• 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

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update #3 Times updated with values from MLE facebook page

update #2 Erik Denmark has the top 4 finishing times – (contest has a fixed amount of 6 lb. ice cream)
1 Pat Bertoletti 46 seconds
2 Sonya Thomas 1:10
3 Erik Denmark 1:12
4 Nate Biller 2:20

update results from Silly America / Val Bromann: Pat first sonya second eric third nate fourth

Val Bromann got up early to drive to the Harrah’s casino in Metropolis, IL and will post results on http://twitter.com/sillyamerica

http://twitter.com/erikdenmark might also have results

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update #2 Naples, FL report and gallery

update The two Rock the Tot posts have been merged and bumped up

Val Bromann has a gallery of her local Rock the Tot tater tot eating contest

DCist has a gallery of last night’s Rock the Tot contest won by James “Big Bess” Besser

update Skinnyboy has a blog entry about his second place (missing 1st place by .1 oz) finish at a Denver Rock the Tot

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WGN’s baseball blog has a video of the giant Northside Twist pretzel available at Chicago Cubs games. The pretzel weighs 2 pounds (not 4 as previously listed) and costs $15.

The Sun Times reports that the Chicago White Sox offer a 2 foot long, 3 pound meatball sandwich for $26, which is only available in the premium sections of U.S. Cellular Field.

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From crawfish twitter: IFOCE.com announces that a Dippin’ Dots eating contest will be held at the Harrah’s Metropolis (Southern Illinois) Casino & Hotel on May 2. Registration is now open.

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Pat Bertoletti commented that he ate the 5 pound Burritozilla at Iguana’s Taqueria in San Jose in 1 minute and 41 seconds, breaking Joey Chestnut’s record. (Joey Chestnut may have since regained the record). Pat’s Burritozilla mark is included on the list of eating challenge results on deepdisheats.com which includes feats such as the 40 inch pizza (with a partner) at the Pizza Machine and the Tex-ass doughnut from Voodoo doughnuts in Portland, OR in 23 seconds which have not received much media attention.

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In today’s edition of the Chicago Tribune, Tim “Gravy” Brown offers some hot dog eating contest tips

Brain training. Competitive eaters override brain signals that tell them they’re full, and if you want to eat faster, you need to do the same before you slow down. “You have to trick yourself,” says Brown, who also packs an iPod with books on tape or punk rock to distract himself. “You just want to concentrate.” His brain and gut rewired, Brown finds, “I never get full. I don’t get hungry. But that doesn’t mean I don’t love to eat.”

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(from Man vs. Food message board) The Pizza Machine in Springfield, Illinois, whose previous claim to fame was a 40 inch pizza that was delivered by crane, now has a 60 inch pizza. At 2827 square inches, the area of the pizza exceeds the area of the 52 inch square pizza from Big Mama’s & Papa’s Pizza in Los Angeles by 123 square inches. The 60 inch pizza must apparently be purchased in combination with a party package at a cost of $350. No eating challenge for the 60 inch pizza is listed. The pizza appeared on Country Fried Home Videos on CMT.

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• As of 10:30 am eastern, Wing Bowl 17 tickets appear available on ComcastTix.com Here is the direct link to the ticket buying page
• Pat Bertoletti ranks his favorite Chicago pizzas
• “Kid” Cary DeGrosa has a new column about OJ which embeds a video from September 2007 (from “Beautiful” Brian email)
• (from Wasted Food) Rich Shea podcast (starts at about the 50 minute mark) Shea continues to assert that competitive eating is the world’s fastest growing sport, but admits he has no factual basis for that statement.
• Encounter (in English) with Hatsuyo “the Witch” Sugawara at a restaurant
• Cameron McKirdy (now known as “Consumption”) has updated his website http://www.deathbyconsumption.com/
• Adam Richman of Man vs. Food to do a live online video chat on Wednesday at 11 pm eastern
• Mario’s Flying Pizza in Galveston, TX to celebrate reopening after Hurricane Ike with eating contests Wednesday

update As of 1:30pm eastern, upper level Wing Bowl tickets appear to be available

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• Dave Shoffner resumes blogging, but not on megamunch
• Encounter with Sonya Thomas at the Washington Capitals game December 4
• St. George Hunt, described by Angelo Cataldi as the Wing Bowl’s biggest fan, passes away
• Bacci Pizza in Chicago starts a 30 inch pizza eating challenge
• Bonita Springs, FL wing eating contest Saturday

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