Competitive Eating category

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In Nela Zisser's latest video, she attempts to eat five pounds of frozen yogurt. update Sep 2 NY Daily News and Cosmopolitan have articles.

August 31, 2015 at 7:29 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nela Zisser, Videos | Permalink * Comments (23)

The Australian boy band 5 Seconds of Summer uploaded a video of their attempts at the 28 inch pizza challenge at Russo's Pizzeria in Houston originally recorded in July 2013.

August 30, 2015 at 8:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Houston, Music, Pizza Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

The Huffington Post has a review of Famous Nathan, a documentary about the history of Nathan's Famous.

August 30, 2015 at 10:44 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Documentaries, Nathan's History | Permalink * Comments

Mariska Tracy met with Takeru Kobayashi in Jakarta and gave him Happy Tummy, a book she wrote about Indonesian competitive eating.

August 30, 2015 at 12:57 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books, Indonesia, Kobayashi (小林尊) | Permalink * Comments (1)

Pat Bertoletti set the original record of 4:10 for the Kickapoo Joy Juice Taco Trough Takedown on WCIU's "You & Me This Morning today. DNAInfo reports that someone who can finish the 6 pound "Big Jim Reeves" and a half liter of Kickapoo Joy Juice will in 4:09 or less will win $5000. A finishing time of 4:10 - 6:09 will result in a $2000 prize. Professional eaters including Kobayashi and Molly Schuyler are welcome to compete in the contest.

August 27, 2015 at 7:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Pat Bertoletti, Prizes, Television, Tim Brown | Permalink * Comments (12)

Tailgate Fan has a list of five gross eating contests. Four of the competitions have been discontinued; the Minneapolis brain taco eating contest will be held later this year without MLE sanctioning.

August 27, 2015 at 7:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings | Permalink * Comments

Tonight's episode of Wahlburgers was filmed in Coney Island and Nathan's Famous original location appeared in the program. The first New York Wahlburgers will open across the street from that site.

August 27, 2015 at 12:34 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New York City, Television | Permalink * Comments

Metro and Express have articles about Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran eating 17 Big Macs in an hour, which was certified by recordsetter as a a world record.

August 21, 2015 at 4:53 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Adam "Beard Meats Food" Moran, Burger Eating Challenges, Records, Yorkshire | Permalink * Comments (2)

Philly Voice has an article about people making videos of themselves attempting to eat more than 10,000 calories in 24 hours. Autumn Henderson-Brazie's attempt to consume 20K calories is mentioned (she did almost 16K, which is the most I have seen for a female). In a recent video Erik "The Electric" Lamkin attempted to eat 48,000 calories over 48 hours.

August 19, 2015 at 4:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, Eating Challenges, Erik Lamkin, Videos | Permalink * Comments (8)

The Chicago Tribune reports that Pat Bertoletti has withdrawn from the second round of America's Got Talent because he could not afford to leave Taco in a Bag for five days.

August 19, 2015 at 9:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Pat Bertoletti, Television | Permalink * Comments (5)

In her latest video, Nela Zisser eats more than 8000 calories of cheesecake.

August 17, 2015 at 11:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nela Zisser, Videos | Permalink * Comments (20)

TheOnion.com has an article about a restaurant offering a challenge requiring customers to watch someone finish three pounds of nachos. People successfully completing the challenge receive free nachos for life.

August 12, 2015 at 2:02 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Humor | Permalink * Comments (11)

Some sad news from "Furious" Pete Czerwinski: in his latest video, he announces that cancer has spread to his lymph nodes and will undergo radiation therapy. Pete had a cancerous testicle removed last year, but unfortunately that did not get rid of 100% of the disease. Pete's vlog channel https://www.youtube.com/user/FuriousTalks/ will document his treatment.

August 11, 2015 at 3:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Health | Permalink * Comments (19)

Reddit LAList has a casting call for a spicy eating challenge television program. Participants will face off against a celebrity.

August 10, 2015 at 11:44 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Spicy Eating Challenges, Television | Permalink * Comments

Youtube has a video of Takeru Kobayashi competing in Food Battle Club recorded in 2001 or 2002.

August 9, 2015 at 9:03 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, Kobayashi (小林尊), Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Next Web has an article about Matt Stonie's youtube channel, which has reached 730,000 subscribers.

August 7, 2015 at 5:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Nathan Figuero was the first person to finish (facebook login requred) the 8 Pound Mongo Burrito at Burrito Mexican Grill in Sarasota, which has been available for 4 years. He has a youtube channel about his Florida eating challenges and contests at https://www.youtube.com/user/natefiggs

August 5, 2015 at 11:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burrito Eating Challenges, Nate Figueroa, Sarasota, Websites | Permalink * Comments

Zagat produced a behind the scenes video recorded at this year's Nathan's finals starring Yasir Salem and Crazy Legs Conti. Fink Beats the Stomach makes a cameo.

August 4, 2015 at 9:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Crazy Legs Conti, New York City, Podcasts, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Stephanie Wu noticed that Neslie Ricasa has been removed from the #36 spot in the MLE rankings. Liz McClurg has been inserted at #48. Joey Chestnut proposed to Neslie Ricasa during the 2014 Nathan's finals; the engagement has since been called off.

July 30, 2015 at 8:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Neslie Ricasa, Rankings | Permalink * Comments (45)

Ronnie Hartman announces that he competed in an East Coast Wings eating contest on WFMY this morning vs. Eric Chilton.

July 29, 2015 at 2:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Greensboro, Ronnie Hartman, Videos | Permalink * Comments

ESPN has a blog entry about the competitive eating accomplishments of Dillan Gibbons, a Florida high school offensive lineman who has comitted to play for Notre Dame. He ate three challenge burgers at Cheeburger Cheeburger yesterday.

July 27, 2015 at 9:42 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments (2)

Kate Ovens has posted a video of her attempt at the Dustbin Lid Food Challenge at Osbornes in Newcastle, England which weights 3.6kg and contains 10,000 calories.

July 27, 2015 at 12:19 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Barbecue Eating Challenges, Kate Ovens, Newcastle, Videos | Permalink * Comments (16)

NewsObserver.com has an article about the health issues Mort Hurst, billed as NC's original eating champ, has faced. He experienced a stroke after eating 38 soft-boiled eggs in 29 seconds in 1991 and continued to eat competitively for four more years.

July 26, 2015 at 9:23 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eastern NC, Health | Permalink * Comments

Naader Reda has two videos from Farrell's ice cream challenge won by Molly Schuyler: conventional view | GoPro overhead view

July 26, 2015 at 7:13 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Ice Cream Challenges, Molly Schuyler, Naader Reda, Orange County, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Amplify.ph has an interview with Filipino competitive eater Kelvin Medina, Guinness record holder for the fastest time to eat a 12 inch pizza, which contains his competitive eating training playlist.

July 24, 2015 at 10:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Music, Philippines | Permalink * Comments (1)

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