Upcoming Fort Lauderdale eating contests
Fort Lauderdale eating challenges
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A video about Sef "The Burger Beast" Gonzales attempting the four pound burger at Quickie's in Hollywood, Florida is available on the Generation ñ web site.
Nikon Miami has a gallery of the attempt of the "Burger Beast" at the four pound burger challenge at Quickie's yesterday.
blogs.miaminewtimes.com: The Burger Beast's attempt at the four pound burger challenge at Quickie's Burgers & Wings in Hollywood, FL will be covered by Generation ñ, a Latino broadband network.
(Via Sun-Sentinel) The Mardi Gras RaceTrack and Gaming Center in Hallandale Beach, Florida (Fort Lauderdale area) will host a hot dog eating contest on Sunday with a $4,000 purse ($2,500 first place prize)
Link Buffet: November 1, 2008
- Videos from the San Antonio Dickey’s BBQ qualifier
- Gallery of IHOP All You Can Eat
- Kate Westfall’s food blog from Brian Seiken
- 76 ounce Pompano Beach, FL steak challenge
- Kobayashi has some Halloween costumes on his blog, including the Kobayashi & bun couple
No 2008 Florida Panthers qualifier
The 2008 Nathan’s qualifier schedule will not start in conjunction with a Florida Panthers NHL game as the previous two years have; the final Panthers home game of the season was last night.
CBS Sportsline’s report from Sunrise, FL
Roland Liwag of CBS Sportsline Spin has posted his report from the Nathan’s qualifier held at Sunrise, FL where he managed 4.5 HDB. Some notes from that writeup:
Nerves + hot dogs + OCS + craptastic weather = Last place.
Forget what your mom told you. Chewing your food in competitive eating contests is similar to running the 100-meter dash while wearing a ball and chain.
Even though Chip Simpson broke the Florida record by eating 39¼ hot dogs, it pales in comparison to Kobyashi’s mark of 53¾ by 14½ hot dogs!
My experience Saturday more than confirmed competitive eating as a legitimate fringe sport. Congratulations, Chip, and represent Florida well at Coney Island.
Preliminary Sunrise results from BB: Chip Simpson wins w/39 HDB
From an email from Brian Seiken:
unofficial results and winner from the stadium arena PR firm Chip Simpson wins with 39
CBS Sportsline writer to compete in Sunrise qualifier
Roland Liwag, a writer for CBS sportsline.com, wrote an article about competing in the Nathan’s qualifier in Sunrise, Florida tomorrow:
The best way to answer your own questions is to experience them first hand. That’s why this summer, SPiN will attempt to participate in as many fringe sports as possible. What better way to start things off than participate in a competitive eating contest?
Saturday afternoon, I will join a group of “junior varsity” and veteran competitive eaters in the 2007 Hot Dog Circuit — a series of 13 qualifying contests held across the country that will determine who will compete in the annual Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, N.Y. on the Fourth of July.
The object? Attempt to eat as many hot dogs one can stomach in 12 minutes. I think I’m in trouble. While I can hold my own at Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, all-you-can-eat buffets and family picnics, I have OCS — Only Child Syndrome.
Nathan’s qualifier page on floridapanthers.com
FloridaPanthers.com has a page about the Nathan’s qualifier to be held tomorrow:
The event begins at 6 p.m. with the Kids Neat Eating Contest, which will be immediately followed by the Adult Competitive Eating Contest at 6:30 p.m. Face-off for the Panthers-Devils game is set for 7:30 p.m.
Nov 18 independent contests
Chili Eating & Chili Pepper Eating contest, Chili Bowl Cook Off, Sand Gnats stadium, Savannah, GA
Hot Dog Eating contest, Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor 50th anniversary celebration, Dania Beach (Ft. Lauderdale), FL 1st prize is Carribean cruise
Crazy Legs Conti’s Sunrise report
Crazy Legs Conti has posted his account of the controversial Nathan’s qualifier he won two weeks ago in Sunrise, Florida, along with recollections of other notable contests from his career, on his website.
Sunrise qualifer article
newtimesbpb.com has an article about the controversy at the end of the Nathan’s qualifier in Sunrise, FL on April 15. Runner-up Joe LaRue’s still plans to compete in Sunday’s sweet corn contest despite being very upset about the judging.
Erik “the Red” Denmark’s Sunrise writeup
Erik “the Red” Denmark has a detailed writeup of Saturday’s Nathan’s hot dog qualifier at Sunrise FL with the top 8 finishers. If the 3rd place finisher was Bryan Miller, he also had strong performances at Krystal qualifiers in Savannah and Jacksonville last fall. I am curious if there was any PETA presence at the contest.
Brian Seiken on Sunrise qualifier controversy
Brian Seiken has a few more details about the controversial finish to the Nathan’s qualifier in Sunrise, Fl on Saturday. It is surprising that there are no articles, blog entries or buffet message board posts with additional details about this contest two days after it took place.
Crazy Legs Conti wins Sunrise qualifier
beautifulbrian.com and an anonymous commenter state that Crazy Legs Conti won the Sunrise, Fl Nathan’s qualifier with 24.5 hot dogs in overtime. Conti and Joe LaRue were tied with 21.5 hot dogs after twelve minutes.
Erik “the Red” Denmark’s Sunrise preview
Erik “the Red” Denmark has a preview and odds of Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier in Sunrise, Florida. It appears that the Boeing employee is trying to single-handedly create a market for his company’s products. In less than a month, the Seattle resident will have competed in the NE, SE and SW corners of the country.
PETA to protest Sunrise Nathan’s qualifier
PETA has put out a press release announcing that a protest will be held during the Nathan’s qualifier in Sunrise, Florida. The anti-animal cruelty group is also calling on Nathan’s to produce a meatless hot dog. Time will tell if PETA’s protest is more successful that Clarence Mertz’s efforts to stop the Sheboygan Bratfest contest.
Sunrise qualifer details
newtimespbp.com has information about this Saturday’s Nathans qualifier to be held before the Florida Panthers game in the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. The contest will start at 6pm and there is no admission charge (there might be a fee for parking) According to the buffet message board, the following eaters are expected to attend:
Joe LaRue
Crazy Legs Conti
Hall Hunt
Erik Denmark
Loren Yarbrough
Larry McNeil
Weather for Saturday is expected to be partly cloudy with a high of 82 and a low of 71.
Joe LaRue prepares for Sunrise qualifier at Cheeburger
Supersizedmeals.com reports that Joe LaRue ate 3 burgers containing 20 ounces of precooked meat at Cheeburger Cheeburger. The total weight of all burgers was about five pounds and Joe finished them in about 40 minutes. Finishing one burger that size entitles the eater to put a picture of him/herself on the restaurant’s Wall of Fame. Joe LaRue will attempt to defend his home turf at the first Nathan’s qualifier in Sunrise Florida on Saturday.
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