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St Thomas Times Journal reports that a vomiting deferral contest at a St. Thomas, Ontario fair based on G4's Hurl has raised concerns from public health officials.
(from bodybuilding.com) CalSun reports that Tommy Burger Bar in Calgary, Alberta has created a giant triple cheeseburger with three 45 pound patties (total weight 141.73 lbs.)
A hot dog eating contest in Prince George, British Columbia tomorrow will award $500 to the winner ($250 to the runner up)
Straight.com reports that Pink Pearl Chinese Restaurant in Vancover, BC will host a spring roll qualifier on Sunday. The finals will be held in August and award $300.
Good Food Toronto has a blog entry about attempts at the 72 once steak challenge at the Lone Star Cafe with four entries about the diners' training sessions.
The Standard reports that Jodie Dumouchel, a bodybuilder from Sudbury, Ontario, won a 72 ounce steak eating contest with a time of about 40 minutes.
24hrs.ca has a preview of the upcoming season of The TV Made Me Do It which contains quotes from Pete Czerwinski
Furious Pete eats all Value Meals in 28 minutes for charity
“Furious” Pete Czerwinski announces in a bodybuilding.com forum thread that he will attempt February 13 a stunt in which he eats all Extra Value Meals available at McDonald’s, including fries and drinks, in under 30 minutes. A page on furiouspete.com has been set up to accept donations. Proceeds will go to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and Toronto Sick Kids Hospital. A video of the attempt will be recorded and uploaded later.
update A new forum thread containing a poll has been started
update #2 Video of the attempt and a forum thread about it have been posted
USA vs. Canada team burger contest preview
The Burlington Post has a preview of the burger eating contest between teams from from Canada and the United States at Philthy McNasty’s today. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski’s eating the 1.5 lb Showdown Burger under three minutes inspired the restaurant’s manager to sponsor the competition.
update Feb 8 Results have been posted. The US team won 83 – 82.33 burgers. Furious Pete ate the most burgers with 36 and also won an individual contest at the end of the team contest. Pete Maurizio lead the United States team with 31.
Furious Pete eats 3 lbs. of burgers in 3 minutes despite injury
“Furious” Pete ate two 1.5 pound burgers from Philthy McNasty’s in 3 minutes to promote the upcoming US vs. Canada burger eating contest Sunday. A video of this challenge is available on youtube. Pete accomplished this feat despite suffering a (non-gastrointestinal) injury during recording for the National Geographic network on Friday. The film crew thought Pete’s blood was ketchup.
Link Buffet: January 12, 2009
- Review of Quest for the Golden Hot Dog
- 4 person USA vs. Canada team slider eating contest in Toronto on February 8, 2009. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski will captain the Canadian team
- List of all Wing Bowl 17 finalists on 610WIP.com. “Obi Wing” and “Damaging” Doug are the only repeat competitors at this moment I am aware of
- Wrestler “The Executioner” sets restaurant record by eating 10 pattie burger
- Picture of menu at Wintzell’s Oyster House which lists the current oyster eating records (Men – Joe Evans: 403, Women – Julia Ward: 280)
- Picture of Sonya Thomas and Rickey Henderson (on right) from the 2005 San Diego Golden Palace qualifier. Rickey Henderson is expected to be announced as one of the new baseball Hall of Fame members today
Link Buffet: December 26, 2008
- Toronto Star article about “Furious” Pete Czerwinski
- Hot dog eating contest at the New Year’s Eve Sausage Drop in Elmore, Ohio – $350 purse
- Sonya Thomas wishes Takeru Kobayashi good luck in his attempt today to break her fruitcake record
- Short clip of Mike “The Hammer” Fitzgerald at the Hardee’s Thickburger contest
- Footage from Badlands Booker at a Ben’s Deli matzo ball contest
- updatedJoel Podelsky wins Red Bank, NJ latke eating contest (Thanks for the plug)
Furious Pete to eat all McD’s value meals for charity
“Furious” Pete Czerwinski has announced that he will attempt to eat all 12 McDonald’s Value Meals in 30 minutes in early February to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and the Toronto Sick Kids Hospital.
Furious Pete halves burger challenge record
In a bodybuilding.com forum thread, “Furious” Pete Czerwinski announces that he finished the Showdown Burger challenge at Philthy MacNasty’s in 3 minutes and 2 seconds. The previous reported best time was 6:20. The challenge consists of a 1.5 pound burger and fries and is free if completed in under 7 minutes.
Link Buffet: October 21, 2008
- BeautifulBrian.com has a commentary on the personalities of the top 50 IFOCE members
- Furious Pete is seeking input about a 3 minute eating stunt
- Tonight’s E:60 episode to have footage from the Nashville Krystal qualifier
- Gallery of the recent Washington, DC cupcake eating contest
- Picture of Joey Chestnut at the Edmonton minor league hockey game
- Joey Chestnut to receive a commendation from the San Jose City Council
- Ukrainian salo (pork fat) eating contest
- Brad Sciullo’s Belly Bruiser completion makes the Japanese news
- Gal Sone’s television appearance where she sampled and ranked all the items on Saizeriya’s menu has boosted that restaurant’s business despite the recession
Link Buffet: October 9, 2008
- Joey Chestnut to appear at Edmonton Oil Kings minor league hockey game on Friday
- Badlands Booker to perform “Mamma Mia” rap before Famous Famiglia pizza contest
- Hall Hunt’s Krystal performance mentioned in jacksonville.com
- Big Texan Steak Ranch to appear on the Travel Channel in December
- Wichita State professor has won a local jalapeno eating contest five times
Whitby Ontario Super Bowl wing contest returns
The Wing Shack in Whitby, Ontario will be hosting weekly qualifiers for a wing eating contest held on Super Bowl Sunday.
The previous two finals awarded $5000 to the winner. The finals prize for the 2009 contest is not mentioned on the Wing Shack’s website. The website does say that the entry fee is $20 and contests will be winner take all. It is not clear if the overall winner will receive all of the entry fees or if each qualifier winners will receive all the fees for that week. The previous two contests were sponsored by The Rock FM, but the upcoming contest is not mentioned on the radio station website currently.
2008 contest – winner Joe Menchetti
2007 contest – winner Jade Dotzentroth
Some other restaurants holding weekly eating contests during football season:
Court Jester’s – Aberdeen, NJ
Black Horn Bar – Carolina Beach, NC
Buffalo Wild Wings – Sterling Heights, MI
The Pour House – New York City, NY
Link Buffet: October 6, 2008
- An article listing four eating challenges in Winnipeg (a flickr gallery of the nine pound burger from Blondie’s)
- Dale Boone is about to return to India according to his myspace page
- Primanti Brothers sandwich eating contest at the University of Pittsburgh
- Columbia Heights cupcake eating contest gallery
- Minnesota “Juicy Lucy” burger eating contest with qualifiers this month (dates not listed)
Link Buffet: August 31, 2008
- Ian Hickman repeats in a Taste of Hamburg-er contest
- Jill Stoler has a blog entry about her competitive eating souvenirs
- Food Battle Club drinking contest videos
- Spicy dosa eating contest in Toronto
- UK haggis eating contest attracts international field
- PalinFacts.com: “Sarah Palin once one [sic] a competitive eating contest by devouring three live caribou”
Link Buffet: August 23, 2008
- Sonya Thomas listed as an expected entrant in the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier
- English article about faked Tomoko Miyake program.
“We were vague about how we counted the plates and dishes, for instance, counting one plate with four pieces of the same dish as four dishes.”
- Denver CE meetup group resumes August 28 with a chicken nugget contest
- Buzz Bishop blog entries about Vancouver Nathan’s contest: preview, results
- Video of woman attempting Michael Phelps’ typical breakfast
- Live “Jimmy Buffett-style Music†will play during the Jacksonville Krystal qualifier according to The Hangman
Ken Wong profile in Surrey Now
Surrey Now has an article about the hot dog eating contest held in Vancouver on Monday and its winner, Ken “The Demolisher” Wong.
Ken Wong wins Vancouver Nathan’s contest
The Vancouver Sun has a video of Ken “The Demolisher” Wong winning the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest held at a Vancouver Canadians baseball game last night. Wong ate 8.5 HDB to win and the contest had a non standard duration of 6 minutes. Ken Wong has emailed a report on the contest which can be read after the jump:
update Ken Wong has emailed some pictures from the contest:
Link Buffet: August 16 2008
- 120 ounce steak at Brand Steakhouse in Las Vegas, free if eaten by one person, $267 otherwise
- San Francisco spam musubi eating contest September 6
- CNBC on the effects of inflation on Michael Phelps’ diet
- Saratoga Nathan’s contest Monday to be 12 minutes?
- Gallery of wing eating contest before Bills – Steelers game in Toronto
- Slots still available for Vancouver, BC Nathan’s non-qualifier Monday. The contest will be 6 minutes.
- 1993 article about Czech dumpling contest.
- Nanticoke, PA pierogi eating contest Sunday.
Link Buffet: August 10, 2008
- Swallow Your Pride Wing Bowl documentary to be screened at the First Person Festival in Philadelphia in November
- English article (from Austraila) about Gal Sone’s loss in this year’s Gluttonous Queen contest
- Preferred seating for spectators at Chattanooga Krystal qualifier available
- Vancouver, Canada hot dog eating contest August 18
- Short article about Arkansas City, Kansas hot dog eating contest.
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