteak was apparently created solely for the episode; it is not listed on the online menu.
• Franklin Fountain meal – Mount Vesuvius sundae
  Home page | Citysearch | Yelp
• Dinic’s Roast Beef & Pork meal – Italian roast pork sandwich
  Yelp | Holly Eats review

List of Philadelphia area eating challenges in the eatfeats database

It would be interesting to learn why a made for TV sandwich at Tony Luke’s was used as the episode’s challenge when Jim’s Steaks has maintained a cheesesteak record for over 30 years. Perhaps the current record of 13 cheesesteaks in an hour by “Humble” Bob Shoudt was too daunting. (The program guide says that Jim’s Steaks will appear in the episode.)

13 cheesesteaks might not be the overall Philadelphia record. In a 1978 article, Lynda Kuerth, Jim’s steaks record holder from 1977 to 2001 (11 sandwiches) said she ate 15 steak sandwiches during a visit to Philadelphia. (The location and duration of that feat was not mentioned.)

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