Competitive Eating category

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FoodBeast.com has interviews with Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie and Miki Sudo about their preparation for an eating contest.

October 9, 2017 at 6:19 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Miki Sudo, Training | Permalink * Comments

Listverse.com has a list of 10 Unappetizing Facts About Eating Contests.

October 3, 2017 at 11:58 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings | Permalink * Comments

Monty "Moe Train" Wiradilaga has started a competitive eating website called Down to Feast at http://www.dtfeast.com/

October 2, 2017 at 7:29 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Websites | Permalink * Comments (34)

Joey Chestnut and Tim "Eater X" Janus are reportedly a team for the upcoming season of CBS' The Amazing Race, which started recording today in New York City. Television commitments might have been the reason Joey Chestnut withdrew from yesterday's pork roll eating contest. (Group picture, Joey Chestnut & Tim Janus are on the right side)

October 1, 2017 at 9:19 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Television, Tim "Eater X" Janus | Permalink * Comments (13)

Food Paradise XL, about restaurants' oversized offerings, will debut tonight on the Travel Channel at 9pm. One of the meals will be the Burritozilla at Iguana's in San Jose.

October 1, 2017 at 10:19 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burritozilla, Television | Permalink * Comments

Navasota Examiner has an article about Canadian comedian Tom Green attempting the 85 ounce steak challenge at The Relay Station Restaurant in Plantersville, TX for a new Travel Channel show called Biggest America

September 21, 2017 at 7:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:College Station, Steak Eating Challenges, Television | Permalink * Comments

AMNY.com has an article on how Tony Danza became the judege for the meatball eating contest at the Feast of San Gennaro in New York City on September 23.

September 19, 2017 at 7:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Judging, New York City | Permalink * Comments

Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco ate 150g of pasta in 26.69 seconds on AZFamily.com to promote Oregano’s Pizza and St. Mary’s Food Bank’s “Carbs For A Cause” . The time broke the Guinness record of 41 seconds, which requires diners to use a fork and not lift the plate of the table. Youtube Video

September 18, 2017 at 7:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Cardboard Shell", Phoenix, Records | Permalink * Comments (1)

Mort Hurst returned from a quarter-century absence from competitive eating with a win at the Ayden (NC) Collard Festival. Hurst gained fame for his eating exploits in the late 1980s, then put his career on hiatus after suffering a stroke in 1991. Reflector.com has an article about his comeback. update WNCT has an article

September 9, 2017 at 5:38 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eastern NC, Health | Permalink * Comments

60 Second Docs produced a one minute documentary about Molly Schuyler.

September 6, 2017 at 7:42 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, Molly Schuyler | Permalink * Comments

NewsObserver.com has a profile of Mort Hurst, whose eating feats achieved notoriety in the late 1980s. He will make a comeback at the Ayden, NC Collard Festival on September 9 after a 1991 stroke resulted in his retirement from competitive eating. update Sept 8article about Hurst's comeback

September 1, 2017 at 7:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eastern NC, Health | Permalink * Comments (3)

"Chilli Queen" Shahina Waseem has started her youtube channel with a video of her victory in the chilli eating contest at the Alexandra Palace Foodies Festival in London Saturday, her 19th straight win in a spicy eating contest.

August 31, 2017 at 5:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:London, Spicy Eating Challenges, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments

The Travel Channel reports that Man v Food will return for a second season with Casey Webb as host.

August 30, 2017 at 11:50 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments (1)

Malaysian Digest reports that Nigerian college student Borokinni Sunday Pelumi passed away after choking in a bread eating contest held during the birthday celebration of a friend at a hotel in Port Dickson, Malayasia.

August 29, 2017 at 9:35 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Malaysia | Permalink * Comments

Buzzfeed has compiled a list of 17 "incredible and disgusting" competitive eating records.

August 29, 2017 at 7:21 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Records | Permalink * Comments

Media Match has a casting call for a production assistant for an eating competition television that will record at various locations in the United States.

August 25, 2017 at 5:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television | Permalink * Comments

Pedram Esmaeelzadeh has started a competitive eating podcast called Mastication Nation. Guests for the debut episode are Darron Breeden and Wayne Algenio.

August 24, 2017 at 11:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Darron Breeden, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (15)

Mary Bowers appearance (as the "Queen of Cupcakes") on last night's episode of The Gong Show on ABC can be viewed on youtube.

August 18, 2017 at 8:53 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Mary Bowers, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (6)

Mary Bowers announces she will appear on the Gong Show on ABC on Thursday. Molly Schuyler appeared on a previous episode.

August 15, 2017 at 12:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television | Permalink * Comments (3)

Jenn Cheng, runner-up in the women's division of the eating contest held at the 2016 NYC Dumpling Festival, has started a competitive eating instagram at https://instagram.com/jennerous_eats. Her first post announces that she set the record (3:30) for the vegan burger challenge at The Organic Grill in Manhattan.

August 10, 2017 at 8:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Jenn Cheng, New York City, Websites, Women | Permalink * Comments (2)

The first episode of the 2017 season of Man v Food with new host Casey Webb can be viewed on the travel channel website. Wayne Algenio makes an appearance around minute 14.

August 8, 2017 at 11:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:New York City, Television, Wayne Algenio | Permalink * Comments (16)

MLE top 50 updated, Carmen Cincotti 2nd

August 4, 2017 at 11:18 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings

The MLE top 50 has been updated. Here is the new top 10 (previous version in Google cache)
1) Joey Chestnut
2) Carmen Cincotti
3) Matt Stonie
4) Geoffrey Esper
5) Miki Sudo
6) Gideon Oji
7) Adrian Morgan
8) Darron Breeden (jumps from #17)
9) Michelle Lesco
10) Sonya Thomas

It appears the only new entrant was Jon Bello returning at #30, replacing Andrew Kossuth (former #49). (previous rankings in Google cache).

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Adventures in Poor Taste has an analysis of The Flash's metabolism, which requires him to eat 50 times more calories than the average human. If he obtained all his nutrition from hot dogs, he would need to eat about 3,518 Nathan's Famous 8 packs to sustain himself.

August 1, 2017 at 3:01 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books, Science | Permalink * Comments (2)

CBS Pittsburgh has a video about a customer who ran out of Olympos Gyros in Robinson TWP, PA after failing the restaurant's challenge that would have been free if finished.

August 1, 2017 at 10:18 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pennsylvania, Videos | Permalink * Comments (8)

AMNY has an interview with Casey Webb about hosting the Man vs. Food reboot, which will debut Monday on the Travel Channel.

August 1, 2017 at 7:23 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments (1)

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