Upcoming Jacksonville eating contests
Jacksonville eating challenges
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Hall "Hoover" Hunt returned to competitive eating with a burrito challenge at the Hightide Burrito Co in Jacksonville, FL.
Woody's Bar-B-Q will hold a rib eating contest in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL on October 22 awarding $100 to the winner and $50 to the runner up. The event will benefit the Tim Tebow Foundation’s Anti-Human Trafficking Ministry.
Andrew Martin wrote an article for SportsRaid about outfielder Ping Bodie facing off against an ostrich in a spaghetti eating contest held at the New York Yankees training camp in Jacksonville, FL on April 3, 1919. He does not believe the competition was fatal for the bird, as some accounts have described.
The Mack's Tenders eating contest that was to have been held today in St. Johns, FL will apparently not take place. The contest is still on the MLE website.
Registration will open today on majorleaugeeating.com for Mack's Tenders World Chicken Tender Eating Championship to be held in St. Johns, FL on July 27. Registration is also open for Fat Boy's Pizza Eating Championship to be held in Metairie, LA on July 14.
Today is the 100th anniversary of the day that New York Yankees outfielder Ping Bodie faced off against an ostrich in an eating contest in Jacksonville, FL.
Jacksonville.com has a profile of retired competitive eater Hall HUnt Jr., who did his last MLE contest in 2011.
Sportswriter Jeff Pearlman has an blog entry about Yankee outfielder Ping Bodie competing against an ostrich in an eating contest in Jacksonville, FL which resulted in the bird's death. The post includes a scan of an article from 1919.
Ginormous Food will record at three Atlanta area restaurants next week from February 28 to March 2. update Columbia, Charleston and Jacksonville will also be visited.
Elite Journalist has a blog entry about the spaghetti eating contest between New York Yankees outfielder Ping Bodie and an ostrich in Jacksonville, FL in 1919.
VoidLive.com has an article about Jon Bello.
Jon Bello is featured in the latest issue of Void Magazine. The article does not appear to be available online yet.
FPD Jax has a video of Jon Bello competing in a wing eating contest at Filipino Pride Day Jacksonville.
Jon Bello will be the featured exhibition performer at Filipino Day Pride in Jacksonville on October 19.
Mellow Mushroom in Jacksonville Beach, FL will hold a pizza eating contest Friday awarding Jacksonville Jaguars tickets. Mariano "Mushmouth" Pacetti, who competed in pizza eating contests on local Cleveland TV (billed as "reigning pizza eating contest world champion") is expected to compete.
LiveLeak.com has a video of the end of a wing eating contest where the winner punches another competitor after being harassed. update The video appears to have been originally recorded in March 2011 in Jacksonville.
Several Woody’s Bar-B-Q locations in Florida will hold a spare rib eating contest on July 27.
Jon Bello will attempt to set a record for most German weiners eaten in five minutes later today in Jacksonville. The record will be sanctioned by RecordSetter.com, the same organization that oversaw the Crif Dog Classic. update July 9 News4Jax has an article about the record attempt.
Adrian Morgan wins Jacksonville Hooters wing qualifier, Bello 2nd, Eater X 3rd
update May 6 Kerry Speckman has a contest report with pictures.
The 10:36pm comment noticed that Jon Bello’s 125 wings almost doubled tripled 125 the 65 45 wings he was credited with in the Augusta qualifier in April. I am not aware of any equivalent quantum leaps during a qualifier circuit. (Sonya Thomas 2003 Nathan’s 18 HDB -> 25 HDB, Joey Chestnut 2005 Nathan’s 20.5 HDB -> 32 HDB)
Announced Results:
1) Adrian Morgan 150 wings, Hooters circuit record
2) Jon Bello 125 wings
3) Tim Janus 124.5 wings
Kerry Speckman is at the contest and posting updates on twitter.
Tim Janus, Adrian Morgan, Yasir Salem and Jon Bello are listed as expected entrants in the Hooter's qualifier in Jacksonville, FL Saturday evening. (If Hall Hunt is bypassing contests in his hometown, it is probably time to assume he has retired.)
A 1919 spaghetti eating contest between Yankees outfielder Ping Bodie and an ostrich billed by the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce as the world's greatest eater will appear in the upcoming book The Baseball Hall of Shame: The Best of Blooperstown book.
"The Fast and the Fullest" a competitive eating comedy by Drew Fogg, won the award for best screenplay at the Jax Film Fest.
Jacksonville.com reports qualifying has started for the Brucci's Pizza Bowl to be held January 29 in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. The previous Pizza Bowl awarded $300.
Jacksonville.com has posted a press release about the discontinuation of the Krystal Square Off qualifier held at Jacksonville Landing Labor Day weekend.
StAugNews has a list of all the Woody's locations that will hold a rib eating contest on Saturday. Most of the locations are in Florida, but there are also sites in Georgia (Atlanta-area), North Carolina (Raleigh) and Ohio (Dayton-area).
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