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KCRA has a preview of the eating contest to be held at the Stockton Asparagus Festival next month. Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Erik Denmark and Eric “Badlands” Booker are listed as expected entrants.
The San Jose Mercury has an article about the Burritozilla which mentions Joey Chestnut completing it in 3 minutes and 10 seconds on a recent episode of Man vs. Food
A twitter update reports Joey Chestnut finished a Burritozilla from Iguana’s Taqueria in 3 minutes and 10 seconds on tonight’s episode of Man vs. Food
updateFrom “I” comment – Skinnyboy has uploaded Joey Chestnut’s segment to youtube. Here are some captures from it:
Episode slideshow | picture of Joey Chestnut on TravelChannel.com
(From “I”/dogsarefunyes) A picture of Joey Chestnut, apparently eating a Burritozilla from Iguana’s Taqueria, is on the home page of Man vs. Food. Next week’s episode will feature restaurants from San Jose.
Youtube has an interview Joey Chestnut did on 107.7 FM “The Bone” Thursday to promote the macaroni & cheese contest at the San Jose Stealth game today: Part 1 | Part 2. Joey said he ate 47 slices of pizza in the Famous Famiglia contest (it was actually 45), that Pat Bertoletti beats him 2 times a year and that matzo balls were his least favourite contest food.
LA Times blog entry about the recording of the episode
A news video of yesterday’s musubi eating qualifier in San Diego reports that Justin Wu won a trip to Hawaii by eating 8.5 musubis in 5 minutes. Brian Bruggeman was the runner-up.
updateLa Jolla Light & 10news have articles
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.
KCRA has an interview with former Sacramento King Chris Webber in the kitchen of his restaurant, Center Court. The chef is preparing a 44 ounce “Fab Five” burger which Webber says is free to a customer who can finish it.
It is not mentioned if the burger challenge has a time limit and if time outs are allowed if there is a maximum duration.
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.
A posting on craigslist has the following request:
If you have ever competed in a professional eating contest… we might want to book you on our new show.
The only other information is that no compensation will be provided. The name or other details about the show are not listed.
A blog entry on the Calgary Herald’s website says that the San Jose Stealth of the National Lacrosse League will have Joey Chestnut compete in a macaroni & cheese eating contest. The Stealth’s schedule page has details about that event which will take place on February 21:
Major League Eating Contest. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut to compete against fans to see who eats the most Mac & Cheese.
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, the top competitive eater in the world, and local hero to compete against fans to see who eats the most Mac & Cheese.
The first 3000 fans will receive a Joey Chestnut bobblehead. No registration information is listed.
The Stealth’s opponent on February 21 will be the Colorado Mammoth, which hosted the KBPI Wing Bowl yesterday. If anyone has results from that contest, please list them in the comments.
The San Jose Mercury reports that Bear Silber purchased Pizza Party (formerly Pizza and Pipes) restaurant. Silber finished the restaurant’s Belly Buster Pizza challenge in December 2006 with a time of 38 minutes. (Joey Chestnut completed the pizza four days later with a time of 15 minutes.
In other San Jose news, one of the Man vs. Food sites was SmokeEaters (former University Chicken) and Adam Richman tried the Hellfire Challenge there.
Pat Bertoletti commented that he ate the 5 pound Burritozilla at Iguana’s Taqueria in San Jose in 1 minute and 41 seconds, breaking Joey Chestnut’s record. (Joey Chestnut may have since regained the record). Pat’s Burritozilla mark is included on the list of eating challenge results on deepdisheats.com which includes feats such as the 40 inch pizza (with a partner) at the Pizza Machine and the Tex-ass doughnut from Voodoo doughnuts in Portland, OR in 23 seconds which have not received much media attention.
OCMexFood has a review of Green Burrito in La Habra, California which includes a picture of the restaurant’s burrito champion. The picture has the following caption:
This is a winner, who came to the GREEN BURRITO one lucky Saturday in November. Our winner ate three (3) Big Ed Burritos and claimed $300.00. The owner of the GREEN BURRITO could not believe that this little 130lb, 5’9″ girl really ate all three Big Ed Burritos. He challenged her. “Come back next Saturday, eat three Big Ed Burritos and I’ll give you $1000.00. If you cannot do it, you must return the first $300.00
SHE DID IT
Again – three Big Ed Burritos weighing over 7 lbs. [presumably total – not 7 lb. each] in less than 35 minutes and won $1,300.00. BELIEVE IT OR NOT!!
Reports about the burrito champion have been floating around the internet have been floating about the internet since at least 2001. No information is provided in the blog entry about the champion’s name or date of her challenges (it was probably in the 1980s based on the jacket style). The $300 award for finishing three Big Ed burritos has apparently not been available since Carl’s Jr. acquired the Green Burrito chain.
A video about a quartet of diners’ attempt to finish the 54 inch square pizza from Big Mama’s & Papa’s Pizzeria in Los Angeles has been uploaded to youtube. Captures from the video can be viewed after the jump.
A youtube page about the pizza has been set up. One of the captions of the videos says that a team of five that finishes the 54 inch pizza in under two hours will receive $1000.
The pizzeria is located on 5051 Hollywood Boulevard. (Van Halen fans might know that 5150 refers to a section of the California Welfare and Institutions Code allowing for involuntary confinement of the mentally ill.)
Another new team pizza challenge for four diners is available at Premier Pizza in Oakdale, Minnesota.
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