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Daily Corinthian has an article about the July 9 slugburger eating contest in Corinth, MS receiving funding from the Corinth Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Despite paying a $14,500 sanctioning fee to Major League Eating, the competition is not guaranteed the presence of Joey Chestnut or Matt Stonie and will not know until the week before the contest if they will compete.

March 24, 2016 at 10:32 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Mississippi | Permalink * Comments

Tech Insider has a history of the feud between "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and vegetarian bodybuilder "Vegan Gains", who claims that Pete's meat-heavy diet resulted in his cancer.

March 23, 2016 at 3:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Health | Permalink * Comments (6)

The Daily Corinthian reports that the Corinth (MS) Area Convention and Visitors Bureau has approved $14,500 for the 2016 slugburger contest, an increase of $3,200 from the previous year. The majority of the funding will go towards MLE sanctioning.

March 22, 2016 at 8:02 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Mississippi | Permalink * Comments

Cartoon Network's Adult Swim produced an animation where Batman and Superman face off in a hot wing eating contest and other competitions. (via comicbook.com)

March 21, 2016 at 6:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Comics, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Current Nathan’s 2015-16 wild card standings

March 20, 2016 at 9:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2016 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Statistics

Men

2015 Oct 21 2nd 23 10 min Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Nashville, TN
2015 Oct 4 3rd 19 10 min Micah “Wing Kong” Collins Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Dover, DE
2015 Oct 21 3rd 19 10 min Pedram “In Jaws We Trust” Esmaeelzadeh Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Nashville, TN

Women

2016 Mar 19 2nd 10.5 10 min Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – women San Antonio, TX
2015 Oct 21 2nd 6 10 min Taylor Coombs Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women Nashville, TN
2016 Mar 19 3rd 6 10 min Vanessa Salazar Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating qualifier – women San Antonio, TX

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There are now at least three eating challenge / fitness youtube channels by women: Gina Maiorana (twitter | Instagram) | Sophia DeVita (Instagram) | Jen Mann (Instagram). In her latest video, Jen announces she will be competing in the WV pepperoni rolls eating contest in May.

March 18, 2016 at 11:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Female Athletes, Sophia DeVita, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Miki Sudo (starts at minute 49), Pedram "In Jaws We Trust" Esmaeelzadeh and Mark "Fro Hungry" Reboul are the guests in the recent episode of Fink Beats the Stomach. There is also a bonus episode with and extended interview with Pedram and Mark.

March 16, 2016 at 1:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Miki Sudo, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (23)

The new commercial for Burger King hot dogs features an unnamed competitive eater wearing a "Polish Punisher" shirt who I did not recognize.

March 16, 2016 at 7:25 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Jenn Cheng, the 3rd place female in the eating contest at the 2015 New York City Dumpling Festival won tonight's episode of Chopped College Edition on the Food Network. update March 17 MCall.com article about the runner-up

March 15, 2016 at 11:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:College Contests, Jenn Cheng, New York City, Television, Women | Permalink * Comments

Nela Zisser's interview on The Morning Show can be viewed on Yahoo. Daily Mail has an article about the appearance.

March 15, 2016 at 11:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nela Zisser, Television | Permalink * Comments (2)

The Burger & Shakes - Fast Food Maker iPhone / iPad game has a hot dog eating contest mini game.

March 14, 2016 at 11:48 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Video Games | Permalink * Comments

SindoNews.com reports that Fredy Jayadi passed away after choking in an eating contest held at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Jakarta, Indonesia. The competition was a qualifier for a nationwide contest that would have crowned a champion on June 3. update March 12 The grand prize for the contest was to have been Rp 5 billion ($385,000), by far the largest contest payout I have seen. The contest website (2nd page in English) announces the competition has been terminated.

March 11, 2016 at 1:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Indonesia | Permalink * Comments (8)

Chronicle Live has an article about Kate Ovens' new video where she attempts 50 wings at Shark Club Gastro Bar in Newcastle.

March 10, 2016 at 4:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kate Ovens, Newcastle, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Tem-Purr-A, a card game about competitive eating cats, is available for pre-order and will be released on March 17. The game's motto is "It's more than a meowthful!". (Overview video | game rulebook)

March 9, 2016 at 5:38 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Games | Permalink * Comments

Daily Star has an article about LA Beast's latest video where he attempts to drink a gallon of spoiled milk which concludes with him vomiting into a washing machine.

March 9, 2016 at 10:52 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kevin Strahle, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

The American Council on Science and Health has an article about Molly Schuyler claiming "we just don’t know what to make of" her.

March 7, 2016 at 1:05 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Molly Schuyler, Science | Permalink * Comments (13)

A few days ago, Yuko Kinoshita surpassed one million subscribers on her youtube channel, which is less than two years old. I think that Matt Stonie and Pete Czerwinksi update & LA Beast are the only other competitive eaters to exceed that mark.

March 7, 2016 at 12:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Videos, Yuka Kinoshita | Permalink * Comments (2)

Nela Zisser has started a store at http://nelazisser.bigcartel.com/ selling T-shirts with her logo on it. She is soliciting questions for a Q & A video in the comments of her latest video documenting her victory in a college Thickburger contest.

March 7, 2016 at 11:48 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Merchandise, Nela Zisser, Videos | Permalink * Comments (14)

The most recent episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast starts with a recap of the "Finkie" competitive eating awards, then interviews Nate Biller (minute 36) and closes with coverage from January's bacon eating contest at Beer Bourbon and BBQ festival.

March 5, 2016 at 10:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nate Biller, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (1)

Priyanka Chopra of Quantico will do a hot wing eating contest on tonight's episode of the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. update March 4 A youtube video of the appearance

March 3, 2016 at 10:51 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Female Celebrities, Spicy Eating Challenges, Television | Permalink * Comments

RIP George Kennedy, who served as the bookie/promoter for Paul Newman's 50 egg challenge in Cool Hand Luke, one of the more famous competitive eating scenes in cinema history.

February 29, 2016 at 7:16 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Movies | Permalink * Comments (2)

Crazy Legs Conti is the guest on the most recent episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast. He is curating a competitive eating art show that will open on July 2.

February 28, 2016 at 9:01 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Crazy Legs Conti, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (5)

In a medium.com post, Darren Rovell says that a report on Kobayashi's victory in the Nathan's 2001 finals where he doubled the pre-existing record was the most sent ESPN.com article of 2001.

February 27, 2016 at 3:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2001 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN, Kobayashi (小林尊) | Permalink * Comments

Daily Mail has an article about Kate Ovens' latest video where she ate a 28 ounce burger, fries and a milkshake at the Jam Jar in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England in 9:20.

February 23, 2016 at 3:32 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Kate Ovens, Newcastle, Videos | Permalink * Comments

In her latest video, Nela Zisser attempts to eat 10 foot long sandwiches from Subway. In the comments, she is soliciting questions for a future Q & A video.

February 22, 2016 at 11:43 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nela Zisser, Sandwich Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments (52)

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