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44 oz. “521” burger at McCovey’s in Walnut Creek, CA
Willie McCovey’s restaurant in Walnut Creek, CA has a 44 ounce burger called the “521” in honor of the number of home runs McCovey hit during his career. The burger is mentioned in ESPN.com’s list of Baseball’s top 10 bars and grill and a video of it is available on youtube.
In other California burger challenge news, a youtube video documents the breaking of the 10 year old record for the Triple Bypass Challenge at 49’rs Tavern in Long Beach.
Seabass breaks “Kitchen Sink” record
A video on youtube of “Seabass” breaking the “Kitchen Sink” record at the San Francisco Creamery Co. in Walnut Creek, CA is available. “Seabass” ate the sundae consisting of 8 large scoops of ice cream, 8 toppings, whipped cream and 12 cherries in 15 minutes.
Joey Chestnut prepares for Nathan’s at “Hooterpalooza”
Joey Chestnut has written an entry for his yardbarker blog about tuning up for the Nathan’s finals by competing in a hot dog eating contest held at Hooterpalooza last Tuesday in Fremont, California. Joey managed to eat 43 hot dogs in 8 minutes, which is greater than the winning total at all 10 minute qualifiers held this year. Joey reveals his feelings about Kobayashi in the second half of the blog entry.
Youtube videos of the contest are available: Part 1, Part 2
There is an interview video embedded in the comments.
Link Buffet: April 14, 2008
- Deadspin on the Collegiate Nationals
- Mike Golic receives a bib from a fan for his upcoming contest
- “Eating Levi” gets into the Newport Beach Film Festival
- NPR podcast on all you can eat sections at ballparks
- Milk Bone eating contest for humans
- Parody of a hot dog eating contest documentary
Registration for Nathan’s qualifiers opens at noon eastern today
Added 11:15 pm
- Article about “Furious” Pete Czerwinski in which he attempts to break his personal record for a 72 ounce steak
- “Black Day” eating contest for South Korean lovelorn
- Leader board for journalists in the Oakland A’s all you can eat section (PG rated pictures) via Deadspin
Oakland A’s all you can eat section
(From Baseball Think Factory) InsideBayArea.com has an article about viewing an Oakland A’s game from the all you can eat section of McAfee Coliseum. The reporter dined with Eric Louie, who competed in the 2007 asparagus eating contest. Louie consumed 12 hot dogs during the game and wrote an article about his trip to the ballpark. FreelanceNews.com also has an article about the section.
In other competitive eating Oakland A’s news, Joey Chestnut throwing out the first pitch in a July 2007 A’s game is still the top story on CompetitiveEatingEvents.com
Joey Chestnut throws first pitch at A’s game
SFGate.com reports that Joey Chestnut threw the ceremonial first pitch at last night’s Rangers-As game in Oakland.
Oakland A’s hot dog eating contest
From Mike Wooldridge – The Oakland A’s are having a hot dog eating contest on August 16. The registration deadline is August 7th (Monday)
How to live to be 98 on a 25,000 calories / day diet
The Guinness Book of World Records called Eddie “Bozo” Miller (born June 11, 1909) of Oakland, California the “world’s greatest trencherman” before the eating records section of that publication was excised in 1990. The 1981 edition of Guinness claims that Miller had been undefeated in eating contests since 1931, resulting in a fifty year winning streak. Despite a diet consisting of up to 25,000 calories a day (which was reflected in his former 5′ 7.5″ 280-300 pound physique), Miller turned 97 in June 2005. Miller has retired from competitive eating and currently weighs considerably less than he did during his gurgitating heyday.
Miller believes he received his nickname when his father, who travelled the country with Bozo’s mother in a vaudeville show, was performing as a clown. He married a former Princess of the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Miller worked as a restauranteur and then as a liquor distributor. Miller’s drinking ability was almost as impressive as his gastronomic feats. He once literally drank a lion under the table. Miller is an avid horse racing fan and witnessed many of the major races of the legendary horse Seabiscuit.
Eddie “Bozo” Miller’s eating records:
- 27 2 pound chickens Trader Vic’s, San Francisco, 1963
- 324 ravioli (first 250 in 70 minutes) Rendezvous Room, Oakland, 1963
- 63 Dutch apple pies in an hour, 1961
It is surprising that many of the country’s greatest eaters have hailed from Northern California (the LeFevres are originally from that area.) It would be interesting if Bozo Miller and Joey Chestnut could get together and possibly do a joint interview.
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