Erik “The Red” Denmark has a report from Saturday’s fried asparagus eating contest in which he was runner up in his blog along with a flickr gallery of that event.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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From an email:

1st – Joey Chestnut
2nd – Erik the Red
3rd – Kevin Ross

4th/5th – David Braunstein/Jason Erb (Jason wasn’t sure if he or Brickhouse
came in 4th)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The London Telegraph has a long profile of Sonya Thomas that includes an account of her appearance at the Asparagus Festival in April. The article implies Sonya won that contest and does not mention that Joey Chestnut was victorious in overtime.

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Erik Denmark has a blog entry and Joey Chestnut has a photo gallery of Saturday’s asparagus contest.

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(Thanks Pat Bertoletti) A photo gallery of Saturday’s deep fried asparagus contest taken by the family of one of the local contestants can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/clickfarmer/sets/72057594114394990/

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from ifoce.com Stockton, CA Asparagus Festival, deep fried asparagus
1. Joey Chestnut (beat Sonya by 2 oz in overtime)
2. Sonya Thomas
3. Rich LeFevre
4. Pat Bertoletti
5. Erik “the Red” Denmark

another down to the wire match between Sonya and Joey, next week Sonya will have the home region advantage which Joey enjoyed today.

There should be some video clips available tomorrow since Sacramento television is covering the festival.

Taste of Broadway Ultimate Eating Festival, Myrtle Beach, SC
1. Bob Shoudt
2. Loren Yarbrough
3?. Tim “Eater X” Janus

Shoudt and Janus make an unexpected trip south.

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The website for the Stockton, CA Asparagus Festival announces that the winner of the 2004 deep fried asparagus eating contest, Sonya Thomas, and the winner of the 2005 event, Joey Chestnut, will face off in the 2006 contest to be held on April 22. Sonya will stop off on the west coast en route from returning from her homeland of South Korea.

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Two contests in late April have been added to the IFOCE schedule, the asparagus contest in Stockton, California and the Sweet Corn Contest in Palm Beach, Florida.

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