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• Randy’s Wooster Street Pizza challenge – Stuffed Pizza Challenge for 2 person team
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  Video of Greg’s previous successful Wooster Street challenge
  Youtube channel with more of Greg’s New England eating challenge videos
• Doogie’s meal – 2 foot long “Works Dog”
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• Woody’s meal – Deputy (Hot) Dog
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• Ted’s Restaurant meal – steamed burgers
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List of Hartford area eating challenges in the eatfeats database

List of Bridgeport / New Haven eating challenges in the eatfeats database

Another Connecticut pizza challenge is available at Bang Bang Pizza in Norwalk. According to the restaurant’s facebook page, no one has finished the 22 inch pizza in the 30 minute limit and the only person to complete the pizza after the time expired is the woman pictured below:

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(Via Greg Avola twitter) The commercial for next week’s episode (Hartford) of Man vs. Food is available on youtube and it reports that Greg “The Great Moomsi” Maloomian will be Adam Richman’s partner for the two person pizza challenge at Randy’s Wooster St. Pizza. Previous New England eating challenges by “The Great Moomsi” can be seen at Grippa69’s youtube page.

update This will be the second national cable TV appearance for a bodybuilding.com member in ten days. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski appeared on last Sunday’s episode of “Humanly Impossible” on the National Geographic Channel.

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Anna Kowalski relays a rumor that Man vs. Food will be recording at Wooster Street Pizza in Manchester, Connecticut tonight, which Adam Richman did not deny.

The Hartford Courant has a report and gallery from Man vs. Food recording on Friday at Doogie’s.

(Adam Richman is currently at 6,665 twitter followers, so the next follower will be #6,666)

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Adam Richman is currently at the “Grease Trucks” on the campus of Rutgers University and will be attempting the 5 Fat Sandwich challenge at 5 PM today.

update The Rutgers student paper has a report on the filming (contains spoilers)

The twitter for Doogie’s Hot Dogs reports that Adam Richman will be recording there on Friday. Doogie’s is located in Newington, CT and no Connecticut episode is listed on season 2 episodes.

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IFOCE.com reports that Tim Janus became the third person to eat 50 or more hot dogs in a Nathan’s contest. Results from the report and Rich Shea’s twitter:

1) Tim “Eater X” Janus 50 HDB
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 27.5
3) Russ Keeler 19.5
4T) Yasir Salem 15
4T) Mike Springer 15
6) “Wild” Bill Myers 12.5
7) Jason Porris 10
8 Adam “Bomb” Gluck 8.5

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• The Black Bear Saloon in Milford, CT offers a 12 pound burger with a 5 pound patty – video
• Bull’s on Broadway in Kankakee, IL (suburban Chicago) has an “Imposi-bull burger” 5 pound burger challenge that is free if finished in under an hour
• Fattie’s Diner in Damascus, VA has a burger challenge (currently 6 pounds) which grows every time someone finishes it
• A new record was recently set in the 10+ Stack em High challenge offered by Burger Madness in Seattle

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Will Millender has reported his team did not win tonight’s Munch Madness finals at the Wood n Tap in Hartford.

update Will Millender has uploaded a video of the contest. Team “It Doesn’t Matter” won the contest with a time of 3 minutes and 11 seconds.

update #2 A gallery of the finals has been posted on metromix

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WPLR.com has information about the Eat The Meat III wing eating competition it is sponsoring. Two qualifiers will take place at Buffalo Wild Wings in New Haven on January 14 and 21 and the finals will take place on January 24. The first prize is $1,000. The rules state that entrance is limited to Connecticut residents who are not affiliated with a professional eating organization.

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• Joey Chestnut no longer listed on IMDB page for Nacho Mountain in actors list
• Connecticut Post article about competitive eating and Ash Creek Saloon rib contest (link fixed, thanks Pat from Moonachie)
• English article and podcast about Czech dumpling contest
• Joey Chestnut to appear at final Battle of the Bone contest
• Short English article about Gal Sone biography

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• Joey Chestnut wants a beer chugging contest rematch with Dewey
• Blog entry and pictures from the Ash Creek rib eating contest
• Gallery from DC veggie dog contest
• Ryan Reynolds’ anti-CE rant is mentioned in a Gawker blog entry about bad celebrity blogging
• Joey Chestnut confirmed for Gyoza eating contest (from email)
• Six Flags eating triathlon videos: WBSTV, AJC
• Labor Day Buffalo, NY Picnic-style hot dog eating contest announced. First prize is $500, 2nd $250

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• Juliet Lee has an Ash Creek rib contest report
• Clam eating contest in Seattle Saturday, first prize is $100
• Ryan Nerz podcast interview in Conversations on the Road
• Furious Pete is doing marketing research on a Furious Pete hat
• A Washington Post article on the rise of college Food Studies programs reports that “Horsemen of the Esophagus” is required reading one course.
• The Wall Street Journal reports that Japanese convenience store chain Lawson announced an annual increase in same store sales of 13%. Gal Sone endorsed a line of meals for Lawson in May.

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(from comment) The contest page for the Ash Creek Saloon rib eating contest has been updated to list the top 4 finishers:

1. “Humble” Bob Shoudt 6.8 lbs. ribs in 12 minutes $3000 prize
2. Joey Chestnut 6.6 lbs.
3. Tim Janus
4. Juliet Lee 5 lbs.
5. Eric “Badlands” Booker
? Crazy Legs Conti
? Lars Anderson

This is Bob Shoudt’s first victory over Joey Chestnut since the controversial meatball eating contest in Atlantic City in 2006.

update ConnPost has an article which reports that Badlands Booker came in 5th and also claims that Pat Bertoletti competed, which appears to be an impossibility with the demise of the Concorde.

update #2 Full official results are available

update #3 Victoria Fee has four pictures from the contest.

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The top 2 finishers in yesterday’s beef patty eating contest at Meritone Family Festival in Connecticut can both be found in the bodybuilding.com forums. “Furious” Pete Czerwinski took first place by finishing 14 beef patties in 3 minutes and 14 seconds (video and pictures) and John Taylor, runner-up in the Nathan’s Hartford qualifier, was the only other competitor to finish his 14 patties in the 8 minute limit. Kara Walker won the amateur contest in her first competition.

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• Registration for the Ash Creek (CT, August 17) rib contest and the Myrtle Beach BBQ contest (August 30) opens tomorrow
• Transcript of Joey Chestnut on CNN July 4
• Furious Pete attempts to break Cookie Jarvis’ 76 ounce steak record at J & R Steakhouse (result)
• Jill Stoler’s report on the 120 ounce steak attempts
• Video of amateur contest at Delaplane Strawberry Festival
• 17 Year old eats age in hot dogs
• Video of radio interview of Joey Chestnut and the LeFevres
• Kobayashi has a blog entry about dining at Gray’s Papaya hot dog stand with Stephen Dubner

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• Joey Chestnut on the Today Show after defending his Nathan’s title
• Short article about Hall Hunt on jacksonville.com
• Mini burger eating contest in Long Beach Monday. Purse is $600 in restaurant gift certificates.
• FCC affirms $4000 fine of WIP for not following listed rules in Wing Bowl 13.
• Parody about alleged performance enhancing drug use in the Nathan’s finals
• Southington, CT hot dog contest also goes into overtime
• Kobayashi has a blog entry about Hungry & Focused 4 showing Super Paul Barlow’s cover art
• Kobayashi also has a link to Erin Wigger’s gallery of competitive eaters

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• Today is the 5th anniversary of Sonya Thomas’ debut in competitive eating
• Beautiful Brian has a video tribute to Allen Goldstein’s 5 years in competitive eating
• Pete Davekos Technique & Commentary video recorded at the Hartford qualifier
• Brian “Eatin” Keaton wins second Jake’s Burger qualifier (from email)
• George Shea favors Coney Island redevelopment plan at hearing
• Five Eating contests at in Hutchinson, Kansas on Saturday.
• Contest announcements: qualifiers for Dickey’s BBQ contest (championship to be held in early 2009), National Black Rock Burger Team Eating Championships (Yaphank, NY)
• UEPa meeting July 12 at Gregory’s Steakhouse in Allentown. Ian Hickman will attempt a 120 ounce steak

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• Article about James Howell and his performance in the New Orleans qualifier
• Jill Stoler has posted the pictures she took at the Three Brothers Pizza contest
• Video from Hartford qualifier
• Article about local Bartolini’s Meatballs qualifiers
• NY Post on Nathan’s shortening
• Kansas City hot dog contest Friday night at Tengo sed, $200 prize
• No MLE video game release this week
• Kobayashi finds Japanese hot dogs wanting
• Articles promoting Tomoko Mikaye’s book of PG rated photographs: Sanspo.com, NikkanSports

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East Hartford results from IFOCE.com

1. Arturo Rios, 22.75 HDB
2. Russ Keeler 19.5
3. Pete Davekos 16.5

update JournalInquirer.com has a brief article and will have a longer writeup on Monday.

update #2 jcrue11 of bodybuilding.com claims he was the actual runner-up and that Russ Keeler was disqualified.

update #3 Journal Inquirer has the longer article out now. Mike Springer was the fourth place finisher.

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