Upcoming Atlanta eating contests
Atlanta eating challenges
(All Atlanta eating challenges and contests in database)
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.
Patrick Dogan won the Ultimate Shaniac BBQ Eating Contest at Atlanta Motor Speedway yesterday and received a Big Green Egg grill as first prize. Dale Boone was listed as a competitor.
Jack Loonam has pictures of Erin Duddy, a member of the University of Georgia equestrian team, finishing the 5.5 pound burger challenge at Stuffed Burger in Athens, GA. She was the first woman to finish the challenge and her time of 29 minutes was a quarter of the 1:56 it took Ben Jones, a lineman for the Houston Texans, needed to complete the challenge (gallery). update June 19 The restaurant facebook has a gallery.
Googie Burger in Atlanta will hold a fried pickle eating contest on June 23 awarding two tickets to an Atlanta Falcons game.
Wing Kong wins Atlanta Hooters qualifier
update June 6 Kicks105FM has a video
http://twitter.com/eatingcontest/status/209363209247928323“>Micah “Wing Kong” Collins has been announced as the winner of today’s Hooters wing eating qualifier in Atlanta with 122 wings. Yasir Salem was the runner up with 117. update Rest of the results
Tomorrow's Hooters qualifier in Atlanta will take place at Falcons Landing (the area between the Georgia Dome & Phillips Arena) at 2:15 pm (the time is not mentioned on the MLE websites). V103.CBSLocal.com has a gallery of an on-air contest Paul Barlow did Friday.
Registration for the Atlanta Hooters qualifier and Acme Oyster Eating Championship will open tomorrow. Both contests will take place on June 3.
Shane's Rib Shack in Athens, GA will hold a wing eating contest on April 21 awarding $500. A qualifier will take place on April 14.
The Cajun Crab House in Atlanta will hold a crab leg eating contest on March 31 for women only awarding $250.
Grace "Maneater" Lee will appear in tonight's episode of Kitchen Nightmare's on Fox at 8pm eastern and compete in a chicken wing eating contest. (via Yvonne Monet) (Video interview recorded during episode filming in September) update Jan 15 The contest was cut, youtube has the outtake
The Chick Fil A Bowl held an eating contest at Sal Grosso's Brazilian Steakhouse where members of the University of Virginia football team defeated players on Auburn University's team by an average of 9.03 pounds per player (1002 total) to 5.9 pounds per player (614 total) which is ironic considering that Chick Fil A's commercials featuring cows discourage viewers from eating beef. (via TheGurglingCod)
CNN has an article about "Super" Paul "Bonebreaker" Barlow's career as a movie extra (via Badlands Booker). Paul's IMDB page lists that he will appear in three 2012 movies.
Dale Boone won a recliner Saturday at a hot dog eating contest held at the Elliot Street Pub in Atlanta. (gallery)
Kelly Stevens ate the most of his Grim Reaper burger at a contest last night at Lucky's Burgers and Brews in Roswell, GA.
Lucky's Burger & Brew in Roswell, GA will hold a "Grim Reaper Burger" eating contest on August 7. Diners who can finish the four pound burger in under an hour will receive $100 in cash and a $250 Lucky's gift card.
All Star Pizza in Marietta, GA will hold a pizza eating contest on Friday awarding $500 to the winner.
AJC.com has an article about Grace Lee competing in the womens division of the Nathan's finals with some quotes from Damien Boykin.
WSBTV has a video of the amateur-only wing eating contest held at the Wing & Rock Fest in Woodstock, GA won by Dale Boone.
Patch.com reports that Dale Boone won yesterday's wing eating contest at the Wing & Rock Fest in Woodstock, GA, which was an amateur only event according to the contest rules.
Loco Luna in Atlanta will hold a taco eating contest on May 29 awarding $250.
Five competitors are needed to compete against Dale Boone in Sunday's burger eating contest at Grindhouse Killer Burgers in Atlanta.
Tim “Gravy” Brown & Larell Marie Mele qualify for Coney
update May 16 #2 Paul Barlow has a facebook gallery.
update May 16 Creative Loafing has a blog entry and gallery (via Larell Marie Mele comment)
Contest results from the eatingcontest twitter
Men
1) Tim “Gravy” Brown 28.75 hot dogs in 10 minutes, qualifies for Nathan’s finals for 5th year in a row
2) Larry “The Legend” McNeil 16, first IFOCE contest since joining WLOCE
3) Damien Boykin 11
Women
1) Larell Marie Mele 13 hot dogs
Grace Lee did not appear in any of the eatingcontest twitpics or in this yfrog picture of the entire field
The contest should start around 1 pm eastern.
Rich Shea says that “Pi Gal” will also compete, presumably Steve “Pi Guy” Martin’s wife or girlfriend.
The facebook for Junction Lanes in Newnan, GA, site of tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier, announces that judges are needed for the contest.
The Bert Show has a podcast of Grace Lee's on-air practice session for the Newnan, GA Nathan's qualifier this morning in which she ate 2 hot dogs in 2 minutes. A representative of the Newnan Nathan's said the qualifier is looking for female competitors, but is closed to male entrants. update a video of the practice session has been posted in which Grace says she ate 9 hot dog in 10 minutes at the end (via Andrew Lane) update May 12 A gallery of the appearance is available.
Grace Lee announces that she will attempt to qualify for the Nathan's finals and will do a live practice session on Q100 tomorrow morning. A video of Grace's recent Macho Totcho challenge is available.
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