After watching the Hartford episode of Man vs. Food, kk has made the following request for Boston area female competitive eaters:

i went to an all-women’s college, and i’m ready to shake up some gender norms. i want to create the greatest female competitive eating team this world has ever seen. so far, i’ve recruited my sister, and my friend claudia. my sister can eat like a beast – it’s genetic. i mean that as a compliment. while my sister and i are both fairly small women, claudia is going to be our secret weapon. she is my height, and roughly a size 000. yes, three zeros. i just made up a size for her. don’t be fooled; homegirl can EAT. especially cheeseburgers.

if you want in on this, let me know. additionally, if you know of any eating challenges in the boston area, tell me.

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Update Oct 5 Carlos the Dwarf has a video

Update The Boston Herald has an article and gallery. No ranked eaters are listed in the captions. IFOCE also has a contest report.

The eatingcontest twitter reports that Pete “Pretty Boy” Davekos defended his Garlicky Greens title and broke his previous record with a total of 7.5 lbs.

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The eating contest twitter has the top 5 in today’s pizza eating contest in Boston:
1) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 20 slices
2) Pat Philbin 19.5
3) Crazy Legs Conti 19
4T) Pete Davekos 17
4T) Russ Keeler 17

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IFOCE.com announces that Upper Crust Pizza will hold a pizza eating contest at the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival in Boston on September 26. Bossier City grits (Sept 19) and Lewisville tamales (Sept 26) have also been officially added to the schedule. Registration for grits will open tomorrow.

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A clip of the Travel Channel’s Samantha Brown competing in the 2008 World Italian Sausage Eating Championship is available on youtube. Derek “Wing Tut” Payne, “Tiny” Tim Rauscheder (in the background of the thumbnail above), Carey Poehlmann and others appear in the clip. The entire episode of Great Weekends: Boston will be televised on Saturday night.

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BottomLineSox announces that the 1 pound 9 ounce McGreevy’s Beckett Burger will debut at McGreevy’s this afternoon. Josh Beckett will be present at the restaurant until 3 pm today and award Red Sox tickets. The burger weight was selected to honor of Josh Beckett’s #19 uniform number. The burger price is $30 and a portion of the cost will go to the Josh Beckett Foundation. All purchasers will receive one of two T shirts which will announce whether they succeeded or failed in the challenge.

The Trenton Thunder have also started the Thunder Burger Challenge which consists of three grilled cheese sandwiches separated by half pound burger patties. The burger is free if it is finished in under 30 minutes and all finishers will be invited to a contest on August 28. (Will this bring central New Jersey’s most famous burger eater out of retirement?)

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update #2 WHDH has a video and article

update dmspring has a flickr gallery There is also a picture on twitpix

2:10: twitter.com/rpshea: davekos and goldstein tie 1/23 hdb’s sean gordon advances to CI w/26 – George Shea confirms

The top 4
1) Sean Gordon 26 HDB
2T) Allen “Goldstein” 23 HDB
2T) Pete “Pretty Boy” Davekos 23 HDB
4) Russ Keeler 15.5 HDB

1:59 twitter.com/rpshea – 5 mins in goldstein and davekos w/16 each

12:58 introductions have started according to http://twitter.com/gcshea

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The Daily News Tribune has an article about Pete “Pretty Boy” Davekos who will compete in the Boston Nathan’s qualifier tomorrow.

update The Boston Globe also has a preview (with no expected entrants)

update #2 WBCN has a podcast of an interview with Davekos

IFOCE.com has a preview of the contest which says that Allen Goldstein will also compete

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