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The Hamtramck (MI) Labor Day Festival will hold a kielbasa eating contest on September 3 awarding $350 to the winner.

August 27, 2012 at 7:24 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Detroit, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Takeru Kobayashi eats 110 bunless hot dogs at New York State Fair

August 26, 2012 at 5:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Records, Syracuse

update Aug 27 CBSNews.com has a video

DMagazine reports that Kobayashi will compete in a hot dog eating contest at the Texas State Fair in Dallas on October 16.

Joey Chestnut called Kobayashi’s sponsor “nasty Hoffman crap dogs” and then engaged in a twitter feud with the sausage maker: thread 1 | thread 2 The Sports Hernia has a blog entry wondering if Shea Communications authorized Joey’s tweets.

update 6:58 Syracuse.com article and gallery about the exhibition

update 6:04 Kobayashi unofficial total is 110 hot dogs.

update 5:55 A picture of the stage
Basketball player Dwayne “Pearl” Washington will serve as celebrity counter

Takeru Kobayashi will attempt to eat 100 hot dogs without buns at the New York State Fair in Syracuse this evening to set a new record. (The only bunless hot dog record I am aware of it Lynda Kuerth’s mark of eating 23 frankfurters in 3:10 in 1977 recognized by Guinness, which stopped maintaining speed eating records in the early 1990s.) Video of Kobayashi at the NY State Fair.

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KSHB has a video and article about Randy Santel's victory at the Kansas City Bacon Fest yesterday where he ate two pound of bacon in five minutes.

August 26, 2012 at 3:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kansas City, Randy Santel, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Miki Sudo wins Village Pub rib contest

August 26, 2012 at 1:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Las Vegas, Miki Sudo, Tom Gilbert, Unafilliated Contests

update #2 Miki Sudo has uploaded a contest video.

update The following results have been entered into the database:
1) Miki Sudo 35 ribs
2) Tom Gilbert 31
3) El Toro 29
4) Rich LeFevre 25
5) ? 20
6) Carlene LeFevre 18

Miki Sudo announces she won the rib eating contest held at the Village Pub in Las Vegas and received a prize of $1,299. Tom Gilbert was the runner-up. The event was her first ever head-to-head eating competition.

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Jamie McDonald appears to have won $1000 in the Spicy Wing Challenge held at Buffalo's Chicken Shack in Wood Ridge, NJ today.

August 25, 2012 at 4:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Newark, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (5)

The Royal Exchange Hotel in Brisbane, Australia will hold weekly eating contests on Wednesdays for four person teams awarding $400. The finals on October 17 will award $1000.

August 25, 2012 at 10:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia | Permalink * Comments

BGR The Burger Joint will hold a qualifier for the BGR National Cheeseburger Slider Eating Championships in North Tampa September 28. The winner will receive $500 and a spot in the finals in Washington, DC on May 28, 2013.

August 25, 2012 at 10:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Tampa, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The Belfast Telegraph reports that Sonya Thomas will be competing in the World Oyster Eating Championship in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland on September 8. Defending champion Colin Shirlow defeated Sonya Thomas in 2008.

August 25, 2012 at 9:58 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Belfast, Sonya Thomas | Permalink * Comments (1)

Pie in Barrie, ON will hold its pizza eating contest on September 16 awarding $5000 to the winner. Takeru Kobayashi is expected to defend his title and Manny Yarbrough, billed as the world's largest athlete, is another entrant. Competitors will need to qualify by eating a whole pizza.

August 24, 2012 at 4:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Prizes, Toronto, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (7)

Philadelphia.CBSLocal.com announces that four floor passes to Wing Bowl 21 on February 1, 2013 will be offered in the Eagles Radiothon on September 5 and 6.

August 24, 2012 at 3:23 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Philadelphia, Wing Bowl 21 | Permalink * Comments (7)

The Fresno Chile Festival will hold a pepper eating contest on Saturday awarding $250 to the winner.

August 24, 2012 at 7:26 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fresno, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Registration for the Oktoberfest Zinzinnati World Bratwurst-Eating Championship in Cincinnati on September 22 will open at 5 pm eastern today on ifoce.com.

August 24, 2012 at 6:52 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cincinnati | Permalink * Comments

The Links at Summerly in Lake Elsinore, CA will hold a wing eating contest tomorrow awarding $460 ($250 to the winner).

August 23, 2012 at 11:12 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Inland Empire, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

County Times reports the Bethlehem (Connecticut) Fair will hold a fried dough eating contest on September 8 awarding $1,500 ($1,000 to the winner).

August 23, 2012 at 10:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hartford, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Stephanie "Serpentina" Torres will MC a "brain" eating contest held during Monster Ball on Coney Island Saturday night.

August 23, 2012 at 2:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:New York City | Permalink * Comments (6)

Bethesda Now reports that BGR The Burger Joint will hold a slider eating contest in Bethesda, MD on September 18 that will award $500 to the winner and serve as qualifier for a national contest. Four other qualifiers will be held; Sites and dates are not listed. The Washington Post also has a blog entry about the competition which does not provide the location. update Washingtonian reports that 2nd and 3rd places will receive $250 and $100 gift certificates and the national finals will take place on May 28, 2013.

August 23, 2012 at 7:51 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Maryland DC area, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

A website for the 2012 Battle of the Bone has been set up at http://battleofthebone5.weebly.com/. Weekly qualifiers will be held on Wednesdays at Phoenix area Native New Yorker restaurants starting September 5 in Gilbert, AZ. The finals on December 8 will award a trip to the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

August 22, 2012 at 7:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Phoenix, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (6)

Bangers & Lace in Chicago will hold a hot dog eating contest on September 2 awarding two Chicago Bears tickets.

August 22, 2012 at 8:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Food Beast has a blog entry and video about the foie gras burger eating contest held at The Playground in Santa Ana, CA won by Naader Reda.

August 21, 2012 at 11:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Naader Reda, Orange County, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (10)

The facebook for Piola in Toronto has results and pictures from the gnocchi eating contest held Sunday hosted by "Furious" Pete Czerwinski. Steven Dorgo ate 2.418 kg of pasta to win a vintage Vespa scooter.

August 21, 2012 at 3:32 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Contest Results, Toronto, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

Buffalo's Chicken Shack in Wood Ridge, NJ will hold a spicy wing eating contest on Saturday awarding $1,000 to the winner.

August 21, 2012 at 7:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Newark, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Nate's Sports Bar in Gulfport, MS will hold a wing eating contest on September 1 awarding at least $500 to the winner.

August 20, 2012 at 6:16 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Biloxi, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Sonya Thomas wins Akron Hamburger Festival contest

August 19, 2012 at 4:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cleveland, Contest Results, Sonya Thomas

update Aug 26 Robert Kline has a video of the contest.

update Aug 23 The festival facebook and cleplusfreelancers have galleries
Bill Myers has entered full results into the database

George Shea has the top 3 in the US Hamburger Eating Championship at the Hamburger Festival in Akron:

1) Sonya Thomas 16
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 14.5
3) Yasir Salem 11

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Registration will open tomorrow at 3 pm on ifoce.com for Smoke's Poutinerie World Poutine Eating Championship in Toronto on October 13.

August 19, 2012 at 1:57 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Toronto | Permalink * Comments (1)

North Side Summerfest will hold a hot dog eating contest at 2 pm today in Chicago awarding $250 to the winner. update Aug 20 Frank Wach won the contest with a total of 17 hot dogs in 6 minutes. Tim "Gravy" Brown served as MC.

August 19, 2012 at 11:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (3)

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