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Joey Chestnut signed autographs at a show in Philadelphia today. He reportedly received $29 per signature.

October 19, 2014 at 6:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Merchandise, Philadelphia | Permalink * Comments (29)

Oregon Live has an article and video about Takeru Kobayashi's appearance at yesterday's Portland State game where he ate 16 slices of pizza in under 2 minutes. The appearance made #10 on ESPN's top 10 list for October 18. update A video of the top 10 list is available (via Robbie Parness)

October 19, 2014 at 8:54 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN, Kobayashi (小林尊), Portland, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Several videos of outtakes from the Hungry competitive eating documentary are available on youtube including clips of Pat Bertoletti, Brad Sciullo and Dave "US Male" Goldstein.

October 18, 2014 at 7:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Brad Sciullo, Dave Goldstein, Hungry, Pat Bertoletti | Permalink * Comments (7)

Takeru Kobayshi appeared on KATU to promote his appearance at tomorrow's Portland State football game.

October 17, 2014 at 10:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Portland, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments

KWCH has a video where Steve Larson, winner of the Andover (KS) Days hot dog eating contest for three years in a row, displays his competitive eating techniques.

October 14, 2014 at 9:08 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television, Training, Videos, Wichita | Permalink * Comments

Tim Janus and Jonathan "Super" Squibb appeared in the same segment on MyFoxNY but did not compete against each other. "Eater X" promoted tomorrow's cannoli eating contest in Brooklyn while Squibb did a wing eating contest.

October 10, 2014 at 10:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Jon Squibb, New York City, Tim "Eater X" Janus, Videos | Permalink * Comments (7)

TheChive.com has a list of 15 AICE/APE records (which are billed as world records).

October 8, 2014 at 12:34 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Records | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Cheap Seats episodes where the Sklar brothers commentate on the 2004 Nathan's finals and 2005 US Open of Competitive Eating can be viewed on youtube.

October 8, 2014 at 10:24 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2004 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN, Humor | Permalink * Comments (1)

Sad news from "Furious" Pete Czerwinski: in his latest vlog, he reports that he has contracted testicular cancer. He has had one testicle removed, which doctors hope will stop the spread of the disease. Let's pray he makes a full recovery.

October 1, 2014 at 6:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Health | Permalink * Comments (36)

The Guardian has a video and blog entry about a durian fruit eating contest held in Malayasia.

October 1, 2014 at 11:29 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Asia, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Emma Dalton appeared on the British network ITV this morning and was the first person to finish the giant breakfast challenge offered by the Wonder Cafe. She has a twitter at https://twitter.com/emmadalton16 update Metro.co.uk has an article. update #2 The Daily Mail also has an article.

September 29, 2014 at 9:15 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Breakfast Eating Challenges, Emma Dalton, England, Television | Permalink * Comments

LA Weekly has a report on the recording of the video where Takeru Kobayashi faced off against a hamster.

September 25, 2014 at 1:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Los Angeles, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Adam Richman was the guest on the debut episode of Men in Blazers, NBC Sports Network new soccer show.

September 24, 2014 at 11:53 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments (1)

Brian Seiken is the guest on the latest episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach competitive eating podcast.

September 22, 2014 at 12:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (167)

The Telegraph has an article about Trek vs. Food, a tour by the UK travel company TrekAmerica, which will start in New York City, finish in New Orleans and stop at several Man vs. Food restaurants along the way.

September 19, 2014 at 2:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments (3)

The Telegraph has an article about the 60th birthday of Guinness World records mentioning the dropping of untimed eating benchmarks.

September 18, 2014 at 1:51 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Records | Permalink * Comments (1)

Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez has posted on his facebook fan page that he is currently in a hospital intensive care unit. Let's hope he gets well soon. (via comment)

September 18, 2014 at 10:29 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Juan Rodriguez | Permalink * Comments (6)

Youtube has a video of a student at University College in Dublin, Ireland slipping and falling into a vomit trough after he competed in an "Iron Stomach" contest where participants ate and drank disgusting things. (via reddit.com)

September 17, 2014 at 4:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:College Contests, Dublin, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

The Hungarian film Taxidermia, which has a segment about an aging competitive eater, is ranked #9 in Pop Matters list of the 10 best body horror films of all time.

September 17, 2014 at 12:01 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hungary, Movies, Rankings | Permalink * Comments

HelloDenizen produced a video of Takeru Kobayashi competing against a hamster in a hot dog eating contest.

September 17, 2014 at 9:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Humor, Kobayashi (小林尊), Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

CompetitiveGlutton, who claims to be a professional competitive eater, is doing an Ask Me Anything interview session on reddit.com.

September 16, 2014 at 12:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Competitive Eating | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Hundreds has a report on the taco eating contest held Labor Day in Redondo Beach, CA sponsored by Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce. The original count was Pat Bertoletti 141 tacos, Takeru Kobayashi 140 (Kobayashi won by 8 after debris deductions.) Naader Reda and shokutsuclub have videos.

September 15, 2014 at 2:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Hungry, Kobayashi (小林尊), Los Angeles, Pat Bertoletti, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (7)

On Friday's episode of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon challenged actress Glenn Close to three eating contests: spaghetti (using kitchen whisks), nachos (using salad tongs) and pie (hands-free).

September 15, 2014 at 8:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Female Celebrities, Television | Permalink * Comments

The episode of The Simpsons where Lisa dates an aspiring competitive eater voiced by Zach Galifianakis will be rerun tonight at 8 pm.

September 14, 2014 at 5:17 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Comics, Humor, Television | Permalink * Comments

Stephanie Wu has started a twitter and has posted the results of last night's corn dog eating contest at the Tulare County Fair: 1) Molly Schuyler 25 corn dogs 2) Eric Chin 11 3) Stephanie Wu 7.75. update Sept 14 Stephanie Wu reports that Molly Schuyler did the Grand Slam challenge at Batter Up Pancakes in a record 3:49 before the contest.

September 13, 2014 at 6:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Fresno, Molly Schuyler, Unafilliated Contests, Websites | Permalink * Comments (8)

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