Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All North Carolina eating challenges and contests in database)
(from HungrySisters) Charlotte area Bruster's will hold ice cream eating contests on Sunday. The winners will face off at a contest at the Carolina Panthers game on September 13. Gaston Gazette has details on the Gastonia competition.
A craigslist posting announces that a hot dog eating contest will be held in Troutman, North Carolina (Charlotte area) on August 29 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Dale Boone repeats in apple uglies, Suzanne French 2nd
The Salisbury Post has the top 4 from yesterday’s apple ugly eating contest in Faith, NC. update a SalisburyPost.com also has a gallery:
1 Dale Boone 20
2 Suzanne French 14, cordogorama 3rd place
3 Larry McNeil (IFOCE #37) 13
4 Keatin Shelton 12, last year’s runner up
SalisburyPost has a preview of today's Apple Ugly eating contest. Larry McNeil and Cornodograma third place finisher Suzanne Freach/French are expected to compte.
The twitter for the Alley Cat Club in Charlotte reports that Dale Boone won their hot dog contest last night by eating 27 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Nicholas Giffen's twitter reports he placed third and the runner up was a former Nathan's finalist.
The Charlotte Observer has an interview with Keatin “Thunder†Shelton, the runner up in last year's Apple Ugly eating contest in Faith, NC.
The Alley Cat Club in Charlotte, NC will host a hot dog eating contest on July 3 that will award $600 and a championship belt to the winner (contest poster)
WXII12.com has a video reporting the results of Jennie's attempt to eat 100 wings during a newscast to promote the wing eating contest to be held at tomorrow's Wingfest at the Piedmont Triad Farmers Market in Colfax, NC.
HungrySisters: Wing Kong conquers Concord Mills
update #6 Giffenbone and TheAVGeeks have videos
update #5 BeautifulBrian.com has a report and Miss Charo has a gallery
update #4 The Hungry Sisters have a gallery
update #3 News 14 has an article and gallery from the contest.
update #2 Brian Subich’s official result is 20 HDB. Nicholas Giffen was 4th (and the top local)
1:32 The top 3 from hungrysisters
1 Micah “Wing Kong” Collins, 23 HDB
2. “Nasty” Nate Biller 22.5 HDB
3. “Big” Brian Subich 22 HDB
4 Nicholas Giffen
3rd: 22 hdb brian subich, 2nd 22.5 nast nate, 1st: 23hdb wing kong
1:21 pm update The contest has started and http://twitter.com/hungrysisters are providing live updates
Hungry Sisters reports “SuperPaul Barlow, Brian Subich, Nasty Nate, Nicholas Giffen, 95.1 guy” will compete in the Concord Mills Nathan’s qualifier. Micah “Wing Kong” Collins will also compete.
Craiglist has a request for someone to record video of an eating contest in Charlotte on Saturday (probably the Concord Mills qualifier). Payment will be provided (amount not listed)
NewsObserver.com has a report on the Doughman "quadrathlon" held in Durham, NC. Adam Richman's team finished 18th.
NewsObserver.com has a preview of tomorrow's Durham, NC quadrathlon (triathlon + eating). Adam Richman of Man vs. Food is expected to participate.
CarpeDurham reports that Adam Richman will record at Wimpy's and Backyard BBQ Pit today. Adam Richman will appear on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday.
MyFox8 has a video and gallery of a 12 pound pork barbecue sandwich offered by Whitley's Barbecue in Lexington, NC. The name of the sandwich will by determined by a drawing of submitted entries.
A video of last month's Big "A" burger contest lists the top 3 finishers and their times at the end: 1) "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti 4:29 2) Joshua "Jabber-Jaws" Currier 8:07 3) David "Tiny" Chavis 8:59
CarpeDurham: Adam Richman will participate in the Doughman quadrathon (running/biking/swimming/eating) in Durham, NC on May 23.
WLOCE announces Bangalore idli contest May 16
The WLOCE website has been updated to announce that an idli contest will take place in Bangalore, India on May 16. WLOCE will also sanction the July 4 Apple Ugly Eating contest in North Carolina and the purse for its contest at Corndogorama will be $875.
A picture of Boone and Indian giant P. Theyagarajan appears on the WLOCE myspace page.
YesWeekly reports on an Asheboro, NC Liquid Stoopid Hot Sauce (1 million Scoville) drinking contest. An infared camera was used to observer the amount of internal heat generated by the competitors.
Joe Menchetti repeats as “Big A” Challenge champion
A comment to a reflector.com article reports that Joe Menchetti repeated as winner of the “Big A” challenge contest held during last night’s UNC vs. East Carolina baseball game. Menchetti’s time to complete the 50 ounce burger was under 5 minutes, less than his winning time last year of 5:15. The attendance for the game was 5,581, reportedly the largest crowd to ever watch a regular season college baseball game in North Carolina.
2009 Andy’s “Big A” Challenge finals April 22
The Wilson Times reports that this year’s 50 ounce “Big A” burger contest will take place on April 22 before the East Carolina / UNC baseball game in Greenville, NC. The contest will match the 10 fastest “Big A” finishers and qualifying closed at the end of March. Apparently there were only three days between the contest announcement and the close of qualifying.
NewsObserver.com reports that Joe Menchetti will defend his title from 2008. Contest organizers would like to offer runner-up Joshua “Jabber Jaws” Currier a slot if they can get in touch with him.
ESPN Krispy Kreme Challenge videos
A segment about the Krispy Kreme Challenge race held at North Carolina State was broadcast on ESPN Sportcenter yesterday. Raw footage of Greg Garber competing and doing the “Kobayashi shake” is also available.
Greg Garber has a report on ESPN.com's Page 2 about competing in the Krispy Kreme Challenge last month. The contest will also be covered by Sunday's Sportcenter according to a sidebar.
NewsObserver.com reports that Gabe Gigliotti regained the Roast Grill record by eating 18 chili dogs, breaking the mark set by Adam Richman on last night's episode of Man vs. Food
Man vs. Food March 18 (Raleigh, NC) links
Episode slideshow
- The Roast Grill – challenge 17 hot dogs
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NewsObserver.com article about the filiming
Art & Literature blog entry about the Roast Grill - The Pit meal: pork BBQ
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A Food Network program was filmed last week according to the restaurant’s twitter - Time Out Chicken – meal: shredded chicken sandwiches
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