IFOCE.com has a list of expected entrants at Saturday's Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich Eating Championship at the Isle in Biloxi, Mississppi. The eatfast facebook also announces that the MLE podcast will debut later this week.
xtrasports1360.com has a podcast of Joey Chestnut's interview yesterday (direct mp3 link)
Joey Chestnut does KNBR interview on 26th birthday
(from Paul Davis email) Joey Chestnut spent a portion of his 26th birthday today doing an interview with KNBR. A 30 minute podcast of his appearance is available. Some notes from the podcast:
- Joey attributes his defeat at the 2009 Asparagus Festival to the first wave of the swine flu
- Joey says he receives $30,000 – $40,000 for competing in Nathan’s
- Joey calls Pat Bertoletti his “little brother” (Joey’s comments about Pat, Eater X, Sonya Thomas and “El Wingador” occur at the 15 minute mark of the podcast.)
- A caller asks Joey how he compares to Eddie “Bozo” Miller
98Online.com has a podcast of Pete Davekos' interview on Monday to talk about the Roy Rogers roast beef slider contest.
A podcast of Joey Chestnut's appearance with two Hooters Girls on the Lamont and Tonelli show Thursday is availble (Joey segment begins around the 6 minute mark). Some pictures of Joey in the studio are available on the program's twitpic page.
Steve Dahl proposes old school CE organization
A podcast of Pat Bertoletti’s appearance on the Steve Dahl show Friday is available (minutes 37-44) Pat Bertoletti says that a part of his body hurt after the jalapeno eating contest that had never previously experiences post-competition discomfort. Steve Dahl says that dunking in Nathan’s repulses him and proposes an “old school” competitive eating organization that would ban dunking.
Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston did an interview for the How Stuff Works blog, who did a competitive eating podcast earlier this month.
Chicagoist has a podcast of an interview with Pat Bertoletti.
(Via sportsradiointerviews, which has a partial transcript) Joey Chestnut & Crazy Legs Conti were the guests ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike show and a podcast of their segment can be downloaded. A gallery of their appearance today at ESPN Cafe today is also available. update A video podcast of the appearance, which was replayed on the 6 PM Sportcenter, is also available.
BrooklynPaper.com has a podcast of a song about the 2009 Nathan's finals performed by Amos Wengler, the Bard of Coney Island.
Man vs. Food clone proposed on ESPN.com podcast
In a recent podcast, Bill Simmons of ESPN.com (not El Wingador) proposes a program called “House Record” in which his friend Joe House would travel the country and attempt to break restaurants’ eating challenge records. After being informed the concept is basically the same as Man vs. Food, Simmons calls Adam Richman “annoying” and claims his program would be better.
(“House Record” segment begins around the 32 minute mark)
Lord of the Wings wins Wing Madness
Wing Madness top 5:
1 Lord of the Wings, 158 wings
2 6Burgh Psycho, 124 wings
3 Broken Wing
4 or 5 Brad Sciullo
4 or 5 Mark Lyle
update Wing Tut has posted a contest report
A live blog of the 1250 AM streaming follows:
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Don Lerman on NPR’s This American Life
(from Joey B comment) An audio clip of Don Lerman recalling the first eating contest he won was played on the most recent episode of This American Life on NPR. The program was a rerun that originally aired in 2005. Lerman’s segment also appeared in a 2005 episode of Morning Edition. The clip can be listened to on the StoryCorps website.
Joey Chestnut macaroni record video
A video of Joey Chestnut’s apparance at the San Jose Stealth game on Saturday in which he set the IFOCE macaroni & cheese record is available, along with a podcast of an interview on KNBR he did the day before to promote the event. TheIFound5Dollars blog says that Saturday’s game had the seventh largest crowd in Stealth history.
A video of another Joey Chestnut appearance from January where he ate 5 burritos at a scout troop meeting can also be viewed on youtube.
update A flickr gallery of the contest with a picture of the bobble-head (see above) is available
Skinnyboy was impressed with the burrito video
Link Buffet: January 6, 2009
- MosesNews.com will return to covering competitive eating
- Crazy Legs Conti podcast on Strangeland Radio
- Video of eating contest with #9 ranked “MILF”
- Arkansas Krispy Kreme eating contest results – video
- Laredo jalapeno eating contest on February 20 or 21
Link Buffet: December 15, 2008
- As of 10:30 am eastern, Wing Bowl 17 tickets appear available on ComcastTix.com Here is the direct link to the ticket buying page
- Pat Bertoletti ranks his favorite Chicago pizzas
- “Kid” Cary DeGrosa has a new column about OJ which embeds a video from September 2007 (from “Beautiful” Brian email)
- (from Wasted Food) Rich Shea podcast (starts at about the 50 minute mark) Shea continues to assert that competitive eating is the world’s fastest growing sport, but admits he has no factual basis for that statement.
- Encounter (in English) with Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara at a restaurant
- Cameron McKirdy (now known as “Consumption”) has updated his website http://www.deathbyconsumption.com/
- Adam Richman of Man vs. Food to do a live online video chat on Wednesday at 11 pm eastern
- Mario’s Flying Pizza in Galveston, TX to celebrate reopening after Hurricane Ike with eating contests Wednesday
update As of 1:30pm eastern, upper level Wing Bowl tickets appear to be available
Link Buffet: November 6, 2008
- Pat Bertoletti has some videos from the Trnkobrani Festival in the Czech Republic
- AICE ranking of the top collegiate eaters
- Beautiful Brian says he will return at an undisclosed date
- Video of Denny’s Beer Barrel 2 pound burger attempts
- Podcast about a 50 apples in 90 minutes proposition bet
- Report on Denny’s Belly Bruiser contest for 12 person teams
Crazy Legs on “Fat Guys at the Movies” podcast
Crazy Legs Conti is a guest on the “Fat Guys at the Movies” podcast co-hosted by Kevin Carr. (His segment begins around the 34 minute mark.) Crazy Legs mainly talks about his movie watching record attempt, but he does reveal some unconventional attire he wore during a Johnsonville bratwurst contest.
List of 30+ Krystal personal bests
A list of all Krystal personal bests above 30 burgers follows after the jump:
A Pat Bertoletti podcast and entrants list is available on KrystalSquareOff.com
Sonya Thomas & Hall Hunt podcasts available
Podcast interviews of Sonya Thomas and Hall Hunt are available on the Krystal Square Off blog.
Link Buffet: August 24, 2008
- Joey Chestnut no longer listed on IMDB page for Nacho Mountain in actors list
- Connecticut Post article about competitive eating and Ash Creek Saloon rib contest (link fixed, thanks Pat from Moonachie)
- English article and podcast about Czech dumpling contest
- Joey Chestnut to appear at final Battle of the Bone contest
- Short English article about Gal Sone biography
Link Buffet: August 20, 2008
- Juliet Lee has an Ash Creek rib contest report
- Clam eating contest in Seattle Saturday, first prize is $100
- Ryan Nerz podcast interview in Conversations on the Road
- Furious Pete is doing marketing research on a Furious Pete hat
- A Washington Post article on the rise of college Food Studies programs reports that “Horsemen of the Esophagus” is required reading one course.
- The Wall Street Journal reports that Japanese convenience store chain Lawson announced an annual increase in same store sales of 13%. Gal Sone endorsed a line of meals for Lawson in May.
Link Buffet: July 10, 2008
- Preview of the Chinook Winds rib contest. Rich LeFevre and Erik Denmark are listed as expected entrants.
- Steakbellie on the Camden qualifier
- Megamunch finalizes plans for the UEPa meeting. The 120 ounce steak is free if finished.
- Quotes and podcast of George Shea at the Nathan’s finals.
- According to CNN, Heinz’ sales are up 16.5% and profits are up 30.9% over the past two years. Nelson Peltz got Heinz to co-sponsor Nathan’s.
- 11 “Pushing Daisies” themed pie eating contests at the Orange County Fair from July 11 to August 2
Link Buffet: July 8, 2008
- Kevin Ross article on pe.com
- Pete Davekos article in the Boston Herald
- Podcast of the Lefevres’ appearance on Nevada Public Radio
- column about Brooklyn Stinky Cheese contest
- Wall Street Fighter’s blog entry about attending the Nathan’s finals
- Mindy Kaling to compete in the Office Games beet eating contest
- Rich Shea clips from Awful Announcing
- Qualifier schedule on nathansfamous.com still lists June 24 Tokyo qualifier
- Michelle Lesch to go for 11th oyster eating contest at the Knysna Oyster Festival in South Africa
Link Buffet #2: July 3, 2008
- Video of a Joey Chestnut training session for Time Magazine (link fixed)
- Video of a Pat Philbin training session with QVC qualifier footage for TVJersey
- Pictures from the weigh in.
- podcast of Crazy Legs Conti on WFAN this morning
- Interview with Joey Chestnut’s mother
- Pat Bertoletti profile in The Regional News
- Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein article wins a prize
- History of competitive eating by Time Magazine
- Sonya Thomas is one fan’s favorite
- Nathan’s odds by covers.com – article thinks contest will be 12 minutes
- Fox News video of Atlanta bacon contest (from Paul Barlow)
- Juris Shibayama comments on the Wall Street Journal blog
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