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Matt Stonie ate 182 slices of bacon in 5 minutes in his record attempt at the Daytona International Speedway today.

February 22, 2015 at 11:10 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Daytona Beach, Matt Stonie, Records | Permalink * Comments (10)

The Stomp and Coconuts have blog entries about the latest video of Singaporean competitive eater Zermatt Neo where he eats a huge meal from Kentucky Fried Chicken.

February 22, 2015 at 8:33 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Singapore, Videos, Zermatt Neo | Permalink * Comments

Barberas Autoland has a picture of Bob Shoudt taking possession of a Chrysler 300, his prize for winning the local division of Wing Bowl 23. Fink Beats the Stomach have posted their podcast about that event.

February 20, 2015 at 9:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Podcasts, Prizes, Wing Bowl 23 | Permalink * Comments (53)

The LA Times did a post in 2006 about "All You Can Eat", a competitive eating screenplay by Josh Heald, writer of Hot Tub Time Machine 2, (The project appears to have been tabled; it no longer appears on Heald's IMDB page). To research the script, Heald competed in the 2006 Nathan's Las Vegas qualifier where Joey Chestnut became the first American to hit 50 hot dogs. (The post claims that a competitor at that event fainted and needed to be removed by stretcher, which is the first I had heard about that incident.)

February 20, 2015 at 11:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2006 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Health, Las Vegas, Movies | Permalink * Comments (3)

The Hard Rock Cafe in Tulsa will hold eating contests on March 19, 26 and April 2 as part of its Brutus Burger Challenge. Adam Richman will host the final contest that will award $5,000.

February 20, 2015 at 8:24 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food, Prizes, Tulsa | Permalink * Comments (2)

In the second part of his video interview with Real Clear Politics, Pat Bertoletti discusses his rivalries with Joey Chestnut, Molly Schuyler and Sonya Thomas. He bills himself as the top male American independent competitive eater; Takeru Kobayashi is not mentioned. update Feb 20 Part 3 is available and is mainly about Taco in a Bag. The final date for that restaurant's West Dundee, IL location will be February 28.

February 19, 2015 at 4:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Pat Bertoletti, Videos | Permalink * Comments (32)

SpeedwayDigest.com reports that Matt Stonie will attempt to set a five pound bacon record before the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Stonie will also judge an amateur bacon eating contest.

February 18, 2015 at 10:51 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Daytona Beach, Matt Stonie, Records | Permalink * Comments (2)

Jon Bello has posted a picture of some of the T-shirts he has collected from eating contests and challenges.

February 15, 2015 at 9:32 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (2)

TheRooster.com has started a video series where Colorado celebrities face off in eating contests. The first two competitors are UFC fighter Brandon "Rukus" Thatch and hip hop MC H*Wood who face off at The Buckhorn Exchange, Denver's oldest steakhouse.

February 13, 2015 at 11:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Denver, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

93.3 KFM reports that a 30 year old man died after competing in a doughnut (mandazi) eating contest in the Mubende district of Uganda. update 91.3 Capital FM has more on the fatality.update Feb 15 UGO News reports that the contest organizers are on the run and will be charged with murder if and when they are apprehended.

February 13, 2015 at 2:44 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Africa, Fatalities | Permalink * Comments (4)

MyCastingNet is currently accepting applications for a new (currently untitled) eating challenge show.

February 10, 2015 at 8:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television | Permalink * Comments (9)

Brian Dudzinski has started a youtube channel. His first two videos are his Super Bowl "Beast Feast" and a chugging a gallon of milk and 24 oounces of chocolate syrup in 1 minute.

February 8, 2015 at 8:59 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Brian Dudzinski, Videos | Permalink * Comments (47)

Kevin Ross has produced a video about last month's slider eating contest at the Dog Haus Biergarten in Pasadena, CA.

February 7, 2015 at 8:57 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kevin Ross, Los Angeles, Videos | Permalink * Comments (9)

Matt Stonie has uploaded a video recorded at October's Smoke's Poutinerie contest in Toronto.

February 6, 2015 at 8:18 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Toronto, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Evolution of Wing Bowl men’s & women’s records

February 4, 2015 at 5:36 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Records, Wing Bowl

The tables below document the evolution of the men’s & women’s Wing Bowl records Read the rest of this entry »

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Vice.com's Munchies Youtube channel has a video about the diet of strongman Robert Oberst which consists of 15,000 to 20,000 calories a day. (via SportsGrid)

February 3, 2015 at 9:39 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, Male Athletes, Videos | Permalink * Comments

2014 MLE results for unranked eaters who won cash or ate 15+ HDB

January 30, 2015 at 11:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings, Statistics

The list below contains MLE results from the past year for people who won cash or ate 15+ Nathan’s hot dogs and were not ranked in 2014. The new poll asks who you think most deserves to enter the MLE top 50 when it is next updated.
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The NHL produced a video asking hockey stars what their competitive eating food of choice is.

January 27, 2015 at 8:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

The competitive eating episode of MTV's True Life documentary series will be rerun on MTV2 tomorrow at noon Eastern tomorrow.

January 26, 2015 at 9:32 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television | Permalink * Comments (56)

AllKPop.com has a post about Yura of the k-pop group Girl's Day finishing a spicy pasta challenge.

January 24, 2015 at 10:58 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Female Athletes, Korea, Music, Pasta Eating Challenges, Spicy Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments

An anonymous emailer noticed that Aaron Osthoff has removed from the #21 position of the MLE top 50 and everyone from #22-#50 appears to have been shifted up a notch. Jacob Larry has been inserted at #50 even though he does not appear to have competed in a MLE event since May 2012. update Aaron Osthoff will be competing in tonight's qualifier for the Dubuque Wing Bowl.

January 23, 2015 at 10:38 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Aaron Osthoff, Rankings | Permalink * Comments (2)

DNAInfo reports that Taco in a Bag will be moving to Lincoln Square in north Chicago after its lease expires in the Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee, IL. Co-owner Pat Bertoletti calls his competitive eating career a "hamster wheel of bad life decisions".

January 22, 2015 at 3:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Chicago, Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown | Permalink * Comments (2)

TMZ has a video interview with D. J. Fluker, an offensive lineman on the San Diego Chargers, about his competitive eating history. He once ate 65 nuggets at Chick-fil-A, but did not set the house record and thinks he could take on Takeru Kobayashi with training. He calls his former University of Alabama teammate Chance Warmack the biggest eater in the NFL, who once ate two Mugshots burger challenges according to a 2012 USA Today article.

January 22, 2015 at 12:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, San Diego, Videos | Permalink * Comments (61)

Bleed Philly has a response to Philadelphia Magazine's column examining if the Wing Bowl should be terminated. Barstool Philly has a podcast with "Skin & Bones" about competing in the Wing Bowl.

January 22, 2015 at 12:45 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Philadelphia, Podcasts, Wing Bowl 23 | Permalink * Comments

Crazy Legs Conti is the guest on the latest episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast. At 1:02, he addresses the controversial 2010 Nathan's qualifier in Escondido, CA (and calls Dave Wagner a "douchebag" for uploading his contest footage.) He talks about the chaotic end of the most recent sweet corn eating contest at 1:09 and says he might not return to that event unless Bob Shoudt is banned.

January 21, 2015 at 5:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2010 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Crazy Legs Conti, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (9)

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