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Stephanie Wu reports that she finished the Kitchen Sink Challenge at the San Francisco Creamery in Walnut Creek, CA with a time of 11 minutes. This is reportedly the fastest time since Ben Monson finished in 7:45 in 2009 and the first publicized completion of the challenge by a woman.
Stephanie Wu has the top 4 in today's burger eating contest at Lumpy's Diner in Antioch, CA: 1) Edward Chin 10 burgers in 12 minutes 2) Erik Franks 9.5 3) Jimmy Lin 8 4) Stephanie Wu 7.5 update Oct 13 Stephanie Wu has a gallery. East County Today also has a gallery
Lumpy's Diner in Antioch, CA will hold a burger eating contest on October 11 awarding $1350 ($1000 to the winner).
Lumpy's Diner in Antioch, CA will hold a burger eating contest on October 5 awarding $1350 ($1000 to the winner).
The Bay Area Hemp Fest will hold a Hemp Hot Dogs eating contest in Richmond, CA next weekend.
Matt Stonie has uploaded a video from his "Double Dog Dare You" 12-14 pound burger challenge he attempted at Lumpy's Diner in April 2011.
At the grand opening of Ike's in Walnut Creek, CA, Bear Silber ate a Kryptonite sandwich in 8:34 to break the previous record of 12:14.
The Vallejo Times Herald has an article about yesterday's Mad Hatter parade led by Joey Chestnut.
Joey Chestnut will lead the parade for the Mad Hatter Festival in his hometown of Vallejo, CA on Saturday after last weekend's event was rained out.
Joey Chestnut will be the grand marshall of the Mad Hatter Festival parade in his hometown of Vallejo, CA on December 1.
Naader Reda reports he won tonight's contest at Lumpy's Burgers in Antioch, CA. Kevin Ross was the runner-up. update Oct 16 Lumpy's and 3rd place finisher James Conan "The BurgerBarian" Gouig have videos. update Oct 17 Naader Reda has a contest video
Lumpy's Diner in Antioch, CA will hold a burger eating contest on October 13 awarding $1,350 ($1,000 to the winner).
The facebook page for Sumo Grub in Berkeley, CA announces that Joey Chestnut finished its Six Feet Under challenge on June 13 in 17 minutes. The challenge was reportedly the hardest Joey ever attempted.
Sumo Grub in Berkeley, CA is currently awarding $300 to someone that can finish its Six Feet Under challenge. The University of California has more information about the challenge in an article about Berkeley eating challenges.
Erik Denmark wins Fremont, CA Hooters qualifier
update May 31 Matt Stonie has a gallery
update May 29 results have been posted Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
update Dax “The Ginger” Swanson says he had a 43 wing deduction due to insufficient cleaning. This is strange for two reasons: 1) A contest judged by weight should not penalize by wing count 2) There should be no penalty for insufficient cleaning in a weight based contest; wings not fully cleaned should simply result in a lower total weight
The top 3 from this evening’s Hooter’s wing qualifier in Fremont, CA:
1) Erik Denmark 140 wings
2) Steve Hendry 106
3) Ken Douglas 100
An emailed promotion announces that Joey Chestnut will attend, but not compete in the Hooters qualifier in Fremont, CA tomorrow at 6pm. Erik Denmark and Dax "The Ginger" Swanson are expected to compete. (Veterans attending the contest will receive 10 free wings)
Jessica "Queen of Cuisine" has resumed eating challenges after a year's hiatus and has posted videos of two recent successful challenges: The Real Meal Deal at The Original Pancake House in Roseville, CA and the Super Challenge Roll at Miyozen and Emeryville, CA. update Jan 16 Jessica has also uploaded a video of a team pizza challenge she attempted with Kevin Ross at Graziano's in Corona, CA.
ThePress.net has a video of Saturday's burger eating contest held at Lumpy's Diner in Antioch, California won by Stephanie Torres.
Don Sturdy has the top 3 in today's burger eating contest at Lumpy's Diner in Antioch, CA: 1) Stephanie Torres 2) Johnnie Excel 3) Naader Reda update Oct 16 Don Sturdy has a gallery and Dax Swanson has a video
Naader Reda has a preview of Saturday's burger eating contest at Lumpy's Diner in Antioch, CA.
InsideBayArea has an article about Dax "The Ginger" Swanson's victory at today's Dickey's Barbecue qualifier in Pleasanton, CA
Lumpy's Diner in Antioch, CA will hold a burger eating contest on October 15 awarding $1,000 in cash and prizes to the winner.
Dickey's BBQ facebook has a list of all the qualifier sites and dates for its pork barbecue sandwich eating contest: "Raleigh, NC- 9/15; San Antonio, TX 9/16; Overland Park, KS 9/17; Plano, TX 9/23; Meridian, ID 9/24 & Pleasanton, CA 9/24"
Don Sturdy has a blog entry and video about Johnnie Excel finishing the Intimidator Challenge at Lumpy's Diner in Antioch, CA.
Stephanie Wu has uploaded a gallery of her completion of the 44 ounce 521 burger at McCovey's in Walnut Creek, CA.
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