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Link Buffet: November 18, 2008
- Video of Kobayashi’s TV appearance after he defeated Joey Chestnut in Singapore
- The Man vs. Food message board on travelchannel.com has some eating challenges I was not aware of
- Presentation about competitive eating tonight at a benefit for the Brooklyn greenway
- Sheep’s butt eating challenge on The Amazing Race
- Video of Hatsuyo Sugawara’s victory in this spring’s okonomiyaki eating contest
- New Jersey pasta eating contest report
- Video of a high school cross country team’s pizza eating contest – results: #1 Caleb 27 slices, #2 Miranda 20 slices
2001 “TV Champion” Nathan’s qualifier video
A video of the noodle eating contest held on TV Tokyo’s TV Champion to determine who would win a berth in the 2001 Nathan’s finals is available on youtube. Takeru Kobayashi would win the contest and subsequently make history at Coney Island. Kaz Arai, winner of the 2000 Nathan’s finals, is present at the contest. Kobayashi’s latest blog entry is about Arai.
Link Buffet: November 13, 2008
- Interview with director Josh Camerote about “Swallow Your Pride”
- Female bodybuilder Isabelle Turell has signed with the WLOCE according to WLOCE.com
- Kobayashi does a pudding eating contest to promote the “Angry Kid” DVD release (this might be the first contest in Japan Kobayashi has done since the last Food Battle Club in 2002)
- Central Michigan University wing eating contest report
- Wing Bowl 17 tickets are already for sale on Craigslist even though they have yet to become available to the general public
- Ben & Jerry’s Vermonster eating contest in Singapore December 6
- Austin, TX pizza eating contest Saturday
- Monique Griffin wins a pizza eating contest at Luke Air Force Base
Link Buffet: November 11, 2008
- English language tribute to Gal Sone
- Videos of Lynchburg, VA Dickey’s BBQ qualifier
- Forney, TX Christmas pie eating contest December 6 (open only to Forney residents) first prize is a large flat screen TV
- Kobayashi dyes his hair green
- Request for Atlanta area Tostino’s Pizza Roll eating contest competitor
- Picture of Juris Shibayama at the Nashville Krystal qualifier
- B. C. Pizza (MI, GA & KY) to offer Sarge pizza challenge
Link Buffet: October 25, 2008
- Val Bromman has a blog entry and gallery from a sandwich eating / Big Wheel riding contest judged by Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown
- Buffalo Wing Festival contest gallery from Matt Ventre
- Kobayashi has some pictures from Paul Barlow from the Birmingham Krystal qualifier on his blog
- Oyster Bay NY, oyster eating contest report
- Evansville, IN donut hole eating contest for charity
Couple costumed as Kobayashi & hot dog
Valerie of the Being Red blog has a picture of her costumed as a hot dog for Halloween last year while a male friend dressed as Kobayashi with several stains on his shirt.
The Kyle Kendrick prank trade revisited
In February, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Kyle Kendrick believed he was traded to Japan for “Kobayashi Iwamura” before he learned the transaction was fake. Kendrick’s Wikipedia page says that the names of the fabricated player came from Takeru Kobayashi and infielder Akinori Iwamura of the Tampa Bay Rays, who are currently opposing the Phillies in the World Series. Kendrick did not pitch effectively enough in the regular season to make the post season roster.
Kobayashi congratulates Tampa Rays
Kobayshi has a blog entry congratulating the Tampa Rays on winning the American League pennant last night. In 2007, Kobayashi attended the Rays fan festival (then called the Devil Rays) and also recorded a commercial with infielder Akinori Iwamura.
Hall Hunt appeared at the 2008 Rays fan festival and did a hot dog eating exhibition.
Link Buffet: October 10, 2008
- Picture of Juliet Lee at the Nashville qualifier
- Favorite KSO V pictures at Krystalist
- Kobayashi has some pictures from the Krystal Square Off on his blog
- Tomoko Miyake has posted a FAQ using questions sent by her fans (Her favorite baseball team is the Hanshin Tigers)
- Craigslist posting about Raleigh, NC wing contest Sunday
Kobayashi arrives in Chattanooga
WDEF has a blog entry about Kobayashi’s appearance today at a Chattanooga Krystal. Kobayashi has a message for Joey Chestnut in an embedded video.
Bodog is taking bets on Krystal Square OFF V. In addition to betting on the winner (the amateur is available at 99 to 1 odds) there are several proposition bets.
In other local television news, Pete Davekos will appear on the Fox 25 morning news to promote the Garlicky Greens eating contest at b.good.
Link Buffet: September 25, 2008
- Kobayashi checks into a hospital, but recovers and practices with 100 burgers and plays the MLE video game
- Articles in the UAB and UTC student papers about the Krystal Square Off
- Home page for Elliot “The Bone Collector” Rader, who has won several Chicago contests (from AICE news)
- Entry form for local competitors in the Garlicky Greens contest
- Competitive Eater Ben Griffith wins the trip to the Krystal finals
- Don Lerman is questioning his future in competitive eating
Kobayashi sets Krystal qualifier record w/89
update #5Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane has a trip report
update #4 The Krystal Square Off blog has a contest report which says that Kobayashi ate 100 burgers in 8 minutes the day before the contest. There is also a gallery in which Kobayashi shows off his post-contest stomach.
Al.com has another article
update #3 AL.com has a gallery
update #2 UAB student life has some short videos. The contest was not held inside the stadium
update Steve Ramirez was second w/24, the 3.5+ ratio might still be a record.
According to the Krystal Square Off twitter, Kobayashi ate 89 Krystals in Birmingham today, breaking Joey Chestnut’s qualifier record by 2. Super Paul ate 20. The 4+ ratio between first and second place might be an IFOCE record.
Here is a flashback to another famous international visitor to Alabama – a video of the Rolling Stones recording “Wild Horses” in Muscle Shoals before the infamous Altamont concert.
The most significant previous intersection of competitive eating and UAB athletics probably occurred when UAB soccer player Pam Cooney became half of the first all female pair to finish the Pointersaurus Pizza challenge.
Kobayashi does interview partially in English
A video of Takeru Kobayashi’s appearance on the Fox 6 morning show is available. Kobayashi answers in English when he is asked for his Krystals personal best. Kobayashi also oversees, but does not compete in, a contest in the studio.
Videos from the Nashville and Knoxville qualifiers are also available on the Krystal youtube page.
Link Buffet: September 18, 2008
- Article in UT newspaper about Steve Spinosa which reports he finished fourth in the Knoxville qualifier and beat Bill Myers when he actually tied for 6th place with Myers
- Video of Erik Denmark’s salmon record attempt
- More Old Home Week pierogi contest pictures
- NYC oyster eating contest Saturday
- Kobayashi is concerned about US crime
Kobayashi to compete in Birmingham qualifier
The Krystal Square Off blog reports that Takeru Kobayashi will compete at the Krystal qualifier in Birmingham on September 20. This will be Kobayashi’s first qualifier since he won the Krystal qualifier in Jacksonville in 2004.
Link Buffet: September 8, 2008
- Kobayashi interview in Thrillist (from Val Bromann)
- Sonya Thomas hopes to break 20 lbs. in the Louisiana grits eating contest
- Report on Ghirardelli Square ice cream eating contest
- NYC IFOCE Pizza prizes: 1st- $10,000 , 2nd – $2,500 3rd- $1,000 (from email)
- NYC Falafel eating contest video
- Astroland amusement park in Coney Island closes
- Paul Barlow’s website hits 50K visits (from email)
Kobayashi NYC Nike store blog entries
Kobayashi & Chestnut at NYC Nike Store opening
Takeru Kobayashi’s latest blog entry is about attending the invitation only grand opening of the New York City Nike Sportswear Store Thursday night. Nebol.com and Nicekicks.com have pictures. Joey Chestnut, Roger Federer, Spike Lee and Serena Williams were other celebrities in attendance. Nathan’s provided food for the event.
Link Buffet: August 3, 2008
- Jill Stoler reports from the Coney cheeseburger contest, won by Goose Gilbert. The contest will appear in the Discovery Channel documentary, Human Race 3000
- “Evolve: Guts” containing footage from the megaburger eating contest held at Clinton Station Diner will be televised on the History Channel on August 5 at 10 pm eastern
- Olathe, CO sweet corn contest report
- Eating contests every day of the Italian Festival in Ocean Township, NJ (Aug 6-10)
- Blog entry from Kobayashi’s hair dresser about his new blue dye job
- Report on the Osaka Gluttonous King qualifier (no results)
Kobayashi facebook page
A facebook page for Takeru Kobayashi has been set up at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Takeru-Kobayashi/17974913485. The page lists an incorrect birthday for Kobayashi of May 24 (Kobayashi’s actual birthday is March 15), so it might have been created by an impostor.
Kobayashi defeats Joey in Singapore
Results of Sunday’s satay eating contest in Singapore from the Straits Times
1. Takeru Kobayashi 5.4 kg (first victory over Joey Chestnut in 4 contests)
2. Joey Chestnut 4.1 kg
3. Victor Lim 1.3 kg, top local contestant
Kobayashi dyed his hair blue for the contest.
Other coverage
China Daily article
Kobayashi has several blog entries about the contest
(Thanks Zack, Carey & Crawfish for comments)
update
Asia1.com article
contest video (from comment)
psp3rdgen’s gallery
Freakonomics co-author reports from the Nathan’s finals
Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics, attended the Nathan’s finals and has a short blog entry about that event with a picture of post-contest hot dog debris.
Kobayashi says he dined with an unnamed author who is probably Dubner before the Nathan’s finals and has a blog entry about meeting him .
Dubner says that competitive eating might be a topic of SuperFreakonomics. Will the IFOCE have Ryan Nerz write another book to counter that project?
Kobayashi blogs bilingually on the 2008 Nathan’s finals
Kobayashi has written two blog entries containing English about the recent Nathan’s finals. One thanks fans for their support, the other contains Kobayashi’s thoughts on the overtime format (not automatically translated):
In this case, I think the correct approach is to look at the situation as this: we decided the winner through a different event (rather than that we decided the winner in an extension of the 10-minute battle).
So for me, deciding the champion in a five hot dog challenge is no different to deciding the champion by playing “rock, scissors, paperâ€.
Kobayashi also has a blog entry comparing winning qualifier totals with the amounts eaten in the finals.
Kobayashi T shirts on sale
Kobayashi’s blog announces that his online store has been set up at http://www.merchdirect.net/Kobayashi/. Six T shirt designs are available, including the “Kobayashi eats Chestnuts for breakfast” shirt he wore to the weigh in.
amNY weigh in article and gallery
amNY has an article and gallery from this afternoon’s weigh in. The finals have been officially shortened to 10 minutes. The listed weights in the article:
Joey Chestnut, 210 lb.
Takeru Kobayashi, 128 lb.
Juliet Lee 110 lb.
Gersh Kuntzman has a new column disparaging Kobayashi’s chances at reclaiming the belt.
The Big Lead sport blog has a preview of the Nathan’s finals
Sarah DiGregorio, who wrote the Village Voice article about Conti & Janus, will appear on the Ron Kuby show on Air America this evening at 5:45
update
Gothamist has a blog entry about the weigh in
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