Competitive Eating category

A calzone eating contest will be held today for four Portland, Oregon female local television news personalities.
Val Bromann has posted a blog entry and gallery on Saturday's Pepe's taco eating contest at Balmoral Park and her experiences travelling to and from the contest on the party bus.
The Carnegie Deli facebook has a gallery of Monday's pickle eating contest won by Gabriel "The Big Jewish Guy" Kassel.

Man vs. Food August 5 (San Antonio) episode links

TravelChannel.com episode Travel Guide | Slideshow | Adam Richman vlog

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The Sklar brothers of ESPN Classic's Cheap Seats have produced a sketch for youtube about reacquiring a stolen pair of Lou Gehrig's pants with the assistance of competitive eater "Louis Farra-Cannibal". An image of Sonya Thomas appears in the video.
Yahoo has videos of Sunday's Wing King of Cleveland finals: round 1 | round 2 . Bob "Killer" Kuhns won the contest and "The Mad Greek" was the runner up.
A video of a bearded Pat Bertoletti completing a 12 pound pizza challenge with a teammate at an unnamed restaurant in Detroit has been uploaded to his yardbarker page. The challenge took place on June 20 when Bertoletti did the Jimmy John's makers vs. eaters event in Detroit, which is available in Pat Bertoletti's yardbarker videos. Youtube also has a Saturday's taco contest in its entirety.
The URL for the new Krystal Square Off twitter is http://twitter.com/ksquareoff. Krystal qualifier registration will open tomorrow at noon eastern on KrystalSquareOff.com
The Carnegie Deli has started a twitter at http://twitter.com/CarnegieDeli if you want results from today's pickle contest. update Here's a picture from the "Bob Uecker" seats
Adam Richman's appearance last night on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien can be at the program's website.
Videos of Hatsuyo "The Witch" Sugawara competing against members of the group KAT-TUN in a 6kg ramen challenge, a 3kg burger challenge and a 2.5 kg curry eating challenge are available on youtube. The caption says Sugawara has won 4 million yen (about $40,000) in her competitive eating career.
Most of the season 1 episodes of Man vs Food will be rerun on the Travel Channel from 2pm Sunday to 3am Monday morning. (times eastern)
(from bodybuilding.com) A video by someone claiming to be "Furious" Pete's promoting his appearance in the Dani's Pizza finals is available.
The Herald Standard reports that Brad Sciullo will judge an Italian Stallion sandwich eating contest at the Fayette County (PA) Fairgrounds on Saturday.
Jo "Gavonne" Rose has uploaded a musical tribute to "Beautiful" Brian Seiken to youtube.
Bill "El Wingador" Simmon's (non-IFOCE) co-stars in the Kentucky Fried Chicken commerical announced.

Dunking ban announced for KSO VI

The new rules are now available for this year’s Krystal Square Off. Dunking has been banned and competitors will receive 5 Big Angus burgers, which will count as 3 5 regular Krystals when consumed. A video about the rules changes is available. The purse for this year’s contest will be $50,000.

The qualifier schedule for 2009

August 22 – Southern Brewers Festival in Chattanooga, Tenn.
August 29 – Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Tex.
September 7 – Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla.
September 12 – UAB Football Game in Birmingham, Ala.
September 13 – Lenox Square in Atlanta, Ga.
September 19 – Tennessee State Fair in Nashville, Tenn.
September 20 – Tennessee Valley Fair in Knoxville, Tenn

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Non IFOCE poll started

The Non-IFOCE top 25 poll is now accepting votes. A list of choices is available after the jump. Joshua Currier, Phil Soderborg, Ken Wong and Jason McCormack have been added to the first list. Additional additions or subtractions can still be made.

Links to the previous poll’s results and public votes

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ESPN SportCenter cookie contest

There was a cookie eating contest on yesterday morning’s SportCenter on ESPN in honor of the Man vs. Food turkey leg challenge at Indianapolis Motor Speedway making the Top 10 plays of the week. A video of the segment can be downloaded below:

EspnCookieContest.wmv 7 MB / 3 minutes

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A video of Dale Boone winning Woody's hot dog eating contest in Honolulu yesterday is available on youtube.

Non-IFOCE poll ballot

The next poll will choose a top 25 for non-IFOCE eaters from North America. A list of the current poll choices is available after the jump. If you would like to be added to the choices and you have one contest result from the past year and at least two overall, please list your name & contest results in the comments. If you would like to be removed from the poll, that request will also be accomodated.
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The Man vs. Food facebook page has a list of radio stations that will hold on air eating challenges in the first week of August. This weekend, Man vs. Food has a both at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for conducting hot turkey leg eating challenges.
The Man v Food twitter announces that Adam Richman will appear on Late Night with Conan O'Brien a week from today.

Philly.com on El Wingador vs. Canseco press conference

Philly.com has an article about yesterday’s press conference to promote tonight’s match between Jose Canseco and Bill “El Wingador” Simmons, who expressed dissatisfaction with his remuneration:

Only Canseco – because he’s the “name” – is paid a “celebrity appearance fee” upfront. That ticked off Simmons.

“[Feldman] is giving Canseco $10,000,” Simmons told me. “I’m only getting $2,000. That’s disrespectful.”

Simmons said he wanted $5,000 for tonight’s fight and threatened to withhold the $4,400 he claimed he raised from selling tickets.

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Epic Portions contributor Varta, creator and consumer of a grilled cheese / bacon tower burger, has started her own blog at http://vartamelon.blogspot.com/
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