Pig Skin results from IFOCE.com:

1. Tim Janus, 14.3 oz in 6 minutes, $2500
2. Russ Keeler 12.7
3. Crazy Legs Conti 11.8
4. Pete Davekos 11.6
5. David “Brickhouse” Braunstein 8.2
6. “Nasty” Nate Biller 8.0
7. Brian Seiken 7.6
8. Pete “Philly Guy” Miernicki 6.0

updated with results from beautifulbrian’s contest report Brian was originally announced as the 3rd place finisher and will have a contest video up later today.

update #2 The Times of Malta? has a Reuters news video

update #3 VH1’s Best Week Ever blog has a contest report with some pictures. (VH1 and Spike TV are both owned by Viacom) (Thanks Caroline Pierce)

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David Metz, who examined Tim “Eater X” Janus on “The Science of Speed Eating”, has published a paper with three other researchers called “Competitive Speed Eating: Truth and Consequences” in the American Journal of Roentgenology. Access to the paper requires payment of $10, but an abstract is available which concludes:

Our observations suggest that successful speed eaters expand the stomach to form an enormous flaccid sac capable of accommodating huge amounts of food. We speculate that professional speed eaters eventually may develop morbid obesity, profound gastroparesis, intractable nausea and vomiting, and even the need for a gastrectomy. Despite its growing popularity, competitive speed eating is a potentially self-destructive form of behavior.

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(from Joey Lee) Clips from the turkey eating contest between Tim “Eater X” Janus and Juliet Lee from “The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet” can be viewed online.

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The associated press reports that Tim Janus ate an entire Thanksgiving meal to draw attention to New York City’s hungry. The article reports that Major League Eating has given $10,000 to hunger related charities over the past two weeks.

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A video of Crazy Legs Conti practicing his Krystal technique at IFOCE headquarters overseen by Tim Janus can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yisNKMIr_As

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From IFOCE.com

Naruto Clash of the Ninja Ramen Noodle Eating Championship, Rockefeller Center, NYC, 10 minutes

1. Tim “Eater X” Janus, 10.5 lb.
2. Micah “Wing Kong” Collins, 7.2 lb.
3. Arturo Rios, 6.64 lb.
4. Allen “Shredder” Goldstein 6.46
5. Crazy Legs Conti 6.16
6. Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston 5.74
7. Pete Davekos 4.95
Justin Mih: DQ, reportedly led through much of contest

PR Newswire will have videos

update, added full results from Steakbellie

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On a Fox5Vegas video, Crazy Legs Conti showed wing eating techniques while Tim “Eater X” Janus provided commentary. Conti will be an announcer on the “Wedges & Wings” program.

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From KrystalSquareOff.com

1. Tim “Eater X” Janus, 73 burgers
2. Erik “the Red” Denmark, 43 burgers, current wild card leader
3. Chris Abatsas 24
4. Jim Hamrick 23

The current wildcards are Erik Denmark, Allen GoldStein(42), Juliet Lee(41), and Juris Shibayama(39)

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KeepMeCurrent.com has a report on Saturday’s burrito eating contest. The article says that IFOCE point standings are still being maintained:

For every event in which competitors place, they receive a certain amount of points. The 50 competitors with the most points are considered “ranked” eaters.

The competition to get to the top can be fierce, but eater Pete “Pretty Boy” Davekos, ranked 29th, said there isn’t a cutthroat mentality that often comes with other professional sports. “For 12 minutes we’re competitors, but for the rest of the time we’re good buddies,” said Davekos. “It’s a good solid rivalry.”

Sean “The Vaccuum” Kirby, who flew in from California for the competition, said one of the biggest misconceptions about competitive eating is that professional eaters don’t take care of their bodies.

“Lots of people think we do this and then go throw up,” Kirby said. “But it’s not the case. We train for the event. We know our bodies, we know what they can take. I’m 42 years old. I’m not going to do anything that’s going to endanger my health.”

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Tim Janus edged out Sonya according to early burrito results from Andrew “skinnyboy” Lane

1. Tim “Eater X” Janus 10..75
2. Sonya Thomas 10
3. Tim Brown 6.5

Crazy Legs ?
Skinnyboy 2.5
Davekos 3?

update FoxNews.com has an article and Yahoo has some pictures. A caption of one of the pictures says that Tim Brown finished 3rd with 6.5 burritos.

update #2 PressHerald.com has an article with a video clip

update #3 The UPI article says the contest took place in Portland, Oregon.

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Cannoli results from IFOCE.com

1. Tim “Eater X” Janus, 21 cannolis
2. Crazy Legs Conti, 17
3. Allen Goldstein, 16
3. Nate Biller, 16
?. Will Bill Myers, 7
Noriaka Takada ?

update NY1.com has an article with an incorrect headline and video. Tim Janus describes this year’s cannolis:

“My best cannoli performance is 26 in six minutes,” said cannoli-eating champ Tim Janus. “This year they were so fresh, so crunchy, a little more difficult to eat, but you know a lot more tasty.”

update #2
BeautifulBrian.com has a contest report and video.
Lowernotes has a very good blog entry about the contest.
For Flemish speakers, an exchange student from Belgium did a blog entry about the contest.

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From BeautifulBrian.com via “Farooq”

Buffalo Wing Festival results
1) Sonya Thomas 5.16 lbs, first Buffalo victory since 2004
2) Chip Simpson 4.77 lbs. angry at weighing
3) Brad Sciullo
4) Humble Bob Shoudt

Sonya will be competing in the Buffalo Buffet Bowl tomorrow for the first time

Yahoo news has an article and some pictures of the contest

update BuffaloNews.com has an article and gallery of the contest Chip Simpson’s total increased from 4.77 lb to 4.33 lb after he received a recount.

From IFOCE.com & City of Lewisville

BBQ sandwich eating contest, Beach, Boogie and BBQ Festival, Myrtle Beach, SC, 10 minutes
1) Joey Chestnut: 45 Sandwiches, almost doubles Sonya’s 2003 record
2) Pat Bertoletti: 43.5 Sandwiches, led for most of contest
3) Juliet Lee: 22.5 Sandwiches
4) Patrick Vandam: 20 Sandwiches
5) Todd Hennessey: 12.25 Sandwiches
6) Bill Roth: 10.5 Sandwiches

City of Lewisville World Tamale Eating Championship, Lewisville, TX, 12 minutes
1) Tim “Eater X” Janus, 71 tamales, new record
2) Rich LeFevre, 51 tamales, competing w/ injured tooth
3) Mongo Marquez, 27 tamales
4) Timm Dilling, 24, Garland, Texas, first contest
5) Jeff Bennett, 21

DallasNews.com has an article about the contest

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A video of Tim “Eater X” singing at the Nathan’s finals can be seen at http://youtube.com/watch?v=EL-DwZ5D_KA

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From a Chip Simpson email

I just wanted to let everyone know that tommorow (July 31) on Sirius radio, on the Stretch show, Eater X and Crazy Legs Conti will be having a sanctioned eating contest against one of the hosts Bower. The show airs from 10 AM EST- 2 PM EST. I am not sure what the food will be but I heard it advertised tonight on the Devore and Diane show. Hope someone can get a recap.

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Kobayashi has posted a blog entry about his trip to the pizzeria Tim Janus works at.

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MLive has a blog entry (for June 26) about the attempts to break the Rockford Corner Bar’s chili dog record last year:

Wolfe has tried to get Janus (who is ranked No. 7 by the IFOCE), Chestnut and others such as Patrick Bertoletti and Hall Hunt to come back and compete again, but it hasn’t come together.

“They are under contract, so it’s not that easy,” he said.

So, if Nathan’s Famous contest only lasts 12 minutes, and the Corner Bar allows four hours to eat your chili dogs, how long did it take for Janus to eat 43 1/2 of them?

“It took him the whole four hours,” Wolfe said.

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A teleblog of the “Science of Speed Eating” documentary is available after the jump.
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(from Paul Barlow) Video of Tim Janus on the Today Show this morning to promote Sunday’s “Science of Speed Eating” documentary on the National Geographic channel is available. Tim did a one minute donut eating exhibition during his appearance.

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NYPost.com has an article about roommates Crazy Legs Conti and Tim “Eater X” Janus.

Best friends “Crazy Legs” Conti and Timothy “Eater X” Janus rigged their kitchen to emulate the famed Coney Island eatery, installing a replica of Nathan’s industrial grill, a red leather banquette, and red neon signs. They even replaced glassware with Nathan’s disposable cups.

Signs of their obsession are on every imaginable surface: the Oyster Eating belt, tiramisu trophy, and 40 other plaques and prizes from eating contests.

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(from Dan Cesareo) A clip of next month’s “Science of Speed Eating” documentary on the National Geographic channel is available on the documentary producer’s website, bigfishdc.com

Contest footage from last summer’s Waffle House contest, Cherokee ribs, and Atlanta Zoo qualifier appears in the preview.

update The clip can be downloaded directly from http://bigfishdc.com/BIG%20FISH/Our%20Work_files/Speedeaters_web.mov

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From a Bubba Yarbrough email:

I just received an advanced copy from National Geographic with the air dates and time. It will air July 8 at 9pm et/pt. It features Me (Bubba) tim and Sonya. Tim is run through some very exhaustic digestive testing and Sonya and I go through some training and other stuff Overall it looks great.

update TVWeek has a preview (from Rhonda Evans)

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Liz has a brief interview with Tim “Eater X” Janus about his two recent contests on urbanhonking.com/truefan

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IFOCE.com reports that Tim Janus has won the Nathan’s Hartford qualifier for the third year in a row with a total of 41.5 hot dogs. Tim Brown ate 24 HDB and Russ Keeler was third with 23 HDB.

update The Star Tribune has an interview with Tim from before the qualifier.

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GameShowNet has a writeup of Crazy Legs Conti’s and Tim “Eater X” Janus’ appearance on “Cash Cab” on the Discovery Channel this past Monday.

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Brian Seiken has uploaded the pretzel eating contest featuring Tim Janus and Seaver Miller from today’s episode of the Tyra Banks show to http://hometown.aol.com/beautifulbrian43/tyra.html

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