Upcoming eating contests
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(All Indiana eating challenges and contests in database)
February 17, 2008 link buffet
Evansville, IN pancake contest article and video
Elizabeth Canady makes the AICE spotlight page
Gal Sone’s Belguim trip report
Newport, RI IHOP pancake contest February 24
Steerburger eating contest in Albany, NY February 29
The Yankee Doodle is looking for a new location
Tribute to “Stand by Me” vomiting scene on VH1’s “Free Radio” sitcom (from Kevin Ross)
Like eating records, chess records have also been purged from the Guinness Book of World Records
Phillies prank trade for Kobayashi (not Takeru)
Jessica Beall repeats as Apple Festival pizza champ
Greene County (Indiana) Daily reports that Jessica Beall has repeated as winner of the pizza eating contest held at the Apple Festival. She has won a division of the pizza contest at the Apple Festival for four of the past five years. The year she did not win, she was ineligible due to being an employee of the restaurant sponsoring the pizza contest.
Link Buffet, November 2, 2007
Youtube clip of the eating contest at Rutgers from “The Apprentice”
blog entry by runner up in the UK breakfast eating contest
North Jersey hot dog eating contest, winner ate 11 hot dogs in 5 minutes and won $250
“Mean” Gene Okerlund of the WWE opens a fast food restaurant and oversees a burger eating contest
CBS News article about the pumpkin farm where the US-Japan pumpkin eating contest took place (Joe Menchetti is not mentioned)
Howard University anti-CE (really anti-obesity) editorial
Kansas U corn dog contest video
Parody about high school eating competitive eating clubs
Branson, MO pizza contest
Evansville, Indiana donut contest video
Billy Blanks (Tae Bo) does eating contest in Japan
Indianapolis jalapeno contest April 14
A press release for the grand opening ceremonies of the Hot Shotz Grill in Indianapolis announces that a jalapeno eating contest with a first place prize of $100 will be held as part of the festivities. Anyone who eats a whole jalapeno will receive a $25 gift certificate.
Legal problems for Evansville pancake contest champions
People attending the YMCA Pancakes Days contest in Evansville, IN might want to avoid any contest afterparties put on by the local competitors. CourierPress.com reports that the contest was won by a sex offender who failed to register (the failure is attributed to a government computer mixup.) The winner was victorious for the fourth year in a row. The man he tied with in his first win in 2004 is charged with a stabbing death.
Jessica Beall – pizza teen queen of Indiana
The Daily Citizen has an article about Jessica Beall of Bloomfield Indiana who won a pizza eating contest for high school students. Jessica was the only member of the mostly male field to finish her large pizza under the time limit of 8 minutes. Jessica says her role model is “Mushmouth” Machetti (actually “Mushmouth” Mariano) who competed in pizza eating contests on local Cleveland television in the 1970s (and is mentioned on page 67 of Horsemen of the Esophagus) Jessica hopes to eventually compete in the Nathan’s finals, but she will have to wait until she turns 18 to qualify.
The Daily Citizen also has an article about the 2005 pizza contest. Jessica was ineligible to compete in that because she was an employee of the restaurant sponsoring the contest, but she claims to have won her age category the preceding three years and has also won pizza contests in Cincinatti, Indianapolis and Terre Haute.
August 19 contests – Humble Bob wins Indy, Joey gyoza
from IFOCE.com
Indiana State Fair Toyota Trucks Chowdown Championship
Indiana food products: pork sandwiches, beef ribeye, turkey legs, and grilled cheese sandwiches
1. “Humble” Bob Shoudt
2. Jim “the Hammer” Hamrick
3. Kevin Carr
updated 8/20 8:13 am – indystar.com has an article about the contest
updated 8/20 10:59 pm – wishtv.com has an article
from dukerustfield’s myspace blog
GoldenPalace.net World Gyoza Eating Championship Los Angeles, CA
1. Joey Chestnut 212 gyozas
2. Sonya Thomas 210
3. Rich LeFevre 162
4. Hall Hunt 107
5. Erik “the Red” Denmark ?
results updated 8/20 4:25 pm from ifoce.com
from that blog:
They held the world gyoza eating championship. Steamed dumplings. The winner got $2500. I guess there’s this whole league of professional eaters. They all knew each other and fly around…eating. The people who came in 2nd and 3rd ate 10 percent of their body weight in 10 minutes!!! f***ing incredible. The winner was a bit larger though. You might think that chick wouldn’t do so well, but she came in 2nd. They had all these strategies like covering their mouth so air wouldn’t get in and dipping them in water to help them slide down, and they’d hop around a bit to settle it and get out any burps. Some amatuers competed along with the pros, I mean some fat ass dudes. They amatuers ate like 40 or so (I’ve eaten maybe 24 and I’m stuffed). The record they set was 162 if I remember correctly.
Updated 8:20 pm mikeyhateseverything went to the contest and has a blog entry about it
FortWayne.com competitive eating column
If you are looking for quotes from professors about competitive eating, pro and con, this column from fortwayne.com can provide them.
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