Phoenix eating challenges
(All Phoenix eating challenges and contests in database)
Fiesta Bowl 7 pound burger contest
The East Valley Tribune has an article about a 7 pound burger eating contest between teams of consisting of three fans from Notre Dame and Ohio State. Both teams failed to finish the burger, (which is smaller than the burger that Sonya Thomas finished in 48 minutes in the Barrick burger contest) but the Notre Dame team was awarded victory because it finished more of the burger.
Chandler AZ baked beans
(from IFOCE.com) Jed Donahue, who won the grilled cheese contest at the Southern California Fair, notched his second victory in a little over two weeks at the 84 Lumber Baked Bean contest at Chandler Arizona, eating 84 ounces of baked beans in 1 minute and 45 seconds. Rich LeFevre finished in second place with a time of 1:59.
Justin Mih, a student at UC-Irvine and runner up to Donahue in grilled cheese, came in 3rd with a time of 3:30 placing him on the roster of impressive collegiate rookies populated by Joey Chestnut, Patrick Bertoletti and Hall Hunt.
The East Valley Tribune has an article about competitive eating in general which mentions the contest.
Phoenix grilled cheese preview
The Arizona Republic as a preview of Friday’s grilled cheese contest focusing on two local eaters.