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If you missed this afternoon’s broadcast of the Collegiate Nationals on CBS, the entire contest can be viewed in its entirety on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYqJCLFSCYY
Pat Bertoletti has uploaded a blog entry to his group blog with Joey Chestnut at yardbarker.com in which he describes the end of the asparagus contest in Stockton from his perspective:
A point came with 1 minute remaining where the margin was 1 spear. It became obvious that I could take this contest in front of Joey’s home crowd. I saw victory and let it slip through my grasp. My brain knew the necessary means to achieve this yet a disconnect between brain and body function existed. It was a point of mental and physical failure as neither would respond in the dwindling seconds. Asparagus was forced in yet my body fought every attempt to let it pass down my esophagus. It’s provides evidence that Joey is a true champion; a champion knows how to coerce every ounce of drive and performance out of their body, doesn’t make excuses, and gets the job done.
Pat says his next contest will take place at the Minneapolis Nathan’s qualifier this Saturday. Unlike previous Minnesota qualifers which were held at the Mall of America, the upcoming contest will take place at Cub Foods Grocery Store in Apple Valley.
Joey Chestnut has written an entry for his yardbarker blog about last Saturday’s contest at the Asparagus Festival in Stockton, CA. Joey is disappointed with his training and focus compared to 2007. He closes the entry with his thoughts on the official results:
In the end of this contest, I was given credit for eating 8.9 lbs of fried asparagus (I think I only ate about 8.3 lbs., and Pat was close behind). People that are new to Competitive Eating will learn that sometimes the numbers do not exactly add up, but it is rare for the actual placing to get screwed up. Pat did great and he would have edged me out, if there weren’t so many people pushing me to win in this contest. I don’t know if the video shows it, but I could feel myself respond to the cheers from the audience.
Erik Denmark has a blog entry about his participation in last Saturday’s asparagus eating contest in Stockton, California which contains what he believes are more accurate totals for the top four finishers:
1 – Joey Jaws Chestnut (1) – 8.25 lbs. (reported as 8.8), $1500
2 – Pat Deep Dish Bertoletti (2) – 8.125 lbs. (reported as 7.14) , $750
3 – Erik the Red Denmark (12) – 4.875 lbs. (reported as 4.75), $500
4 – Juris Dr Big Time Shibayama (17) – 4.625 lbs. (reported as 4.5)
(As noted in a previous post, Pat’s counter displayed 8 when the contest was over)
Erik also has a photo gallery of the contest.
Ryan Spoon of berecruited.com attended Saturday’s asparagus eating contest in Stockton, CA and recorded three videos of the contest from the crowd.
update Deadspin has a blog entry about the video of Ryan Nerz’s pre-contest request to have competitive eating become an Olympic sport.
Today’s results from the Stockton Asparagus Festival from erikdenmark.blogspot.com:
1 – Joey Chestnut 8.8 lb.
2 – Pat Bertoletti 7.14 lb.
3 – Erik Denmark 4.75 lb.
4 – Juris Shibayama 4.5 lb.
5 – Jason Erb
6 – Nate Biller
? – Eric Louie
update The top 4 have been updated with amounts from IFOCE.com
update #2 The Sacramento Bee and Record Net have articles about the contest. Record Net has a gallery (eating contest pictures begin at #59)
update #3 Video of KCRA’s coverage of the contest can be seen on youtube. Pat’s counter has 8 pounds when the contest ends (see above)
RecordNet.com has an article about Saturday’s eating contest at the Stockton Asparagus Festival.
Erik Denmark announces in a blog entry that he will be competing in the contest. This makes the known field:
Joey Chestnut
Pat Bertoletti
Erik Denmark
Juris Shibayama
Nathan Biller (from comment)
Eric Louie (reporter)
Other possible entrants:
Rich LeFevre
Kevin Ross
Jason Erb
Shawn Kirby
El Toro
Deadspin has a post about Joey & Pat’s new blog.
Joey Chestnut has posted a video to his yardbarker blog of him preparing for Saturday’s asparagus eating contest by eating 3 pounds of asparagus in 3 minutes. The video is also available on youtube. Joey makes the following prediction for the contest:
Pat is a great eater and whenever I get lazy he pulls off an upset. The chances of Pat walking away with a win in this contest are slim to none. I will let you all know how the contest goes down.
TheCollegiateNationals.com has a report about last night’s eating contest in San Diego. The top 3 were:
1. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski, $1000
2. Christian “Muscox†McCarthy, $500
3. Ryan “Big Mac†McMillan, $250
update
update #2 Pete has posted contest videos to his youtube page
Registration for Nathan’s qualifiers opens at noon eastern today
Added 11:15 pm
(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
OCMexFood has a report on Monday’s taco eating contest held at Tacos & Co. in Irvine, California. Karina Muniz won the contest by eating 8 California tacos in 4 minutes. Muniz was the only female in the field of 23 and entered the contest at the last minute. Jeff Fong came in second. Most of the competitors were students from UC Irvine, which Justin Mih attended.
See also Fast Food Maven
Sports Illustrated recently made its entire archive free. Some competitive eating articles from the last 5 years follow:
Tim Brown answers 10 questions on IFOCE com
Indian traveler will spend a week in Chennai to see if Dale Boone can help him get started in “Kollywood” film industry, Dale Boone advises him to watch out for poisonous frogs
Don Lerman hires 25 people to handle his fan mail
Article about March 7 Lake Tahoe sushi / extreme food contest
Video footage from 2006 NYC grilled cheese eating contest
More on Canada’s tallest man 18 pound burger attempt
Request for videos of diners eating 4 HDB in less than 2 minutes
Kana Kanisawa & friend purchase a lot of food from Seibu Department store then eat it (Part 1, Part 2)
Pictures of Tomoko Miyake’s convenience store meals from yama3 (See above)
Japanese pancake eating contest for women only – first prize is a million yen and a trip to Hawaii
AICE news has a press release about the television schedule for the Collegiate Nationals. The coverage will start with a one hour special on the entire Collegiate Nationals May 25 on CBS. If footage from the eating contest appears in this program, it will probably be the first time competitive eating has appeared on national broadcast television since the Glutton Bowl on Fox in 2002 (with the exception of some short contests on morning shows). The Collegiate Nationals will receive 15 days of coverage on CSTV starting May 26, which will hopefully allow the eating contests to be seen in their entirety.
Text from the press release is available after the jump. I do not know what format the press release on the AICE website is in, but it is not in HTML, PDF or Word format.
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AICE News lists the top four seeds for the Collegiate Nationals:
1. Christian “Muscox” McCarthy University of Kentucky
2. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski McMasters University Hamilton Ontario Canada
3. Carey “Powerhouse” Poehlmann Montgomery Community College, Blue Bell PA
4. Brian “Eaten” Keaton” University of Maryland
update Pete Czerwinski has a poll on bodybuilding.com whether he should be called “Furious” Pete, “Iron” Pete (given to him by Arnie Chapman) or something else.
AICE News announces that the finals of the Collegiate Eating Championship will take place at the Wave House in San Diego on April 19. Three collegiate eaters with impressive eating resumes will receive byes, others can enter the finals by competing in a qualifier on April 18. “Furious” Pete of bodybuilding.com will probably be one of the three eaters to receive a bye. Entrants must be currently enrolled in at least three college credits. Foods have yet to be determined, but will be items popular with college students. Jack in the Box is the primary sponsor, so the contest might feature food from that chain.
The contest will be held as part of the Collegiate Nationals sponsored by CSTV. The Collegiate Nationals will consist of four multi-sport events for college students to be held this spring. The other San Diego events will be beach volleyball, flowboarding and a battle of the bands.
CSTV has been acquired by CBS and will be rebranded as the CBS College Sports Network in March during the NCAA basketball tournament. It was not announced if the eating contest will be televised on CSTV. I believe this is AICE’s first deal with a television network.
CSTV has its headquarters in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, like IFOCE / Shea Communications.
San Diego corned beef musubi article and video
James Madison University grilled cheese eating contest, winner eats 12 sandwiches in 8 minutes
Shoo Fly Pie contest to be held June 21, $10,000 purse
“Eating Levi” does not make the South by Southwest festival, but will appear on DVD and the Yes Network
Rio Wraps (Michigan) Burrito Bowl finals report and qualifiers gallery
Princeton Oyster Bowl video
Queen Mary chili cheese fries mini documentary
Rice and Bean Pot competitors eat burritos on Fox 25 news
Brooklyn Dodger forum thread about Nathan’s redevelopment plans
Furious Pete / Dedicatedforlif of youtube eating challenges fame announces in a forum thread on bodybuilding.com that he is being sponsored for the North American Collegiate Eating Championship in San Diego, California. That contest will take place on April 19. He says he was contacted by IFOCE last month, so this might be an IFOCE contest.
Competitors at the upcoming Stockton aspargus contest who would like to do a local eating challenge are in luck. KEYETV.com reports that Fat’s Grill and Bar in Stockton produced a 222 pound cheeseburger, which is reportedly the largest cheeseburger ever created in the Golden State. The article has video of the burger being cooked.
An episode of the Simpsons gave “California cheeseburger” an alternate definition.
(From “Mr. Asparagus”) The next IFOCE contest to be announced is the asparagus eating contest at the Asparagus Festival in Stockton, CA on April 26. Registration opens January 28.
Registration is currently open for the Laredo jalapeno contest according to IFOCE.com
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