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Joel Hansen was the first person to finish the 7+ pound "Ultimate Food Challenge" at TheSmoke in Vaughan, ON. He has a youtube channel at "Any Body Nutrition"

May 16, 2018 at 8:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Barbecue Eating Challenges, Burger Eating Challenges, Joel Hansen, Toronto, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

InYourAre.co.uk has an article about Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran eating 3.5 kg of doner kebabs in 30 minutes at German Doner Kebab in Reading on Saturday, which was billed as a world record.

May 16, 2018 at 7:45 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Berkshire, Records | Permalink * Comments (1)

Leader Herald has an article about Mark Gdd completing the meatball sub challenge at the Saucy Italian in Johnstown, NY. He has a food challenge youtube channel.

May 14, 2018 at 6:38 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Albany, Eating Challenges, Sandwich Eating Challenges, Videos, Websites | Permalink * Comments (1)

Palm Beach Happening has interviews with Matt "Hungry" Hazzard and Darrien Thomas, winner of the amateur division of the 2017 Smoke's Poutinerie contest in Toronto. Matt is also the guest on the latest Fink Beats the Stomach podcast.

May 12, 2018 at 1:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Hazzard, Palm Beach, Podcasts, Toronto | Permalink * Comments (4)

Max Suzuki set Nathan’s debut record for 10 minute contests

May 10, 2018 at 7:49 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Max Suzuki, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Statistics

Here is an updated list of the top debuts in Nathan’s hot dog contests according to information in the eatfeats database. Last month in Las Vegas, Max Suzuki set a record for the top debut in a 10 minute contest, exceeded only by Takeru Kobayashi in 2001, who had two minutes longer. (previous list from 2016)

2001 Jul 4 50 12 min Takeru Kobayashi Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Brooklyn, NY
2018 Apr 28 42.5 10 min Max Suzuki Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Las Vegas, NV
2013 Apr 20 40 10 min Miki Sudo Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women Las Vegas, NV
2006 Jun 17 38 12 min Chip “The Phenom” Simpson Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Bloomington, MN
2013 Apr 20 31.5 10 min Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Las Vegas, NV
2004 Jun 1 31 12 min Nobuyuki “The Giant” Shirota Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Tokyo, Japan
2013 Apr 20 31 10 min Tom “Goose” Gilbert Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Las Vegas, NV
2013 Jun 2 31 10 min Molly Schuyler Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women St. Paul, MN
2008 May 10 30 10 min Patrick Vandam Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Apple Valley, MN
2015 Jun 14 30 10 min Geoffrey Esper Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Queens, NY

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The fourth episode of the MLE podcast Men in Boaters was released today. The retirement of Meredith "Deep Fried" Diva was announced and Darron Breeden and Juliet Lee were listed as expected entrants in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at the Preakness Balloon Festival in Maryland.

May 9, 2018 at 8:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2018 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Baltimore, Meredith Boxberger, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (3)

The instagram page for qii, a drink claiming it improves dental health, has an advertisement starring Meredith Boxberger.

May 8, 2018 at 11:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Merchandise, Meredith Boxberger, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

BleedingCool.com has a page about new comics including Eat Fighter, described as a " a competitive eating, zombie murder epic that follows Miss, a thirty-something fitness nut who throws away her kale and step-counting ways to become a superstar on the competitive eating circuit."

May 2, 2018 at 9:24 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Comics, Women | Permalink * Comments (5)

Nate Figueroa produced a video of him attempting the Stack Attack burger challenge at Shula Burger in Delray Beach, FL with Juan Neave and Darron Breeden, whose attempt at setting the house record was impeded by choking during the meal.

April 30, 2018 at 5:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Darron Breeden, Health, Juan Neave, Nate Figueroa, Palm Beach, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

Yesterday, George Takei ("Sulu" from Star Trek), retweeted a tweet about a Molly Schuyler mini-documentary.

April 28, 2018 at 12:19 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, Molly Schuyler, Television | Permalink * Comments (1)

In a new video, Raina Huang says she declined to sign the MLE contract before the Nathan's Qualifier at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA, which was a prerequisite for competing. A printed copy of that document was not availabe for her; the only copy was on a phone screen.

April 27, 2018 at 12:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2018 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Contracts, Los Angeles, Raina Huang | Permalink * Comments (20)

Rich Lefevre appeared on 8 News Now to promote Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at the NYNY Hotel & Casino. The hosts did not seemm to be aware that he had already qualified for the finals. (facebook video).

April 26, 2018 at 2:24 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2018 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Las Vegas, Rich LeFevre, Videos | Permalink * Comments (12)

AVN.com has an article about adult film actress Nadia White's attempt to eat 11 pounds of ribs that was streamed on last night's episode of the Adult Swim program Last Stream on the Left.

April 25, 2018 at 10:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Barbecue Eating Challenges, Nadia White, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

Parisian Kate Yup has started a food challenge / ASMR youtube channel. In her latest video, she eats 5kg (11 lbs) of salmon, which she bills as a world record.

April 24, 2018 at 9:30 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:France, Kate Yup, Videos | Permalink * Comments (4)

Merrit K has an essay about Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle's yotube channel for Real Life Magazine, which he calls "much more in common with extreme pornography than traditional athletic performance". His video's will be part of an exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens starting Friday.

April 23, 2018 at 9:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kevin Strahle, New York City, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

In "Furious" Pete Czerwinksi's latest video, he reflects on his first eating contest on April 19, 2008, the Collegiate Nationals in San Diego. The footage he comments on is from the CBS broadcast of the competition. I think it is the last eating contest that was broadfadcast on over-the-air network television in the USA.

April 20, 2018 at 5:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, San Diego, Videos | Permalink * Comments (4)

Agent Red has posted a casting call for a competitive eater to travel the USA for events from August to October.

April 18, 2018 at 10:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business | Permalink * Comments (2)

Ganbatte, a video game about cats in a sushi eating contest, will be released for the Steam platform on April 19. (video trailer). update VRFocus has a post about the game.

April 18, 2018 at 6:51 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Video Games | Permalink * Comments (3)

Joey Chestnut brand condiments are now available for sale on Amazon.com. (via BigJon TV).

April 17, 2018 at 7:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (2)

Gideon Oji has posted a video predicting victory in the corn eating contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in West Palm Beach, FL on April 29 due to improving his techniques.

April 17, 2018 at 7:03 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Gideon Oji, Palm Beach, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

FoodBeast.com has a blog entry about Raina Huang eating the entire Panda Express Menu in one session. (short video | long video)

April 16, 2018 at 9:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Raina Huang, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

The second episode of the MLE podcast, Men in Boaters, was released today and mentioned the expected entrants of Saturday's Nathan's qualifiers. Pablo Martinez and Rene Rovtar are expected to compete in Fort Myers, FL while Juan Neave, Nate Biller, Crazy Legs Conti, Steve Schuster and Kassie Zapata headline the Poteet, TX field.

April 12, 2018 at 5:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2018 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Contest Previews, Fort Myers, Podcasts, San Antonio | Permalink * Comments (1)

Gideon Oji is the guest on the latest episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast and the main topic of discussion is the debut of his youtube channel with a video of him eating 50 eggs with their shells. (Interview starts around 25:00)

April 12, 2018 at 9:13 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Gideon Oji, Podcasts, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

Bloomberg has an article about "Furious" Pete Czerwinski hosting his new videos on the blockchain-based video host DTube instead of YouTube.

April 10, 2018 at 10:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Videos, Websites | Permalink * Comments (1)

A unnamed man was hospitalized with RCVS, temporary artery narrowing in the brain which can produce painful headaches after he ate a Carolina Reaper pepper, billed as the world's spiciest. Five weeks after the incident, his brain had returned to normal accordint to a CT scan.

April 9, 2018 at 8:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (1)

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