Male competitive eaters category

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The Pic-a-Lilli Inn in Shamong, NJ will hold a qualifier for the Wing Pole on January 22. Bill "El Wingador" Simmons will attend.

January 20, 2025 at 2:24 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, Camden, Uncategorized | Permalink * Comments

Joey Chestnut attended the media day for Monday's college football national championship game in Atlanta between Ohio State and Notre Dame. He predicted a 42-36 victory for the Buckeyes.

January 19, 2025 at 12:14 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Atlanta, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments

44News has a video about Randy Santel attempting The Oven's "Big O" pizza challenge in Owensboro, KY.

January 13, 2025 at 11:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kentucky, Pizza Eating Challenges, Randy Santel, Videos | Permalink * Comments (11)

Derek Hendrickson attmpted to set the burger record at Jack Brown's in Charlottesville, VA while visiting Darron Breeden.

January 13, 2025 at 11:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Darron Breeden, Derek Hendrickson, Virginia | Permalink * Comments (7)

The audience Q & A session after the premier of "No One Died: The Wing Bowl Story" has been uploaded to youtube. The panel consisted of five time champion Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, WIP Radio Host Angelo Cataldi, director Pat Taggart and producer Frank Petka.

January 13, 2025 at 1:06 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, Documentaries, Philadelphia, Wing Bowl | Permalink * Comments (1)

Wayne Algenio is the guest on the latest Spoiler Force podcast.

January 12, 2025 at 12:42 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Wayne Algenio | Permalink * Comments (6)

On a recent Dudes On Dudes podcast, former New England Patriots Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman are asked which former teammate would be most likely to complete the burger challenge at Eagles Deli. They both agree that Marcus Cannon has the best chance at finishing.

January 9, 2025 at 2:08 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boston, Eagle's Deli, Male Athletes, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments

George Chiger is the guest on the latest Simple Questions Podcast, titled "What's Life Like As a Competitive Eater?"

January 8, 2025 at 12:03 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:George Chiger, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (5)

Cheating allegations against Nick Wehry in Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest made the New York Post's list of the weirdest and wackiest stories of 2024.

January 3, 2025 at 12:38 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2024 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Nick Wehry | Permalink * Comments (4)

Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle has produced a video about his first Major League Eating contest, the Wild Turkey 81 turkey eating contest in New York City on Thanksgiving Eve 2011. He says he will never sign another Major League Eating document again.

January 1, 2025 at 9:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kevin Strahle, New York City, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

The A & E Network has uploaded the series "Airline", an unscripted program about Southwest Airlines passengers, to its youtube channel. In the May 16, 2005 episode, "A Hard Days Flight", Don "Moses" Lerman travels cross-country to compete in the Golden Palace grilled cheese eating contest in Venice Beach.

January 1, 2025 at 1:26 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Don "Moses" Lerman, Television, Videos | Permalink * Comments (8)

James Webb is the guest on the latest Food Challenge News podcast.

December 29, 2024 at 2:44 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:James Webb, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (14)

Joey Chestnut did interviews with the San Diego Union Tribune and Times of San Diego to promote his appearance as the Grand Marshal of the Holiday Bowl. He plans to defend his title at Siegel's Bagelmania in Las Vegas in February.

December 28, 2024 at 1:53 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, San Diego | Permalink * Comments

James Webb is the guest on the latest Out of Interest podcast.

December 24, 2024 at 10:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:James Webb, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (10)

"El señor de las hamburguesas", a play starring Joe Burgerchallenge, premiered today in Valencia, Spain. Joe plays a food influencer who is kidnapped.

December 19, 2024 at 11:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joe Burgerchallenge, Spain | Permalink * Comments

Bandana Eats produced a video of his trip to Comic Con in Singapore for the Waffle Eating Championship. The top 3 (10 minutes) 1) Zermatt Neo 33 waffles 2) Bandana Eats 28 waffles 3) Mayoi Ebihara 23 waffles

December 19, 2024 at 1:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Singapore, Videos, Zermatt Neo | Permalink * Comments (3)

On the Rodiculous podcast, cooking influencer Rosanna Pansino discussed her experience with Matt Stonie while they recorded an episode of "Youtube Creators". The discussion about Matt starts around minute 39. At 42:00, Rosanna says that Matt told her that he wants to move away from competitive eating since it is taking a toll on his health.

December 16, 2024 at 1:03 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Matt Stonie, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (7)

Joey Chestnut has been named the Honorary Chairman at the Holiday Bowl in San Diego on December. He will also serve as "Chief Egg Nog Official" and oversee dousing the winning coach in egg nog. It is not clear if he will perform an eating exhibition or contest at the event.

December 12, 2024 at 11:43 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, San Diego | Permalink * Comments

The Impossible Foods X account posted a video today of Joey Chestnut cooking "meatless" meatballs, so his endorsement deal with that vegan brand apparently continues. Major League Eating had demanded that he terminate the relationship to return to the organization, but he competed in Saturday's shrimp cocktail eating contest.

December 10, 2024 at 1:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contracts, Joey Chestnut, Merchandise | Permalink * Comments (1)

2024 St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail Eating Contest

December 7, 2024 at 11:41 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Indianapolis, Joey Chestnut

update Fox 59 article | WTHR video
update Dec 13 The Pat McAfee show did a segment about encountering Joey Chestnut after the contest

Official results

1st 21 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut new record
2nd 14 Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti
3rd 11.2 Miki Sudo
4th 10.5 Nick Wehry
5th 8.2 Gideon Oji
6th 7.3 George Chiger
7th 4.5 Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz
8th 2.9 Mark Enstrom

St. Elmo facebook plans to livestream the contest starting at 3:30 pm Eastern

Announced results (8 minutes)
1 Joey Chestnut 21 pounds
2 Pat Bertoletti 14 pounds
3 Miki Sudo 11 pounds

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James Webb announced that he has been classified as an "American talent" and has secured his working visa for the USA

December 7, 2024 at 12:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:James Webb | Permalink * Comments (2)

Joey Chestnut has apparently reconciled with Major League Eating. He appeared on WISH and Fox59 this morning to promote Saturday's St. Elmo shrimp cocktail eating contest in Indianapolis. If Joey competes, it would be his first MLE contest since May. Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry are also expected to compete. update Joey confirmed he will compete on the Fox 59 morning news. Geoff Esper and Pat Bertoletti are also expected to compete. update On the Bob & Tom Show, Joey says says he has yet to reconcile with Nathan's Famous and is not sure if he will compete to regain his title on July 4. He also hinted at a possible Unfinished Beef II matchup vs. Takeru Kobayashi in Tokyo.

December 5, 2024 at 9:25 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Indianapolis, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments (14)

In a Hot Ones Heat Eaters video, Matt Stonie attempted to eat 100 dumplings filled with spicy peppers grown by Smokin' Ed Currie.

December 5, 2024 at 12:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Spicy Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Bob Shoudt training video

December 4, 2024 at 12:46 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Training, Videos

In a new video, Bob Shoudt discusses “How I trained my body to eat more food than anyone”. He has the following commentary

I know that this is not my typical content but it does provide a lot of background info. I get asked all the time about how I can do the things I do in my videos. The truth is all this past training makes it very easy for me to attempt any restaurant challenge. Not that I win them all, but if I know what I am getting into then I usually fair well. That said, I don’t feel that anyone should attempt to do what is in this video. It is just not worth it and I can almost guarantee that you will not make any money in competitive eating. There are probably more continents on Earth than there are people making any real $ in competitive eating.

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The latest episode of the Flex Success bodybuilding podcast has an interview with James Webb.

December 2, 2024 at 1:11 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:James Webb, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments (1)

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