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Foodbeast.com has a writeup of an interview Adam Richman did with Mike Chen of Strictly Dumpling. The former Man v. Food host claims that Munchies in Sarasota, FL put an entire bottle of ghost chili extract into its 420 hot wings challenge, which made breathing difficult.

February 28, 2018 at 9:21 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Man vs. Food, Sarasota, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (6)

Sarah "Unstoppable B. A. B." Reinecke has started a youtube channel with a video of her attempt to eat a 5.5 pound cake from Cubes Baking in Seattle.

February 28, 2018 at 8:46 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Sarah Reinecke, Videos, Websites | Permalink * Comments (9)

The official MLE twitter @eatingcontest appears to have been "shadowbanned", with none of its tweets appearing in search results. The account does not appear in twitter user search either.

February 21, 2018 at 11:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Organizations, Websites | Permalink * Comments (4)

Nadia White finishes Great Steak challenge in 14 minutes

February 19, 2018 at 10:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Baltimore, Nadia White, Statistics, Steak Eating Challenges, Women

Porn Star Nadia White finished the 5.5 pound Great Steak Challenge at Steak and Main in Nort East, MD in 14 minutes. This is the second fastest challenge completion time for a female after Molly Schuyler.

The fastest documented times for any 72+ ounce steak challenge by women excluding Molly Schuyler I am aware of are:

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2017 Eatfeats MLE rankings according to system

February 17, 2018 at 1:16 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics

Here are the MLE rankings for 2017 using the EatFeats ranking system (system description). The new poll asks who you think should be ranked #2.

win % Prize $ HDB $HDB %$HDB
1 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut 95.6 1 $41900 1 72 1 1 1 1
2 Carmen Cincotti 87.6 3 $20750 3 60 2 2.5 2.75 2
3 Geoffrey Esper 86.2 4 $27700 2 51 3 2.5 3.25 3
4 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie 92 2 $15450 6 48 4 5 3.5 4
5 Gideon Oji 74.4 5 $17700 5 37 7 6 5.5 5
6 Miki Sudo 71.2 7 $19350 4 41 5 4.5 5.75 6
7 Darron Breeden 72.3 6 $6250 8 38.5 6 7 6.5 7
8 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan 67.7 10 $3600 9 34 9 9 9.5 8
9 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco 67.3 11 $9750 7 32 11 9 10 9
10 “The Lovely” Juliet Lee 69.7 8 $2100 11 28 16.5T 13.75 10.875 10

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Mallie's Sports Grill & Bar in Southgate, MI produced a 72 inch pizza. The restaurant hopes to claim the status of largest deliverable pizza from the 54 inch square pizza produced by Big Mama's & Papa's Pizza in southern California. update Today.com has a post about the pizza.

February 16, 2018 at 6:48 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Big Mama's and Papa's, Detroit, Pizza Eating Challenges, Records | Permalink * Comments (1)

2017 MLE head to head results

February 15, 2018 at 11:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics

Here are the head to head results for 2017 MLE contests for people with two or more contest results in the database:

1 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) 95.6% 162-7-1
2 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) 92% 92-8
3 Carmen Cincotti (C Ci) 87.6% 95-13-1
4 Geoffrey Esper (G Es) 86.2% 131-21
5 Gideon Oji (G Oj) 74.4% 128-44
6 Darron Breeden (D Br) 72.3% 73-28
7 Miki Sudo (M Su) 71.2% 94-38
8 “The Lovely” Juliet Lee (J Le) 69.7% 23-10
9 Meredith Boxberger (M Bo) 69.4% 12-5-1
10 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) 67.7% 44-21

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Last night's episode of WWE Smackdown Live had a pancake eating contest where the objective was to break Matt Stonie's record of 113 pancakes in 8 minutes. Joey Chestnut was also mentioned.

February 14, 2018 at 7:19 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

Joey Chestnut posted a picture of mustard bottles branded with his name. The probable manufacturer of the condiments in Silver Springs Foods in Eau Claire, Wi, who said they would host the 10 times Nathan's champion. update Joey Chestnut appeared on WEAU in Eau Claire today to launch the product line, which will compete with Nathan's Famous' branded condiments. update Feb 13 Leader Telegram has an article about the product launch.

February 12, 2018 at 1:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (12)

MLive.com has has an article about tonight's episode of Man v Food, which will feature three restaurants in western Michigan. The challenge will be the DC Challenge at Dog Central in Mt. Pleasant, MI. The program will conclude the second season of the relaunch with Casey Webb; a third season with the new host has been announced. Broadway World reports that ratings have been improving.

February 12, 2018 at 10:13 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hot Dog Eating Challenges, Lansing, Man vs. Food, West Michigan | Permalink * Comments (2)

The Hindu reports that a 14 year old girl passed away in Neelankarai, India after fainting in a samosa eating contest she was having with friends. This is the second competitive eating fatality in India in 2018.

February 9, 2018 at 10:18 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, India | Permalink * Comments (3)

Health.com has an article titled "Is it Dangerous to Eat Really Hot Peppers?"

February 7, 2018 at 1:10 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (4)

Inside Edition has a post about Kate Ovens' recent video in which she ate two foot long cheesesteak sandwiches to show her support for the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 52.

February 5, 2018 at 10:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kate Ovens, Philadelphia, Sandwich Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

Nef Jones has placed a casting call for a New York City area competitive eater to appear in a food-related ad for the TNT cable network. The winner will receive $1500 for a shoot the week of March 12.

February 3, 2018 at 9:11 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:New York City, Television | Permalink * Comments (4)

The youtube channel for Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle https://www.youtube.com/user/skippy62able has been terminated with all of its videos now inaccessible. In an instagram post from earlier today, Kevin said he was one strike away from a permanent ban after receiving three community guidelines violations over three weeks. update The channel has been reinstated, but many of the videos have been age restricted.

January 30, 2018 at 5:45 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kevin Strahle, Videos | Permalink * Comments (10)

Jeff Mahannah is drawing a comic about the Nathan's finals starring Tim "Eater X" Janus.

January 29, 2018 at 2:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Comics, Tim "Eater X" Janus | Permalink * Comments (2)

Parade.com has an interview with Joey Chestnut about competing in The Amazing Race. He says that Tim "Eater X" Janus was his first choice for partner and he wouldn't change that decision despite their elimination in Wednesday's episode. He says he is disappointed there was no big eating challenge during the race and he wishes he had ran more before starting to get in better shape. update Jan 30 Reality TV World also has an interview with Joey Chestnut.

January 26, 2018 at 3:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Television, Tim "Eater X" Janus | Permalink * Comments (4)

Team Chomp, consisting of Joey Chestnut and Tim "Eater X" Janus, was eliminated from season 30 of The Amazing Race after they had difficulty solving a puzzle based on a Van Gogh painting at the end of last night's episode recorded in south France. They were beat out for the final spot by Team Wellstrung, a pair of bodybuilding violinists. Other challenges Team Chomp did yesterday included boating with a single person sailboat, catapult construction, sandal making and a bocce style game called petanque. Team Chomp was the only duo to attempt the painting challenge; other teams did a challenge in a Roman arena now used for bullfighting.

January 25, 2018 at 8:58 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:France, Joey Chestnut, Television, Tim "Eater X" Janus | Permalink * Comments (2)

Tamil.samayam.com reports that a competitor in an idly eating contest in Pudukkottai, India passed away after choking. Vikatan.com and puthiyathalaimurai.com also have articles. update Jan 18 New Indian Express has an English article which states that the competition did not allow entrants to drink. update Jan 22 The International Business Times has an article giving the name of the deceased as S Chinnathambi

January 17, 2018 at 11:06 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, India | Permalink * Comments (3)

All Pro Eating has updated their top 20 list of independent eaters. Brandon "Da Disposal" Clark enters the roster at #7.

January 17, 2018 at 7:11 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings | Permalink * Comments (3)

The Amazing Race youtube channel has a preview video for Wednesday's episode recorded in Tangiers, Morocco starring Joey Chestnut and Tim "Eater X" Janus. It appears one of the challenges Team Chomp will face will be belly dancing.

January 15, 2018 at 9:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Africa, Joey Chestnut, Television, Tim "Eater X" Janus, Videos | Permalink * Comments (8)

2018 Finkies awards winners

January 14, 2018 at 10:05 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Darron Breeden, New York City, Rankings

The Fink Beats the Stomach announced the winners of their “Finkies” awards for 2017, which were based on online polls:

Rookie of the Year: Rene Rovtar
Showman of the Year: Beard Meats Food
Male Competitive Eater of the Year: Joey Chestnut
Female Competitive Eater of the Year: Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco
Emcee of the Year: Eric “Badlands” Booker

Darron Breeden did not agree with the Rookie of the Year choice. Molly Schuyler and Miki Sudo have yet to comment on the Female of the Year award.

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Nela Zisser and Jesse "Food Coma" Freeman collaborated on a project where they produced videos of themselves eating KFC Family Feast buckets as fast as possible. Daily Mail has an article about Nela's video.

January 12, 2018 at 7:30 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Nela Zisser, New Zealand, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

Youtube has an episode of Ripley's Believe it or Not containing a hot dog eating contest (starts around 34:00) in which "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti faced off against "Bayou" Boyd Bulot, who passed away in 2015.

January 9, 2018 at 7:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boyd Bulot, Joe Menchetti, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Amazing Race youtube channel has a video Joey Chestnut and Tim "Eater X" Janus doing the Icelandic drinks challenge that did not appear in last week's episode. Crossfit champion Katrín Davíðsdóttir was their server. There is another outtake video of "Team Chomp" discussing their competitive eating records.

January 8, 2018 at 7:19 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Television, Tim "Eater X" Janus | Permalink * Comments (1)

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