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The Japanese manga "Gourmet Fighter" has been translated to an English e-book version with the title "Eat for Your Life". Ryu Sheng has a review.

January 19, 2014 at 1:17 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Comics | Permalink * Comments

Don Lerman is selling a set of his false teeth for $500. One of the dentures for sale was used recording Eats of Strength.

January 19, 2014 at 9:12 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Don "Moses" Lerman, Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (26)

Naader Reda has produced a video to promote his video project where people will record videos at IHOP during the AYCE pancake promotion.

January 17, 2014 at 1:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:All You Can Eat, Naader Reda, Pancake Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments (10)

2013 non-MLE Head to Head results

January 16, 2014 at 7:48 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics

A listing of head to head results for people who have 3 or more 2013 results in a non-MLE eating contest in the database follows:
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Five additional end of 2013 polls have been added to the sidebar to join the previous female competitive eater of 2013 poll.

January 15, 2014 at 7:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings | Permalink * Comments (4)

Molly Schuyler appeared on Omaha Morning Blend today. Near the end of the interview, she mentions that a facebook fan page has been started which can be found at facebook.com/MollySchuylerOmaha. On the page, there are several videos I had not seen previously including an 8 pound burrito video and a 12 pound tenderloin challenge.

January 13, 2014 at 12:50 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Molly Schuyler, Omaha, Websites | Permalink * Comments (12)

Yahoo! has a slideshow of "7 Women Who Can Eat You Under the Table"

January 10, 2014 at 11:21 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, Women | Permalink * Comments

On last night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Australian actress Margot Robbie, co-star of Wolf of Wall Street, retold a story of how she ate 4 lbs. (1.8 kg) of spaghetti in an hour to win an eating contest.

January 8, 2014 at 1:03 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Austin, Female Celebrities, Television | Permalink * Comments (2)

The Tailgate Fan blog has a list of the most bizarre competitive eating records.

January 8, 2014 at 9:46 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Records | Permalink * Comments

Videos of Molly Schuyler finishing Sayler’s 72 oz. steak

January 7, 2014 at 1:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Molly Schuyler, Portland, Steak Eating Challenges, Videos

update Jan 9 The Telegraph, Gawker, The Daily Mail, Huffington Post and Yahoo have articles. Reddit has a comment thread

update Jan 8 Omaha.com has an article.

Molly Schuyler, Aaron Wakamatsu and the Big Eaters Club have videos of Molly Schuyler finishing the 72 ounce steak at Sayler’s in Portland last week. Her time was 2:44, the fastest announced time for finishing a 72+ ounce steak (she does not finish all the vegetables on her plate in the video)

Molly has also uploaded a video of her retry at the one handed 16 inch pizza eating record she attempted on Guinness Records Unleashed.

The updated list of fastest 72+ ounce steak times follows
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Complex.com calls the video of Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle eating two whole cacti the best video on the internet today.

January 6, 2014 at 11:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kevin Strahle, Videos | Permalink * Comments (10)

Food Beast has a video titled "How to Eat Chicken Wings Like a Lady" starring Brandi Milloy.

January 6, 2014 at 6:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Training, Videos, Women | Permalink * Comments

Listing of 2013 cash prize winners

January 5, 2014 at 8:15 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Statistics

A listing of cash won in eating contests in 2013 according to the database follows:

$52,000 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
$42,800 Jamie “Bear” McDonald
$23,000 Takeru Kobayashi
$22,750 Miki Sudo
$22,150 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas
$18,400 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie
$15,963.33 David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli
$10,550 Tim “Eater X” Janus
$10,000 Jennifer Paolotti

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Unified HDB personal bests for 2013

January 4, 2014 at 8:45 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Statistics

A listing of the personal bests for people who ate more than 10 hot dogs in a 10 minute contest follows:

2013 Jul 4 1st 69 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2013 Jul 4 1st 67 10 min Takeru Kobayashi Hot Dog Eating Contest Manhattan, NY
2013 Jul 4 2nd 51 10 min Matt “Megatoad” Stonie Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2013 Jun 29 1st 50 10 min Tim “Eater X” Janus Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Queens, NY
2013 Aug 3 1st 40 10 min Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti Heinkel’s Hot Dog Eating Contest – celebrities Decatur, IL
2013 Apr 20 1st 40 10 min Miki Sudo Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women Las Vegas, NV
2013 Jul 4 4th 39.75 10 min “Notorious” Bob Shoudt Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men Brooklyn, NY
2013 Jun 15 1st 38 10 min Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Atlanta, GA
2013 Jul 4 1st 36.75 10 min Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women Brooklyn, NY
2013 Jul 4 2nd 36 10 min “The Lovely” Juliet Lee Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women Brooklyn, NY
2013 Jul 4 1st 36 10 min Jamie “Bear” McDonald Hot Dog Eating Contest Ocean City, MD
2013 Jul 4 2nd 34 10 min David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli Hot Dog Eating Contest Manhattan, NY
2013 Jul 11 1st 34 10 min Molly Schuyler Up Dog Hot Dog Eating Contest Independence, MO

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Nathan’s Television Ratings 2004-2007, 2009-2013

January 3, 2014 at 8:04 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN

Here are the official television ratings for 9 of the 10 years that Nathan’s has been televised on ESPN / ESPN2. (I have not been able to find 2008). Results are from SportsMediaWatch, NY Times and TBO.com

Year Rating # Viewers (000) Network
2004 ? 926 ESPN
2005 ? 860 ESPN
2006 ? 1,460 ESPN
2007 1.3 1,632 ESPN
2008 ? ? ESPN
2009 1.0 1,340 ESPN
2010 1.0 1,677 ESPN
2011 1.1 1,949 ESPN
2012 0.8 1,299 ESPN (tape delayed)
2013 0.7 1,146 ESPN2

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Molly Schuyler appeared on yesterday's episode of Guinness World Records Unleashed to attempt the 16 inch pizza eating record. She finished in 2:12 but did not break the record.

January 3, 2014 at 7:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Molly Schuyler, Records, Television | Permalink * Comments (1)

2013 End of Year poll choices, Part 1

January 2, 2014 at 5:21 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings

A listing of choices for the first batch of end of year polls follows. Other choices will be added to the poll if requested
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In the Marie Claire Australia about female competitive eaters, the claim is made that the broadcast on ESPN2 received a higher rating than the major league baseball game on July 4. That is an interesting assertion since no baseball game was televised on ESPN / ESPN2 on that day. Sports Business Daily has a list of ratings from early July; the July 7 baseball game had a higher rating than the Nathan's programming (1.3 vs. 0.7).

January 2, 2014 at 1:36 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:ESPN | Permalink * Comments (3)

IFOCE.com has a list of the top 10 moments in competitive eating for 2013, all of which took place at Major League Eating events.

December 31, 2013 at 1:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Rankings | Permalink * Comments (31)

Bob East has produced an animation of Tracy "Mmm Mmm" Goode.

December 31, 2013 at 12:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Comics | Permalink * Comments (3)

Molly Schuyler vs. Miki Sudo 2013

December 30, 2013 at 9:41 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Miki Sudo, Molly Schuyler, Statistics

The new poll asks who you think is the female competitive eater of 2013. Here is a comparison of the this year’s competitive eating results for Molly Schuyler and Miki Sudo.

Molly Schuyler Miki Sudo
# Contests 18 20 (17 MLE)
# Victories 17 9 (6 MLE)
Money won in 2013 $8,100 $22,750
10 min Hot dog best 34 40
Notable Records Fastest Time for a 72+ oz. steak challenge (3:22)
Alltime best at NYC Dumpling Festival (90)		 Record for 10 minute Nathan’s contest debut (40)
Record for MLE Hooters Wing Circuit contest (192)
Careeer Streaks Undefeated in contests allowing use of hands
Undefeated vs. other women		 Undefeated in non-MLE contests
Undefeated vs. other women

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Anne Panning has a blog entry about her plans for a novel featuring a female competitive eater as a protagonist.

December 29, 2013 at 7:28 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Books | Permalink * Comments

Kotaku on “Mok-Bang”

December 28, 2013 at 10:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Korea, Videos, Women

Kotaku has a report on the South Korean phenomenon of webstreamed meals known as mok-bang. The videos are transmitted on the Afreeca.com website, which has the facility for spectators to donate money to performers. The star of mok-bang is known as “The Diva” (The디바) and her monthly food bill of $3,000 is offset by revenue from her afreeca.com page. Her huge dinners generally take around two hours to complete and she chats online for several hours following her meal. (Youtube channel with videos from “The Diva). (via Oddity Central).

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Unranked people with 10+ Nathan’s HDB in 2013

December 26, 2013 at 11:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nathan's History, Statistics

A listing of people who ate 10 hot dogs or more in a Nathan’s hot dog contest in 2013 and omitted from the recent MLE top 50 follows. Among ranked people who competed in a Nathan’s contest in 2013, Mary Bowers had the lowest total (10.5). Brian Seiken and Andrew Kogutkiewicz tied for the second lowest (11).

2013 Apr 20 2nd 31 10 min Tom “Goose” Gilbert Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Las Vegas, NV
2013 Jun 2 1st 31 10 min Molly Schuyler Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – women St. Paul, MN
2013 May 4 2nd 24.5 10 min Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Naples, FL
2013 Jun 2 4th 20 10 min Craig “The Keg” Reed Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men St. Paul, MN
2013 Jun 29 6th 18 10 min Basil Elamir Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men East Rutherford, NJ
2013 Apr 13 3rd 17.5 10 min Mike Katz Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Miami, FL
2013 Jun 29 7th 15.25 10 min Tommy DeVito Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men East Rutherford, NJ
2013 Jun 15 3rd 15 10 min Steve “Pi Guy” Martin Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Atlanta, GA
2013 Apr 20 7th 14 10 min Andrew Kim Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Las Vegas, NV
2013 Apr 13 4th 13.5 10 min Juan “Cracker” Angel Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier – men Miami, FL

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Eating contests are one of the activities held during the Yule Festival in Lord of the Rings Online. The foods used include pies, eggs and mushrooms.

December 25, 2013 at 7:36 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Video Games | Permalink * Comments

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