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Upcoming eating contests
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The facebook for The Catch restaurant in Anaheim announces that the Food Network will record an OMG Burger challenge attempt on Sunday for an upcoming episode of Outrageous Food.

October 15, 2010 at 5:32 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Orange County, Television | Permalink * Comments (3)

A cannoli eating contest at the Little Italy Fiesta in San Diego on October 10 will award a $250 American Express gift card to the winner.

October 7, 2010 at 12:27 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, San Diego, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Lumpy's Diner in Antioch, CA (between Oakland and Stockton) will hold a burger eating contest on October 16 awarding $1,000 in cash and prizes to the winner.

October 5, 2010 at 12:25 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Oakland, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (15)

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.

October 4, 2010 at 11:03 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Inland Empire, Johnnie Excel, Stephanie Wu, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Matt Stonie has uploaded a video of his attempt at the Grandslam Challenge at Batter Up Pancakes in Fresno where he beat the previous record by over a half an hour.

October 2, 2010 at 3:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fresno, Pancake Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

Stephanie Wu reports that Matt Stonie won a grape eating contest in St. Helena, California by eating 7 pounds of grapes in 12 minutes. Stephanie Wu was the runner up with 5 pounds.

October 1, 2010 at 9:41 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Matt Stonie, Santa Rosa, Stephanie Wu, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (17)

Stephanie Wu announces she set a record of under 10 minutes for the Sweet Lew Burger challenge at the Chef's Table in Rocklin, CA.

September 29, 2010 at 10:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Sacramento, Stephanie Wu, Women | Permalink * Comments (21)

Man vs. Food September 29, 2010 (Sacramento) episode links

September 29, 2010 at 7:01 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hot Dog Eating Challenges, Man vs. Food, Sacramento

Travel Channel Episode Guide | Gallery

Restaurants / Food sites

Jessica “Queen of Cuisine”‘s youtube page of eating challenge videos, mainly recorded in northern California
Stephanie Wu’s website about northern California eating challenges and contests
List of Sacramento area eating challenges and contests in the eatfeats database

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Matt Stonie has uploaded videos of the finals and qualifiers of the corn dog eating contest at the Tehama County Fair.

September 29, 2010 at 10:31 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Matt Stonie, Upstate California, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

The commercial for Wednesday's Sacramento Man vs. Food episode about the "Knucklehead Challenge" is now out. A picture of Jessica "Queen of Cuisine" competing in a Knucklehead eating contest appears in the clip.

September 26, 2010 at 9:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hot Dog Eating Challenges, Man vs. Food, Sacramento, Videos | Permalink * Comments (6)

Stephanie Wu has posted the top 5 in today's corn dog eating contest at the Tehama County Fair. Matt Stonie won by eating 15 corn dogs in 7 minutes. Ken Douglas was the runner-up with 8.5.

September 25, 2010 at 8:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Matt Stonie, Unafilliated Contests, Upstate California | Permalink * Comments (9)

Stephanie Wu has the top 6 of the corn dog eating qualifier at the Tehama (California) District Fair. Fidel Camarillo was the winner and Matt Stonie the runner-up.

September 23, 2010 at 9:50 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Matt Stonie, Unafilliated Contests, Upstate California | Permalink * Comments (12)

The facebook page for Batter Up Pancakes in Fresno reports that Matt Stonie was the second person finished the Grand Slam Challenge with a time of under 10 minutes. The only other previous finisher required over 40 minutes.

September 19, 2010 at 7:16 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fresno, Matt Stonie, Pancake Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (12)

Stephanie Wu has updated her website with reports on her recent trip to upstate California which included a slider eating contest and 5 pound burger challenge in Redding and the famous pancake challenge in Seiad Valley.

September 16, 2010 at 8:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Pancake Eating Challenges, Stephanie Wu, Upstate California | Permalink * Comments (5)

Don Sturdy has interviews with diners who attempted the Yeti burger challenge at the Sequoia Brewery in Fresno.

September 15, 2010 at 11:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Fresno | Permalink * Comments

The Tehama District Fair in Red Bluff, California (Redding area) will hold a corn dog eating contest on September 25 awarding $1,000 to the winner. A qualifier will be held on September 23.

September 14, 2010 at 7:39 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Unafilliated Contests, Upstate California | Permalink * Comments

Stephanie Wu's twitter announces that she won a hot dog eating contest held at Be Bop's Diner in Ukiah, CA by eating 13.5 hot dogs in 10 minutes. update Stephanie has posted a contest report to her website.

September 11, 2010 at 7:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Sacramento, Stephanie Wu, Unafilliated Contests, Women | Permalink * Comments (2)

A facebook page has been set up about the Sweet Lew Burger challenge at The Chef's Table in Rocklin, California (Sacramento area). CakeGrrl has an interview with the burger creator, chef Stephen "Sweet Lew" Lewis.

September 11, 2010 at 12:14 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Sacramento | Permalink * Comments

SF Weekly has a brief mention of ultramarathoner Chikara Omine, the top amateur in last month's gyoza contest in Los Angeles, who will try to defend his title at the spam musubi eating contest tomorrow.

September 10, 2010 at 10:50 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, San Francisco | Permalink * Comments

DonSturdy.com has a blog entry about the competitive eating portion of the Sturdy Cup, which involved eating a Yeti Burger at the Sequoia Brewing Company in Fresno.

September 10, 2010 at 12:39 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Fresno | Permalink * Comments

Stephanie Wu has updated her website with a report on setting the new Challenge Dog record of 8:39 at Roy's Chicago Doggery in Petaluma, California, breaking the previous mark by almost 4 minutes. A video of the attempt is available on Stephanie's new youtube page.

September 7, 2010 at 6:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Hot Dog Eating Challenges, Santa Rosa, Stephanie Wu, Women | Permalink * Comments (33)

Santa Monica Closeup reports that "Furious" Pete Czerwinski won a contest held at Muscle Beach on Labor Day with a total of 22 hot dogs. The contest received a brief mention on MyFoxLA.

September 7, 2010 at 7:49 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Contest Results, Los Angeles, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Tom Gilbert defeats Furious Pete in OT at Derby Deli contest

September 6, 2010 at 9:53 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Orange County, Tom Gilbert, Unafilliated Contests

update OC Register reports that Tom Gilbert won the contest with a total of 34.5 hot dogs. Gilbert and “Furious” Pete Czerwinski were tied at 29.5 at the end of regulation and the contest went into overtime. Joseph Barleta from Laguna Beach was third with 20 hot dogs.

Furious Pete Czerwinski claims that he and Gilbert had an agreement to split the sum of the first and second prize money before the overtime started.

The Derby Deli facebook has posted some pictures from today’s West Coast hot dog eating contest, but has not announced a winner. update A constest judge reports the winner ate 34.

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Jed Donahue won Friday's qualifier for Derby Deli's hot dog eating contest. update OCRegister has a gallery of Saturday's qualifier. Tomas Cortina won with 19 hot dogs.

September 5, 2010 at 12:35 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Orange County, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

The OC Register has an article about this weekend's hot dog eating contest at the Derby Deli in Mission Viejo, CA. "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and Dale Boone are expected to challenge defending champion Tom Gilbert. Derby owner Dan Lauriano says he wants to make the contest "the pure version of what Nathan's used to be like... not hokey with the drama".

September 3, 2010 at 5:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Orange County, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (3)

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