Upcoming Tampa eating contests
Tampa eating challenges
(All Tampa eating challenges and contests in database)
IllPumpYouUp.com has produced a video of three bodybuilders attempting an 8 pound burger challenge at Shack's Island & Grill in Clearwater, FL.
VeggiePowered has posted a video of restaurant employees disposing the contents of several huge bowls into a dumpster. According to the video caption, the bowls contained the food uneaten by the finalists in the Hooters wing finals last month.
2013 Hooters Wing Finals
update July 26 Bay News 9 has an article and behind the scenes video
TampaBay.com has an article about cooking the wings
Veggie Powered has a video of the entire contest
MyFoxTampaBay has a interview with Miki Sudo recorded before the contest billing her as the Rookie of the Year.
WTSP has a gallery
Results | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Joey Chestnut 179 wings
2) Miki Sudo 155
3) Adrian Morgan 149
4) Michelle Lesco 131
5) Sonya Thomas 128
6) Sean Gordon 113
7) Marcos Owens 109
8) Juliet Lee 108
9) Brian Subich 85
10) Erik Denmark 82
11T) Eric Badlands Booker 78
11T) Damien Boykin 78
13) Bam Martinez 72
14) Jon Bello 68
15) Neil Sebree 60
16) Alex Perez 49
Joey Chestnut has defended his title with a total of 179 wings
8:03 The contest has finished
7:52 The contest has started
TampaBay.com has an interview with Miki Sudo about competing in the Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship tomorrow (her missing the Nathan's finals is not mentioned).
Sean Gordon receives Hooters finals spot
The field for Thursday’s Hooters World Wing Eating Championship has been announced. Sean Gordon has apparently received a wild-card berth after eating 94 wings to finish fourth in the Panama City, FL qualifier. 94 wings was not the most by someone finishing outside the top 3: Jeff Butler, Steve Hendry, Juan Rodriguez, Andrew Kogutkiewicz and Corey Fanguy all ate more(94+ results after jump)
Sunstar Scheduling is looking for an EMT for a chicken eating contest on July 25 (the phone number corresponds to the Tampa Bay area)
Clearwater.patch.com has a preview of Thursday's Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship listing Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo and Michelle "Cardboard Shell" as expected entrants.
Patch reports that the site of the Hooters finals in Clearwater, FL was damaged by a driver Sunday, but will be repaired by July 25, date of the contest. This is the second MLE contest site to be damaged; the Nathan's finals site was closed for several months following Hurricane Sandy.
TampaBay.com reports that Parker East finished the Inferno Soup challenge at Nitally's in St. Petersburg, FL to claim a bounty that had increased to $1500.
The Tampa Wing Bowl has been moved to July and the first qualifier will take place on July 10. The finals will award $5000.
Tampa.CBSLocal.com has a web page about the Tampa Wing Bowl. The finals on June 8 will award $1,000 and Wednesday qualifiers will begin on May 15. All contests will take place in Clearwater, FL.
The Patio in Tampa will hold a pepper eating contest on May 5 awarding $1,000 in prizes.
The finals of the Tampa Bay Wing Bowl will award $5000 to the winner on June 8. Four Qualifiers will start on May 15. All contests will take place in Clearwater, FL.
Florida Ice Cream Festival contest
The top 6:
1) Joey Chestnut 14.5 pints
2) Adrian Morgan 11.5
3) Brian Dudzinski 9.75
4) Jon Bello 9.5
5) Crazy Legs Conti 7
6) Mike Jenkins 6.5
5:17 pm Joey Chestnut won the contest with 14.5 pints in 6 minutes
5:00 pm The contest has started.
RJ Frasca appeared on Studio 10 yesterday to promote the contest.
FloridaIceCreamFestival.org lists severa competitors in next Saturday's ice cream eating contest including Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Crazy Legs Conti and Juan Rodriguez.
Registration is currently open on IFOCE.com for the Magnify Credit Union World Ice Cream Eating Championship, to be held at the Florida Ice Cream Festival in Lakeland, FL on April 6. The Ledger announces that Joey Chest is expected to compete.
The Pierogi Grill in Clearwater, FL will hold an eating contest on February 24 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
Bebo's Reloaded in Winter Haven, FL is holding a four pound hot dog eating contest on Saturday. The entry fee is $200 and the winner will receive the entire pot (currently $1000).
2012-13 college football bowl eating contests
Several college football bowls held eating contests as part of their pre-game activities:
- Rose Bowl (Pasadena, CA) Wisconsin defended their Lawry’s Beef Bowl title by eating a total of 619 pounds of prime rib to defeat Stanford by 17 pounds. Joshua Garnett and Dallas Lewallen of Wisconsin were reportedly the individual winners with 7 24-ounce steaks eaten.
- Chick-fil-A Bowl (Atlanta) LSU outate Clemson at Sal Grosso’s Brazillian Steakhouse by 624 pounds to 454
- Music City Bowl (Nashville) NC State outate Vanderbilt by 19 ribs. NC State’s Rogers Clark ate 21 ribs in 2 minutes to win the individual contest.
- Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (Tempe, AZ) Michigan State ate an average of 33 wings per player to defeat TCU by a margin of 13. MSU’s Shawn Kamm was the individual winner with 65 wings.
- Outback Bowl (Tampa) Ashton Tate of South Carolina ate 8 mini key lime pies to defeat Michigan’s Ben Braden by 3 pies.
Teddy won first place and a prize of $250 in a Dagwood eating contest held Saturday at Lucky Dill in St. Petersburg, FL. Stephanie Torres was runner up and Craig Reed was 3rd.
Lucky Dill in St. Petersburg, FL will hold a three pound sandwich eating contest on December 8 awarding $700 ($500 to the winner).
The top 3 in today's chicken slider eating championship at GameTime in Tampa: 1) Eric Dahl 24.75 sliders 2) Stephanie Torres 20 3) chris Abatsas 14.
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.
Mike Longo, Dale Boone win BGR Burger qualifiers
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.
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.
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