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CBS Local has an interview with Matt Stonie about the music he listens to during contests. He says that being a guitarist would be his post competitive-eating dream job.

June 5, 2015 at 1:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Music | Permalink * Comments

Dave "The Termite" Wood is the guest on the latest FBTS ppodcast. The current Nathan's wild card leader hopes to guarantee a finals spot by winning the Pocono qualifier.

June 4, 2015 at 11:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dave Wood, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (23)

TV Casting Plus has posted a request for big eaters in the UK for an upcoming competitive eating program. (via Beard Meats Food).

June 4, 2015 at 1:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments

Dave "US Male" Goldstein faces off against "Horde Lord" Zombie in a long-distance McDonald's Sirloin third pound burger eating contest.

June 4, 2015 at 1:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dave Goldstein, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

Stephanie Wu noticed that BeeJay Alexander was added to the MLE rankings at #37. (Jake Larry was removed). Her MLE page lists her residence as Norfolk, which probably makes Virginia the first state to have multiple females in the MLE top 50.

June 3, 2015 at 4:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings, Women | Permalink * Comments (17)

CBSLocal has a video interview with Matt Stonie.

June 3, 2015 at 10:57 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Nela Zisser has uploaded a video of her eating 120 chicken McNuggets in 16:24. This is 1:51 slower than Matt Stonie needed for the feat, but less time than Furious Pete needed to eat 100 McNuggets. update Jun 4 The New York Post and Dealbreaker have articles.

June 2, 2015 at 11:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nela Zisser, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments (1)

Professional skateboarder Nick Dompierre posted a video of his attempt at a 20,000 calorie eating challenge.

June 1, 2015 at 9:38 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, Eating Challenges, Male Athletes, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Sports Media Watch has this year's TV schedule for Wimbledon. ESPN will show tennis from 8am to 4pm Eastern, which will relegate the live broadcast of the Nathan's finals to ESPN2 or another network. (Since July 4 is a Saturday this year, the Nathan's finals could be shown on ABC without conflicting with local news or other weekday programming.)

June 1, 2015 at 11:13 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN | Permalink * Comments (5)

Stephanie Wu has a facebook post on Spike's Junkyard Dogs Kennel Club record and the mystery about who holds the overall record for the chain. Matt Stonie ate 23 hot dogs in 2010.

June 1, 2015 at 9:33 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Records, Spike's Junkard Dogs Kennel Club, Stephanie Wu | Permalink * Comments (1)

Adam Richman participated in an Ask Me Anything interview session on reddit.com yesterday. He says his least favorite challenge (which was a mystery beforehand) was the hot wings at Munchies in Sarasota, FL and was also not fond of the 7 pound burrito at Jack and Grill in Denver (which he claims was actually 9.5 pounds yesterday).

May 29, 2015 at 2:14 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments

Halfling Feast, a competitive eating card game set in a Lord of the Rings type universe will debut at the UK Games Expo. A previous competitive eating card game, Guts of Glory, was set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. (via Gamestable_Dan)

May 28, 2015 at 8:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Games, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments

Sub 20 HDB winning qualifier totals since 2004

May 28, 2015 at 3:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Statistics

Here is the list of winning Nathan’s qualifier (excluding women-only competitions) totals of 20 or less since 2004 according to the eatfeats database. Gideon Oji’s 16 hot dogs was the lowest winning total for a male for a qualifier held in the USA without entry restrictions in more than 10 years. (The first four qualifiers were limited to military/police/fire)

2009 Jun 27 1st 9 10 min Bob Cocadrillo Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Brooklyn, NY
2010 Jun 6 1st 12 10 min Andrew Bosque Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Virginia Beach, VA
2014 May 29 1st 12 10 min Horacio Chanyau Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Fort Lee, VA
2010 Jun 19 1st 13 10 min Kristopher Adams Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Fayetteville, NC
2004 Jun 26 1st 15 12 min Dale “Mouth of the South” Boone Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Atlanta, GA
2004 Jun 5 1st 16 12 min Carlene LeFevre Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Tempe, AZ
2004 Jun 25 1st 16 12 min Bill “El Wingador” Simmons Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Cranbury, NJ
2011 Jun 18 1st 16 10 min Yat Ming “Chris” Lam Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Beijing, China
2012 Jun 2 1st 16 10 min Lee Vilinsky Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – Canadian men Calgary, AB, Canada
2015 May 23 1st 16 10 min Gideon Oji Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Charlotte, NC

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Youtube has a mini-mockumentary about the Championship Eating Network. The fictional channel is used as an example of a minimally-viewed offering which is required to be included in cable packages and is part of Consumer Action's campaign against the practice of bundling. (via IBTimes.com)

May 27, 2015 at 3:43 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Humor, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Tailgate Fan has an interview with Crazy Legs Conti (conducted in March or earlier) in which h makes the claim an injury has never occurred at a MLE contest. (Conti was present at a 2004 jambalaya eating contest in Washington, DC where Dale Boone required the Heimlich maneuver. According to Eat This Book, Crazy Legs blocked a media camera while "The Mouth of the South" received medical attention.)

May 27, 2015 at 1:17 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Crazy Legs Conti, Health | Permalink * Comments (4)

Ronnie Hartman has posted a request on reddit for someone to transport natural casing Nathan's hot dogs ordered by a Publix grocery store in Charlotte to Greensboro, NC.

May 27, 2015 at 9:16 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Charlotte, Greensboro, Ronnie Hartman, Training | Permalink * Comments (37)

Nela Zisser is not the only big eating model. Julia Datt has set up thismodeleatsalot.com to document her large meals in India and Australia. Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

May 26, 2015 at 5:38 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, India, Websites, Women | Permalink * Comments

A power pellet (cookie) eating contest was held at Level 257 in Schaumburg, IL Saturday in honor of Pac-Man's 35th birthday.

May 25, 2015 at 11:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Video Games | Permalink * Comments

Nela Zisser has uploaded a video where she eats a five pound burrito in under five minutes. (stuff.co.nz article)

May 25, 2015 at 12:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burrito Eating Challenges, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments

A casting call has been placed by a Japanese program (probably "Battle of the Big Eaters 3") for UK competitive eaters to face off in a qualifier in July or August in London. Four competitors will be chosen to compete in the USA.

May 23, 2015 at 6:46 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, Television, United Kingdom | Permalink * Comments

The guest on the latest episode of the Heads Up Poker Podcast is competitive eater Brian Taylor. (No results for that name show up in the eatfeats database).

May 22, 2015 at 10:33 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (33)

Philadelphia.CBSLocal.com has a podcast of Wing Bowl 12 in 2004, the sole victory of Sonya Thomas in that event.

May 21, 2015 at 12:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Philadelphia, Podcasts, Sonya Thomas, Wing Bowl 12 | Permalink * Comments

It has been one year since Yuuka Kinoshita started her youtube channel on May 21, 2014. During that time she has acquired over 263,000 subscribers and 45 million views, by far the highest totals for a female competitive eater. Her most watched video is an attempt to eat 100 McDonald's burgers (she manages to eat 62).

May 21, 2015 at 7:41 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Japan, Videos, Women, Yuka Kinoshita | Permalink * Comments (3)

The new poll asks who do you think has the greatest stomach capacity. On a Food Battle Club from 2001 or 2002, Takeru Kobayashi increased his weight by 26 pounds.

May 20, 2015 at 2:24 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings | Permalink * Comments (1)

MLE head to head results May 20, 2015

May 20, 2015 at 2:01 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics

Here is a list of head to head results for people with 2 or more MLE contest results in the past 365 days.

1 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut (J Ch) 96.5% 166-6
2 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie (M St) 94% 110-7
3 Tim “Eater X” Janus (T Ja) 86.4% 19-3
4 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan (A Mo) 81.7% 58-13
5 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas (S Th) 77.4% 41-12
6 Miki Sudo (M Su) 66% 85-42-7
7 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco (M Le) 65.5% 76-40
8 “The Lovely” Juliet Lee (J Le) 63.6% 28-16
9 Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler (J Bu) 61.8% 34-21
10 Marcos “The Monster” Owens (M Ow) 60.2% 58-38-2

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