Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All North Carolina eating challenges and contests in database)
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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(From ESPN.com's Sports Guy) The Charlotte Bobcats offer Friday tickets in the upper level which include all you can eat Bojangles Chicken Supremes, hot dogs, popcorn and soft drinks for $35.
Krispy Kreme Challenge champion confusion
Full Results of Saturday’s Krispy Kreme Challenge race / donut eating contest have been posted on the event’s website. There were 5,519 participants. The announced winner on Saturday, Cameron Dorn, actually came in second behind Eric Mack, a member of the NC State track and cross country team. The NC State student newspaper has an article about the confusion. Other coverage:
- Technician Online gallery
- Duke University student paper article (the third place finisher was from Duke)
- The Runner’s World blog suggests IFOCE / USA Track & Field joint events
- Youtube documentary about one participant
2009 Krispy Kreme Challenge results
NewsObserver.com reports that Cameron Dorn won this morning’s Krispy Kreme Challenge with a time of 29 minutes and 50 seconds and that a camera crew from ESPN was present. It will be interesting to see if any coverage appears on Sportscenter which will probably be dominated by A-Rod’s alleged positive steroid test.
5,000+ registered for Krispy Kreme Challenge
The North Carolina State student newspaper reports that 5,038 entrants have registered for tomorrow’s Krispy Kreme Challenge, an increase of about 2,000 from last year’s field size. The contest entails running 2 miles from the NC State bell tower to a Krispy Kreme, consuming a dozen donuts at that location, and then returning to the race start. Proceeds from the race will go to the NC Children’s Hospital and ESPN will be covering the event. Registration is now closed since the cap has been reached. Last year’s winner, Phillip Curley (time 31:20), was a student at rival UNC.
Additonal coverage: NewsObserver | Deadspin
Man vs. Food Roast Grill (Raleigh, NC) report
NewsObserver.com has an article about the filming of Adam Richman’s hot dog eating challenge at the Roast Grill in Raleigh for an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food. Richman ate at least 10 hot dogs, but it is not reported if he reached his goal of 17 hot dogs. Jason DiMambro attended the recording and had to sign a non disclosure agreeement that he would not reveal the results of the challenge.
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