“Gentleman” Joe Menchetti attended the finals of the bar bite eating contest in Hartford, CT called “Munch Madness” and emailed me the following report:

The winning team had 2 members on it. They called themselves “The Big Boys” They completed the bar bites in 3:33

I did an exhibition where I ate the 12 burgers solo in 2:22

The exhibition came about because I tried to qualify w/my wife in Southington. Long story short, she won’t be in anymore eating contests. At the qualifier, I ate my 1st 3 in 30 sec & the 2nd 3 in 23 sec. So, it was worked out that i’d do an exhibition at the finals. Which was moved to the Hartford location.

A bar bite resemble a White Castle or Krystal…just much better. I believe it is a half lb burger (Pre cooked weight) cut into fourths, put on a lightly toasted bun with a pickle, cheese & a very tasty dijon mustard sauce.

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WPLR.com reports that “Gentleman” Joe “Eatmeiser” Menchetti won a qualifier for the Eat the Meat Wing Competition by eating 85 wings in 10 minutes. The final for that event will be held on March 17 in New Haven, CT. AICE news reports that GJoe will compete in the Meatball contest to be held in Midlothian, Illinois the same day, making for a very hectic travel schedule if he attempts both events.

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connpost.com reports that “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti won a paczki eating contest at Eddy’s Bake Shop in Ansonia,CT for the fourth straight year by consuming 12 of the Polish pastries in 5 minutes. The first place prize was $200.

The New Haven Register also has an article about the contest

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Speedeat.com brings up a blank page. Hopefully this is a temporary glitch and does not mean that one of the longest running competitive eating websites has been shut down.

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(from AICE news) “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti won the AICE bun & cheese eating contest by eating 8 bun & cheese sandwiches in 2:15 in Mount Vernon, NY. Ian “the Invader” Hickman was second and “King” George van Laar was 3rd.

Hoboken NJ, Italian Ice eating contest – won by Kristine Ducusin

Bethlehem, PA haggis eating contest – perhaps steakbellie can receive permission to compete in next year’s contest

Portland, OR team donut eating contest held in conjunction with Portland Carfree Days. (This is surprising since environmentalists are usually opposed to competitive eating)

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The Hartford Courant has a long profile of “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti. Menchetti dreams of becoming an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas and claims a bench press of 405 lb.

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A clip of the hot dog contest between “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti and Boyd Bulot from “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not” is available at:

http://eatfeats.com/GJoevsBulot.WMV

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