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Leah Shutkever has started a youtube channel. (via Beard Meats Food)

January 29, 2017 at 11:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Leah Shutkever, Videos | Permalink * Comments

An episode of the NBC series Jay Leno's Garage was recorded at Big Mama's & Papa's pizza in Burbank, CA. A 52 inch USA Giant Sicilian Pizza tribute was created for the occasion.

January 28, 2017 at 11:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Big Mama's and Papa's, Los Angeles, Television | Permalink * Comments (8)

PhillyVoice has an article about "Arson" Arnie Adkins, who qualified for Wing Bowl 25, but will not compete after being diagnosed with a brain aneurysm for which he will undergo surgery next month. "Arson" Arnie started his Wing Bowl career in Wing Bowl 3.

January 27, 2017 at 7:44 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Philadelphia, Wing Bowl 25 | Permalink * Comments (1)

A book containing photos of Yuka Kinoshita was released on amazon.co.jp today.

January 26, 2017 at 10:53 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books, Yuka Kinoshita | Permalink * Comments (1)

Independent.co.uk has an interview with Mark Cohen, owner of The Chicken or The Egg about the recording of Man vs. Food in 2010 at his restaurant in Beach Haven, NJ. He says he had to increase staff to 60 employees after the episode aired.

January 25, 2017 at 9:35 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food, North NJ Shore, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

Entrepreneur.com ranks "Furious" Pete Czerwinski #5 in its list of 9 top social media influencers marketers need to follow.

January 24, 2017 at 11:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Rankings | Permalink * Comments

Carmen Cincotti announces that he will live with Yasir Salem for two weeks for the purpose of recording a reality TV show.

January 23, 2017 at 6:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Carmen Cincotti, Television | Permalink * Comments (39)

Variety.com reports that the Food Network has ordered 13 more episodes of Ginormous Food

January 23, 2017 at 9:06 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television | Permalink * Comments

A podcast of last weekend's Finkie Awards presented by Fink Meets the Stomach has been uploaded.

January 22, 2017 at 11:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts, Rankings | Permalink * Comments (2)

2007 women only wing contest at Trump Marina

January 20, 2017 at 5:01 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Atlantic City, Videos, Women

Capture from a video of a 2007 women only wing eating contest held at Trump Marina in Atlantic City:

Donald Trump’s competitive eating timeline from November.

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Flashback 2008: IFOCE produces Obama / Chestnut shirt

January 20, 2017 at 11:19 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Merchandise

Flashback: In the summer of 2008, IFOCE produced a T-shirt with a Obama/Chestnut 2008 logo. Joey Chestnut wore the shirt briefly in 2008 on the Today Show after defending his Nathan’s title, but was forced to cover it up during his interview.

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Tomorrows's episode of Ginormous Food (8pm Eastern on the Food Network) will feature Baltimore area restaurants. One of the meals will be the 36 inch pizza challenge offered by Champs Pizza & Subs in Glen Burnie, MD that pays $1000 to a pair that can finish it.

January 19, 2017 at 9:52 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Baltimore, Television | Permalink * Comments

NJ.com has a review of "Snow on the Barb Wire", the recently published autobiography by Bill "El Wingador" Simmons. The five time Wing Bowl champion will give a talk about his book in the Philly Author Series on February 9.

January 16, 2017 at 7:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, Books, Philadelphia, Wing Bowl | Permalink * Comments (5)

2017 Finkie awards results

January 15, 2017 at 8:16 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts, Rankings

Here are the results from yesterday’s Finkies award ceremony at Bar 9 in Brooklyn organized by the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast.

Male competitive eater of the year: Joey Chestnut
Female competitive eater of the year: Molly Schuyler
Roomie / Rookie of the Year: Carmen Cincotti
Youtube Feat of the Year: Beard Meats Food
Mascot of the Year: Mr. Married Burgerman

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TheVerge.com has a review of 1-2-Switch, a package of minigames that will be included with the new Nintendo Switch platform when it is released on March 3. One of the games is an eating contest game requiring players to open their mouths in front of the camera.

January 13, 2017 at 3:02 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Video Games | Permalink * Comments

Casting call for food challenge program

January 12, 2017 at 3:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Television

I received the following casting call for an upcoming food challenge show project: (email eqcasting@gmail.com)

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Metro.co.uk has an article about mukbangs, large meals that are streamed online with an interview with Erik "The Electric" Lamkin about how his videos have helped him overcome his eating disorder.

January 12, 2017 at 10:21 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Erik Lamkin, Health | Permalink * Comments

Battle of Big Eaters 4 videos

January 1, 2017 at 5:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Australia, Dave Brunelli, Erik Lamkin, Japan, Leah Shutkever, Molly Schuyler, Television, United Kingdom

Oogui 2016 has videos of the entire broadcast of Battle of Big Eaters 4 on TV Tokyo today (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3). Molly Schuyler did not compete in the final match of the program; Bob Shoudt faced off against Moeno Azuki.

Excite.co.jp has a page (translated) about the competition.

update Jan 4 Whole broadcast in one video

update Jan 11 Previous video removed. Here is one that is still available

Program guide
0 Previous contest highlights & Japanese qualifiers
3 “Defeat Molly” title shown on screen
8 USA qualifier, Joe Menchetti & Wayne Algenio compete
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Ramsey Hinton is currently doing a food challenge tour of Chicago. According to the facebook for the Potholder Cafe in Long Beach, he is now the first person to have completed official restaurant challenges in all 50 states.

January 1, 2017 at 5:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Long Beach, Pancake Eating Challenges, Statistics | Permalink * Comments (4)

End of 2016 EatFeats MLE rankings

December 30, 2016 at 8:51 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics

Here are the MLE rankings for 2016 using the EatFeats ranking system (system description).

win % Prize $ HDB $HDB %$HDB
1 Joey Chestnut 97.5 1 $51750 1 73.5 1 1 1 1
2 Matt Stonie 94.1 2 $23650 2 53 2 2 2 2
3 Carmen Cincotti 86.7 3 $13200 5 42 3 4 3.5 3
4 Geoffrey Esper 77.9 4 $13250 4 37.5 7 5.5 4.75 4
5 Miki Sudo 75.5 6 $18500 3 38.5 5 4 5 5
6 Sonya Thomas 77.2 5 $7950 8 35 8 8 6.5 6
7 Adrian Morgan 72.5 8 $10750 7 39 4 5.5 6.75 7
8 Gideon Oji 69.7 9 $12250 6 38 6 6 7.5 8
9 Michelle Lesco 62.8 11 $7250 9 28 14 11.5 11.25 9
10 Yasir Salem 54.2 15 $4350 10 33 9 9.5 12.25 10

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2016 MLE moneywinners

December 29, 2016 at 8:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Statistics

According to the eatfeats database, here are the total MLE cash winnings for everyone who won money in an MLE contest in 2016

2016 total MLE money won

$51,750 Joey Chestnut
$23,650 Matt Stonie
$18,500 Miki Sudo
$13,250 Geoffrey Esper
$13,200 Carmen Cincotti
$12,250 Gideon Oji
$10,750 Adrian Morgan
$7,950 Sonya Thomas
$7,250 Michelle Lesco
$4,350 Yasir Salem

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TV Tokyo has a page about Battle of the Big Eaters 4 that will be televised on New Years Day with pictures of all 4 competing quartets. Team Canada and Australian pro wrestler Shazza Mackenzie do not appear.

December 27, 2016 at 7:44 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Japan, Television, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments (14)

2016 Christmas themed food challenge videos

December 25, 2016 at 7:54 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Videos

Here are some recent Christmas-themed food challenge videos:

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PhillyVoice has an article about Bill "El Wingador" Simmons and his new memoir, Snow on the Barb Wire. According to the article, he uses the book to "settle some scores with old Wing Bowl opponents".

December 23, 2016 at 7:41 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, Books, Philadelphia, Wing Bowl | Permalink * Comments (4)

Advice from female competitive eaters in broadly.vice.com

December 20, 2016 at 11:06 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Cardboard Shell", Kate Ovens, Miki Sudo, Nela Zisser, Training

Broadly.vice.com has advice from Kate Ovens, Michelle Lesco, Nela Zisser and Miki Sudo on how to maximize consumption at Christmas dinners.

Dress for the occasion. Remember, it’s competitive eating, not competitive prettiness. Wear loose fitting pants and something with high elasticity. My midsection is always covered by something pretty baggy. (Miki Sudo)

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