Upcoming St. Louis eating contests
St. Louis eating challenges
(All St. Louis eating challenges and contests in database)
The St. Louis Wing Company in Rock Hill, MO will hold a wing eating contest today awarding two St. Louis Blues tickets.
BND Magazine has a profile of Kyle "The Hammer" Hanner.
Screen capture of “Little” Arlene from “Free Spirits” doc
This is a screen capture of “Little” Arlene from the montage in ESPN’s Free Spirits documentary of halftime entertainment acts the St. Louis Spirits of the American Basketball Association used in the 1970s. She was credited with consuming 23 hot dogs, 22 large slices of pizza and 16 large Cokes during a Philadelphia 76ers game. (click for larger size)
Haydo of Australia has started a website at http://hungryhaydo.com/. Kyle "The Hammer" Hanner of St. Louis has set up a facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/hammerhanner
The Riverfront Times has an article about the author's attempt to finish six St. Louis area eating challenges. update The Riverfront Times is requesting stories about St. Louis eating challenges.
The Riverfront Times reports that The Precinct in St. Louis (owned by former Cardinal Jim Edmonds) changed the name of its "Officer Down" hot wing challenge after disapproval from the local police department. The new name will be the "Hot Pursuit" challenge.
Halftime promotion Little Arlene, billed as the "hot dog queen" made a brief appearance in "Free Spirits", a documentary about the St. Louis Spirits of the ABA that debuted tonight on ESPN. According to a 1986 LA Times article, she ate 23 hot dogs, 22 large slices of pizza and 16 large Cokes during a Philadelphia 76ers game.
The St. Louis Columbus Day Parade & Festival will hold a meatball eating contest on October 13 awarding a 40 inch TV.
Dale Boone ate 10 tacos in 3:25 to win T Mo's taco eating contest in Bethalto, IL yesterday.
Dale Boone appeared on Fox 2 this morning to promote tomorrow's taco eating contest at the Bethalto (IL) Jaycees County Fair. The Riverfront Times also has a blog entry about the contest.
Dale Boone will be competing in T Mo's taco eating contest in Bethalto, IL on June 1. The contest will be sanctioned by the WLOCE.
A taco eating contest will be held at Bethalto Park in Bethalto, IL (East St. Louis area) on June 1 awarding $500 ($300 to the winner).
Eros on Main in St. Charles, MO has a sandwich challenge that awards $500 if finished.
Rich Shea announces the 2013 Nathan's Boston qualifier will be held in conjunction with a Phantom Gourmet event (April 23, May 18 or June 21-23) and hints the entire circuit will be released next week. Possible sites that were not on the 2012 circuit include Atlanta and St. Louis. update The Calgary qualifier will take place on June 8.
On Saturday, Randy Santel and Ramsey Hilton combined to eat a 15 pound 30 inch pizza in 22:55 to win a contest at Philly's Pizza in Marthasville, MO. Yesterday, they did the 29 inch challenge at Schiappa's Italian Grill in O'Fallon, IL in 13:03.
HEC-TV has a video about the Pointersaurus challenge offered by Pointer's pizza in St. Louis.
Laurie's Place in Edwardsville, IL will hold a wing eating contest on October 25 awarding 4 Saint Louis Rams tickets and a limo ride to and from the game.
The Columbus Day Parade & Festa in St Louis will hold a meatball eating contest awarding a 40 inch TV to the winner on October 14.
A 2.75 pound hot dog called the "Giant Slugger" has been added to the menu for July St. Louis Cardinals home games. A "Giant Slugger" eating contest will be held on July 4.
Tim Brown wins St. Louis Hooters qualifier
update May 28 Aaron Osthoff says his total weight was reported as 4.82 pounds and Tim Brown’s weight was 4.93. This is more than 4 times the amount they were reportedly credited with in the Indianapolis qualifier.
StLouis.CBSLocal.com has a podcast of an interview with Aaron Osthoff.
Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Tim “Gravy” Brown 130 wings
2) Aaron Osthoff 122
3) Jake Larry 89
4) John Palmgren 88
5) Matt Raible 74
6) Andrew Goodwin 72
7) Eric Hucke 71
8) Mark Williams 70
9) Nick Blackburn 68
10) Ashlyn Ahlers 35 (Hooters waitress)
11) Dale Thompson 25
12) Justin Bertani 24
Tim “Gravy” Brown, Aaron Osthoff and Jake Larry are expected entrants in the Hooters wing qualifier that will take place in St. Louis at 4:30 pm central. Fox2 has a video of a promo contest.
Riverfront Times has an article about Randy Santel, who will be featured in an article in the September issue of Food Network Magazine.
NewsTribune has an article about Randy Santel's attempt at the Mega Moose Challenge at Moose Brothers BBQ in Jefferson City, MO today. The news video clip of Randy breaking the Crown Candy Kitchen malt record is also available. update April 29 NewsTribune.com has an article about Randy Santel completing the challenge.
Registration for the Hooters qualifiers in St. Louis (May 26) and Miami (June 22) will open tomorrow at 11 am.
Rob Rains has an article about Randy Santel's appearance on Truck Stop America on the Travel Channel on Thursday. Tomorrow, he will attempt to break the Crown Candy Kitchen record on Fox 2 News and then attempt an eating challenge at O'Learys in St. Louis. (episode photos | video) update April 18 Randy announces that he did the challenge in 2:29, breaking Ben Monson's (as "Kevin Ross") record.
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