Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Arkansas eating challenges and contests in database)
Link Buffet: January 2, 2009
- Krispy Kreme eating contest at Arkansas Harley Davidson tommorow, 1st prize is a $500 Harley Davidson gift certificate
- Taco eating contest for charity in England with four qualifiers
- Jelly doughnut eating contest on January 8 at Dick’s Last Resort in Myrtle Beach, SC in honor of Elvis’ birthday
- Chip Simpson is excited for 2009 now that he no longer has a “huge weight keeping me down”
- Dale Boone’s Apple Ugly victory makes the list of strange news of 2008 in Rowan County, NC
Wanko soba contests in Hot Springs and NY
From breitbart.com
The city of Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture will host the region’s famous “wanko-soba” noodle-eating competition in two U.S. cities, according to city officials.
In the competition, participants will eat as many bite-size portions of buckwheat noodles in a lacquered bowl as possible in a limited time. A champion from a February competition held in the city finished 225 bowls of noodles in five minutes.
The competition is also popular in the Iwate capital of Morioka.
The city will host the events in the Arkansas city of Hot Springs, a sister city of Hanamaki, on Wednesday, and in New York on Saturday, where the association of Iwate expatriates marked the 10th anniversary.
I have not been able to find any details online about the Arkansas or New York contests.
Hatsuyo Sugawara, the top woman in the recent “Gluttonous King” contest, won the February contest
Sept 15 Arkansas wing contest still scheduled
The wing eating contest to be held on September 15 at the Smoke on the Water Festival in Arkansas which AICE news reported was canceled is still listed on the festival’s website schedule.
Arkansas Backyard Burger qualifier video & article
(from Carey Poehlmann) Fox 16 has a news video and article about yesterday’s Backyard Burger qualifier in Arkansas. Brent Hurst won with 5 burgers in 7 minutes.
Goose Gilbert wins AICE Arkansas wings
From AICE news:
1. Tom ‘the Goose’ Gilbert 5.6 pounds
2. Ian Hickman 4.0 lb
2. Mark Lyle 4.0 lb
4. Derek “Wing Tut” Payne 3.75 lb (.5 lb chipmunking penalty)
5. Christian Musk Ox McCarthy. 3.5 pounds
Photogallerys & videos links
Pat Bertoletti has found photo galleries for two contests:
Jan 14 Hot Springs Corned Beef: http://www.freshsquid.com/BeefWeb/
November Krystal Square Off contest: http://www.cnn.com/interactive/us/0511/gallery.competitve.eaters/content.1.1.html
Ken Wong notes that a five minute IFOCE video is available from Google video
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=competitive+eating&so=0
(The Cookie Jarvis basketball & 2005 grilled cheese finals video can also be accessed with this link)
Hot Springs corned beef sandwiches results
from sonyatheblackwidow.com and Lucky Chestnut
Hot Springs International Corned Beef Eating Championship, Hot Springs, Arkansas
1. Pat Bertoletti, 11 sandwiches in 10 minutes, $3,000
2. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, 10.75 sandwiches, $1,500 – beat Sonya Thomas in 2 minute overtime by .1 ounce
3. Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas 10.75 sandwiches, $500 – lost overtime
4. Chip Simpson 10? sandwiches
Congratulations to Patrick Bertoletti for winning his first non-qualifier contest and defeating two eaters ranked in the top three.
Updated 11:06 pm
Hot Springs corned beef preview
The IFOCE circuit resumes today after a six week hiatus in Hot Springs, Arkansas (hometown of former president Bill Clinton) with a corned beef sandwich eating contest. Sonya Thomas and Joey Chestnut are expected to resume their rivalry. Ms. Thomas has a two contest winning streak, but the expected 2005 rookie of the year, Joey Chestnut, had a two contest winning streak before that. The top contenders for 2005 rookie of the year runner up, Pat Bertoletti and Chip Simpson, are also expected to compete.
Cookie Jarvis wins Arkansas grilled cheese
The AP has an article (at abcnews.com) about the goldenpalace.com grilled cheese qualifier held Saturday at the Arkansas State Fair. The results of that contest are:
1. Cookie Jarvis, Long Island, NY, 19 sandwiches
2. Pat Philbin, Moonachie, NJ, 17.5 sandwiches
3. Michael Finnell, Sherwood, AR, 11.5 sandwiches (after 1 minute overtime to decide 3rd)
4. Christopher Tarleton, Corpus Christi, TX 10 sandwiches (lost overtime to Finnell)
With 4 qualifiers left, notable eaters who have yet to qualify include Joey Chestnut and Badlands Booker. (Hopefully Carlene LeFevre will recover in time to participate in the Phoenix contest) If Joey Chestnut competes in the Southern California Fair contest to be held Monday, it will be interesting to see if he challenges Tim Janus’ record of 31. (It has been rumored that Kobayashi will appear at the Southern California contest) The article mentions that there will be a finals contest at an undetermined date and time to determine the allocation of the $20,000.
Updated 10/9 3:55 pm The Arkansas Democrat Gazette has an article mentioning the contest.
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