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Registration for the April 27 deep fried asparagus eating contest at the Stockton, CA Asparagus Festival will open today at 3pm Pacific / 6pm eastern.

March 5, 2013 at 1:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Stockton | Permalink * Comments

The Harlem Shake video Joey Chestnut recorded at Ike's Place last week is available on youtube. Joey will be judging a hot dog eating contest at the San Francisco Bulls minor league hockey game tomorrow.

March 5, 2013 at 12:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, San Francisco | Permalink * Comments (1)

TheSun.co.uk claims that the 54 inch pizza at Big Mama’s and Papa’s Pizzeria in Los Angeles has never been finished, which would be news to the six person team that finished it in June.

February 28, 2013 at 9:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Big Mama's and Papa's, Los Angeles | Permalink * Comments (1)

Naader Reda has posted a video from July 2011 of him eating two 5+ pound burgers burritos at Chile Red in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.

February 26, 2013 at 11:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burrito Eating Challenges, Inland Empire, Naader Reda | Permalink * Comments (6)

Joey Chestnut will appear at the grand opening of the food rodeo at the Santa Clara County fairgrounds on Saturday.

February 26, 2013 at 10:01 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, San Jose | Permalink * Comments (2)

The facebook for Ike's Sandwich Shop requests extras to appear in a music video to be recorded February 26 in Santa Clara. Joey Chestnut will appear in the video. update Feb 27 A picture from the recording. Joey brought his Nathan's belt.

February 23, 2013 at 8:12 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, San Jose | Permalink * Comments (1)

The LA Times reports that Manuel Rojas, owner of El Tepeyac Cafe, passed away. The restaurant's five pound "Manuel's Special" burrito was featured in the Los Angeles episode of Man vs. Food.

February 14, 2013 at 2:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burrito Eating Challenges, Los Angeles, Man vs. Food | Permalink * Comments (2)

The facebook for Osuna's Mexican Grill in Glendora, CA announces that "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and Naader Reda finished a 7 pound burrito in 10 minutes.

February 14, 2013 at 7:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Burrito Eating Challenges, Los Angeles, Naader Reda | Permalink * Comments

Casting call for tasted.com youtube competitive eating show

February 12, 2013 at 11:38 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Videos

A casting call for an upcoming competitive eating show that will appear on the Tasted.com youtube channel follows after the jump:
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Youtube has videos of Eric Dahl's and Molly Schuyler's successful attempt at the 36 inch pizza at Randy's Pizza in Oakdale, MN and the 54 inch pizza attempts by Wreckless Eating and a team of competitive eaters at Big Mama's & Papa's pizza.

February 5, 2013 at 12:23 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eric Dahl, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Molly Schuyler, Pizza Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (1)

Kevin Ross won the first place prize of $200 by eating two "Big Jess" burritos in 6:05 at Taco Hut in Riverside, CA on Saturday. (video)

February 4, 2013 at 5:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Inland Empire, Kevin Ross, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (6)

Blondie's Bar and Grill in Vacaville, CA is looking for people to attempt its 5 pound eating challenge on tomorrow's episode of Good Day Sacramento.

January 29, 2013 at 3:17 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Sacramento, Television | Permalink * Comments (1)

Joshua Hockett has formed a facebook group about eating challenges and contests that he hopes to attempt during his stay in San Diego starting on March 22, 2013 before his deployment out to sea in 2014.

January 22, 2013 at 2:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:San Diego, Websites | Permalink * Comments (2)

LosAngeles.Craigslist.org has a request for up and coming Los Angeles competitive eaters to appear in a youtube series.

January 17, 2013 at 11:53 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles | Permalink * Comments

Jamie McDonald finished the new "Fat Jamie" sandwich at Fat Sal's Deli in Los Angeles last night. Deli co-owner Jerry Ferrara ("Turtle" on Entourage) was impressed.

January 13, 2013 at 8:33 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Jamie McDonald, Los Angeles, Sandwich Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (35)

A six person team including Jamie McDonald, Naader Reda, Kevin Ross and Damon Wells will attempt the 54 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria in Burbank, CA on January 13. Big Mama's & Papa's has also started a blog about its pizza challenge at http://bigmamaspizzablog.com/ update Jan 14 The team did not complete the pizza.

January 9, 2013 at 10:03 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Damon Wells, Jamie McDonald, Kevin Ross, Los Angeles, Naader Reda, Pizza Eating Challenges, Websites | Permalink * Comments (9)

On Saturday, Fat Sal's Deli in Los Angeles will unveil the "Fat Jamie", a sandwich designed by Jamie McDonald, who finished the "Big Fat Fatty" challenge last year. Deli co-owner Jerry Ferrara ("Turtle" on Entourage) hopes to attend. update Jan 8 Jamie will be taking on 3 person teams in a "Big Fat Fatty" sandwich eating contest on Saturday.

January 7, 2013 at 11:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Jamie McDonald, Los Angeles, Sandwich Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (5)

Naader Reda produced a video of him and John Rivera eating all seven meals on IHOP's $7 menu along with the entire dessert menu.

January 7, 2013 at 11:15 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Inland Empire, Naader Reda, Pancake Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments

The Hi Desert Star has an article about the Doomsday Eating Challenge where Naader Reda and John Rivera attempted to eat the entire menu at a 7-11.

January 2, 2013 at 11:43 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Inland Empire, Naader Reda | Permalink * Comments (3)

2012-13 college football bowl eating contests

December 31, 2012 at 3:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Atlanta, College Contests, Los Angeles, Nashville, Phoenix, Tampa

Several college football bowls held eating contests as part of their pre-game activities:

  • Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA) Wisconsin defended their Lawry’s Beef Bowl title by eating a total of 619 pounds of prime rib to defeat Stanford by 17 pounds. Joshua Garnett and Dallas Lewallen of Wisconsin were reportedly the individual winners with 7 24-ounce steaks eaten.
  • Chick-fil-A Bowl (Atlanta) LSU outate Clemson at Sal Grosso’s Brazillian Steakhouse by 624 pounds to 454
  • Music City Bowl (Nashville) NC State outate Vanderbilt by 19 ribs. NC State’s Rogers Clark ate 21 ribs in 2 minutes to win the individual contest.
  • Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (Tempe, AZ) Michigan State ate an average of 33 wings per player to defeat TCU by a margin of 13. MSU’s Shawn Kamm was the individual winner with 65 wings.
  • Outback Bowl (Tampa) Ashton Tate of South Carolina ate 8 mini key lime pies to defeat Michigan’s Ben Braden by 3 pies.

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Wienerschnitzel in Victorville, CA will hold a hot dog eating contest Saturday awarding an iPod Shuffle and free hot dogs for a year.

December 13, 2012 at 6:34 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Inland Empire, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The Vallejo Times Herald has an article about yesterday's Mad Hatter parade led by Joey Chestnut.

December 9, 2012 at 2:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Oakland | Permalink * Comments

The owners of Hillbilly Hot Dogs in Huntington, CA will renew their wedding vows in a ceremony on December 12 in Valencia, CA that will feature a "Homewrecker" hot dog eating contest.

December 8, 2012 at 11:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hot Dog Eating Challenges, Huntington, Los Angeles | Permalink * Comments

RecordNet has an article about the 6 pound burrrito challenge at the Vintage Sports Grill in Lodi, CA which has not been finished in under 45 minutes.

December 6, 2012 at 11:07 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burrito Eating Challenges, Stockton | Permalink * Comments (1)

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.

December 6, 2012 at 10:49 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Oakland | Permalink * Comments (1)

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