Eric "Silo" Dahl reports he won today's National Lutefisk Eating Championship in Spring Grove, MN with a total of 9.5 pounds in 6 minutes. Mark "Muncher" Williams was runner up.
Eric "Silo" Dahl and Marty were the first pair to finish the 14 pound Mangum pizza challenge at Chick-N-Pizza in Buffalo.
Eric Dahl wins Wakefield chicken salad sandwich contest
update April 28 NewsDispatch.com has an article about the contest
Will Millender has the results from this morning’s Wakefield chicken salad sandwich eating contest:
1) Eric Dahl 15 sandwiches
2) Stephanie Torres 14
3) Will Millender 13.5
4T) “Mansfield Monster” 9.5
4T) Chris Abatsas 9.5
6) Tom Cortina 7
City Pages has an interview with Eric "Silo" Dahl, who thinks he could compete with the top five of the MLE if he signed a contract. Dahl is expected to face Stephanie Torres for the first time today at the Wakefield Sandwich Company World Chicken Salad Sandwich Eating Championship in Michigan City, IN.
The South Holland, IL Wingstop has a gallery of today's wing eating contest won by Eric Dahl, who received two round trip airline tickets to anywhere in the USA.
The University of Wisconsin student paper has an article about Eric "Silo" Dahl, which calls him undefeated for his career even though he was the runner up in a paczki contest for two-person teams in February.
Eric "Silo" Dahl and Stephanie "Xanadu" Torres are expected to compete in the The Legends Bar & Grill National Chicken Tamale Eating Championship in Niagara Falls, NY on May 5.
The National Pro-Am Pecan Pie Eating Championship will be held in Birmingham, Alabama on May 12. Eric "Silo" Dahl will be the pro, and he is billed as the "#1 ranked profesional eater" (without any qualifications). It is not clear if Dahl still merits the top ranking among AICE/APE competitors after Stephanie Torres' victory in an Arizona contest Saturday where he was a no-show. update The phrasing has been changed to "#1 Ranked Professional Eater as ranked by All Pro Eating" (via email)
Eric "Silo" Dahl has started a blog at http://ericsilodahl.blogspot.com/
Will Millender has a blog entry about the "Diet Bet" he is starting with Eric Dahl, Joe LaRue, Joel Podelsky, Mike Sisco and Todd Greenwald. The participants will be required to lose 4% of their body weight in 28 days. The diet will begin on March 9 with a "last meal" pizza eating contest at Ripley's Believe it or Not in Times Square. update A press release about the event is available.
Eric "Silo" Dahl announces ate 10 wings in 1:04 at Quaker Steak & Lube in Middletown, WI to win $250 and a $250 gift certificate.
Eric "Silo" Dahl announces he will be competing in the paczki eating contest for two person teams at Bennison's in Evanston, IL today. Trina will apparently be his teammate. update Eric reports that his team ate 24 paczkis (he ate 20 of them); Jake "Great Lakes" Larry's team won the contest with a total of 26 paczkis.
TwinCitiesLive.com has a video clip of Eric "Silo" Dahl's appearance yesterday to promote his attempt this evening at the Monster 44 Challenge at Dickey's Barbeque Pit. A press release about the attempt is also available. update Eric Dahl finished the challenge in 38:58. update Jan 16 A video of the challenge has been posted.
Eric "Silo" Dahl will appear on Twin Cities Live tomorrow to promote his attempt on Wednesday at the Monster 44 challenge at Dickey's Barbecue Pit in Rogers, MN.
Eric Dahl was prohibited from competing in a qualifier for a wing eating contest at Champps due to prior competitive eating experience. Mark "Wimpy" Pederson, who has a facebook page about his eating contests, was allowed to compete and took third place in the finals. (Dale, last name not given, won the finals)
A video and Salt Lake Tribune article about Eric "Silo" Dahl completing the pizza challenge at Tenney's Pizza in Sandy, UT in 11:19 are available.
Eric "Silo" Dahl was the first person to finish the 26 inch "Beast" pizza challenge at Tenney's pizza in Sandy, UT. His time was 11 minutes and 19.9 seconds.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Eric Dahl will attempt the 26 inch pizza challenge at Tenney’s Pizza in Sandy, UT on December 28.
Eric "Silo" Dahl announces that he won a turkey & sandwich eating contest at Easy Street Bar in Dubuque, Iowa with a total of 25 sandwiches in 5 minutes (the contest was 10 minutes long). Mark "Muncher" Williams was the runner up with 18.
Eric Dahl reports that he and Devin Hess missed completed the challenge at Pizza Shuttle in Milwaukee by one piece of crust after being limited to just 12 ounces of water.
Madison.com has an article about Eric "Silo" Dahl. (via The NCCEA)
Eric "Silo" Dahl announces he won today's World Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship in Clarence, NY with a record of 27 slices. 2010 winner Chris "The Mad Greek" Abatsas was runner up with 25 slices and Joe LaRue came in third with 21 slices.
Dax "The Ginger" Swanson has the top 3 from today's pork barbecue sandwich held during Dickey's Barbecue 70th anniversary celebration in Dallas today: 1) Eric Dahl 12.5 sandwiches 2) Randy Santel 11 sandwiches 3) Dax Swanson 6 sandwiches (a picture). DFW.com has an article about the eating challenges Randy Santel is doing in Dallas.
Ian's Pizza has a gallery of the pizza contest held last Friday in Madison, WI won by Eric "Silo" Dahl.