Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Illinois eating challenges and contests in database)
Pat Bertoletti's twitter announces that the Malibu Perfecta Party Bus will provide transportation to Saturday's Pepe's Taco Eating Contest at Balmoral Park. The cost is $15 and includes a beer.
Jimmy John’s makers vs. eaters reports
Decider Chicago has a report on Saturday’s contest between Jimmy John’s sandwich makers and Pat Bertoletti, Hall Hunt, Tim Brown and Steven Dokho. update ChicagoFoodies has an interview with Pat Bertoletti and Hall Hunt.
update #2 Val Bromann has a blog entry and gallery about the contest.
The SouthTown Star has a report on Sunday's Bartolini's meatball eating contest.
Tim Rauscheder has uploaded videos from Sunday's meatball contest sponsored by Bartolini's. Tom "Goose" Gilbert won the contest by eating 50 meatballs, breaking "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's previous record of 43.
Adam Richman to attempt Krispy Kreme burger tomorrow
BND reports that Adam Richman of Man vs. Food will attempt “Baseball’s Best Burger” at tomorrow’s Gateway Grizzlies game in Sauget, IL (East St. Louis area). The sandwich uses a split Krispy Kreme doughnut as a bun. This will be the third time Man vs. Food has recorded at a minor league stadium (Charleston, SC, W. Michigan) and St. Louis will become the third metropolitan area to be visited twice (SF Bay area, Raleigh-Durham)
SJ-R has a report (no spoiler) about Adam Richman’s attempt at a bowl of Firebrand Chili in Springfield, IL yesterday.
update The article reports that Jim Hamrick, who has been ranked in the IFOCE top 50, set the Firebrand Chili record of 5 bowls last week.
The Southtown Star reports that Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown and former Green Bay Packer defensive lineman John Jurkovic will compete in the IFOCE taco contest on August 1.
A turkey leg eating contest awarding $250 will be held at Risque Cafe in Chicago on July 25. Beggar's Pizza in Chicago will also have a pizza eating contest tomorrow.
Iggy had a negative experience at the Man vs. Food taping in Springfield, Illinois yesterday.
Iggyz.com has some details about the sites in Springfield, Illinois Man vs. Food will visit this weekend.
The Southtown Star has a preview of Sunday's Bartolini's meatball contest in suburban Chicago listing "Goose" Gilbert, Floria Lee and Lucy Bauer as expected entrants.
Timothy O'Toole's in Chicago will have a wing eating contest tomorrow. The winner will get two tickets into the 2010 WingFest and a slot in the wing eating contest at WingFest.
A video of the La Costena jalapeno eating contest won by Domenico Alesi held in Chicago on July 5 is available. Competitors had to open their mouth to show they finished their previous pepper before starting on the next.
Pat Bertoletti has posted a video of Saturday's Jimmy John's makers vs. eaters event in Minneapolis. The Chicago makers vs. eaters event will take place on July 25 at a Taste of Lincoln.
SJ-R reports that Man vs. Food will be recording in Springfield, Illinois this weekend and the challenge will be Joe Rogers' Firebrand chili. The 40 & 60 inch pizzas delivered by a crane at the Pizza Factory, probably the most famous Springfield eating challenge, will apparently be bypassed.
Furious Pete wins Bacci Pizza
A caption for a gallery of today’s Bacci Pizza contest says the unnamed winner ate 8.5 slices. Rich LeFevre’s mark of 7.5 slices in 15 minutes at the 2005 Bacci Pizza contest is listed as an IFOCE record. update A comment for another picture says the winner was from Canada.
update # Videos and a bodybuilding.com thread are available.
Jimmy John's twitter reports that a sandwich eating contest for amateurs will be held at at The Fifty/50 in Chicago tonight. Milwaukee.decider.com reports Hall Hunt & Tim Brown will be the other two eaters Jimmy Johns' Milwaukee event tomorrow.
BacciPizza.com reports that it will sponsor a pizza eating contest at the Bacci Pizza Fest in Chicago on Saturday. $2500 in prizes will be awarded ($1500 to the winner). Entrants will need to qualify by eating three jumbo slices in under 20 minutes at a Bacci's location.
The twitter for the La Costena Tour reports that Domenico Alesi won yesterday's jalapeno eating contest by eating 14 peppers in one minute and will compete in the MLE jalapeno contest in Chicago later this year.
John Palmgren, runner up at the recent Rudolph Pork Rind contest, was the guest of honor at a local pork rind contest in Peoria.
chicago.metromix.com: A one minute jalapeno contest will be held in Chicago on July 5. The winner will receive $200 and a slot in the IFOCE jalapeno contest in September.
Heroes West in Joliet will host four qualifiers for a wing eating contest this month. The finals will take place at The Taste Of Joliet on June 27.
RedEye Chicago wants to know the most of anything you've ever eaten.
A "ghost pepper" eating contest will be held in Chicago tonight. First prize is a 32 inch plasma television.
Burger Challenge news roundup
- The Black Bear Saloon in Milford, CT offers a 12 pound burger with a 5 pound patty – video
- Bull’s on Broadway in Kankakee, IL (suburban Chicago) has an “Imposi-bull burger†5 pound burger challenge that is free if finished in under an hour
- Fattie’s Diner in Damascus, VA has a burger challenge (currently 6 pounds) which grows every time someone finishes it
- A new record was recently set in the 10+ Stack em High challenge offered by Burger Madness in Seattle
Woody's Chicago Style in Honolulu will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 26 that will award a trip to Chicago for a national hot dog eating contest.
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