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The Harris Poll has released the results of a poll asking Americans about sports / competitive activities. Six percent of the respondents said they consider competitive eating a sport. Results for other choices in the poll: chess 14%, poker 11%, quidditch 11%, video gaming 9%. January 21, 2015 at 10:05 am by
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Erik "The Electric" Lamkin has uploaded a video of him eating 25,000 calories over 12 or 13 hours. The Broken Yolk Ironman omelet challenge is part of the food eaten. Josie Mai has a video where she attempts 10,000 calories. January 19, 2015 at 2:07 pm by
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Michael Jenkins has a video from yesterday's eating contest at the Key Lime Pie Festival in Port Canaveral, FL. He had the fastest time of 4:06, but was disqualified for keeping his hand still behind his back. Bradley Muhs was declared the victor. January 18, 2015 at 7:22 am by
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Aaron Ybarra has a blog entry about his competitive eating career which mentions his appearance on the competitive eating episode of Bones and recording a song with Mary Bowers. January 17, 2015 at 5:59 pm by
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"Nacho Extreme", a competitor in several eating contests on the A & E reality series Wahlburgerers, qualified for Wing Bowl 23 today by completing a cheesesteak sandwich eating stunt. He will face Lee Woodall, a former linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers, in a celebrity boxing match in Broomall, PA on January 31 and will also compete in a wing eating contest in Beverly, MA on January 17. January 15, 2015 at 10:53 am by
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Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown did a stunt on streaming video to qualify for Wing Bowl 23. January 13, 2015 at 7:24 pm by
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Kevin Ross ate 24 sliders to win yesterday's eating contest at Dog Haus Dogs in Pasadena. update Jan 13 LA Magazine has a contest report. January 11, 2015 at 8:55 pm by
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Erik "The Electric" is doing a Ask Me Anything session on reddit.com about starting competitive eating after his recovery from an eating disorder. January 10, 2015 at 3:17 pm by
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Rhys Hocking edited "Battle of the Big Eaters 2" to produce a version with only the segments featuring the Australian team. January 9, 2015 at 1:00 am by
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John McQuaid has an article for the Wall Street Journal about why people enjoy eating pain-inducing spicy food. January 5, 2015 at 9:54 am by
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The Big Eaters Club have a new series titled Midnight Munchies about late night food. Gresham, OR and Portland are the sites of the first two videos. January 5, 2015 at 12:30 am by
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In My Fat Story on UK TLC, Katie Hopkins intentionally gained weight to attempt to prove that weight loss is mainly a matter of self-discipline. In her attempt to gain 42 pounds, she traveled to an unnamed restaurant in North Carolina to attempt its burger challenge (which appears to be the 40/20 challenge at BT's Burger Joint in Charlotte). January 4, 2015 at 7:21 am by
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Actress Donna Douglas passed away earlier this week. A 1962 Miami News article describes how she defeated the reigning champion at a pepper eating contest in New Iberia, LA before landing the role of Elly Mae Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies. (She was hired to be a model at that competition). January 4, 2015 at 1:11 am by
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Reddit.com has a request for stories from people who have won or participated in eating contests. January 3, 2015 at 7:06 am by
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The Akron Beacon Journal reports that Todd Greenwald is being sued by one of the co-founders of the Association of Independent Competitive Eaters (AICE) for allegedly reneging on an oral agreement to become partners and co-owners of All Pro Eating. The lawsuit seeks over $25,000 in damages. January 2, 2015 at 9:17 pm by
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Team Japan reportedly defeated Team USA in a in a tag team Mexican Chicken Steak eating contest in Battle of the Big Eaters 2. update A playlist of videos from the program is available (via Molly Schuyler facebook) update Jan 9 A playlist of the entire program is now available (via Rhys Hocking) January 1, 2015 at 5:41 pm by
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Shout Out Minnesota has a video of an interview with Takeru Kobayashi recorded at the Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis. December 31, 2014 at 11:42 pm by
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The Guardian reports that its story about the Hungry Horse's doughnut burger was the fourth most viewed article about "sustainable food" in 2014. December 30, 2014 at 11:00 am by
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The Ohio Deli, site of the Dagwood sandwich challenge in the Columbus episode of Man vs. Food was destroyed by fire early this morning. December 30, 2014 at 10:55 am by
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December 29, 2014 at 12:48 pm by
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Juan Rodriguez noticed the MLE top 50 has been updated for the first time in 2014. The top 5 remain unchanged
1) Joey Chestnut
2) Matt Stonie
3) Tim Janus
4) Miki Sudo
5) Sonya Thomas
6) Erik Denmark (#14 previous)
7) Adrian Morgan (#7)
8) Bob Shoudt (#6)
9) Michelle Lesco (#9)
10) Juliet Lee (#8)
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The most recent episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast previews Wing Bowl 23. December 28, 2014 at 10:52 pm by
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Naader Reda has a blog entry about the 2014 Secret Santa video collaboration project, where competitive eaters consumed items sent to them by people participating in the project. (playlist) December 28, 2014 at 8:51 am by
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TV Tokyo has a web page about Battle of the Big Eaters with pictures of the 4 person teams from the USA, Japan, China and Australia that faced off in Los Angeles last month. Molly Schuyler and Natsuko "Gal" Sone receive top billing. The program will be televised on January 1. December 26, 2014 at 2:15 pm by
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It has now been 368 days since the Major League Eating top 50 was updated on December 23, 2013. I think this is the first time there has been over a year between rankings updates. December 26, 2014 at 11:42 am by
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