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Johnnie Excel reports on his December eating contests (Mr. Dash's burgers, America Festival hot dogs, Philly's Best cheesesteaks).
Philly's Best in Corona, California will hold another cheesesteak eating contest on Sunday. Johnnie Excel and Stephanie Torres are expected to defend their titles.
Carmen Torres reports that Stephanie Torres and Aaron Ybarra set the record for the 28 inch pizza challenge at Red Devil Pizza in Granada Hills with a time of 7:18, breaking Ben Monson and Damon Wells record of 8:15. (video) update Naader Reda reports that Stephanie Torres and Damon Wells set the record at Valenti's Pizza in Victorville, CA earlier this month (video).
The Philly's Best facebook announces that no cheesesteak eating contest will occur tonight. The next contest will take place on December 12 in Corona, CA.
Philly's Best in Corona, CA will hold another cheesesteak sandwich eating contest on Monday night after the Eagles-Redskins game.
Stephanie Wu has a report on last Sunday's cheesecake sandwich contests at Philly's Best in Corona, CA won by Johnnie Excel and Stephanie Torres. A facebook gallery is also available.
Stephanie Wu is the first person to complete the 72 oz. steak challenge at the Iron Hog in Oro Grande, CA.
InlandSoCal has a blog entry about Stephanie Wu's attempt at the 72 ounce steak at the Iron Hog Restaurant and Saloon in Oro Grande.
InlandSocal has a report on the cheesesteak eating contests at Philly's Best in Corona Sunday. Johnnie Excel, 3rd place in the Derby Deli hot dog eating contest won the men's division. Stephanie Wu won the women's division and has a report on the contest.
Ben Monson has posted pictures of him eating 2 five pound burritos from Sonora Cantina in Big Bear, CA to bodybuilding.com
San Benardino MLE cops vs. firefighters contest
The SBSun has an article about upcoming firefighters’ events:
In a quest to bring family fun to the city, Rubio said firefighters are also planning two other events for the spring and summer months.
One will be a monster truck and dirt bike race. The other plan is to sponsor a Major League Eating challenge at Cal State San Bernardino.
The eating extravaganza will apparently include a cop versus firefighter donut eating contest as well as burrito and hot dog eating competitions.
1963 IHOP contest flashback
The San Bernardino Sun has a flashback from 43 years today ago about a pancake contest for college students sponsored by the International House of Pancakes. Teams from over 50 colleges participated, including a team from Tokyo. Two San Bernardino Valley College students, Bruce James and Susan Moncrief, won the contest by eating 270 pancakes in 30 minutes. A breakdown of the amount of pancakes eaten by James and Moncrief is not provided.
Ian Hickman wins California fried zucchini contest
Ian Hickman won the Farmer Boy’s Fried Zucchini contest held in Riverside, California on Saturday, his second consecutive victory. After taking Joe Menchetti’s current hiatus from AICE events into account, there does not appear to be any active eater on who can impede Hickman’s rise to the top of that organization.
Jed Donahue wins Southern California grilled cheese qualifier
nctimes.com has an article about the grilled cheese qualifier held at the (inland) Southern California Fair at Lake Perris which was won by Jed Donahue with the impressive total of 20.5 sandwiches. The article focuses on Joe Camacho who ate 7 sandwiches. (2nd place, UC Irvine graduate student Justin Mih, did 14 and 3rd place (not named) did 13)
Updated 10/11 8:00 am – pe.com has an article about the contest (registration required)
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