• Article about A Taste of Hamburg-er eating contest which reports that “Ian Hick” was last year’s winner
• Furious Pete gains 5.5 inches in 7 minutes during recording of “Sports Science”
• Entire office attempts pancake challenge at Charlie Parker’s in Springfield
• Message from Miss Busy Lady’s nephew to Joey and Pat
• National Cheese Eating Championship to take place at Arthur, Illinois Amish Country Cheese Fesitval tomorrow

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Please place results from yesterday’s Wakefield National Sandwich Eating Championship held at the Foodservice at Retail Expo in Schaumburg, Illinois in the comments of this post.

update results from a GJoe comment:

1) Bob “Killer” Kuhn’s Made it to the “dinner table”.
2) Ian “The Invader” Hickman One sub shy of the dinner table.
3) “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti 1.25 subs shy of dinner table.
4 )Miss Elizabeth Canady 1.3 subs shy of the dinner table.

PioneerLocal.com has an article about the contest

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• 2008 IFOCE La Costena Chicago jalapeno eating contest September 14, registration opens Thursday (from Crawfish comment)
• Washington, DC pizza eating contest Friday
• UEPa involvement in Taste of Hamburg eating contest
• Jill Stoler on her appearance on the History Channel last night – future showings of Evolve: Guts
• Video of Gal Sone in Spain

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• Val Bromann has a blog entry and gallery from the contest in which Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown and Patrick Vandam competed against Jimmy John’s sandwich makers (Chicagoist report / preview)
• Dickey’s BBQ finals to be held in Dallas in January 2009. San Antonio and Lynchburg, VA qualifiers have been scheduled for September.
• Furious Pete profile (article scan) in the Toronto Sun (condolences to Pete on the recent loss of his grandparents)
• Columnist responds to Juris Shibayama’s letter
• Sonya Thomas lists her favorite bands (Thanks for the compliment Sonya)
• Don Lerman to judge upcoming cannoli eating contest (Also confirmation that Kevin Lipsitz received the Lifetime Achievement Award)
• Record set at Ballard, WA lutefisk eating contest
• Female division winner has best overall mark at Strasburg, OH Corn Festival
• West Virginia Hot Dog Festival report
• Article about Chris Kenney, 11th place finisher at Bartolini’s meatballs
• Statistics on the Dubuque Conuty Fair’s eating contests
• Preview of Sunday’s dumpling eating contests in Queens, NY
• Blog entry about Seattle doughnut eating contest / Saturday Knights concert
• Vineland, NJ pizza contest August 9, $50 gift certificate first prize
• Report about eating contest held at Nobuyuki “the Giant” Shirota’s restaurant
• Biryani eating contest for Indian familes
• Charlotte Dawson, a judge on Australia’s Next Top Model wins a celebrity meat pie eating contest

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InChiCity’s calendar has the following entry for July 26:

Taste of Lincoln

You’ve probably seen the Major League Eaters gobbling down hot dogs and chicken wings on TV and wondered who in the world would ever challenge them. Well, Jimmy John’s, purveyor of all things freaky fast, is doing it. But, this is not just an eating competition. Jimmy John’s is betting that one team of their sandwich makers can make sandwiches faster than three World-Class Major League Eaters can eat them. Starting at 3:00pm on July 26th at Taste of Lincoln Avenue you can experience the Freaky Fast Sandwich Making and Eating Contest! Who will be freaky faster?

Pat Bertoletti said he would be one of the MLE team members on the Steve Dahl show.

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Results from this evening’s meatball eating contest sponsored by Bartolini’s from a bodybuilding.com forum thread

1) “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 43 meatballs, $3000 prize
2) Tom “Goose” Gilbert 38 meatballs, $1000
3) Joe Menchetti 35 meatballs, $500

update

The Southtown Star has a report on the contest

update #2

Full results have been posted on Bartolini’s website

A video of a meatball contest on the local CBS morning news show is available (from Furious Pete comment)

Furious Pete also won the Reuben sandwich eating contest (and Ian Hickman won the Italian sausage contest)

update #3 The Battle Creek Enquirer has a contest report about the Reuben contest

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• Log of Pat Bertoletti on yesterday’s Steve Dahl show. Bertoletti will be competing against sandwich makers at the Taste of Lincoln Avenue on July 26 or 27.
• Video recorded by Gersh Kuntzman alleging cheating by Kobayashi after regulation time ended at the Nathan’s finals
• Press release about today’s UEPa meeting at Gregory’s Steakhouse
• Short article about Rich LeFevre

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• July 4 Peoria hot dog contest results
• MLE Singapore contest – first qualfier report, Joey Chestnut interview
• Fort Wayne, IN hot dog contest preview
• Passerby wins Frederick, MD hot dog contest
  
• New trailer for Nacho Mountain (PG rated)
• Bass player wins Tampa hot dog eating contest, vomits, then performs
• Pat Philbin article in NJ.com
• The LeFevres will be on Nevada Public Radio today
• Nathan’s Kevin Ross segments on youtube
• No MLE game release this week

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The Chicago Tribune has an article in which Tim “Gravy” Brown’s describes his techniques for hot dog eating. The article also appears on the Chicago Tribune’s blog.

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• Erik Denmark to compete in the Detlef Schrempf Celebrity Golf Classic today. Kato Kaelin will also be a participant.
• Pat Bertoletti on the Nathan’s finals
• Jamie of Hungry Sisters on her 9 HDB performance at Myrtle Beach
• Jill Stoler has a report with videos of the Brooklyn Stinky Cheese eating contest. Will Millender won the contest.
• “Beautiful” Brian judges the NYC Olive Garden and finds it wanting
• Chicago Pizzafest results
• No MLE video game release this week

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The Southtown Star has an article about the Chicago competitive eating scene focusing on Pat Bertoletti and the upcoming Bartolini’s meatball eating contest.

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(From ChicagoApartmentLife) A pizza eating contest with a prize of $250 will be held next Sunday at Chicago’s Pizza Fest.

Bacci Pizza will also sponsor a Chicago pizza festival with an eating contest on July 19. No other details are provided other than that qualification will take place at all Bacci locations.

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The PJ Star reports that Todd Rawls of Vertucci’s Chicago Style Eats has high ambitions for the Independence Day hot dog eating contest he is organizing in East Peoria, IL:

“Chicago is, in my opinion, the hot dog capital of the world,” Rawls said. “Everybody knows their Chicago dog. So I’m shocked Chicago hasn’t done this. Well, they’ve had their opportunity. East Peoria’s going to do it, and we’re going to get known. I’d love to be able to see this overtake Nathan’s, and I think it can get done quickly if purse money – the money that can be won by eating – exceeds Nathan’s.”

The contest will start off with $1,000 prize money for the winner, but the eatery is looking for sponsors to increase the pot for next year.

The contest has a page on the city of East Peoria’s web page. Prospective entrants will need to qualify at Vertucci’s Chicago Style Eats by eating as many hot dogs as possible in 9 minutes. The best performances will receive entry into the contest and the qualification fee is $9.99

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• Gallery of Saturday’s contests in Brunswick, GA from Bruce Pobanz
• Sonya Thomas thinks the new 10 minute duration will make it difficult for her to become the first woman to break 40 HDB
• Don Lerman believes “food pervision” companies have stolen his “interlectial propery”
• Article about local competitors at Chicago Nathan’s qualifier
• Preview of the Pittsburgh Nathan’s qualifier. Brian Subich is the only listed expected entrant
• Milia Mahfoud, the only female entrant, won a pancake eating contest at the Kingsburg Swedish Heritage Festival.
• Humble Bob has some pictures of the gyro contest on his home page
• Skinnyboy had a drunk fan while he attempted a hot dog challenge
• Article about Crazy Legs Conti in the Monterey Herald
• Calendar lists New Orleans Nathan’s qualifier on June 4 (a Wednesday) at Metairie
• Jamie of Hungry Sisters will be an assistant for Hog Happenin in Lincolnton, NC, which will have some eating contests
• $175 burger containing gold flakes
• Video of pizza eating contest from G.L.O.W. wrestling between Matilda the Hun and Mount Fiji

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results from Sage & Gravy comments

1. Pat Vandam 31
2. Tim “Gravy” Brown 28
3. Mike Fitzgerald 23.5

update The Southtown Star has a contest report. Tim Brown’s next qualifying attempts will take place in Tempe, AZ and Plano, TX.

update #2 Val Bromann has a gallery from the contest and IFOCE.com has the contest report out now.

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1. The meatball contest sponsored by Bartolini’s restaurant has the following eligibility restriction (See May 2):
   

   Eaters competing in IFOCE-MLE sanctioned Food drinking contests within the past 12 months will not be eligible to participate in this event. Food Drinkers attempting to enter the Meatball qualifiers at Bartolini’s or fraudulently qualifying for the American Meatball Eating Championship will be immediately disqualified and forfeit any prize money.

2. Joe Menchetti is listed as one of the three eaters who will receive byes to that contest on Bartolini’s website.
3. The Krystal Square Off website reports that Joe Menchetti competed in a pre-qualifier in Nashville last September.

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• Jed Donahue competes in a grilled cheese cooking contest and comes in second place. (From Liz K)
• Video of man choking during impromptu hot dog eating contest at Wrigley Field (via FrogSoda & Awful Announcing
• Krystalist challenges chef Gordon Ramsay to a Krystal eating contest
• Megamunch announces return from competitive eating blogging hiatus
• New motto for MosesNews: “When Eating News Breaks…. We Feed It To You”
• Stockton asparagus contest press release
• CBC News article about “Furious” Pete
• USA Today blog commenter wants to meet Joey Chestnut
• Gyudon eating contest in the Philippines

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The Pizza Machine in Springfield, Illinois offers a 40 inch pizza. The pizza is delivered to a diner’s table by a crane. $500 will be awarded to a team of two that can finish the pizza in under an hour.

Just Two Guys has a blog entry about attempting the 40 inch challenge and Brad J Ward has a gallery of the restaurant.

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(Via Chicagoist) Pat Bertoletti reviewed wings from nine Chicago restaurants for Time Out Chicago. Bertoletti’s top choice:

Twisted Spoke
(501 N Ogden Ave, 312-666-1500)
THE PLACE Don’t settle for Hooters’ softcore family-friendly porn. Get the real thing at the Spoke’s Saturday-night “Smut and Eggs” showing.
THE VERDICT “These are smoky like roasted chicken. This is the best sauce I’ve tasted, really rich, nice salt and sweet balance. Maybe there’s some chipotle in there. The skin is really crispy. I’d rather lick my fingers clean than use a Wet-Nap.”

In other Chicago wing news, tickets are now on sale for the WingFest that will take place on February 24 A wing eating contest will be held during that event. In previous years, the contest had separate divisions for men and women.

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(from the Pittsburgh “Wing Tut”) Reuters News reports on a restaurant’s hottest menu item:

A Chicago tavern said on Thursday it will begin selling chicken wings coated in one of the world’s hottest peppers — a dish so hot that patrons first have to sign a waiver agreeing not to sue for injuries.

Jake Melnick’s Corner Tap said the wings made with Red Savina pepper will be served with an alarm bell for patrons to summon waiters with sour cream, milk sugar and white bread if things get out of hand.

The picture accompanying the article is of Elliott “Wing Tut (Philly)” Maruffi-Cowley competing at Wing Bowl 14.

The report about the buffet dispute in Louisiana is currently at the top of the list of most viewed articles categorized as “Odd News”

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Two contests next month have been listed on craigslist:

A rice eating contest in Chicago on December 2 with a $50 first prize.

A falafel eating contest in Manhattan on December 7. The prize is free falafels for a year. There is also a yelp thread about the contest.

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In her debut competition, Samantha Begoun wins Chicago area hot dog eating contest by eating 9 hot dogs in 10 minutes, defeating the male runner up by half a hot dog
Asian food eating contest for New Jersey college students
Joey Chestnut article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, requires payment to read whole article
Forum thread on running message board about the McDonald’s Dollar Menu Challenge
Slideshow of hot dog eating contest at the Southern Illinois University
Kalamazoo restaurant brings back the “Bomb Burger”, one pound with one pound of fries
Austin TX pizza contest November 17

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Steakbellie has posted writeups of his Chicago jalapeno contest experience and his participation in the “Wedges & Wings” contest (no spoilers)

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Steakbellie has a blog entry about his trip to Chicago to compete in the La Costena jalapeno contest.

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The Chicago Tribune has an article about Pat Bertoletti’s victory in last week’s jalapeno contest. Bertoletti will compete in the grits contest in Louisiana next week.

The Tribune also did an article about Tim Brown’s preparation for the jalapeno contest.

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