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(Thanks Erik Denmark) KCRA has a video clip of Saturday’s asparagus eating contest over 6 minutes long with a brief interview with Joey Chestnut at the end.
Some results from the asparagus eating contest and the corn eating contest have been posted to MajorLeagueEating.com, but not IFOCE.com. The corn results are somewhat different from what had been previously reported. No mention is made of Chip Simpson’s problem with the judging.
Asparagus contest
1. 8.6 lb Joey Chestnut
2. 4.25 Erik Denmark
3. 3.75 Kevin Ross
Sweet corn eating contest
1. 34.75 ears Crazy Legs Conti
2. 32.5 Joe Larue
3. ? Brian Miller
4. 30 Chip Simpson
5T. ? Justin Mih
5T. ? Steven Gotlib
7. ? Hall Hunt
update Brian Miller is Bryan Miller in all probabity http://eatfeats.com/query.php?_table=eaters&id=240
News video of Saturday’s asparagus eating contest can be viewed at http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=96654 The contest footage is the last item in the clip and starts about 2:30 in.
(Thanks Kevin Ross) A flickr gallery of the contest is also available.
updated (From Kevin Ross) Two minutes of contest footage can be viewed on the WCNC website
Recordnet.com has an article about yesterday’s asparagus eating contest at the Stockton Asparagus Festival. Winner Joey Chestnut ate 8.6 pounds, 2.35 pounds more than last year. No other results are listed, but there are some pictures of other eaters.
update (From Kevin Ross) RecordNet blogs reports that there was an identity mixup between a local Kevin Ross and the IFOCE member with the same name.
From an email:
1st – Joey Chestnut
2nd – Erik the Red
3rd – Kevin Ross4th/5th – David Braunstein/Jason Erb (Jason wasn’t sure if he or Brickhouse
came in 4th)
Joey Chestnut and Sly Stone, founder of Sly and the Family Stone, are two famous former residents of Vallejo, California. Joey Chestnut will be competing in the asparagus eating contest tomorrow and The Original Family Stone (which presumably lacks Sly Stone, but probably contains original members of his group) will be performing at the festival today.
Recordnet has a preview of Saturday’s asparagus eating contest at the Stockton asparagus festival. Erik Denmark, Jason Erb, Kevin Ross, David Braunstein, Jonathan Quok and Eric Louie are listed as expected entrants along with defending champion Joey Chestnut.
SnowBomb.com has a report from Friday’s Mamasake Sushi/Wasabi and Exotic Seafood Eating at the Village at Squaw Valley, California. Ryan Mailhot won two of the three events.
San Diego CityBeat has an article about the weekly eating contests held at the Tower Bar:
“The thing you have to remember,” says one contestant as he stacks his sandwiches on top of one another, “is it’s 90-percent mental.”
“You’ve gotta expand your diaphragm,” says his friend next to him, patting his extended belly. “I like to take the horizontal approach. You know, like Donald Duck eating corn. Oh, and my secret is to chew and wash it back with Guinness… and you can’t look at anyone else. You have to have the eye of the tiger.”“Go!” yells the bartender, and the sandwiches begin to disappear. There are various techniques—some eat around the edges first; others use the typewriter approach—but the ones who fare best are those who smash their stack of sandwiches into one revolting ball of peanut butter, banana and bread. Within minutes, there’s a winner who signifies his victory by downing a shot of whiskey, standing up on a barstool, holding his hands above his head, hollering and bouncing around like Rocky after he ran up the stairs.
“There’s some guys I don’t stand a chance against,” says the winner later, after settling down from his elation. But the six-time champion eater known as LFA (short for El Jefe, or The Boss) says he isn’t talking about a stereotypical fat guy. Surprisingly fit himself, LFA says it’s usually the skinny guy with skills who takes home the $30 bar tab, the Eating Competition’s coveted prize.
A clip of an egg eating contest from MTV’s “Adventures in Hollyhood” can be seen at http://youtube.com/watch?v=9IORDGSsIdY
Registration for the deep fried asparagus eating contest at the Asparagus Festival in Stockton, CA, now appearing on the IFOCE schedule for April 28, is now open.
The Los Angeles Times has a column about Jed Donahue. If Jed makes the Nathan’s finals, he does not expect to repeat his one hot dog performance:
Donahue’s sampling, though limited, showed his fans that he’s going to change his strategy for the competition this July 4 at Coney Island, in which several thousand dollars in prizes will be offered. Last year, when the winning mark was 53 hot dogs, Donahue ate a total of … one.
In other Los Angeles news, sbsun.com has an article about the opening of the Dodgers all you can eat section.
The first game at Dodger Stadium in which right field seats include all you can eat food and non-alcoholic drinks will take place tonight when the Dodgers host the Angels in a split squad exhibition game. The Dodgers’ website has a web page about the stadium section. The usual price for tickets in the all you can eat section will be $35 in advance, $40 game day, but some weekday games in the section (including tonight’s exhibition) will sell for $25 in advance and $30 on game day.
The Incredible Mr. Limpet Blog is holding an eating contest in that section on April 14. link corrected April 13
phillyedge.com reports that the Scoreboard Porch at Harry the K’s has “All You Can Eat Wings†available during the first hour the ballpark gates are open before every Wednesday Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.
MetroActive.com has an article about a circus peanut (a type of candy, not a nut) eating contest. While the winner is probably not a threat to Joey Chestnut as the best local eater, what the evening lacked in dominant eating performances, it made up for in bizarreness:
The entire spectacle was intertwined with a few films of Pink and Partridge’s exploits back in the Mile High City, and completing this theater of the absurd was the house band, Beachkrieg, San Jose’s only surf band. They don German World War I uniforms, smoke cigars and insult the French all night while the frontman shreds on a Farfisa organ. Scrunched down in my chair in the audience, I let it all sink in: the Circus Peanuts, the vomit, the lounge outfits, the martinis, the Farfisa and the Pepto-Bismol. With my shoulders shrugged and my hands in the air, palms facing upward, I uttered a statement disguised as a question: “And people think there’s more to life than this?”
estockton.com has a preview of next month’s Asparagus Festival in Stockton, CA
The now-established and nationally-acclaimed Deep-Fried Asparagus Eating Competition will return for its fourth straight year, produced by the International Federation of Competitive Eaters and sponsored by Washington Mutual. IFOCE champs will compete against others for the asparagus title at 12 noon Saturday at the main stage at Weber Point. This year’s contest promises to be especially competitive with two-time winner Joey Chestnut returning to defend his title.
MercuryNews.com has an interview with Joey Chestnut conducted at Iguanas Taqueria, where Joey began his competitive eating career. Joey says that the first place prize for the St. Pat’s Day Chowdown will be $15,000 and the corned beef contest will be 10 minutes. Joey also says he received that amount after declining the car he won for winning Wing Bowl 15.
Chestnut developed his throat and stomach muscles. They’re fast and powerful. He’s perfected his eating rhythm. He practices mind over matter, whether the matter is boiled, broiled, barbecued or deep fried.
And he’s been on the big stage before. Chestnut says he chewed through 25 contests last year and won about $60,000. When he won a chicken-wing contest in February, they offered him a car. “No thanks,” he said. “I just ate.”
Kidding. He took $15,000 cash instead.
There is a video from the Queen Mary chili cheese fries contest, along with 4 videos from the haggis undercard on bradisfunky’s youtube page (From ToddTheButlerYeates.blogspot.com)
A well produced 6 minute video from the Bikini Fry contest in Austin, apparently produced by Major League Eating, has been uploaded by brgr53. There are brief interviews of Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus and Chip Simpson.
Kobayashi has posted two more blog entries about his trip to Los Angeles, one about viewing the Chili Cheese Fries contest on the Queen Mary, the other about attending the Ironman Fitness Expo and supporting the Japanese bodybuilder Yamagisi.
IFOCE has updated its points standings The Queen Mary chili cheese fries contests is a 50 point event and no points were awarded for Wing Bowl 15.
Kobayashi has posted two entries about his trip to Los Angeles. One is about his plane trip while suffering an illness, the other is about filming a commercial. The commercial is most likely for potato chips based on the picture with a lot of small potato chip bags.
(from Munche) LA Splash has an article with pictures about Saturday’s chili cheese fries contest on the Queen Mary. Jed Donahue predicted a 30% increase from 2006 totals.
Todd Yeates blog entry with a lot of pictures.
Jed Donahue’s gallery
From Juliet Lee via beautifulbrian.com
1.Joey Chestnut 5.44
2. Tim Janus 5.31
3.Sonya Thomas 5.29
4.Bob Shoudt 4.98
5.Juliet Lee 4.5
6.Jed Donahue 4.1
7.Rich LeFevre 3.9
8.Justin Mih 3.1
Pat Bertoletti, Chip Simpson & Erik Denmark did not attend. Erik Denmark could not attend due to passing of his mother.
(updated Official results have now been posted)
QueenMary.com has a list of entrants for today’s chili cheese fries contest. All eaters ranked #2-#8 are expected. The full list is available after the jump. The contest is expected to take place between 1 and 2 pm (4 and 5 pm eastern)
There has been little press coverage for this contest. This brief article about Jed Donahue was the only preview I could find.
Kobayashi wrote a blog entry about his arrival in Los Angeles and says he intends to travel to the US east coast before he returns to Japan. Kobayashi appears in the blog of the Japanese version of Iron Man Magazine which says he might appear at Iron Man’s Fitness Expo to be held in Pasadena next weekend.
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