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CNBC has a post about a wing eating contest held in Las Vegas Wednesday by Amazon Web Services. The 214 participants resulted in the competition receiving billing by Guinness World Records as the largest wing eating contest. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos mentioned the event yesterday, probably making him the richest person to be associated with an eating contest.

December 1, 2017 at 5:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Las Vegas, Records | Permalink * Comments (5)

LA Beast “Beyond the Record” episode available

November 30, 2017 at 1:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kevin Strahle, Records, Videos

Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle’s episode of Guinness’ Beyond the Record can now be viewed online. In this video he attempts the following eating records in a row:

  • Fastest time to eat all chocolates from an advent calendar
  • Most marshmallows eaten in one minute (no hands)
  • Most peanut butter cups eaten in one minute
  • Most gummy bears eaten with a stick in one minute
  • Fastest time to drink a cup of coffee
  • Fastest time to drink two litres of soda through a straw

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John "Oink Oink" Bradley won a wing off at the WIP studio this morning to become the first person to qualify for Wing Bowl 26. A song about "Oink Oink" produced for his episode of The Practitioners is also available.

November 29, 2017 at 9:58 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Music, Philadelphia, Wing Bowl 26 | Permalink * Comments (2)

Popular Science has a column asking "Is it possible to eat so much that your stomach explodes?" which claims that there have been six documented cases of stomach rupture due to overeating.

November 28, 2017 at 8:57 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Science | Permalink * Comments (1)

ComicBook.com has a list of the five biggest eaters in anime.

November 25, 2017 at 11:59 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Comics, Rankings | Permalink * Comments (2)

MLE produced a video where Carmen Cincotti, Eric "Badlands" Booker and Yasir Salem attempted to eat a Thanksgiving meal consisting of a 14 lb turkey, 115.5 oz of cranberry sauce, and 5 pumpkin pies. Yasir Salem also faced off against three BuzzFeed staffers in a Thanksgiving meal eating contest.

November 23, 2017 at 10:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Carmen Cincotti, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Videos | Permalink * Comments (9)

Kate Ovens and Beard Meats Food produced videos of the Thanksgiving dining event held yesterday at Pickle & Rye in London to promote NFL UK.

November 23, 2017 at 11:52 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Kate Ovens, London, Videos | Permalink * Comments (4)

In the latest episode of Practitioners TV, John "Oink Oink" Bradley attempts the Great Steak Challenge at Steak & Main in North East, MD.

November 21, 2017 at 7:57 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Baltimore, Videos | Permalink * Comments (14)

Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle will attempt 6 consecutive eating records in an upcoming episode of Beyond the Record, a facebook video series about Guiness World Record holders.

November 19, 2017 at 11:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kevin Strahle, Records | Permalink * Comments (17)

The Brazilian youtube channel Corbucci Eats has surpassed 100,000 subscribers, probably making it the first Portuguese language competitive eating youtube channel to reach that milestone.

November 17, 2017 at 10:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Brazil, Ricardo Corbucci, Videos, Websites | Permalink * Comments (2)

Mashable has a post and video about stretchable pants produced by Stove Top Stuffing intended for big meals like Thanksgiving.

November 16, 2017 at 12:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (2)

Newtown Bee has a report on the "Celebration of Kindness and day of remembrance" held in Newtown, CT on October 27 to honor Caitlin Nelson, who passed away after choking in a pancake eating contest held at Sacred Heart University in March.

November 11, 2017 at 8:53 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bridgeport, College Contests, Fatalities | Permalink * Comments

Heeb Magazine reposted a 2010 article about Jewish competitive eating focusing on "Krazy" Kevin Lipsitz also containing quotes from Brian Seiken and Don Lerman. The article raises the possibility if digestive disorders like Crohn's Disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which are more likely to affect Jews, are holding back Jewish competitive eaters.

November 8, 2017 at 10:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Kevin Lipsitz | Permalink * Comments (7)

The Odyssey Online has an article about mukbang eating videos with a quote from Erik "The Electric" Lamkin.

November 6, 2017 at 5:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Erik Lamkin, Health, Videos | Permalink * Comments (36)

The Scottish Sun reports that Elizabeth Branning was hospitalized after she ate a Carolina Reaper pepper, billed as the world's spiciest, in a charity challenge.

November 5, 2017 at 8:16 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Scotland, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (3)

Stephanie Joshi of https://instagram.com/nuttyfoodiefitness has started a food challenge youtube channel with a Q & A session. She says that her favorite channels include Beard Meats Food, Erik the Electric and Matt Stonie.

November 4, 2017 at 10:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:London, Stephanie Joshi, Videos, Websites | Permalink * Comments

Yesterday at the FoodBeast headquarters in Santa Ana, CA Raina Huang attempted to eat a 50x50 burger (50 patties & 50 slices of cheese) from In-n-Out Burger, which was billed as a record. update Nov 6 Foodbeast has a blog entry and video and

November 3, 2017 at 11:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Orange County, Raina Huang, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

RIP "Tiny" Tim Rauscheder, who passed away on October 30 according to these youtube comments. LA Beast confirmed the passing on twitter. 2013 Cleveland.com article about Tim.

November 1, 2017 at 11:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cleveland, Fatalities | Permalink * Comments (6)

Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran appeared on Monday's episode of The Digital Human produced by the BBC. The topic of the episode is super normal stimuli. (Download link)

November 1, 2017 at 11:25 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Podcasts, Science, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments

Mike "Strictly Dumpling" Chen produced a video of him attempting a 50 pound lobster challenge costing $662 in Toronto.

October 29, 2017 at 9:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Seafood Eating Challenges, Toronto, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

Irish bodybuilder Rob Lipsett produced a video of him attempting to eat 10,000 calories in one hour.

October 26, 2017 at 11:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, Ireland, Videos | Permalink * Comments

The second part of BBC's World Service Food Chain podcast about competitive eating is available online. This program focuses on the health aspects of competitive eating with Erik Lamkin discussing his history with eating disorders. Andrei Sidorov also attempts the Iron Pig Challenge at Porky's BBQ.

October 19, 2017 at 10:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Erik Lamkin, Health, Podcasts, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments (15)

"Furious" Pete Czerwinski appeared on Dragons' Den (the Canadian equivalent of ABC's Shark Tank) with a team seeking investment for New Age Performance's line of performance enhancing mouthpieces. Brian Shaw "The World's Strongest Man" was another member of the team. (video)

October 19, 2017 at 7:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Business, Canada, Male Athletes, Television | Permalink * Comments (8)

Ed Krachie, the 1995 & 1996 Nathan's hot dog eating champion, has a twitter at @edkrachie.

October 13, 2017 at 6:15 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nathan's History, Websites | Permalink * Comments (5)

Kate Ovens, Yasir Salem and Takeru Kobayashi will appear on BBC's Food Chain program tonight. The program will also visit an eating contest in Singapore. update The podcast is now available online (mp3 file)

October 11, 2017 at 7:40 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kate Ovens, Kobayashi (小林尊), Podcasts, Singapore, United Kingdom, Yasir Salem | Permalink * Comments (1)

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