Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Illinois eating challenges and contests in database)
Wierville in Elgin, Illinois will host a hot dog eating contest on Sunday with a $350 purse.
The Southern has a report on a dog food contest for humans held to benefit the Humane Society of Southern Illinois and Perry County Humane Society in Carbondale, IL.
PioneerLocal is doing a weekly series called Megabites about big meals offered by Chicagoland restaurants which include a 72 ounce steak and a 2 pound hot dog originally created for White Sox club seats.
Val Bromann has posted a blog entry and gallery on Saturday's Pepe's taco eating contest at Balmoral Park and her experiences travelling to and from the contest on the party bus.
NWTimes has a profile of Pat Bertoletti containing a report on Saturday's Pepe's Taco Eating Contest at Balmoral Park.
Balmoral Park Pepe’s taco results
Pat Bertoletti’s twitter has the top 4 from this evening’s taco eating contest at Balmoral Park race track:
1 Pat Bertoletti 33 tacos
2 Tim Brown 28
3 Erik Denmark 25
4 Nate Biller 19
Registration will open tomorrow for the September 13 La Costena jalapeno contest in Chicago. The purse will be $5,800.
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.
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