Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All North Carolina eating challenges and contests in database)
Bright Leaf Hot Dogs will hold a hot dog eating contest at the July 5 Durham Bulls game awarding a prize package worth over $1,000 to the winner. A qualifier take place Saturday at Duplin Winery in Rose Hill NC.
Sup Dogs in Greenville, NC will hold a hot dog eating contest Saturday awarding $250 to the winner.
A press release announces that "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti will return to the “Big A Burger Challenge Championship†at the NC Pickle Festival in Mount Olive, NC on April 27. The contest will award $2000 (total purse $3500) to the fastest finisher of a 50 ounce burger, fries and 24 ounce drink.
ESPN has a blog entry about the pizza eating contest held for Wake Forest football players won by offensive tackle Steven Chase.
The Mill Pizzeria and Pub in Black Mountain, NC has a 40 inch pizza challenge that awards $1000 to a team of two that finishes it in under an hour. (via @JosephBentleyA)
The prizes for the July 6 hot dog eating contest in Summerfield, NC have been increased to $1500/$1000/$500.
Creative Loafing reports that Dale Boone won an egg roll eating contest and a pho eating contest held during a Vietnamese New Year celebration in Charlotte on Sunday. update Feb 26 thesunnysideup also has a contest report update March 4 Mo has a blog entry about her contest experience.
Extras witnessing a chicken eating contest are needed for a movie starring porn star Ron Jeremy being filmed in Wilmington, NC on March 7.
Tim Ryan of Madison, WI won yesterday's Krispy Kreme Challenge in Raleigh, NC, taking 31:31 to run about five miles and eat 12 donuts. Almost 8,000 people participated in the event, which raised $127,000 for the UNC Childrens Hospital.
A hot dog eating contest will be held in Summerfield, NC on July 6 awarding $1000 to the winner ($total purse $1,800).
The Minnesota Wild are holding a pizza eating contest before tomorrow's game against the Nashville Predators. Highway 55 Burgers are holding Big A burger challenge attempts during Carolina Hurricanes home games this season. Tweet #BigAonIce to be entered into the drawing for spots.
The Roast Grill, featured in the North Carolina episode of Man v. Food, now maintains a women's house record. Kristen Baughman has a blog entry about tying that mark (13 chili dogs).
Registration for the 2013 Krispy Kreme Challenge is now open. Entrants in the February 9 event will run two and a half miles from NC State University to a Krispy Kreme in Raleigh, NC, eat a dozen donuts and then return to the starting line. Over 3,000 people have registered since registration opened on December 1. (Registration will be capped at 8,000).
"Cardboard Gerald" has a blog entry about attempting the 4.5 pound El Gigante burrito challenge at Bandido's Mexican Cafe in Chapel Hill, NC.
Fuzzy Peach Frozen Yogurt will hold eating contests on Saturday in Wilmington, NC awarding over $1,000 in cash and prizes. The event will have seven divisions, including competitions for women, costume-wearers and pets.
Burgerworx in Asheville, NC will hold an eating contest on September 14 awarding $500 to the winner.
2012 Nathan’s Charlotte qualifier video
(via comment) Dave “US Male” Goldstein has a video of the last five minutes of the 2012 Nathan’s Charlotte, NC qualifier won by Yasir Salem along with the first five minutes of the post-contest period (with no awards). George Shea has harsh words for Paul Barlow (9:25 mark): “Horrible performance. Stick with the movies.” (Interestingly, in the Andy Troy podcast from March Crazy Legs Conti says he thinks Yasir Salem should be named the 2012 MLE rookie of the year even though he started competing in 2008 (starts at 7:30 mark).)
The Durham Bulls will hold a hot dog eating contest on June 29 awarding a grill valued at $1000 and a $500 gift card to Diamonds Direct.
2012 Concord Mills qualifier
update June 17 Added results from Paul Barlow’s comment
update Official results
1) Yasir Salem 24 HDB
2) Allen “Shredder” Goldstein 23
3) Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle 19.5
4) “Wild” Bill Myers 13.5
5T) Paul Barlow 12
5T) ? 12
7) Steve “Pi Guy” Martin 11
Dale Corzine 8
1W) Dee Martin 10
A Dale will return to the southern half of the MLE circuit today. CharlotteObserver.com has an article about Dale Corzine, who will attempt to compete in the Nathan’s finals after winning a July 4 hot dog eating contest in Rock Hill, SC six years in a row. In addition to previous named entrants, Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston, Yasir Salem, Brian Szontagh, Steve & Dee Martin and “Wild” Bill Myers are also expected to compete in today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Concord Mills at noon eastern time.
Anyone who wants a post-contest tourist activity might want to vist the Charlotte-area sites where The Hunger Games were filmed. The Capitol interiors were filmed at the former Philip Morris cigarette manufacturing plant in Concord, the same town where today’s qualifier is taking place.
Charlotte Observer has a preview of Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at Concord Mills. Brian Subich (if he does not win the Pittsburgh qualifier), Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle, Allen "The Shredder" Goldstein and "Super" Paul Barlow are expected to compete.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a video of his recent attempt to defend his "Big A" Burger title in North Carolina.
In his first contest of 2012, "Furious" Pete Czerwinski defended his Highway 55 Big A title in Mount Olive, NC, finishing the 50 ounce burger in a time of 3:39. (His time last year was 3:02) update May 2 NewsArgus.com has a gallery.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski and "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti are expected to compete in the Big "A" burger contest in Mount Olive, NC on April 28.
The final new episodes of Man vs. Food: Nation will be televised on April 11: Charlotte, NC at 9 pm eastern and Jackson, MS at 9:30. (It is surprising that the Travel Channel is not making a bigger deal of the series finale.)
A chain of theaters in Asheville, Charlotte, and Raleigh, NC will hold eating contests to benefit local food banks on Thursday night before the premier of The Hunger Games after midnight.
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