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Takeru Kobayashi will appear on tonight's episode of David Blaine: Do Not Attempt at 9pm Eastern.

April 6, 2025 at 6:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Television | Permalink * Comments (3)

On the Critical Banter podcast, Winna Bhun from Australia discusses how competitors intentionally vomiting resulted in his retirement from competitive eating.

April 5, 2025 at 1:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Health, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (7)

Barstool Chicago produced a mini-documentary about 70 year old Frank Wach and his three decade long competitive eating career. The spaghetti and meatballs eating contest that concludes the video took place in March 2024. Joey Chestnut and Tim "Gravy" Brown make cameos.

March 29, 2025 at 1:30 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Documentaries, Tim Brown | Permalink * Comments (2)

The Pinnacle Gazette has a post about 34 year old Japanese female competitive eater Ogose Aya, who weighs only 28.8 kg (63.4 pounds) and is 150 cm (5 feet) tall. The weight of Aya and Angela Sato were monitored on a recent TBS program titled "Why So Thin? Exploring the Mystery of Competitive Eater Weight Changes".

March 28, 2025 at 12:53 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Ayari Sato (佐藤綾里), Health, Japan | Permalink * Comments (1)

Guinness World Records has a post about Leah Shutkever's two new world records: the most jelly snakes eaten in 30 seconds (130 g; 4.58 oz) and the most strawberries eaten in one minute (313 g; 11.04oz)

March 12, 2025 at 11:43 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Leah Shutkever, Records | Permalink * Comments (12)

The New York Post has an article about Turkish mukbang streamer Efecan Kultur, who passed away on March 7 after being hospitalized for three months for obesity issues. (Turkiye Today article)

March 11, 2025 at 11:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities | Permalink * Comments (1)

Boardroom reports that Netflix claims that Unfinished Beef, the Labor Day matchup between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi, had more viewers than Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest on ESPN July 4.

March 10, 2025 at 9:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Unfinished Beef | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Sun, The Daily Mail, Unilad and Economic Times all have basically the same article about the hospitalization of a Singaporean man from digestive issues following an attempt to eat a 7 pound burger. The case was originally described in a 2018 issue of the journal Gastroenterology.

March 8, 2025 at 2:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Health, Singapore | Permalink * Comments

The Daily Star has an article titled "Dark and twisted history of Mukbang eating influencers after deaths and controversies"

March 1, 2025 at 11:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities | Permalink * Comments (4)

Chosun.com on decline of mukbang

February 25, 2025 at 11:47 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Competitive Eating, Health, Korea, Yuka Kinoshita

Chosun.com has an article about the decline of mukbang and big eating challenges that opens with the recent retirement announcement of Yuka Kinoshita.

One major reason for mukbang’s decline is the controversy over allegations that mukbang YouTubers secretly spit out or discard food instead of actually eating it. As suspicions arose, some viewers condemned the practice as deceptive, fueling negative public sentiment, especially over food waste. Moreover, while early mukbang content felt fresh, its appeal has faded as countless creators continue to recycle the same formats.

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Miki Sudo's and Nick Wehry's eating benchmarks appear in Guinness' list of record-breaking couples.

February 14, 2025 at 5:50 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Records | Permalink * Comments (10)

The Overpromised with Covino and Rich podcast has an interview with Joey Chestnut recorded at the Super Bowl. He says he has yet to reach an agreement with Major League Eating about returning to Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.

February 14, 2025 at 2:29 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments

The Financial Times reports that Nathan's Famous has begun preliminary discussions about selling the company and taking it off stock market listings. The article says that selling licensed hot dogs manufactured by Smithfield Foods at supermarkets and other stores is the largest component of Nathan's revenues.

February 14, 2025 at 1:38 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest | Permalink * Comments (3)

Madison.com on Lake Mills, WI choking incident

February 10, 2025 at 11:44 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Madison

Madison.com has an article about the choking incident at a Lake Mills, WI hot dog eating contest on February 2. The victim, Tim Vogel, was intoxicated with a blood alcohol level of .32. (Turn off JavaScript to bypass paywall)

Vogel’s ribs, some of which had cracked under the weight of compressions, held lungs filled with fluid, and an oxygen machine was doing at least 60% of his breathing for him, Dorn said. He was coughing up blood.

“I didn’t even know for probably about 15 hours if he was going to make it,” Dorn said.

Once he was conscious and showing signs of improvement, doctors placed Vogel on a temporary liquid diet due to the trauma in his throat; he jokingly lamented that he hadn’t been able to finish his hot dogs.

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Newsbreak reports a competitor in a hot dog eating contest at the Knickerbocker Ice Festival in Lake Mills, WI choked and was rendered unconscious on February 1. EMS was able to clear the blockage and he regained consciousness en route to the hospital.

February 5, 2025 at 9:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Madison | Permalink * Comments

Yuka Kinoshita, who has 5.24 million youtube subscribers, announced her retirement from competitive eating

January 31, 2025 at 11:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Videos, Yuka Kinoshita | Permalink * Comments

In his latest video, Joel Hansen answers questions from fans. He discusses an abdominal tear and other health issues that have recently curtailed his food challenges.

January 31, 2025 at 10:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Joel Hansen, Videos | Permalink * Comments (10)

Joey CHestnut appeared on News 3 Las Vegas to promote Saturday's Siegel's Bagemania World Bagel Eating Championship.

January 31, 2025 at 1:19 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Joey Chestnut, Las Vegas, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

Missouri Food challenger Cody "Your Man Cody" is the guest on the latest Food Challenge News podcast.

January 27, 2025 at 6:17 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (2)

Business Insider has a mini-documentary about Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry's preparation for Norm's hotcake eating contest held in Las Vegas in November.

January 26, 2025 at 8:25 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, Miki Sudo, Nick Wehry, Training, Videos | Permalink * Comments (15)

Arab News reports that Joe Skaff, a 12 year old Lebanese schoolboy, passed away after choking while attempting to eat a croissant role in one bite.

January 19, 2025 at 12:38 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Asia, Fatalities | Permalink * Comments (1)

Raina Huang announced that she surpassed one million subscribers to her youtube channel today.

January 17, 2025 at 2:08 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Raina Huang, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

44News has a video about Randy Santel attempting The Oven's "Big O" pizza challenge in Owensboro, KY.

January 13, 2025 at 11:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kentucky, Pizza Eating Challenges, Randy Santel, Videos | Permalink * Comments (47)

The audience Q & A session after the premier of "No One Died: The Wing Bowl Story" has been uploaded to youtube. The panel consisted of five time champion Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, WIP Radio Host Angelo Cataldi, director Pat Taggart and producer Frank Petka.

January 13, 2025 at 1:06 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, Documentaries, Philadelphia, Wing Bowl | Permalink * Comments (1)

The latest episode of the It Takes All Types podcast is titled "Dumb Ways to Die: Competitive Eating"

January 10, 2025 at 1:08 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments

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