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Bill "El Wingador" Simmons is mentioned in Bill Simmons' latest grantland.com column in a section about people with the same name as famous sports figures. The "Sports Guy" does not think the connection works since he claims to have never used cocaine, and "El Wingador" went to prison for drug distribution.

May 1, 2015 at 8:45 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, ESPN | Permalink * Comments

The Toowoomba Chronicle has an article about Isaac Martin's attempt at a burger with 3.6 kg (7.9 lbs.) at Café 51 in South Melbourne on May 9. If successful, he will try to have the feat certified as a world record.

April 29, 2015 at 9:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Burger Eating Challenges, Records | Permalink * Comments (2)

The new poll asks who you think is most likely to take the Big Texan 72 ounce steak record (currently 4:18) from Molly Schuyler.

April 29, 2015 at 2:45 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Big Texan, Molly Schuyler, Records | Permalink * Comments (5)

Vice.com produced a video of Japanese YouTube star Megwin eating spicy and disgusting food items.

April 28, 2015 at 10:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, Spicy Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments

KATU has a video about members of the Big Eaters Club faced off in a 7 pound burrito eating contest held at Koi Fusion in Portland yesterday.

April 26, 2015 at 11:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burrito Eating Challenges, Portland, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Ramsey Hilton announced last night that he got his 200th food challenge victory.

April 25, 2015 at 10:06 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Ramsey Hilton, Statistics | Permalink * Comments (1)

Records in danger in tomorrow’s Las Vegas qualifier?

April 24, 2015 at 3:14 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Cardboard Shell", 2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Las Vegas, Matt Stonie, Statistics

Matt Stonie has posted a video of a training session where he ate 59 hot dogs. If he can match that in tomorrow’s Nathan’s qualifier in Vegas, he would have a chance at breaking the all time qualifier of 59.5 hot dogs (in 12 minutes) set by Joey Chestnut in 2007. The high temperature tomorrow is predicted to be 73 with a chance of rain, which should facilitate high numbers.

2007 Jun 2 1st 59.5 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Tempe, AZ
2014 Jun 21 1st 53 10 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Boston, MA
2006 May 18 1st 50 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier Las Vegas, NV
2009 May 16 1st 50 10 min Tim “Eater X” Janus Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier East Hartford, CT
2013 Jun 29 1st 50 10 min Tim “Eater X” Janus Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Queens, NY

In a recent Fink Beats the Stomach podcast, Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco said she hoped to hit 35 hot dogs. This would be the all time non-Asian women’s Nathan’s record, which is still held by Molly Schuyler.

2013 Jun 2 1st 31 10 min Molly Schuyler Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women St. Paul, MN
2011 Jul 4 3rd 28.5 10 min Stephanie “Xanadu” Torres Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women Brooklyn, NY
2014 May 31 1st 28.5 10 min Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women Bloomingdale, IL
2013 Jul 4 3rd 27.5 10 min Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women Brooklyn, NY
2014 Jul 4 3rd 27 10 min Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women Brooklyn, NY
2013 Jul 4 4th 26 10 min Meredith Boxberger Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women Brooklyn, NY
2012 Jul 4 3rd 25.5 10 min Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women Brooklyn, NY
2005 Jul 4 7th 25 12 min Carlene LeFevre Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Brooklyn, NY

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"Max Carnage" and "Honey Badger" of the Portland Big Eaters Club are the guests on the latest episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast.

April 24, 2015 at 10:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts, Portland | Permalink * Comments (6)

Joey Chestnut MLE wing counts

April 23, 2015 at 1:10 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Statistics

A list Joey Chestnut’s results from MLE wing contests that announced wing counts without poundages follows:

2015 Apr 18 2nd 121.2 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Native Grill & Wings World Wing Eating Championship Scottsdale, AZ
2014 Aug 31 1st 192 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship Buffalo, NY
2014 Jul 22 1st 182 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Hooters World Wing Eating Championship Las Vegas, NV
2013 Jul 25 1st 179 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Hooters World Wing Eating Championship Clearwater, FL
2013 Apr 21 1st 208 12 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut The Eastern Shore Wing War Presented By Mountaire Farms Salisbury, MD
2013 Mar 30 1st 140 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Hooters Wing Eating Qualifier Panama City Beach, FL
2012 Jul 26 1st 144 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship Championship Clearwater, FL

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ESPN has a blog entry about University of Virginia football players competing in the Munchin for Memory hot dog eating contest on Sunday to benefit Alzheimer's research. Fullback Vincent Croce was the runner up with 11 hot dogs.

April 22, 2015 at 10:59 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Male Athletes, Virginia | Permalink * Comments

The Chicago White Sox are promoting pitcher Carlos Rodon to the major league baseball club. Last year, the left-hander did a podcast about his competitive eating fandom for the Cespedes Family Barbecast where he discussed which baseball players would have the best chance against Joey Chestnut.

April 20, 2015 at 10:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Male Athletes, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments

Molly Schuyler eats 3 Big Texan 72 oz. steaks in 20 minutes

April 19, 2015 at 4:05 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Amarillo, Big Texan, Molly Schuyler, Records

update April 20

The times for all three challenges were 4:18, 7:29 and 8:13. All three times broke Joey Chestnut’s previous record of 8:52. Her times from 2014 (4:58 & 9:59) giver her 5 of the 7 sub 10-minute finishes. Former MLB pitcher Frank Pastore (RIP) has the other (9:30 from 1987)

This morning, Molly ate a 9.5 burrito on Kiss FM to giver her a total of over 22 pounds of food consumed in 15 hour (before | after | video )

Rich and Carlene LeFevre did not compete against Molly despite being mentioned as a competing team.

Amarillo.com has an article, gallery and video

More local coverage: MyHighPlains | ConnectAmarillo.com | News Channel 10

National Coverage: People | Huffington Post | E! Online | Perez Hilton | USA Today | AOL | Time | Washington Post |

The third challenge is now finished with a time of about 20 minutes

Molly has finished the second challenge at 11:47

Molly’s official time for the first steak is 4:18, a new record.

Molly Schuylers’s attempt at 3 (or more) 72 ounce steak challenges at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX is about to start and can be viewed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/amarillo-globe-news ama big-texan molly-schuyler

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CMT.com has a recap of last night's episode of Party Down South which had a hot dog eating contest.

April 17, 2015 at 12:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television | Permalink * Comments

Maine.eater.com has an interview with the owners of Hoss and Mary's about the move of their restaurant from Old Orchard Beach, ME to Key West, FL later this month. They do not say if the new location will have the "Manimal", the eating challenge in the Maine episode of Man vs. Food.

April 15, 2015 at 8:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Florida Keys, Man vs. Food, Portland, ME | Permalink * Comments

The Daily Mail has an article and video of a London commodities trader experiencing a "reversal of fortune" after he attempted to eat eight Quarter Pounder burgers in his office. He would have received £300 if he was successful.

April 14, 2015 at 3:53 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Business, London | Permalink * Comments

A podcast of the first Wing Bowl from 1993 is available on philadelphia.cbslocal.com

April 14, 2015 at 10:26 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Philadelphia, Podcasts, Wing Bowl | Permalink * Comments

Matt Stonie on Parade Magazine cover

April 12, 2015 at 10:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Matt Stonie

Matt Stonie appears on the cover of today’s edition of Parade Magazine. The topic of the newspaper insert is people’s annual income. (Ironically, he has Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) on his left and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on his right). His earnings are listed as $33,850, a figure which looks surprisingly familiar.

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Steve "Pi Guy" Martin and Damien Boykin appeared on Fox 5 Atlanta this morning to promote Sunday's qualifier at the Atlanta Dogwood Festival. Ronnie Hartman and Crazy Legs Conti are also expected to compete.

April 10, 2015 at 11:35 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2015 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Atlanta, Contest Previews, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (26)

The Independent has an interview with Adam Richman, who says that he has been a vegan for the past three month to prepare for his participation in the Soccer Aid charity game. The former host of Man vs. Food says he actually gained more weight doing the series that followed that program. In dismissing his status as a competitive eater, he makes the interesting claim that competitive eating is "unionized".

April 8, 2015 at 4:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments (4)

Bodybuilders Rich Piana and Jenaya Hofer attempted the 30 inch pizza challenge at Santa Lucia Pizza in Winnipeg.

April 7, 2015 at 3:12 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Pizza Eating Challenges, Team Challenges, Videos, Winnipeg | Permalink * Comments (13)

The New York Daily News has an obituary for James "Little Jimmy" Mastrangelo, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 68. He was famous for dressing up as Uncle Sam during the Nathan's finals at Coney Island and also played an Oompa Loompa in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971). update The wake will be tomorrow in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. update April 8 The Brooklyn Paper also has an obituary citing the cause of death as prostrate cancer.

April 7, 2015 at 11:32 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Movies, Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New York City | Permalink * Comments (2)

Munchies.vice.com has a video about Randy Santel's recent eating challenge tour of the UK. update April 8 BroBible also has an article about Randy.

April 7, 2015 at 11:19 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Randy Santel, United Kingdom, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

QZ.com has an article titled "Your next best hire might be a competitive eater" focusing on Yasir Salem and Matt Stonie, who has put his nutrition studies on hiatus to focus on his competitive eating career and youtube channel.

April 7, 2015 at 11:16 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Matt Stonie | Permalink * Comments

Actor Elijah Wood won a moon pie eating contest held at the Chattanooga Film Festival. In 2010, the Lord of the Rings trilogy protagonist oversaw a chicken wing eating contest in New York City. update April 7 WRCB has an article and video

April 6, 2015 at 12:34 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chattanooga, Male Celebrities, Movies, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Erik "The Electric" Lamkin and Devon "Beast Aesthetics" Palombo have produced videos where they attempt to eat 30,000 calories in a day.

April 4, 2015 at 11:48 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, Eating Challenges, Erik Lamkin, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

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