• Minnesota qualifier ABC News video
• Apparently no one was able to register for the Dallas Nathan’s qualifier after the food blog for D Magazine announced the contest (Nathan Biller and Jason Erb did get in)
• Video of “Furious” Pete eating 8 McD’s double cheeseburgers in 2.5 minutes for bodybuilding.com contest (thread #1, thread #2)
• Some pictures from last year’s Nathan’s finals on mosesnews
• 10 woman team attempts 15 pound Denny’s Beer Barrel Belly Buster
• Megamunch’s office cereal contest
• Mike Fitzgerald, the Apple Valley, MN 3rd place finisher, won last years amateur Sheboygan bratwurst contest
• Blog entry about Amos Wengler, the “Coney Island Songwriter”
• Wing Tut’s 5k race report
• Kobayashi leaves Japan for a while
• Cruise for Takuya Yamamoto and fans (Yama3’s event report)
• Blogger will vote for presidential candidate who will ban competitive eating

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“Furious” Pete has started a forum thread on bodybuilding.com titled “Ask a Competitive Eater Anything” which has already reached 8 pages in about a day.

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• York (PA) Revolution to offer all you can eat seats where you can enjoy the company of former Baltimore Orioles
• Japanese commercial featuring a ramen eating contest
• Pat Bertoletti posts a picture of a hot dog training session (see above) to a yardbarker comment (The Waffle House belt is to remind Pat that Joey can be beat)
• Kansas State Games to have a hot dog eating contest July 18
• UK hot dog eating contest May 23
• Twins closer Joe Nathan to appear (but not compete) at tomorrow’s Nathan’s qualifier
• Today is Cookie Jarvis’ birthday according to a comment
• Furious Pete has posted an article about the Collegiate Nationals to bodybuilding.com
• China and the Philippines ban conversion of rice paddies to golf courses (via Freakonomics)
• Chicago Nathan’s qualifier next weekend to take place in Matteson
  

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A bodybuilding.com forum thread is devoted to Furious Pete’s in studio appearance this morning at 102.1 FM “The Edge”. Pete reports he ate 125 chicken wings during his appearance and that the radio station will sponsor him. The DJ described Pete as “Val Kilmer on steroids”.

update A podcast of the appearance is available.

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• Lake Tahoe jalapeno eating contest May 3, $150 first prize
• San Diego Tribune front page story about the Collegiate Nationals draws criticism
• Minnesota Twins have AYCE tickets for May 19/20
• “Furious” Pete reports eating 50 wings in 3 minutes
• “Doughman” triathlon / eating contest in Durham, NC May 24
• Crocodile Egg eating contest in Thailand

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• Jed Donahue competes in a grilled cheese cooking contest and comes in second place. (From Liz K)
• Video of man choking during impromptu hot dog eating contest at Wrigley Field (via FrogSoda & Awful Announcing
• Krystalist challenges chef Gordon Ramsay to a Krystal eating contest
• Megamunch announces return from competitive eating blogging hiatus
• New motto for MosesNews: “When Eating News Breaks…. We Feed It To You”
• Stockton asparagus contest press release
• CBC News article about “Furious” Pete
• USA Today blog commenter wants to meet Joey Chestnut
• Gyudon eating contest in the Philippines

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TheCollegiateNationals.com has a report about last night’s eating contest in San Diego. The top 3 were:

1. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski, $1000
2. Christian “Muscox” McCarthy, $500
3. Ryan “Big Mac” McMillan, $250

update

• UMD student paper on Brian Keaton’s 5th place finish
  
• SignOnSanDiego.com contest report
• Furious Pete profile in Hamilton Spectator
• BodyBuilding.com forum thread about Pete’s victory

update #2 Pete has posted contest videos to his youtube page

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• Deadspin on the Collegiate Nationals
  
• Mike Golic receives a bib from a fan for his upcoming contest
• “Eating Levi” gets into the Newport Beach Film Festival
• NPR podcast on all you can eat sections at ballparks
• Milk Bone eating contest for humans
• Parody of a hot dog eating contest documentary

Registration for Nathan’s qualifiers opens at noon eastern today

Added 11:15 pm

• Article about “Furious” Pete Czerwinski in which he attempts to break his personal record for a 72 ounce steak
• “Black Day” eating contest for South Korean lovelorn
• Leader board for journalists in the Oakland A’s all you can eat section (PG rated pictures) via Deadspin

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AICE News lists the top four seeds for the Collegiate Nationals:

1. Christian “Muscox” McCarthy University of Kentucky
2. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski McMasters University Hamilton Ontario Canada
3. Carey “Powerhouse” Poehlmann Montgomery Community College, Blue Bell PA
4. Brian “Eaten” Keaton” University of Maryland

update Pete Czerwinski has a poll on bodybuilding.com whether he should be called “Furious” Pete, “Iron” Pete (given to him by Arnie Chapman) or something else.

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Miami Herald columnist endorses Ryan Nerz’s call for a jalapeno eating contest between Obama and Clinton to determine the Democratic nomination
Maori wins New Zealand pizza contest
Frederick Kaufman (A Short History of the American Stomach) podcast on Seattle Public Radio
Munch Madness 2008, Connecticut team “bar bite” contest w/ 4 qualifiers, first prize is 4 Opening Day NE Patriot tickets (from Jill Stoler’s blog)
Emmanuel wins Chicago Wing Fest (see picture above)
PaulieSaurus Pizza prize now over $350
Cereal Mega Bowl challenge equal to 1 box of cereal in now closed Asheville, NC cereal restaurant
Kyoto tofu contest, won by Hiroko Kurita
Podcast of “Furious” Pete’s appearance on Frank Pastore’s radio show in which they discuss their 72 ounce steak marks (from AICE news)
Denver meetup group Feb 29 Slyder contest to award $100 gift certificate

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AICE News announces that the finals of the Collegiate Eating Championship will take place at the Wave House in San Diego on April 19. Three collegiate eaters with impressive eating resumes will receive byes, others can enter the finals by competing in a qualifier on April 18. “Furious” Pete of bodybuilding.com will probably be one of the three eaters to receive a bye. Entrants must be currently enrolled in at least three college credits. Foods have yet to be determined, but will be items popular with college students. Jack in the Box is the primary sponsor, so the contest might feature food from that chain.

The contest will be held as part of the Collegiate Nationals sponsored by CSTV. The Collegiate Nationals will consist of four multi-sport events for college students to be held this spring. The other San Diego events will be beach volleyball, flowboarding and a battle of the bands.

CSTV has been acquired by CBS and will be rebranded as the CBS College Sports Network in March during the NCAA basketball tournament. It was not announced if the eating contest will be televised on CSTV. I believe this is AICE’s first deal with a television network.
CSTV has its headquarters in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, like IFOCE / Shea Communications.

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Furious Pete / Dedicatedforlif of youtube eating challenges fame announces in a forum thread on bodybuilding.com that he is being sponsored for the North American Collegiate Eating Championship in San Diego, California. That contest will take place on April 19. He says he was contacted by IFOCE last month, so this might be an IFOCE contest.

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In a forum thread on bodybuilding.com, DedicatedForLif/FuriousPete123 announces he ate a 72 ounce steak in under 7 minutes, breaking Frank Pastore’s record of 9.5 minutes. He submitted a video of his meal to youtube.

I am unaware of any other claims on the 72 ounce record. Cookie Jarvis ate a 76 ounce steak in with a side of creamed spinach in 7.5 minutes

In another bodybuilding.com thread, a banana eating contest is taking place. DedicatedForLif/FuriousPete is the currently tied for the lead in that contest with 16 bananas. Eatfeats commenter Alex from Panama is the other co-leader. There is a female entry in the contest, Simpy, who ate 5 bananas The contest ends at midnight Sunday if anyone wants to submit his or her video.

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Peter Czerwinski (DedicatedForLif/FuriousPete123), winner of the most recent video based eating contest on bodybuilding.com, has uploaded some videos of his eating challenges to his youtube page (page 2). He has eaten a 72 ounce steak in 12 minutes and a 106 ounce steak in a half an hour. Most recently, he attempted to consume 25 cups of rice (he managed to finish 18).

In another international steak eating challenge video, a blonde woman consumes a large steak of unlisted size in Argentina.

And in another bodybuilding / competitive eating video, Juris “Dr. Big Time” Shibayama has uploaded a video of him bench pressing 500 pounds.

update In more Dr. Big Time news, he says that his Wing Bowl stunt suggestion has been accepted and he will attempt it on January 8. The person he talked to at WIP did not mention any geographic restrictions for Wing Bowl 16 stunt attempters, so non-Philly residents who want to compete might consider submitting a stunt request. I have not been able to find any online Wing Bowl 16 rules.

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