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Molly Schuyler defends CA State Fair corn dog title
update Jul 20 Stephanie Wu has a contest video
Stephanie Wu has the results from tonight’s corn dog eating contest at the California State Fair in Sacramento. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Molly Schuyler1 33 corn dogs $2,500 in 8 minutes
2) Pat Bertoletti 26.3-$2,000
3) Dave Brunelli 24.75- $1,000.
4) Michael Quattrocchi 13 $500
5) Kirk Taylor 11.67
6) Sergio Reyes-Raya 10 $100
7) Zane Glaser 9
8) Jacob Dena 8
9) Nathan Turton 7
No shows: Edward Chin, Ryan Ashburn
CA State Fair corn dog qualifier results
Corn Dog Qualifier results from Stephanie Wu Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 (3 minutes, top 10 advance)
1) Molly Schuyler 18
2) Dave Brunelli 12
3) Pat Bertoletti 11
4T) Edward Chin 7
4T) Zane Glaser 7
6) Michael 6
7T) Kirk Taylor
7T) Sergio Reyes-Raya
9) Nathan 5.5
10T) Jacob Debba 5
10T) Ryan Ashburn 5 Stephanie Wu reports that Joey Chestnut will be a special guest at the California State Fair corn dog contest in Sacramento. A qualifier will be held tonight and the finals tomorrow will award $6100.
Patrick Bertoletti attempted to consume 120 raw eggs on tonight's episode of America's Got Talent. update The Chicago Tribune has an article
NWITimes.com has an article and video about Pat Bertoletti finishing the 6 pound Italian beef sandwich challenge at Ameristar Casino in East Chicago, IN.
Pat Bertoletti finished a 5+ pound Italian beef sandwich challenge at the grand opening of the Stadium Sports Bar & Grill in the Ameristar Casino in East Chicago, IN yesterday.
Takeru Kobayashi faced off against Matsuko Deluxe, a transvestite with a listed weight of over 300 pounds on the Japanese network TBS earlier this week. The program includes clips from Kobayashi's Japanese and American competitive eating careers. The commercial he filmed with Sonya Thomas appears at minute 29 and Pat Bertoletti and Ed "Cookie" Jarvis make cameos at minute 33. The show concludes with a Food Battle Club style eating contest.
Timeout Chicago has a ranking of all the offerings at Taco in a Bag. The menu item named after Miki Sudo is #2 and The Big Jim Reeves is #7. update May 6 MyFoxChicago.com has an article and video
WGN has an article and video segment about Taco in a Bag.
DNAinfo has an article on the opening of Taco in a Bag in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago. The restaurant owned by Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown plans a five pound "Taco in a Trough" challenge. update April 24 DNAInfo reports that Taco in a Bag sold out of food on its day and had to shut temporarily today to prepare more food.
Sofia Laczko reports Pat Bertoletti ate a 5 pound corned beef sandwich in about 4 minutes at Dooley's in Roseville, MI to win the first prize of $500. update Apr 20 Metro Times has a gallery
The soft opening for the Lincoln Square location of Taco in a Bag will take place on Wednesday.
WIFR reports that Pat Bertoletti ate a 3 pound burger in 13 minutes to defend his Big Burger Challenge title at Murpy's Pub in in Rockford, IL and claim the first prize of $500.
In the second part of his video interview with Real Clear Politics, Pat Bertoletti discusses his rivalries with Joey Chestnut, Molly Schuyler and Sonya Thomas. He bills himself as the top male American independent competitive eater; Takeru Kobayashi is not mentioned. update Feb 20 Part 3 is available and is mainly about Taco in a Bag. The final date for that restaurant's West Dundee, IL location will be February 28.
Real Clear Politics recorded a video interview of Pat Bertoletti while driving around Chicago. He thinks that competitive eating has declined over the past five years and blames the hit or miss nature of contest publicity as the reason for the descent.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Pat Bertoletti ate 25 paczkis in 5 minutes at Bennison's Bakery in Evanston, IL to defend his title and take the first prize of $300.
The Columbia Chronicle has an article on the move of Taco in a Bag to Lincoln Square in north Chicago. Co-owners Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown do not have a set opening date but hope to start operating at the new location in April.
The Chicago Sun Times has an article about the new Lincoln Square location for Taco in Bag. Co-owners Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown are set to open the new site in March.
DNAInfo reports that Taco in a Bag will be moving to Lincoln Square in north Chicago after its lease expires in the Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee, IL. Co-owner Pat Bertoletti calls his competitive eating career a "hamster wheel of bad life decisions".
Taco in a Bag announces that it will not be renewing its lease at the Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee, IL when it expires at the end of February.
Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown did a stunt on streaming video to qualify for Wing Bowl 23.
Crazy Legs Conti has a blog entry for the Huffington Post about Glutton Force Five and its owners, Pat Bertoletti & Tim Brown which reports they might be moving to a downtown Chicago location when their suburban mall lease expires.
Pat Bertoletti will attempt to finish Randy's 30 inch pizza challenge in under 30 minutes at The Dog House Bar and Grill and Grill in Maplewood, MN. He will win $1000 if successful. update Dec 14 Pat's official time was 26:45
Thanksgiving 2014 links
- Glutton Force Five has a cooking video where they cook a “Frankenturkey” stuffed with White Castle burgers, french fries and cranberry juice brine.
- Matt Stonie has a new video where he eats a 15 pound “turkducken”.
- Gizmodo has a blog entry and video asking “How Much Food Can You Actually Eat This Thanksgiving?”
Col the Conqueror reports that Pat Bertoletti and Molly Schuyler were members of the USA team for Battle of the Big Eaters 2. update Gal Sone was on the Japanese team.
Smoke's Poutinerie is posting videos from Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown and "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's cross Canada tour.
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