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Shine.Yahoo.com has a segment from yesterday's Arsenio Hall Show of a wing eating contest substituted for Miki Sudo's scheduled appearance, who was allegedly sick after her flight to Los Angeles.  update March 27 Examiner.com has an audience member report

March 26, 2014 at 10:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Miki Sudo, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (17)

NJ.com has a preview of this weekend's New York City Hot Sauce Expo, which will have several spicy eating contests, one of which will be a Carolina Reaper pepper eating contest officiated by Guinness World Records.  

March 26, 2014 at 9:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, New York City, Records, Spicy Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (3)

Von has posted a video of her attempting the 10 pound pizza challenge with Naader Reda at Roma Pizzeria in Arcadia, CA.

March 25, 2014 at 11:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Naader Reda, Pizza Eating Challenges, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments (1)

Epic Meal Time has published a cookbook. The total calories for all the recipes exceeds 1 million.  

March 25, 2014 at 11:50 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books, Uncategorized | Permalink * Comments

ArsenioHall.com lists Miki Sudo as a guest on tonight's episode (syndicated, see the station finder page for times & channels)  update Arsenio Hall has posted a request for competition for Miki who can get to his Los Angeles studio this afternoon.  

March 25, 2014 at 11:30 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Miki Sudo, Television | Permalink * Comments (7)

Russell Spangler has produced a graphic about the amount of calories in foods consumed at competitive eating events.

March 25, 2014 at 10:05 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, Health, Statistics | Permalink * Comments

Bloomberg has an article about how rising meat prices are forcing Jamie McDonald to raise menu prices at his restaurant, Bear's Smokehouse, by 10%.  

March 24, 2014 at 8:23 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Hartford, Jamie McDonald | Permalink * Comments (1)

The bratwurst eating contest episode of MTV's Beavis & Butthead is currently available on youtube.

March 24, 2014 at 8:12 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Humor, Television | Permalink * Comments

NPR's Latino USA has a podcast about last month's pepper eating contest at the Jalapeno Festival in Laredo, TX won by Luis Bruni.  

March 23, 2014 at 9:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts, South Texas | Permalink * Comments

GaleryVideo has a video about last year's balut eating contest in New York City won by Wayne Algenio.  

March 23, 2014 at 12:29 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:New York City, Videos, Wayne Algenio | Permalink * Comments

Next week's schedule for The Arsenio Hall Show lists Miki Sudo appearing on the Tuesday, March 25 episode. (syndicated, check listings for times & stations)

March 21, 2014 at 3:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Miki Sudo, Television | Permalink * Comments

Over the Nation is holding a contest where competitors will submit videos showing off their eating ability. Submissions close March 29 and the voting period will last from March 30 to April 13.

March 20, 2014 at 7:29 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Videos | Permalink * Comments

On last night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Ashley Judd claimed to be a big eater who can eat the entire menu at Perini's, a steakhouse near Abilene, TX and challenged the host to an eating contest. (video link).

March 19, 2014 at 11:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Female Celebrities, Television | Permalink * Comments (1)

Tested.com has a review of "Guts of Glory", a competitive eating board game set in a post-apocalyptic world.  (direct video link)  

March 18, 2014 at 8:45 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Games, Videos | Permalink * Comments

HyperVocal reports that a Nazi-themed Christmas party was held at Gasthof Zur Gemutlichkeit, site of the eating challenge at the Minneapolis episode of Man vs. Food. The event was put on by WWII Historical Re-enactment Society Inc.

March 18, 2014 at 12:14 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Man vs. Food, Minneapolis | Permalink * Comments (1)

BBC Radio 4 has a segment about January's Wing Bowl (starts at 23:40) mentioning Dave Brunelli's reversal. The BBC News Magazine has a transcript of the segment with a picture of Badlands Booker, who did not compete.

March 15, 2014 at 8:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Podcasts, Wing Bowl 22 | Permalink * Comments (4)

Rebels' Smokehouse in Beverley, Yorkshire, England will hold World Record Eating Championship Week from March 23 to March 27. Records customers can attempt include Molly Schuyler's 72 ounce steak in 2:44 and Sonya Thomas' 9 pound burger in 27 minutes.  

March 12, 2014 at 8:04 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Records, Yorkshire | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Daily Mail reports that the XXX Hot Chilli Burger at Burger Off in Hove, Sussex has hospitalized five customers who have attempted to complete it. 59 diners out of 3000 have successfully completed the meal.  

March 10, 2014 at 7:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Health, Spicy Eating Challenges, Sussex | Permalink * Comments

A top competitive eater (unnamed) is scheduled for the Nick Digiglio show tonight on WGN Radio in Chicago at 2:35 am Central. update March 11 The competitive eater was Tim "Gravy" Brown and a podcast of his appearance is available.

March 10, 2014 at 2:56 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Podcasts, Tim Brown | Permalink * Comments (2)

The new poll asks if you think there are more opportunities for top competitive eaters inside or outside Major League Eating.  On Sunday, Glutton Force Five and Jamie McDonald won contests which will enable them to open their own restaurants, which they could not have done if they were bound by the MLE contract.

March 7, 2014 at 4:36 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Organizations | Permalink * Comments (106)

In tonight's episode of Wahlburgers, "Nacho Extreme" competed in a "divotburger" (grass & dirt) eating contest.  

March 5, 2014 at 11:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Television | Permalink * Comments

Phoenix.craigslist.org has a request for an "amateur extreme eater" to eat a 100 ounce steak on March 11 or 12 in Apache Junction, AZ for an upcoming Japanese television program. The participant will receive $300.

March 5, 2014 at 10:04 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Japan, Phoenix, Steak Eating Challenges, Television | Permalink * Comments (1)

Daily Greens produced a commercial about a vegetable eating contest to promote its cold-pressed green juice.

March 4, 2014 at 11:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Merchandise, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

U-31 in San Diego will hold a pizza eating contest on Friday awarding over $300 in prizes in conjunction with a concert by The Pizza Underground, a pizza-themed band featuring child star Macaulay Culkin.  

March 3, 2014 at 10:01 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Music, San Diego | Permalink * Comments

Pizza from Big Mama's & Papa's in Los Angeles was served by Ellen DeGeneres during the Oscars awards. Before tonight, the pizzeria was probably most famous for its 36 and 54 inch pizza challenges.  update March 3 In 2010 Eva Longoria personally delivered a 36 inch pizza from Big Mama's & Papa's update #2 People.com has an article about the delivery. The Ellen DeGeneres show previously ordered a 54 inch pizza.

March 2, 2014 at 10:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Big Mama's and Papa's, Los Angeles, Television | Permalink * Comments

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