Jamie McDonald announced he won the professional eating contest at at Taste of Hamburg-er in Hamburg, PA with a record total of 13.5 burgers in 10 minutes.
Takeru Kobayashi, Jamie McDonald, Naader Reda, Damon Wells and Matt Cohen are expected to compete in the Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce taco eating contest at Chronic Tacos in Redondo Beach on September 1.
At the Kansas City Kosher BBQ Festival, Jamie McDonald ate 37 hot dogs in 8 minutes to outeat all the 3 person teams he was competing against.
Kathy Leistner posted a video of Jamie McDonald winning Dani's House of Pizza contest today with a total of 14 slices in 10 minutes.
Jamie McDonald will compete in the hot dog eating contest at the Kansas City Kosher BBQ Festival in Overland Park, KS on August 17.
CTNow has an article about the opening of Bear's Smokehouse in downtown Hartford. The restaurant will award $1000 to a customer that can defeat owner Jamie McDonald in an eating contest, a sandwich challenge awarding $500 is also on the menu.
230 Fifth bunless hot dog contest
update A contest video is available
A 230 Fifth in Manhattan today, Takeru Kobayashi ate 113 bunless hot dogs in 10 minutes today.
Results via Johnny Excel:
1) Takeru Kobayashi 113 (or 112)
2) Pat Bertoletti 85 (or 87)
3) Jamie McDonald 77
4) Tim Brown 45
5) Wayne Algenio 35
6) Johnnie Excel 28
Molly Schuyler was also present. I am not sure if she competed.
update July 5 Miscellaneous Kobayashi links
- Freakonomics podcast about Takeru Kobayashi
- MSNBC live interview of Takeru Kobayashi and Pat Bertoletti
- Vice.com report about a training session with Takeru Kobayashi
A press release announces the field for the "Hot Dog Insanity" eating contest to be held July 4 at 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar in Manhattan: Takeru Kobayashi, Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown, Wayne Algenio, Johnnie Excel, Jesse Kankula.
Will Millender has the top 3 in todays Long Island Hot Dog Eating contest at Rudi's in Patchogue, NY: 1) Jamie McDonald 28 in 10 minutes 2) Wayne Algenio 3) Will Millender.
Will Millender has the top 3 at today's pizza eating contest at Rocco's Pizza in Brooklyn: 1) Jamie McDonald 29 slices 2) Dave Brunelli 26 slices 3) Will Millender 13 slices
FoxCT has a video of Jamie McDonald breaking his record at Goldburgers in Newington, CT.
Bear's Smokehouse will appear on an upcoming episode of NBC's First Look hosted by Audrina Patridge.
Jamie McDonald has produced a video of him eating 18 Waffle Tacos on Taco Bell's new breakfast menu in 6 minutes.
Bloomberg has an article about how rising meat prices are forcing Jamie McDonald to raise menu prices at his restaurant, Bear's Smokehouse, by 10%.
Adrienne Autry reports that Jamie McDonald won Go Daddy's Big Leap contest. update March 3 CTNow has an article about Jamie's victory. He hopes to open his second location on Arch Street in Hartford this spring.
The Press Democrat has an article about Jamie McDonald finishing the "No Manches" burrito challenge at Tres Los Chiles in Santa Rosa, CA. (video)
Jamie McDonald is currently answering questions on a reddit.com IAmA session.
An IAmA interview thread for Jamie "The Bear" McDonald was started on reddit.com, but no questions were answered and the id of the user who started the thread has been deleted.
Jamie McDonald has produced a video of his attempt at the "Bearwich" challenge offered by his restaurant, Bear's Smokehouse.
Jamie McDonald appeared on Fox CT today to promote his candidacy in GoDaddy's Big Leap Contest. He says he might semi-retire from competitive eating if he wins the contest.
A press release announces that Jamie McDonald will attempt the 8.5 pound "Bearwich" barbecue sandwich challenge at his restaurant tonight in Windsor, CT. He will then award $500 to a customer who can beat his time for the challenge.
Courant has an article about Jamie McDonald competing in Go Daddy's The Big Leap Contest. The winner will receive 6 months salary and marketing assistance and exposure from Go Daddy. Jamie McDonald pitched his idea while riding in a race car with Danica Patrick and plans to open a second Hartford location for his restaurant regardless of the contest results.
Molly Schuyler eats record 363 wings in Wing Bowl 22
update Feb 11 Rake & Herald have a statement from the contest organizers standing by the results
update Feb 5
- Articles: Angelo Cataldi column | Time.com | Trentonian on college winner Daily Penn article | Daily Penn pro-WB column | Daily Penn anti-WB column | Philly.com column claiming the Wing Bowl needs to be licensed as a strip club
- Galleries: Gallery of promotional products
- WIP videos: Final minute | Molly Schuyler | Pat Bertoletti | Jon Squibb
- Other videos: Google Glass video recorded by Jason Kelce | PhillyMag video of spectator fight |Â AOL on | Philly Social
- Blog entries: Yahoo Daily Buzz | Strange Music on sponsorship of Molly Schuyler
update Feb 1
- Articles: Daily Local on “Moe Train” | Reading Eagle on entourage winner Wingatron | Daily Mail UK | Metro.co.uk | News.com.au | Philly.com critical column
- Galleries: NJ.com | PennLive.com | NBC Philadephia | PhillyMag | 700 Level
- Videos: Huffington Post | Ruptly TV | 6 ABC | CBSPhilly | Ukraine Train Courier Times video | Video of spectator fights
- Blog entries: Rake & Herald | Yahoo Shutdown Corner | Bleacher Report | Sportsgrid | Joonbug | UProxx | GQ.com | Des Moines Register on Molly’s weekend events in Iowa
Wing Bowl official final top 6
363 Molly Schuyler, new record
356 Pat Bertoletti, breaks Kobayashi previous record
304 Jamie McDonald
252 Jon Squibb, local winner
210 Dave “US Male” Goldstein
208 Uncle Rico
update 1:35 pm Both Pat Bertoletti and Jamie McDonald have issues with Molly Schuyler’s victory
Articles: ESPN | Philly.com | CBSLocal | NJ.com
Galleries: CBSLocal | Philly.com | Courier Post | MCall
Videos: MyFoxPhilly
9:54 Joey Chestnut is not impressed with MLE’s just-released new wing techniques
Joseph McDonald says Bertoletti was robbed
Philly.com has an article about the health effects of competing in Wing Bowl focusing on defending champion Jamie McDonald.
Jamie McDonald ate 38 sliders in 6 minutes to win Dog Haus Dogs' slider eating contest in Pasadena, CA. Jimmy Lin also competed. update Jan 14 LAist has a blog entry
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