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TV.Yahoo.co.jp has a page about the 2016 edition of "Battle of the Big" Eaters that will be televised on TV Tokyo on New Year's Day. Molly Schuyler, Pat Bertoletti and more will compete. (preview video) (Via Tom L)

December 25, 2015 at 8:03 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Japan, Molly Schuyler, Pat Bertoletti, Television | Permalink * Comments (5)

The Travel Channel will run a Man vs. Food marathon tomorrow from 9 am to 4 pm.

December 23, 2015 at 11:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments

The Debrief has a list of tips from Nela Zisser on how to maximize consumption over the holiday period. In her latest video, she finishes a 10 patty chicken sandwich in under 4 minutes.

December 22, 2015 at 7:45 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nela Zisser, Training | Permalink * Comments

Bustle.com produced a video where women try competitive eating for the first time while Miki Sudo offers advice. (youtube link)

December 21, 2015 at 12:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Miki Sudo, Training, Women | Permalink * Comments (27)

The Daily Meal asks if it possible to eat yourself to death.

December 20, 2015 at 8:26 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities | Permalink * Comments

Daily Mail has an article on Nela Zisser's latest video where she attempts to eat 100 McDonalds burgers. (Mirror.co.uk article)

December 15, 2015 at 11:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nela Zisser, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Entrepreneur.com has a lists of four lessons that entrepreneurs can learn from the career of "Furious" Pete Czerwinski.

December 15, 2015 at 9:16 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Business | Permalink * Comments (3)

Amazon.com has an inflatable lawn display consisting of a snowman and a polar bear participating in a gingerbread man eating contest.

December 14, 2015 at 5:32 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (6)

The Daily Mail has an article about Yuka Kinoshita's latest video where she attempts to eat 100 slices of bread.

December 13, 2015 at 11:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Videos, Yuka Kinoshita | Permalink * Comments

New poll: MLE #4

December 11, 2015 at 2:53 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings

The new poll asks who you think should be ranked #4 in the MLE top 50. The choices:

Tim Janus

  • Pro: 3rd best head to head percentage. 4th most hot dogs eaten in 2014-15 Nathan’s circuit.
  • Anti: no non-qualifier victory since April 2013. Just 4 contests since July 4, 2014

Adrian Morgan

  • Pro: 4th most MLE money won in 2015. Only person besides Matt Stonie & Miki Sudo to defeat Joey Chestnut in 2015. 2 non-qualifier victories in 2015 (both in April)
  • Anti: 7th overall best total in 2015 Nathan’s finals

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Everyday Actors has posted a casting call for males in their 20s for a short film about competitive eating to be produced in New York City.

December 11, 2015 at 9:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Movies, New York City | Permalink * Comments (1)

2015 MLE head to head results

December 10, 2015 at 11:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics

Here are the head to head results for people with 2 or more MLE contests over calendar year 2015.

1 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) 100% 103-0
2 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) 95.8% 184-8
3 Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) 88% 22-3
4 Miki Sudo (M Su) 80.9% 141-33-1
5 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) 79.8% 74-18-2
6 Geoffrey Esper (G Es) 76.9% 40-12
7 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco (M Le) 72.5% 93-35-1
8 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) 68.2% 52-24-1
9 Yasir Salem (Y Sa) 65.3% 89-47-1
10 Gideon Oji (G Oj) 59% 62-43-1

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Victoria's Secret models Adriana Lima, Behati Prinsloo and Taylor Hill competed in a wing eating contest on Monday night's episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert< ?I>.

December 9, 2015 at 8:14 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Female Celebrities, Television | Permalink * Comments (3)

Adage.com announces the return of Crystal Pepsi. The soft drink will not return to stores; only winners of a sweepstakes starting December 10 will receive the product. The advocacy of Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle was cited as a reason for the comeback. update Time.com article

December 8, 2015 at 1:14 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kevin Strahle, Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (16)

GQ has an article on Matt Stonie's everyday diet and training regimen.

December 8, 2015 at 1:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Training | Permalink * Comments (29)

James "Beard Meats Food" Moran will appear on the National Geographic Channel in Australia on Wednesday in a segment about the science of competitive eating.

December 8, 2015 at 7:48 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Australia, Science, Television | Permalink * Comments (1)

A commenter noticed the MLE top 50 has changed. Ron Koch has returned at #38 and Tracy Goode has been removed following his retirement.

December 7, 2015 at 8:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings, Ron Koch | Permalink * Comments (14)

The subscriber count for Matt Stonie's youtube channel now exceeds 1 million.

December 6, 2015 at 10:45 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Videos | Permalink * Comments

The Huffington Post has an interview with "Furious" Pete Czerwinski about his new book Stay Hungry.

December 6, 2015 at 10:33 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Books | Permalink * Comments

Ramsey Hinton announces he completed the challenge at TinCup Bar in St. Paul, MN to give him eating challenge victories in all 50 states. (via Stephanie Wu)

December 5, 2015 at 11:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Statistics | Permalink * Comments

Don "Moses" Lerman headlines the latest edition of Tablet Magazine's Unorthodox podcast. During the program, he tries to eat as many latkes as possible in five minutes.

December 3, 2015 at 10:41 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Don "Moses" Lerman, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (3)

Nela Zisser appeared Australia's Daily Edition to talk about her latest video where she ate 10 scorpions in Thailand. She hopes to surpass Yuka Kinoshita's mark of 62 McDonalds burgers in an upcoming video. (Daily Mirror article)

December 1, 2015 at 10:10 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Nela Zisser, New Zealand, Thailand, Videos | Permalink * Comments

"Furious" Pete Czerwinksi is currently doing an Ask Me Anything session on reddit.com to promote the release of his book, Stay Hungry. Some of the chapter titles include Dale Boone, Wing Bowl an Kobayashi. In the session Pete said he will do a video with Matt Stonie in the near future.

November 30, 2015 at 12:48 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Books | Permalink * Comments

"Furious" Pete Czerwinksi will do an Ask Me Anything interview session on reddit.com on Monday at noon eastern to promote the launch of his book Stay Hungry.

November 28, 2015 at 11:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Books | Permalink * Comments

A picture autographed by Joey Chestnut is currently available on amazon.com as a lightning deal for $11.99. 94% of the pictures have been sold as of 12:37 pm eastern. (via Matt DeMougin)

November 27, 2015 at 12:38 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Merchandise | Permalink * Comments

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