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Juliet Lee appeared on 98 Rock Baltimore yesterday to promote next month's Peeps eating contest in National Harbor, MD.

March 14, 2017 at 6:34 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Baltimore, Juliet Lee, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (1)

A chicken dinner will take place tonight in Elk Horn, IA to raise money for the aebleskiver eating contest in May. Several events are planned to obtain funding for the Major League Eating event.

March 13, 2017 at 7:11 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Iowa | Permalink * Comments (2)

Loot Ink has an interview with Kate Ovens titled "Is it Actually Possible to Turn Your Hobby into a Career?"

March 10, 2017 at 5:47 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Kate Ovens | Permalink * Comments (3)

"Furious" Pete Czerwinski just passed 4 million subscribers on youtube.

March 10, 2017 at 6:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

The BBC has an article about spicy food challenges titled "Why hot chillies might be good for us" which theorizes that plant spiciness evolved to discourage mammals from eating them so birds could spread their seeds. A television program about the subject will be broadcast today.

March 10, 2017 at 5:53 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Science, Spicy Eating Challenges, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments (1)

Matt Singer of Screen Crush is attempting to eat the entire Kong: Skull Island menu at Johnny Rocket's. Bob Shoudt the feat in 2:45. update March 22 A video is available.

March 9, 2017 at 3:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Burger Eating Challenges, Movies | Permalink * Comments (1)

CompetitiveEating.com.au has a top 12 list for Australian competitive eaters.

March 9, 2017 at 7:19 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Rankings | Permalink * Comments (2)

Fastest finishers of 70+ oz steak challenges

March 6, 2017 at 6:26 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Molly Schuyler, Records, Steak Eating Challenges

Bob Shoudt finished the Great Steak Challenge at Steak and Main in North East, MD in 12 minutes yesterday to set the men’s record. Here are the fastest times for finishing an official restaurant steak challenge with a precooked meat weight of 70 or more ounces that I have been able to find. Please let me know if I am missing any document challenges with a time of 12 minutes or less.

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"That Girl Died", the first track on the new album by The Sheckies, is a tribute to Stephanie Torres, who passed away in 2015.

March 2, 2017 at 3:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Music, Stephanie Torres | Permalink * Comments (1)

Emma Dalton will appear on the British TV channel ITV at 8pm tonight on the Kyle Files. The topic of the program is Britain's obesity crisis. Emma also has a video of her eating 120 pancakes, which she thinks is a world record and has started an instagram at emmadalton2837. update The Sun and Daily Star have articles.

February 27, 2017 at 6:06 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Emma Dalton, Pancake Eating Challenges, Television, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments (14)

A casting call has been placed for the upcoming UK-based youtube channel Girl vs. Food TV. Their first video will be released soon.

February 26, 2017 at 12:24 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:United Kingdom, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments (1)

Former Austalian soccer start Brendan Favola stopped breathing after attempting an on-radio hot sauce challenge. Paramedics were able to treat his condition.

February 22, 2017 at 12:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Health, Male Athletes, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (1)

Charlene Sunny Williams has started a food challenge youtube channel. Her first video is the 28 inch pizza at Big Guy's in Charlotte.

February 21, 2017 at 11:50 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Charlotte, Pizza Eating Challenges, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments (1)

Ginormous Food will record at three Atlanta area restaurants next week from February 28 to March 2. update Columbia, Charleston and Jacksonville will also be visited.

February 21, 2017 at 8:54 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Atlanta, Charleston, Columbia, Jacksonville, Television | Permalink * Comments (4)

According to an instagram caption by "Beard Meats Food", the annual Battle of Big Eaters produced by TV Tokyo will not return on New Years Day 2018.

February 19, 2017 at 10:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Japan, Television | Permalink * Comments (25)

The video for "Consume or be Consumed" in which the UK punk duo Slaves compete in a hot dog eating contest was awarded best music video by the British magazine New Musical Express. Mike "Mike D" Diamond of the Beastie Boys produced and made a cameo in the video.

February 17, 2017 at 4:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Music, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments (2)

Radlasses, an upcoming television show about "six women who are changing the culture, the community" announces that Miki Sudo will be a cast member.

February 17, 2017 at 7:23 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Miki Sudo, Television | Permalink * Comments

Some sad news: "Furious" Pete Czerwinski announced today that he started chemotherapy on February 6, his third treatment for testicular cancer since his initial diagnosis in 2014. He uploaded a vlog about his first day of taking drugs.

February 16, 2017 at 4:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Health | Permalink * Comments (15)

"Joe Burger Challenge" from Valencia appeared on tonight's episode of "Got Talent España"

February 14, 2017 at 5:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joe Burgerchallenge, Spain, Television | Permalink * Comments (1)

Youtube has a video of Molly Schuyler's appearance on Omaha Morning Blend today. (link fixed)

February 10, 2017 at 11:53 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Molly Schuyler, Omaha, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

NY Magazine has an article questioning the quality of research done by the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. The institute published a study in December claiming that men are more likely to overeat in social settings according to the results from mock eating contests.

February 9, 2017 at 11:53 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Science | Permalink * Comments

A preview video for the eating contest minigame that will be released when the Nintendo Switch platform is available on March 3 is available. Competitors will simulate eating a sandwich by opening their mouths in front of the camera in the controller. (via Polygon.com)

February 9, 2017 at 11:40 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Video Games | Permalink * Comments

“Masked Scheduler” on Glutton Bowl

February 7, 2017 at 9:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television

TV by the numbers has a post by the “Masked Scheduler” who claims to have worked at the Fox network and wanted to televise the Glutton Bowl the day after the 2002 Super Bowl:

At FOX our head of reality Mike Darnell delivered to us a two hour special called THE GLUTTEN BOWL. It was a competitive eating extravaganza that had several of us on the floor in hysterics. Even our button-down CFO Del Mayberry couldn’t hide his glee when I showed it to him.
I tried to convince my bosses that if we promote this to tens of millions of drunken viewers in the SUPER BOWL, and aired it the following night, it would be a ratings home run. They preferred to promote ALLY McBEAL and BOSTON PUBLIC. After all we were going to find out that Ally has a daughter. How can America not tune in?

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The competitive eating scene at a French restaurant in the James Bond parody Tremor of Intent by Anthony Burgess was named one of the top five food scenes in British literature by Paste Magazine. The list claims the scene was similar to a crab eating feast in the book Goldfinger (which did not appear in the movie.)

January 31, 2017 at 6:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments

Australian competitive eater "Hulk Smash Food" announces that he has exceeded 100,000 followers for his Instagram account. I think this is the most for an active competitive eater; Furious Pete has 400K+, but has not done an official contest in almost 3 years.

January 31, 2017 at 11:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Websites | Permalink * Comments (8)

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