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Papa Joe's in Heathrow, FL will hold a pizza eating contest on October 27 awarding $850 ($500 to the winner). Entrants will need to qualify by eating a 16 inch pizza in under 12 minutes at one of three Central Florida locations. October 10, 2012 at 8:05 am by
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October 7, 2012 at 8:40 pm by
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update Oct 9 The reptile store has posted a statement from its attorney on its facebook page
Urban Jungles Radio was present at the contest and recorded a podcast
Palm Beach Post article | interview with Eddy Archbold’s girlfriend
Miami Herald article
Local10 article and news video
CBSMiami news video
update Oct 8 The AP has an article which has been picked up by numerous outlets.
BuzzFeed has a thread
“The governing body of all stomach centric sports” may not be the optimal motto because it implicitly makes incidents like this IFOCE/MLE’s responsibility.
Six Flags amusement parks are holding a series of cockroach eating contests awarding a season pass (these might be cancelled due to the death) Texas | Maryland | Chicago
Topix.com has a thread about the death of Eddy Archbold after winning a roach eating contest held at Ben Siegel’s Reptiles in Deerfield Beach, FL Friday night. A post on the store’s facebook page says it currently lacks any details about the incident. (announcement for the contest) update The store’s UStream channel has a video of the contest (starts around 2 hour mark) in which there are no obvious signs of distress. Another video has been uploaded to youtube, but is now private. Pretty Ninjaa’s twitter feed has tweets about the incident.
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Integrated Media Planning will hold a hot dog eating contest Friday awarding four Miami Heat tickets. Proceeds will benefit Lance Armstrong's LiveLong Foundation. The contest location is not clear from the ad, presumably it will take place somewhere in Fort Lauderdale. September 26, 2012 at 2:34 pm by
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Two new pizza challenges have significant prizes. Village Pizza in Hartsville, TN will award $500 to a team of two people that can finish its 30 inch challenge. Sam's NY Pizza will award $200 and a Bahamas cruise for two to a person that can finish its 28 inch pizza. September 23, 2012 at 9:40 pm by
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September 18, 2012 at 1:46 am by
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update Sept 19 Chris (last name not given) won the Tampa qualifier
update 10:15 Dale Boone won the Atlanta qualifier with 20 sliders
WUSA9 has an article about the Bethesda qualifier with full results and a video
Tito Jackson has a video
update 4:15 Bethesda Now has a gallery and short article
update 12:54 Mike Longo has the top 3 for the Bethesda, MD qualifier
1) Mike Longo 17 sliders, $500
2) Tyron Hill 11
3) John Henderson 7 (additional results will be added as they come in)
A qualifier for the National Cheeseburger Slider Eating Championship will be held today at BGR in Tampa (female bodybuilder Emery Miller will apparently compete). The date was originally announced as September 28. Additional qualifiers awarding $500 and a trip to the championship in May 2013 will be held tomorrow in Bethesda, MD, Coral Gables, FL, Atlanta and possibly Point Loma, CA.
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BGR The Burger Joint in Coral Cables, FL will hold a slider eating contest on September 18 awarding $500 to the winner. A slider eating contest might also be held at the BGR Atlanta location on that date. update A blog entry about the Atlanta contest is available.
September 14, 2012 at 7:48 am by
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A banana eating contest was held today during an economics class at Florida State University (nine tweets about contest). The competition awarded extra credit to the winner. September 4, 2012 at 1:17 pm by
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BGR The Burger Joint will hold a qualifier for the BGR National Cheeseburger Slider Eating Championships in North Tampa September 28. The winner will receive $500 and a spot in the finals in Washington, DC on May 28, 2013. August 25, 2012 at 10:07 am by
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The burger eating contest for amateurs at HiWay Burger in Delray Beach, FL has closed and winners have been announced. Brandon Runyon won the contest with a total of 6 burgers and 3 ounces. August 12, 2012 at 9:32 pm by
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Broward New Times has a blog entry about videos by "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and others that were inspired by Michael Phelps reported 12,000 calorie / day training diet. Matt Stonie has also produced a video where he tries to consume that amount. August 7, 2012 at 3:51 pm by
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HiWay Burger in Delray Beach, FL has posted the current standings in its burger eating contest. Brandon Runyon leads with 5 burgers and 5 ounces. The contest will conclude on Sunday and award $1750 to the top three amateurs ($1000 to the winner) August 6, 2012 at 1:04 pm by
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July 26, 2012 at 7:26 pm by
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update July 28 TampaBay.com and Patch.com have articles
TBO.com has a gallery
ClearwaterHag2 has a video of the pre-contest activities
update July 27 Full revised results are available inserting Pat Bertoletti and Juliet Lee at #4 and #5 which knocks Erik Denmark and Nate Biller out of the money.
| 1st |
144 |
$7,500.00 |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
San Jose, CA |
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| 2nd |
140 |
$3,000.00 |
Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan |
Baton Rouge, LA |
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| 3rd |
131 |
$2,000.00 |
Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas |
Alexandria, VA |
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| 4th |
120 |
$1,000.00 |
Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti |
Chicago, IL |
not in original results |
| 5th |
119 |
$750.00 |
“The Lovely” Juliet Lee |
Germantown, MD |
not in original results |
| 6th |
115 |
$500.00 |
Tim “Gravy” Brown |
Chicago, IL |
originally listed at 119 |
| 7th |
102 |
$250.00 |
“Notorious” Bob Shoudt |
Royersford, PA |
originally listed at 115 |
| 8th |
88 |
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Erik “The Red” Denmark |
Seattle, WA |
originally listed at 102 |
| 9th |
85 |
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Nate Biller |
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originally listed at 88 |
| 10th |
55 |
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Lewis Richards |
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from England |
| 11th |
53 |
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Crazy Legs Conti |
New York City, NY |
about 1/3 of the 148 wings he was credited with in the qualifer |
| 12th |
21 |
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Aasif Mandvi |
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The Daily Show contributor, claimed wings tasted like bleach after contest |
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Rules for the burger eating contest held at HiWay Burger in Delray Beach, FL are available. The first prize of $1000 will go to the person who eats the most burgers in a 10 minute session from July 27 to August 12. The contest is closed to professionals and people who have won any type of previous eating contest. July 23, 2012 at 9:04 pm by
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HiWay Burger in Delray Beach, FL will hold a burger eating contest for amateurs from July 27 to August 12 awarding $1750 ($1000 to the winner). July 22, 2012 at 10:50 am by
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Joey Chestnut and Lewis Richards from London, England along with the 10 qualifier winners are listed as expected competitors in the Hooters World Wing Eating Championship in Clearwater, FL on July 26. update July 20 Tim "Eater X" Janus was left off of the entrants list even though he won a qualifier. July 19, 2012 at 3:15 pm by
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Woody's Bar-B-Q will hold a spare rib eating contest at twelve locations in Florida on Saturday. July 18, 2012 at 1:58 pm by
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The MLE facebook confirms that the Hooters wing eating contest finals will take place in Clearwater, FL on July 26 instead of in New York City on July 27. The new finals site was mentioned in a June 26 press release about the Fresno pre-qualifier. July 9, 2012 at 5:21 pm by
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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. July 7, 2012 at 3:45 pm by
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The Miami New Times has a report on yesterday's hot dog eating contest won by Juan Angel, the third place finisher in the Miami Hooters wing qualifier. July 5, 2012 at 1:46 pm by
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CBSLocal and SunSentinel have lists of Tampa Bay and South Florida eating challenges. July 1, 2012 at 6:35 pm by
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A press release announces a Hooters wing contest in Fresno on July 7 that will award the winner a berth in the Hooters qualifier at the California State Fair in Sacramento on July 14 to compete for a chance to participate in the finals in Clearwater, FL on July 26. The original finals date and site was July 27 in New York City. June 28, 2012 at 5:44 pm by
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June 22, 2012 at 6:47 pm by
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update June 24 Getty Images has a gallery. None of the pictures show announced participants Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas or Rebecca Oey. Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray and Extra was a spectator.
update The top 3: (More results, Joey Chestnut and Rebecca Oey apparently did not compete, no results from the Sonya Thomas exhibition either)
1) Tim “Eater X” Janus 120 wings
2) Yasir Salem 117 wins
3) Juan Angel 110 wings
4) Joe Kennedy 97
5) “Beastly” Brody 78
6) Sam “The Bull” 46
7) Michael “Per Diem” Parish 34
The contest is expected to start at 7 pm and will take place at the Fontainbleu Hotel, where the James Bond classic Goldfinger begins. The competition is being held in conjunction with the 16th Annual Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant. Tim Janus is a late addition to the field.
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The Miami New Times has an article about Sonya Thomas' wing eating exhibition at the Hooters qualifier at the Fontainebleu Hotel tomorrow night. June 21, 2012 at 8:59 am by
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Miami.com reports that Joey Chestnut and Rebecca Oey, winner of TooJay's amateur contest will compete in the Hooters wing qualifier in Miami on June 22 and Sonya Thomas will do an exhibition. Eric "Badlands" Booker and Yasir Salem are also expected to compete. June 18, 2012 at 10:11 pm by
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Miami.craigslist.org has a request for an agent from someone claiming to be a Glutton Bowl participant who has matzoh ball and egg eating titles. (via TransAlchemy) May 16, 2012 at 8:32 pm by
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