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Adam Richman traveled to Decatur, IL to visit fan Silas Martin, who is currently in a hospice with an inoperable brain tumor.

December 2, 2014 at 10:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Central Illinois, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments

One of the members of the Japanese "Battle of the Big Eaters" team was pop singer Moeno Azuki. She has a blog and twitter.

November 30, 2014 at 11:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, Music, Women | Permalink * Comments (1)

Cameron McKirdy is selling DVDs about how to become a professional competitive eater.

November 29, 2014 at 7:52 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Merchandise, Training | Permalink * Comments (8)

"Furious" Pete Czerwinski announced that he has been officially declared cancer free today.

November 28, 2014 at 9:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Health | Permalink * Comments (2)

Thanksgiving 2014 links

November 27, 2014 at 10:49 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Pat Bertoletti, Science, Tim Brown, Videos

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Fox CT has a video and article about Jamie McDonald and his restauarant, Bear's Smokehouse BBQ.

November 27, 2014 at 7:54 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hartford, Jamie McDonald, Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (8)

Inactive / retired members of MLE top 50

November 26, 2014 at 7:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings

Here some current members of the MLE top 50 who might not appear in the next edition of that list.

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ScreenCrush has a list of the best acts of gluttony on film which does not include the The Blues Brothers ordering four fried chickens, a Coke and dry white toast or LeeLoo, the genetically enhanced superwoman from The Fifth Element pounding down whole chickens as if they were McNuggets. Does anyone have other notable omissions?

November 25, 2014 at 9:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Movies, Rankings | Permalink * Comments (4)

Col the Conqueror reports that Pat Bertoletti and Molly Schuyler were members of the USA team for Battle of the Big Eaters 2. update Gal Sone was on the Japanese team.

November 23, 2014 at 11:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Molly Schuyler, Natsuko "Gal" Sone (ギャル 曽根 菜津子), Pat Bertoletti, Television | Permalink * Comments (5)

The 1958 episode of The Real McCoys featuring a corn eating contest can be viewed on youtube.

November 23, 2014 at 7:44 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television | Permalink * Comments (2)

DK's Donuts & Bakery has a gallery of Beverly (Hills) Gardens Park, where a team from the United States will face a Chinese team in a Maple Bacon Bliss bar eating contest for Battle of the Big Eaters 2, which will be televised by TV Tokyo on New Year's Day.

November 22, 2014 at 3:32 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:China, Los Angeles, Television | Permalink * Comments

Competitive eating academic paper available

November 21, 2014 at 12:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Science, Wales

Kay McArdle announces that a paper titled It’s not what you eat but how and that you eat: Social media, counter-discourses and disciplined ingestion among amateur competitive eaters by Emma-Jayne Abbots and Luci Attala of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David is available for $19.95. The first two sentences of the abstract are:

This article interrogates how social media can provide a platform for contesting dominant discourses. It does so through the lens of competitive eating, demonstrating that amateur competitive eaters use social media sites to challenge and subvert mass media representations of their sport while concomitantly upholding normative notions of healthy eating and bodies.

Was anyone interviewed for this article? (I received no information requests.)

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Stroud Life has a report on an investigation into the death of Gary Sims at an egg eating competition held at a pub in Berkeley, England in June. The former Royal Marine choked after attempting to insert three eggs into his mouth simultaneously. The blood test revealed he had a blood alcohol level above the maximum allowed for driving. (Daily Mail article) The eating / drinking fatalities lists (chronological order | by country) have been updated.

November 20, 2014 at 11:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health | Permalink * Comments

The Oogui facebook page has a link to a video where Angela Sato and Yuuka Kinoshita alternate eating huge videos that concludes with a joint attempt at a 14.34 kg (31.5 pounds) dish. Yuuka has a youtube channel and twitter and it appears that she will be a member of the Japanese team that will compete at Battle of the Big Eaters in Los Angeles this weekend along with Angela Sato and Tomoko Miyake.

November 20, 2014 at 1:53 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Ayari Sato (佐藤綾里), Japan, Videos, Yuka Kinoshita | Permalink * Comments (4)

The New York Times obituary for Mike Nichols, director of The Graduate, mentions his victory in a pie eating contest.

November 20, 2014 at 10:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Movies | Permalink * Comments

MMA fighters competed in a taco eating contest held in honor of UFC 180, the first Ultimate Fighting Championship card held in Mexico. (via Will Millender)

November 20, 2014 at 10:21 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Mexico, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Swedish weightlifter Jessica Pethrus produced a video of her attempt to eat 10,000 calories in a day.

November 20, 2014 at 8:40 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, Sweden, Videos | Permalink * Comments

New Media Rockstars has an interview with Harley Morenstein of Epic Meal Time about the second season of Epic Meal Empire, his show on A & E's FYI channel.

November 19, 2014 at 11:53 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television | Permalink * Comments

2014 Nathan’s personal bests

November 19, 2014 at 12:23 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2014 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Statistics

With the NASCAR season concluding last Sunday, there will be no more Nathan’s qualifiers at stock car races in 2014. Here are the highest Nathan’s totals for competitors in calendar year 2014:

2014 Jul 4 1st 61 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2014 Jul 4 2nd 56 10 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2014 Jul 4 3rd 44 10 min Tim “Eater X” Janus Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2014 Jun 22 1st 40 10 min Miki Sudo Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women Sonoma, CA
2014 May 3 1st 36 10 min Erik “The Red” Denmark Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Houston, TX
2014 Sep 28 1st 35 10 min “The Lovely” Juliet Lee Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women Dover, DE
2014 Jul 4 4th 34 10 min Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2014 Sep 28 1st 32 10 min Eric “Badlands” Booker Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Dover, DE
2014 Jul 4 6th 32 10 min Juan “more bite” Rodriguez Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2014 Jun 29 2nd 29 10 min Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Westlake, OH

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Smoke's Poutinerie is posting videos from Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown and "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's cross Canada tour.

November 18, 2014 at 9:08 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Canada, Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Tom Balmforth reports that a female victor of a vareniki (dumpling) eating contest in Lviv, Ukraine died on stage while receiving her prize. Tass.com has an English article about the fatality. update Nov 20 The Express gives the name of the deceased as 53 year old Lyana Koroleva.

November 17, 2014 at 9:12 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, Ukraine , Women | Permalink * Comments

Joey Chestnut will be signing autographs in Rosemont, IL on November 23.

November 16, 2014 at 11:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (3)

Col the Conqueror reports that TV Tokyo's Battle of the Big Eaters 2 will be recorded next weekend in Los Angeles. Quartets from Japan, Australia, China and the USA will face off.

November 15, 2014 at 10:58 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Los Angeles, Television | Permalink * Comments (29)

Extras are needed for a waffle eating contest scene for "Williamsport," a Chapman University student movie filming this weekend in Costa Mesa, CA.

November 14, 2014 at 9:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Movies, Orange County | Permalink * Comments

The LA Times has an article about Syrian rebels. The insurgent known as Qusai Zakarya was a big Man v. Food fan before he became an activist against the Assad regime.

November 14, 2014 at 8:01 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Asia, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments

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