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Takeru Kobayashi, Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown and LA Beast will attempt to eat a 40 pound goat tonight at Taco in a Bag tonight in an attempt to break the Chicago Cubs "Billy Goat" curse which has supposedly prevented the ballclub from reaching the World Series since 1945. update The official time was 15 minutues. Bob Shoudt joined the team. update Sep 23 Val Bromann has a blog entry & gallery More coverage WGN | USA Today | Yahoo | CSN Chicago | Sports Illustrated update Sep 25 More coverage: Wall Street Journal | Rolling Stone | NY Post | MLB.com
Bob Shoudt won the first prize of $500 in yesterday's burger eating contest at the West Reading Tavern.
Bob Shoudt ate 10.5 Red Robin burgers in 10 minutes to win the pro contest at Taste of Hamburg-er in Hamburg, PA yesterday. The trio of Michael Dietz, Stephen Hillegass and Caitlyn Delaney won the amateur division.
Bob Shoudt finished the 32 inch pizza without assistance at Johnny G's Pizza and Pasta in Toms River, NJ to claim a $250 prize.
Bob Shoudt ate 17 Buffalo dogs in five minutes to win an eating contest held at the Rising Sun Inn in Telford, PA on July 4. Dave "The Termite" Wood was the runner up.
Philly.com has a profile of the father of "Notoorious B.O.B" Shoudt, who has coached track and field in high school and college for 51 years. He coached future NFL star Billy "White Shoes" Johnson in the 1970s.
Stephanie Wu noticed that Bob Shoudt has been removed from the #8 position of the MLE rankings. Marlene Wigginton has been inserted at #50.
Will Millender reports that Bob Shoudt won the first prize of $1,000 at Millie's Old World Meatballs & Pizza in Morristown, NJ with a total of 16 meatballs. Dave Brunelli was the runner-up.
Barberas Autoland has a picture of Bob Shoudt taking possession of a Chrysler 300, his prize for winning the local division of Wing Bowl 23. Fink Beats the Stomach have posted their podcast about that event.

Pat Bertoletti wins Wing Bowl 23 for 1st competitive eating “major”

Here are the top 10
1 444 Pat Bertoletti – ate 51 wings in final 2 minutes
2 440 Molly Schuyler – first loss in over 15 months
3 280 Notorious Bob Shoudt, top local
4 260 Tiger Wings & Things
5 219 Tim “Gravy” Brown
6-10 Quazy 123 1st half
6-10 Skin & Bones 123 1st half
6-10 El Clownador (Sean Gordon) 113 1st half
6-10 Moe Train 107 1st half
6-10 Matt & Cheese 96 1st half
11 “Love Handles” 95 total according to BuzzFeed.com report
? “Stormin Norman” college winner
DQ Mick Foley – disqualified for cheating

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The Wing Bowl twitter incorrectly claims that this was the closest Wing Bowl Ever. The 2005 and 2011 Wing Bowls were decided by 1 wing.

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Wing Bowl 23 odds released

The official odds for Wing Bowl 23 have been released. The “Unknown Eater” is not listed as a local despite being billed as a Philly area resident during his qualification stunt. Some of the favorites:

  • National Prize: Molly Schuyler 2-1 “Unknown Eater” 4-1 Pat Bertoletti 5-1 David Brunelli 5-1 Tim Brown 9-1 Mick Foley 10-1 Joe Menchetti 12-1
  • Local Prize: David Brunelli 4-1 Bob Shoudt 4-1 “Egghead” 5-1 Sean “El Clownador” Gordon 5-1 “Skin & Bones” 6-1 Kevin Ambs 8-1

update Philly.com has an article about Wing Bowl preparations making the claim that the “Unknown Eater” has defeated Molly Schuyler. Her only documented loss was to Jamie McDonald in a 2013 pumpkin pie contest.

BillyPenn.com has an anti Wing Bowl column

Thrillist has a list of 11 things you didn’t know about the Wing Bowl.

Philly Voice has a preview. Angelo Cataldi calls Molly the big favorite and says that Kobayashi declined to participate after learning that she would compete.

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Notorious B.O.B., Bob Shoudt is doing an ask me anything interview session on reddit.com today.
Bob Shoudt reports that he tied for second place with Miki Sudo at today's eating contest at the Oyster Festival in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland. (presumably Colin Shirlow defended his title) update Sep 7 Love Belfast has the top 3 1) Colin Shirlow 208 2T) Miki Sudo 145 2T) Bob Shoudt 145
The Belfast Tegraph has a preview of Miki Sudo and Bob Shoudt competing in tomorrow's Oyster Festival in Hillsborough, NI titled "With her slim frame Miko has the unlikely title of champion hotdog eater"
Miki Sudo and Bob Shoudt have been announced as the American competitors at the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Northern Ireland on September 6.
Bob Shoudt reports that he currently appears with Joey Chestnut in a picture on the home page of FoxNews.com used to illustrate a story about the dangers of processed red meat.

Crazy Legs Conti wins 2014 Sweet Corn Fiesta

update May 5 Michelle Lesco confirms she got 5th place w//3
Miki Sudo has a contest report
Crazy Legs Conti says Sudo & Shoudt got the original 2nd place money despite the tie and Erik Denmark got the 3rd place money despite finishing 4h

update April 30 In Crazy Legs Conti’s Huffington Post contest report claims Bob had a “Mt. Everest” of uneaten kernels which did not result in a deduction and compares himself to a sports dynasty after winning the contest for the 4th time in the past 7 years.

Merly at Mr. Food has a blog entry, a video of the end of the pro contest end and a video of the amateur contest

update 8:50 The Palm Beach Post has an article which does not mention the controversy or near-fight
update April 30 Cra

update 6:55 Bob Shoudt has posted the post-contest ears of two unnamed competitors: Eater 1 | Eater 2

update 4:20 George Shea has the top 3

1) Crazy Legs Conti 43 ears 46 pre-deduction
2T) Miki Sudo 42 47 pre-deduction
2T) Bob Shoudt 42 44 pre-deduction reportedly almost came to blows w/Conti
4) Erik Denmark 40 (via twitter) 43 pre-deduction
5?) Michelle Lesco 32? (results 5-7 from Josh Miller)
6?) Josh Miller 31?
7T?) Adrian Morgan 30?
7T?) Badlands Booker 30?

update 3:50 Crazy Legs Conti has been announced as the winner with 43 ears in 12 minutes.

update 3:30 The contest has started

The festival facebook has the full field for the contest. The Sun-Sentinel has a preview

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Jim's Steaks announces that Bob Shoudt ate 20 cheesesteaks in an hour to retake the house record after Pat Bertoletti ate 17 sandwiches before the Wing Bowl. update Feb 25 PhillyMag has an article.
Bob Shoudt is selling Nathan's memorabilia autographed by Joey Chestnut. Bidding closes tomorrow at 10 pm eastern.
Bob Shoudt is disappointed that he has yet to receive any information about the $7,500 travel package from Apple Vacations that he was to have received for winning the Taste of DC chili eating contest.
update Sept 15 The Sunday Times has an article titled "Gulp all you like, Megatoad, the world oyster-eating crown is mine" The Rake & Herald has a contest report Top 3 from Rake & Herald 1) Colin Shirlow 212 2) Matt Stonie 203 3) Bob Shoudt 174 Claire Marie Graham reports that Colin Shirlow has defended his title at the Hillsborough (Northern Ireland) Oyster Festival, defeating Matt Stonie and Bob Shoudt. The winning total was 212 oysters. Matt Stonie says he was second with 203 Gallery
Belfast Daily & U.TV have articles about Matt Stonie & Bob Shoudt competing in the Hillsborough Oyster Festival.
The facebook page for the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Northern Ireland announces that Matt Stonie and Bob Shoudt will compete in an oyster eating contest on September 7.
Neslie Ricasa will replace Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle and Juliet Lee will replace Bob Shoudt in the Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship on August 17 in Los Angeles.
Times Herald has an article about the track coaching career of Bob Shoudt's father, who coached Billy "White Shoes" Johnson in high school.
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