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The website for Life magazine has a gallery of Joey Chestnut.

July 2, 2009 at 2:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments (1)

Canadian wins Independence Burger Contest in DC

July 2, 2009 at 12:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Dale Boone, District of Columbia, Galleries, Unafilliated Contests

update #3 MyFoxDC has a video – Dale Boone was second w/ 11 burgers, Joe Menchetti 3rd

update #2 WTOP has an article

update The winner of this afternoon’s Z-burger eating contest has been posted: guyfromva: burger eating contest over- won by furious pete with 14 burgers in 10 minutes… now enjoying one myself #dc

GuyFromVA is posting pictures from the Z-Burger contest. Dale Boone, and Joel Podelsky & Jay Gorman are competing.

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Zoe Yang, who will serve as a Bunnette after participating in Bunnette bootcamp, has a blog at zoehasappetite.blogspot.com

July 2, 2009 at 7:26 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2009 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Websites | Permalink * Comments

Top 5 IFOCE payouts according to Forbes

July 1, 2009 at 10:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business

Forbes.com has a slideshow of the five IFOCE events from the past year with the largest payouts (prize money and apparance fees):

  1. Krystal Square Off $75,000 ($50,000 in prizes)
  2. Nathan’s $60,000 ($20,000 in prizes)
  3. P’Zone Chow-lenge $50,000 (no announced prizes)
  4. Stroehmann’s Sandwich Slamm $10,000 ($10,000 in prizes)
  5. Harrah’s Louisiana Downs World Grits Eating Championship $10,000 ($10,000 in prizes)

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Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, who competed in the Nathan's finals in the 1990s, has a short documentary about the contest on his website.

July 1, 2009 at 10:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nathan's History, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Forbes.com has two articles about competitive eating, a profile of Joey Chestnut and an analysis of Major League Eating as a business. Eric Gatoff, CEO of Nathan's, says his company spends in "the high six figures" on the Nathan's finals and its qualifier circuit.

July 1, 2009 at 5:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2009 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Business, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments (4)

(Via sportsradiointerviews, which has a partial transcript) Joey Chestnut & Crazy Legs Conti were the guests ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike show and a podcast of their segment can be downloaded. A gallery of their appearance today at ESPN Cafe today is also available. update A video podcast of the appearance, which was replayed on the 6 PM Sportcenter, is also available.

July 1, 2009 at 5:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Crazy Legs Conti, Galleries, Joey Chestnut, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments

Noodlebreak.jpg on Twitpic The twipic page for the group uhhuhhermusic have pictures of two of the members' attempts at big bowls of noodles (Picture #2). (It is not mentioned if they finished them)

July 1, 2009 at 1:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Galleries | Permalink * Comments

Joel Stein has a column for ESPN.com's Page 2 about his attempt to consume 9,000 calories in a day as Tour de France competitors do.

July 1, 2009 at 1:17 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, ESPN, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

Pat Bertoletti has posted a video of a 2007 practice session that was witnessed by a giant inflatable man (presumably a likeness of radio host Steve Dahl)

July 1, 2009 at 12:16 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pat Bertoletti, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Joey Chestnut's chat on ESPN.com has just started. Crazy Legs Conti is also participating.

July 1, 2009 at 10:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments

KDKA has a video of a hot dog eating contest held the Celebrate America Festival at Kennywood today won by Bob Kuhns. update ZWire has an article about the contest.

June 30, 2009 at 8:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bob Kuhns, Contest Results, Pittsburgh, Unafilliated Contests, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

A video of Joey Chestnut's practice session last night at Hooters captioned 'Joey Chestnut kills 64 Hotdogs in 10 minutes" is available. Joey Chestnut will appear in an ESPN.com chat tomorrow morning.

June 30, 2009 at 5:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Training, Videos | Permalink * Comments (40)

The Weather Channel's website has a video of a hot dog eating contest on the Stephanie Abrams and Mike Bettes show this morning. The video includes a 5 day forecast for Coney Island which predicts that July 4 high to be 76 degrees.

June 30, 2009 at 5:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Videos | Permalink * Comments

BrooklynPaper.com has a podcast of a song about the 2009 Nathan's finals performed by Amos Wengler, the Bard of Coney Island.

June 30, 2009 at 3:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2009 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New York City, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments

mrak75 has uploaded a gallery of Joey Chestnut's final pre-Nathan's practice at the Campbell, CA Hooter's last night.

June 30, 2009 at 11:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, Joey Chestnut, San Jose, Training | Permalink * Comments

The second promo for I'm a Major League Eater is now avaiable. The video contains a lot of footage from the 2009 Acme Oyster contest, but the winner of that event, Sonya Thomas, only appears in the background (at the 1:01 mark) very briefly.

June 29, 2009 at 3:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments

(from email) A promo video from Science Impossible which briefly shows "Furious' Pete Czerwinski and Will Millender (around the 45 second mark) is available.

June 29, 2009 at 12:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Science, Videos | Permalink * Comments

TVGuide.com: Joey Chestnut will compete in a new episode of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? on July 3

June 28, 2009 at 7:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Television | Permalink * Comments (2)

A 2007 video with English subtitles of Tomoko Miyake competing against the Korean boy band Super Junior is available. Tomoko's segment starts around the 4 minute mark.

June 28, 2009 at 7:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Tomoko Miyake (三宅智子), Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Lily "Miss Busy Lady" has emailed that she will be selling competitive eating T-shirts at the San Francisco area qualifier to raise money for breast cancer research for the American Cancer Society.

June 26, 2009 at 1:02 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Merchandise | Permalink * Comments

Videos about Natsuko "Gal" Sone's trip to The Netherlands: Part 1 | Part 2

June 25, 2009 at 11:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Natsuko "Gal" Sone (ギャル 曽根 菜津子), Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

OurSportsCentral reports that Adam Richman will attempt the Fifth Third Burger Challenge at the July 15 West Michigan Whitecaps game.

June 25, 2009 at 11:08 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fifth Third Burger, Man vs. Food, West Michigan | Permalink * Comments (1)

CrazyInSuburbia reports that Adam Richman attempted the Kitchen Sink sundae at San Francisco Creamery Co in Walnut Creek, CA yesterday for an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food

June 24, 2009 at 10:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Ice Cream Challenges, Man vs. Food, Oakland, San Francisco | Permalink * Comments

Gurgitweets has posted a picture of a Mount Rushmore consisting of competitive eaters from the United States. A Gurgitwitter.com web site is coming soon.

June 24, 2009 at 8:44 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries | Permalink * Comments

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