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The Northwestern U student paper has an article about Grace Chan, who ate 50 California rolls in about 3 minutes to win the women's division of Todoroki's sushi eating contest last year. She is now a student at Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine.
Jennifer Saito ate 16 curry bao dumplings in 2 minutes to win Saturday's contest at Wow Bao in Chicago.
The Washington Post has an article about Chicago Cubs cursebreakers mentioning the goat eating at Taco in a Bag last month by Takeru Kobayashi, Pat Bertoletti, Bob Shoudt, Tim Brown and LA Beast.
Kobayashi wins Taco Trough Takedown
update Kobayashi won the contest with a time of 1:45
Taco in a Bag will announce today the time Takeru Kobayashi needed to finish the Taco Trough challenge. This attempt will but two of his streaks on the line: a post-MLE streak now extending 5 years and a career undefeated streak vs. women. Molly Schuyler is the current leader at 2:24 with Bob Shoudt the current runner up with a time of 3:14.
Mark Kolbusz has won the Bacci Pizza Jumbo Slice eating contest for the third year in a row with a total of 5 1/3 slices. update Sep 28 Prizewinners (via comment) 1) Mark Kolbusz 5.33 2 Raymond Maas 5.125 3 Teddy Delacruz 5 Videos: Son of a Pizza Man | Ray's Good Eats
Taco in a Bag's Taco Trough Takedown closed yesterday. Molly Schuyler took the lead on Monday with a time of 2:24. Bob Shoudt's and Takeru Kobayashi's time (if he did the challenge) have yet to be announced.
Takeru Kobayashi, Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown and LA Beast will attempt to eat a 40 pound goat tonight at Taco in a Bag tonight in an attempt to break the Chicago Cubs "Billy Goat" curse which has supposedly prevented the ballclub from reaching the World Series since 1945. update The official time was 15 minutues. Bob Shoudt joined the team. update Sep 23 Val Bromann has a blog entry & gallery More coverage WGN | USA Today | Yahoo | CSN Chicago | Sports Illustrated update Sep 25 More coverage: Wall Street Journal | Rolling Stone | NY Post | MLB.com
Bacci's Pizza will hold an eating contest in Chicago on September 26 awarding $1750 ($1000 to the winner).
Marco Owens announces (in comments) he has taken the lead in the Taco Trough challenge at Taco in a Bag with a time of 3:15, beating Pat Bertoletti's time by almost a minute. He thought that would result in an immediate payment of $5,000, but the contest will continue and pay the prize to the fastest finisher as of September 23. (No mention of that date is made in the original challenge announcement). (via email) update Stephanie Torres just finished the challenge in 4:30, which puts her in the lead for the $2000 prize.
The Chicago Hot Sauce Festival will take place on August 29 & 30 after parking issues forced a postponement of the original July dates. Seven spicy eating contests will take place both days.
Pat Bertoletti set the original record of 4:10 for the Kickapoo Joy Juice Taco Trough Takedown on WCIU's "You & Me This Morning today. DNAInfo reports that someone who can finish the 6 pound "Big Jim Reeves" and a half liter of Kickapoo Joy Juice will in 4:09 or less will win $5000. A finishing time of 4:10 - 6:09 will result in a $2000 prize. Professional eaters including Kobayashi and Molly Schuyler are welcome to compete in the contest.
Taco in a Bag announces the Kickapoo Joy Juice Taco Trough $10,000 Challenge. Pat Bertoletti and Tim "Gravy" Brown will set the official record for a 6 pound "Big Jim Reeves" taco and a half liter of Kickapoo Joy Juice on WCIU on August 28. $5000 will be awarded to the first person to surpass that mark.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Pat Bertoletti has withdrawn from the second round of America's Got Talent because he could not afford to leave Taco in a Bag for five days.
The Chicago Fiery Foods Fest will hold 7 spicy eating contests this weekend.
Bartolini's announces it will not hold a meatball eating contest, amateur or professional, in Midlothian, IL in 2015.
Crazy Legs Conti has a report on the protest that interrupted the Chicago Ribfest eating contest. His Huffington Post blog entry also includes a review of Taco in a Bag.
O'Rourke's Office in Chicago will hold a hot dog eating contest on Saturday that will be MCed by Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez.
Flashback: Before starting a run of three Stanley Cup championships in six years, members of the Chicago Blackhawks including Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews competed in a pppsicle eating contest in March 2010.
2015 Chicago Ribmania
update Jun 16 Val Bromann has a contest report
Northcenterchamber contest video
updated Jun 15 Protestors jumped on stage mid-contest and were pushed off by some of the competitors. (via Juan Rodriguuez).
1) Michelle Lesco 3.2, first non-qualifier win
2) Miki Sudo 2.9, ends 2 contest Ribmania streak
3) Juan Rodriguez 2.26
4) Erik Denmark 1.9
5) Nate Biller 1.6
6) Crazy Legs Conti 1.5
7) Paul Zwiercan 1.2, amateur qualifer winner
8) Val Bromann 1, walked on after Jeff Buter did not show
Val Bromann reports that Michelle Lesco won the contest.
The event website has a list of competitors. Jeff Butler will compete in his first contest of 2015.
Previous Winners
| 2014 Jun 6 | 1st | 4.8 | 8 min | Miki Sudo | Ribfest Chicago’s RIBMANIA Eating Championship | Chicago, IL |
| 2013 Jun 7 | 1st | 2.9 | 6 min | Miki Sudo | Ribfest Chicago’s RIBMANIA Eating Championship | Chicago, IL |
| 2012 Jun 8 | 1st | 7.8 | 8 min | Tim “Gravy” Brown | Ribfest Chicago’s RIBMANIA Eating Championship | Chicago, IL |
| 2011 Jun 10 | 1st | 5.24 | 8 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Rib Eating Contest | Chicago, IL |
| 2010 Jun 11 | 1st | 4.26 | 8 min | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Rib Eating Contest | Chicago, IL |
Paul Zwerican won tonight's amateur qualifier for the Chicago Ribfest. update flickr gallery
A power pellet (cookie) eating contest was held at Level 257 in Schaumburg, IL Saturday in honor of Pac-Man's 35th birthday.
Complex has a video of Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo answering questions while eating hot wings. The wings became spicier as the questions got more challenging.
Timeout Chicago has a ranking of all the offerings at Taco in a Bag. The menu item named after Miki Sudo is #2 and The Big Jim Reeves is #7. update May 6 MyFoxChicago.com has an article and video
WGN has an article and video segment about Taco in a Bag.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Moshe Tamssot used McDonald's new burger customization kiosk to create a sandwich that weighed 3.8 pounds and cost him $24.89.
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