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The "I'm a Competitive Eater" episode of MTV True Life can be viewed on youtube. The program documents the competitive eating careers of Takeru Kobayashi, Tim "Eater X" Janus and Ian "The Invader" Hickman in the summer of 2005. Watch (or record) it quickly; it may not remain up forever.
The University of Maryland student paper reports that Ian Hickman won a french fry eating contest held in College Park, MD on Friday.
The DMV Eaters team consisting of Ian Hickman, Jay Gorman, Mike Longo and Scotty Phillips won the BGR 15 pound burger eating contest at Taste of DC today. The prize was a trip to Mexico. update Oct 14 K Street Magazine has a blog entry.
The Washington City Paper reports that Ian "The Invader" Hickman will compete in a pho eating contest held at VietFest at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA on Saturday.
The CompetitiveEat twitter announces the field for the National Spring Break Eating Championship on March 24 in Lake Havasu City, AZ: Ian Hickman, Will Millender, John Rivera, Kevin Ross and Stephanie Torres.
The University of Wisconsin's student paper lists Don "Moses" Lerman, "Jammin" Joe LaRue and Chris "The Mad Greek" Abatsas along with defending champion Ian Hickman as expected entrants in Saturday's National Food Court Eating Championship in Madison, WI. update The Daily Page has a longer preview and The Onion's AV Club has a youtube guide to competitive eating.
The AICE facebook page reports that Ian Hickman won yesterday's Food Court Eating Championships in Madison, Wisconsin. update The Daily Page has a contest report.
Madison.com has a preview of Saturday's National Food Court Eating Championship.
WFMZ has an article and video about Ian Hickman winning the contest held at A Taste of Hamburg-er by eating 13 hamburgers in 8 minutes. updateRepublican Herald has a longer article.
KFC competitive eaters ad on youtube
The commercial for Kentucky Fried Chicken’s new grilled wings has been uploaded to youtube by foodfan263. Ian Hickman, winner of the 2007 Delaware suicide wings contest, is billed as the 2007 wing eating champion and Lucy Bauer is listed as the 2008 champion, apparently based on this video. 2009 Wing Bowl winner John Squibb’s appearance was cut.
update I have heard the ad was televised during halftime of tonight’s exhibition NFL game on NBC, I am not sure if the entire country received it.
Youtube has a video of Ian Hickman winning the Jake's Burgers qualifier in New Castle Delaware.
A video of Ian Hickman's victory in Saturday's contest at the grand opening celebration of Fractured Prune donuts is available.
Ian Hickman unretires, wins DC cupcake contest
Youtube has a video of the cupcake eating contest held at the grand opening celebration of Cupcakes Today in Fairfax, VA. Ian Hickman, whose retirement was announced in January, won the contest by eating 12 cupcakes in 1:47. James “Big Bess” Besser was the runner-up.
Ian Hickman retires
AICE News reports that Ian Hickman has retired from competitive eating. Good luck to Ian in his future endeavours.
update No mention of Ian’s retirement appears on his myspace page, which has not been logged into since December 28.
Link Buffet: December 23, 2008
- Video of Furious Pete’s ice cream challenge
- Ian Hickman & friend complete the 28 inch pizza challenge at the Family Pizzeria in Stafford, VA
- Another NoVA challenge – the Texas Roadhouse in Chantilly, VA offers a 64 ounce steak that is free if eaten in under one hour (requires one week notice)
- 28 inch pizza contest for charity at Polito’s pizza in Wisconsin for teams of three from the Army, Navy and Marines
- 8 lb. + pound pizza challenge for two person teams in Las Vegas
- One pound burger at new Chattanooga restaurant to be named for Obama
- Steakbellie is no longer unemployed
- http://missgluttonsbliss.blogspot.com/ appears to have been pulled down
Link Buffet: November 26, 2008
- Nacho Mountain trailer, probably not safe for work
- Ian Hickman’s page on videojug.com. He is listed as the competitive eating expert on that website and has at least 9 interview clips.
- Michael Phelps to appear on 60 Minutes this Sunday. He says his actual calorie consumption during training is 8,000-10,000 and not the reported 12,000
- Kielbasa eating contest in New Orleans Saturday
- Kevin Carr is attempting to start his own religion
- Pumpkin pie eating contest tonight in New Oxford (York area), PA
- Article about Tiffany Kuhne, who was awarded a Volvo used in the movie Twilight after winning a pie eating contest on the Tyra Banks show
Ian Hickman wins Generous George’s pizza contest
A video from the pizza eating contest held during the grand opening celebration of Generous George’s Pizza in Herndon, Virginia has been posted to youtube. The caption says that Ian Hickman won the contest by eating 3.5 pizzas in 10 minutes.
Link Buffet: October 5, 2008
- Ian Hickman in CiCi’s pizza contest: part 1, part 2
- J & R Steakhouse’s online Wall of Fame/Shame has been updated but does not include recent notable 76 ounce steak finishers such as Furious Pete or Elizabeth Canady. Maureen Kearney is one of the recently added finishers (picture on right)
- Brad Sciullo has been dropped from the AICE rankings. (Cached previous rankings)
- Women only wing eating contest in Columbus Ohio October 9
- Preview of the Newark, Ohio Dickey’s BBQ qualifier
Ian Hickman wins Lynchburg Dickey’s qualifier
The NewsAdvance.com reports that Ian Hickman won the Dickey’s pulled pork eating qualifier in Lynchburg, VA. Joshua “Jabber Jaws” Currier was second.
Ian Hickman wins DC veggie dogs
A picture caption for Washington Photo Journal has the top three finishers in Saturday’s Tofurky vegetarian hot dog eating contest held in the Columbia Heights section of Washington, DC:
1. Ian “The Invader” Hickman, 16 veggie dogs in 8 minutes
2. “Raz” (left), 14 veggie dogs
3. “Dag” (right) 8.5 veggie dogs
There was a tremendous amount of online coverage for this contest:
Blog Entries: Prince of Petworth, Shaw Garden, New Columbia Heights (has amounts), Before Wisdom
Galleries: DC Vegan, Joe Tresh, AWiseMan, LettuceTomato, Bullneck, bearshapedsphere
update OveLove has added a blog entry and gallery
Link Buffet: July 9, 2008
- Erik Denmark has a report from Coney Island
- Ian Hickman interview for delawareonline.com
- MissBusyLady believes Joey Chestnut should have won Nathan’s in regulation time
- HungrySisters on the Nathan’s finals
- List of Delaware eating challenges
- Mindy Kaling predicts she will eat “thousands of beets” at The Office Games
- NY Daily News reports on Peggy O’Neill’s July burger contest and reports the winner as “Pete Zerwinski”
- Greenwood, SC hot dog contest Saturday, $100 first prize
- Top 16 things overheard at the Nathan’s finals
- Will Millender added to non-IFOCE rankings
- Darren Rovell says he will drink 6 bottles of ketchup in 10 minutes if the Steelers leave Pittsburgh
Link Buffet: May 30, 2008
- Video of El Toro screaming
- Shannon competes in the men’s division of the Vacaville onion eating contest and finishes third
- Furious Pete to attempt the “Italian Challenge” in Niagara Falls after getting stopped at the US/Canada border crossing update Pete finished the challenge in a record 30 minutes.
- Festival goal of 200,000 brats for the Madison Brat Fest
- Article about the Durham, NC Doughman quadrathlon (triathlon + eating)
- Jill Stoler interviews Ian Hickman
- Gal Sone article in the Mainichi Shimbun
Bigger Mac Daddy Burger contest gallery
SuperSizedMeals.com has a gallery from the May 17 Bigger Mac Daddy Burger eating contest. The captions state that Ian Hickman was the winner.
Ian Hickman in the Fairfax Times
The Fairfax Times has an article about Ian Hickman and his quest for a strawberry title.
Hickman said he first became interested in becoming a competitive eater after watching actor John Candy eat a huge steak in the movie “The Great Outdoors,” and later consumed his own 64-ounce porterhouse in a Lexington, Ky., steakhouse that offered the meal free to anyone who could finish it in less than 45 minutes. Hickman ate the steak – along with a side and a salad – in only 19 minutes.
“That’s when I knew I might have talent as a competitive eater,” he said.
Ian Hickman sets AICE chili record
AICE News reports that Ian Hickman set the AICE chili record today by eating 10 pounds and 2 ounces of chili in five minutes at the Chili Open in Canton, Ohio. The top 3:
1. Ian “the Invader” Hickman – 10 lbs, 2 oz (1.27 Gal)
2. Mark Lyle-The Human Vacuum- 8 lbs, 10 oz
3. Bob “Killer” Kuhns- 8 lbs, 9 oz
Hickman’s 5 minute mark is .23 gallons off Rich Lefevre’s IFOCE chili record of 1.5 gallons in 10 minutes.
update CantonRep.com has an article and gallery about the contest
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