Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Maryland eating challenges and contests in database)
A web site has been set up for the Holly Poultry Wing Wars at http://hollywingwars.com/ The contest will take place on June 11 in Timonium, MD and award ($1500/$800/$450/$250) to professionals and ($500/$300/$200) to amateurs.
Thursday's Cinco de Mayo party in Silver Spring, MD will hold a "Slopper" (a round tortilla ball filled with cheese, meat and sauce) eating contest awarding a $500 Austin Grill gift card to the winner.
Campus Socialite has a long report on Saturday's Collegiate Competitive Eating League National Championship.
UMD wins Collegiate Competitive Eating League National Championship
The University of Maryland won today’s Collegiate Competitive Eating League National Championship. Other teams came from Hofstra and New York University. Ben “El Diablo” Kastner was named Most Valuable Eater. Campus Food UMD has a gallery.
The prize breakdown for the Holly Poultry Wing Wars in Timonium, MD on June 11 has been announced. The professional division will award $3000 ($1500 to the winner) and the amateur division will award $1000 ($500 to the winner).
2011 Maki Madness results
- Baltimore Peter Jackson repeated as winner of the Maki Madness sushi eating tournament at RA Sushi in Baltimore. ABC 2 and Baltimore Sun have videos.
- Chicago Steve “Freight Train” Moss won the downtown Chicago Maki Madness and a woman “La Panda” reached the final four in one Chicago contest.
- Tustin Johnnie Excel won, Aaron Ybarra was runner-up
2011 RA Sushi Maki Madness
The Baltimore Sun has an article about Jay Gorman’s attempt to reclaim his title from Peter Jackson in the Maki Madness sushi eating tournament at RA Sushi on Sunday. A list of locations holding Maki Madness contests:
| 2011 Mar 20 | Maki Madness | RA Sushi | Baltimore, MD | |
| 2011 Mar 20 | Maki Madness | RA Sushi | Chicago, IL | |
| 2011 Mar 20 | Maki Madness | RA Sushi | San Diego, CA | |
| 2011 Mar 20 | Maki Madness | RA Sushi | Tustin, CA | |
| 2011 Mar 26 | Maki Madness | RA Sushi | Pembroke Pines, FL | |
| 2011 Mar 27 | Maki Madness | RA Sushi | Huntington Beach, CA | |
| 2011 Mar 31 | Maki Madness | RA Sushi | Atlanta, GA | |
| 2011 Apr 9 | Maki Madness | RA Sushi | Miami, FL |
ABC 7 News did a segment about the University of Maryland competitive eating team today.
The 1st Annual Collegiate Competitive Eating League National Championship will take place at the Cornerstone Grill & Loft in College Park, MD on April 16. Colleges will need to assemble teams of 10 eaters to compete.
Chubby's BBQ in Emmitsburg, MD has a gallery of an unnamed woman who is the first person to finish its "Avalanche" burger challenge.
The facebook for Krazi Kebob in College Park, MD announces that ABC will be covering an appearance by University of Maryland's competitive eating team tonight.
WUSA 9 has a video of the University of Maryland competitive eating team at Ratsie's in College Park, MD tonight. update The Washington Post has an article about the contest won by Phil Fiore announcing an intercollegiate contest in College Park on April 16. A slideshow and video are also available.
Padonia Station is Timonium, MD is holding a Wing Bowl on Sunday for four person teams awarding stays at the Fernwood Hotel & Resort in the Poconos.
WUSA9 has an article about the Washington, DC area Wing Bowl which is closed to professional competitive eaters like last year's contest.
In a response to a twitter question, Bonnie Bernstein of ESPN says she would not only have joined a collegiate competitive eating team if it existed when she was a gymnast at the University of Maryland, she claims she would have been a four time national champion in eating. update A facebook page about the team has been started.
106.7 The Fan has a page about the Washington, DC area Wing Bowl. The winner will receive $2,500, the runner-up $1,000 and third place will be awarded an iPad.
The qualifying circuit for the Hard Times (Washington, DC area) Wing Bowl has been announced. The first qualifier will take place in Germantown, MD on Tuesday.
The University of Maryland competitive eating team's appearance on CSN Washington last night can be viewed online. (via Josh Weissman)
The facebook page for the 74 ounce steak challenge at Steak & Main in North East, Maryland announces that Shawn Swetic finished the challenge in 12 minutes to break Jon Squibb's record.
Comcast Sports Net in Washington, DC and Baltimore will have a segment about the University of Maryland's competitive eating team tonight at 10.
The University of Maryland student paper has an article about the new competitive eating club team. Phil Fiore, winner of the 2009 Whiz Bowl cheesesteak eating contest, is one of the members. The club's ultimate goal is to have a national championship in May.
Norman Chad, poker commentator for ESPN, has a column in the Washington Post decrying the University of Maryland's competitive eating team. (I would assume gambling has ruined more lives than competitive eating, but I do not have exact statistics.)
The ESPN SportCenter blog has an interview with Keith Solomon, the founder of the new competitive eating club at the University of Maryland, who says that Juliet Lee is the inspiration for the club.
Basil Elamir (18 pancakes) and Vivian Chu (8 pancakes) won the men's & women's divisions of the pancake eating contest this morning at Pete's Grill in Baltimore. The caption claims that Basil Elamir broke the contest record, but Ian Hickman ate 20 pancakes in 2007.
A competitive eating club team has been started at the University of Maryland.
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