Competitive Eating category

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Takeru Kobayashi will serve as a judge at the 4th Annual American Coney Island Coney Dog Eating Challenge in Detroit on August 28.

August 6, 2014 at 10:17 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Detroit, Judging, Kobayashi (小林尊) | Permalink * Comments (3)

TheSavory.com has a gallery of nine "incredible/awful" competitive eating animated GIFs.

August 6, 2014 at 2:17 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries | Permalink * Comments

The Hungry Todd Rungy Show will be screened at the ColdTowne Theater in Austin on August 12. Short episodes of the program will be released on youtube starting later this month. (via slackerwood)

August 5, 2014 at 8:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Austin, Movies | Permalink * Comments

Molly Schuyler co-hosted Omaha Morning Blend this morning. She will appear on the Chewing The Fat w/ Big & Beefy radio show tonight starting at 8 pm eastern. update Link to podcast of show

August 4, 2014 at 7:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Molly Schuyler, Omaha, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments

Jacob Kepler has a gallery of the pictures he took for an article about Miki Sudo in Mental Floss magazine.

August 2, 2014 at 1:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, Miki Sudo | Permalink * Comments (12)

Joel Podelsky talks about losing 100 pounds in a year in the most recent episode of Brian Seiken's podcast.

August 1, 2014 at 11:48 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (16)

The Riverfront Times has a blog entry about Cannibal Corpse singer George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher reportedly eating 112 hot dogs at the Gathering of the Juggalos' Hot Dog Eating Challenge.

August 1, 2014 at 2:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Humor, Music, St. Louis | Permalink * Comments (7)

WBUR has a podcast of an interview with Crazy Legs Conti, who claims that the fatality at the Custer, SD hot dog contest could have been prevented with onsite medical personel (Custer County EMTs were present at the event site according to the contest sponsor.) Conti is billed as the world record holder in string beans, pancakes, bacon, beef brisket and Twinkies; for those five foods, MLE records page only lists him as the holder for green beans, Pat Bertoletti, Erik Denmark, Bob Shoudt and Joey Chestnut have the other four records.

July 29, 2014 at 4:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Crazy Legs Conti, Health, Podcasts, Records | Permalink * Comments (3)

Hooters produced a video of Jon Gruden "coaching" Joey Chestnut for National Chicken Wing Day at Hooters where locations will offer AYCE wings today for $12.99. Tonight, Joey Chestnut, will appear at Blue Water Seafood and Crab in San Jose for a fundraiser for Patriot Paws Service Dogs.

July 29, 2014 at 12:02 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:All You Can Eat, Charity Events, Joey Chestnut, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle has a column mentioning judging Sonya Thomas in the 2014 women's Nathan's finals calling Miki Sudo's victory "one of the greatest upsets in competitive eating history". Sonya has never finished ahead of Miki Sudo.

July 28, 2014 at 11:34 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2014 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Judging, Miki Sudo, Sonya Thomas | Permalink * Comments (1)

MileTV has a youtube channel of Mok Bang sessions by "The Diva" where she eats huge meals in front of a webcam. (via Ben=Jammin')

July 25, 2014 at 9:48 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Korea, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments

Footage from a steak eating contest held at the Magnolia Blossom Festival in Magnolia, AR will appear in the debut episode of “Eating America with Anthony Anderson” on the Food Network on Monday at 9 pm eastern.

July 24, 2014 at 5:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Arkansas, Television | Permalink * Comments

Pro Sound Network has an article about the audio setup for the Nathan's finals.

July 22, 2014 at 7:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2014 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Music, New York City | Permalink * Comments (1)

WNYPapers reports that Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino will become the title sponsor for the MLE wing eating contest at the Buffalo Wing Festival on August 31. The contest purse remains at $2,800 despite the new sponsorship.

July 19, 2014 at 8:57 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffalo, Business | Permalink * Comments

TV Tokyo's "Battle of the Big Eaters" program from last month where a US team of Molly Schuyler, Dave Brunelli, Stephanie Torres and Tom Gilbert faced a Japanese quartet consisting of Angela Sato, Hitomi Sato, Tomoko Miyake and Takuya Yamamoto along with teams from Germany is available on youtube. (playlist | video list) (Via Will Millender)

July 17, 2014 at 6:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Ayari Sato (佐藤綾里), Dave Brunelli, Japan, Molly Schuyler, New York City, Stephanie Torres, Television, Tom Gilbert, Tomoko Miyake (三宅智子) | Permalink * Comments (21)

The Judge Dredd comic "On the Trail of the World Eating Championships" has been posted to reddit (comment thread).

July 15, 2014 at 11:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Comics | Permalink * Comments

CityPages.com has an interview with Barry Rothbart about the competitive eating documentary Hungry.

July 15, 2014 at 3:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hungry | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Simpsons episode (Luca$) where Lisa dates a competitive eater will be rerun tonight at 8:30.

July 13, 2014 at 6:22 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Comics, Humor, Television | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Washington Post has a column about the health risks of competitive eating.

July 11, 2014 at 5:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health | Permalink * Comments

Surf and Stillwell has a picture of a Nathan's T-shirt autographed by most (if not all) of the 2014 Nathan's finalists.

July 11, 2014 at 1:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2014 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (39)

Larell Marie reports that Brian Dudzinski was hospitalized with water poisoning of the brain, but has started to improve. Let's pray he makes a full recovery. update July 11 Larell Marie reports that Brian has been discharged from the hospital

July 10, 2014 at 9:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Brian Dudzinski, Health | Permalink * Comments (73)

In a TMZ article, Molly Schuyler calls competitive eating dangerous and says she has experienced choking incidents during competitions.

July 10, 2014 at 9:48 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Molly Schuyler | Permalink * Comments (9)

The Custer County News has more about the hot dog eating contest on July 3 where Walter Eagle Tail passed away after choking. He reportedly attempted to eat whole hot dogs and choked on his second frankfurter. First responders were present at the contest site, but could not dislodge the sausage from his throat.

July 10, 2014 at 12:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, South Dakota | Permalink * Comments

SportsMediaWatch reports that the tape-delayed Nathan's finals set a viewership record on ESPN2 of 2.8 million. The audience was boosted by the World Cup match preceding it, which had 4.9 million viewers.

July 8, 2014 at 8:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2014 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN | Permalink * Comments (11)

Eating / drinking contest fatalities by country

July 8, 2014 at 3:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fatalities, South Dakota

Updated Nov 20 2014

The Rapid City Journal has an article about Walter Eagle Tail passing away after competing in a hot dog eating contest in Custer, SD on Thursday reporting that paramedics were present at the contest site, but unable to revive the 47 year old. The article has been picked up by the Associated Press.

A list of known fatalities from eating / drinking contests follows: Read the rest of this entry »

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