Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All New Jersey eating challenges and contests in database)
Jersey Shore eating contests calendar
JerseyShoreNow.com has a good calendar of eating contests to be held in summer 2007 in New Jersey. Arturo Rios, Jr. is quoted.
NJ State Fair pigs feet contest June 23
(From Domenico Alesi comment) An IFOCE pigs feet eating contest will be held at the New Jersey State Fair on June 23. Registration opens today at 2pm eastern.
Windmill Westfield qualifier results
From AICE News:
(5 minutes, 1/4 Windmill hot dogs)
1st 6.875 Lew “The Chew” Porchazzio Colonia, NJ
2nd ? Chris “The American” Schlesinger Bohemia, NY
3rd 6.67 Carey “Powerhouse” Poehlmann Willow Grove, PA
4th 5.5 Steve “The Real Savage” Oddo Hazlett, NJ
? ? Richard “Food Tray” Brockway
? ? Kevin “The Hurls” Hurley
? ? Jess “The Best” Sheft-Ason
AICE news: “US Mail” Goldstein to enter Windmill qualifier
AICE news reports that Dave ‘US Mail’ Goldstein, who finished in 5th place in February’s Wing Bowl, will compete in the Windmill hot dogs qualifier on Sunday. If he enters that event, he will be the second eater (after Pat Bruss) to cross over to AICE after a strong performance in an IFOCE contest. Megamunch’s friend Carey Poehlmann is also expected to enter.
Middletown, NJ XL pizza eating contest April 15
madeofspider’s livejournal says that an extra large pizza eating contest will be held at Ragazzi Della Mamma in Middletown, NJ on April 15. The first prize is a video ipod and the entry fee is $20.
3rd Quick Chek sub contest at NJ Balloon Festival
A press release for the New Jersey Festival of Balooning says the 3rd Quick Check toasted sub eating contest will be held at that event.
nj.com: El Wingador to resume competing in April
nj.com reports that the Delaware Valley International Chili Society cookoff and festival will have a chicken wing eating contest in which Bill “El Wingador” Simmons will compete.
1907 South Jersey eating contest
Philly.com has an article mentioning an eating contest held in Burlington, New Jersey a century ago:
A friend, doing research for a book, was browsing through microfilm in the Lehigh University library last week when he found an item headlined “Man Eats 33 Sandwiches.”
The story was from the South Bethlehem Globe of Dec. 9, 1907, and was datelined Burlington, N.J.
Arthur Wilcox (it said) of Burlington ate 33 ham sandwiches, four dozen small pickles, and two pounds of cheese during an eating match in which he was pitted against a man from Delanco. He washed the grub down with 12 cups of coffee.
Oyster Bowl VIII gallery
b_sting competed in last Sunday’s Oyster Bowl and has some pictures on his myspace blog. He says that winner Kristina Costa is an employee of the restaurant where the contest was held.
Candace Kelsey wins Wing Fling III
951wayv.com reports that Candace Kelsey won the women’s only Wing Fling III wing eating contest at Trump Marina in Atlantic City by eating 25 wings in 15 minutes, an 8.5 wing drop from the amount eaten by last year’s winner. The website claims that bigger wings were used this year. There is a gallery and video of the contest.
Official Oyster Bowl VIII results
from JMGroupPrinceton.com:
Kristina Costa, 82 oysters in 2 minutes, women’s & overall winner, repeat winner
Dan Schwartzmann, 76 oysters in 2 minutes, men’s winner
Feb 2-4 independent contest results
(from AICE news) National Hard Boiled Egg Eating Championship, Marina Grille, Brick, NJ
1. Goose Gilbert, 46 eggs
2. Mark Lyle, 42 eggs
3. Joe Menchetti, 41 eggs
Mark Lyle believes that his plate had 35 eggs when it should have had 25 and that his actual result is 10 more than his listed result.
Rio Wraps Burrito Bowl, Dearborn MI, gallery
1. Justin Swarbrick, 4 burritos in under 10 minutes
Oyster Bowl VIII, Princeton, NJ
no official results yet, but Joe Menchetti says that last year’s winner, Kristina Costa, repeated with 82 oysters in 2 minutes.
(Women’s) Wing Fling III
no official results yet, but a competitor says the winner ate 25 in 15 minutes, one more than Keighrah ate in 45 seconds in this youtube video.
update Feb 9 This post is now closed to comments
Pat Philbin article in NorthJersey.com
NorthJersey.com has an article about Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin which focuses on his suspension and reinstatement.
“We felt that the video that he did for ‘Opie & Anthony’ was somewhat outrageous,” Shea said. “But I think that, given the overwhelming support that he has among fans, there was a sense that we reacted too quickly and too strongly.
“There was a rush to judgment,” Shea said. “And we reversed it.”
Wing contest for South Jersey females
95.1 FM WAYV is sponsoring a wing contest on Saturday for women from southern New Jersey:
The radio station’s website describes how to qualify:
Mike & Diane’s 3rd Annual Super Duper Wing Fling is bigger and better than ever! This year’s live event takes place Saturday February 3rd at 1pm in Trump Marina’s Atrium – right where everyone can see! The local South Jersey woman who eats the most Hooters buffalo wings in 15 minutes wins a brand new big screen HDTV! Wanna be a contestant? Listen to the Mike & Diane morning show for opportunities to qualify every hour 6am-9am! You can also head to Hooters @ Trump Marina for more chances to win!
Dawn wrote a myspace blog entry about her preparation for the contest.
Last year’s winner, Lisa MacNeir, ate 33 wings in 15 minutes.
Princeton NJ Oyster Bowl Feb 4
nj.com reports a two minute oyster eating contest will be held on February 4 to benefit breast cancer research. Two women, Kristina Costa and Barbara Devaney broke a record by eating 83 oysters in two minutes. A one minute overtime was held which Costa won with 40 oysters.
nj.com profiles Liberty Belh
nj.com has a profile of Michael “Liberty” Belh, who will compete in Wing Bowl 15. Belh played on the Rutgers football team. According to the roster on his myspace blog, Belh is the second lightest non-IFOCE entrant at 240 pounds.
The article also says that Bill “El Wingador” Simmons is being pressured to enter Wing Bowl 15.
Salem County NJ now in Wing Bowl territory
nj.com has an article about Rob Peachey, who pressured WIP to allow residents of Salem County, New Jersey to participate in Wing Bowl stunts and qualifiers. For his qualifying stunt, Mr. Peachey will attempt to eat six sausage, egg, and cheese sandwiches from McDonald’s in 2 minutes and 50 seconds Tuesday, Dec. 19.
Gentleman Jerry wins first Wing Off
610wip.com has a page about the first Wing Off Wing Bowl qualifier. “Gentleman” Jerry, a veteran of Wing Bowl 8, won the contest. Wing Bowl veterans Hungry Hebrew, Wing Tut (presumbably the Wing Tut of eastern PA), Dr. Slob and The Ox also competed.
Another Wing Off has been added:
Dempster’s Pub
Wednesday January 10, 2007
38 Pine St
Mount Holly, NJ 08060
Humble Bob puts $2,500 on the line
from a comment by “anonomous” (December 5, 2006 10:53 AM) on urbanhonking.com/eaterx
Why is there no eating news on this site. with everything that is happening you would think the whaler would have something to say. with humble bob cheating at meatballs …
from the main page of humblebob.com:
I am offering my first place purse of $2,500 to anyone, (eater, fan, official, anyone) that has evidence that this (cheating) happened at any Carmine’s Meatball Contest (2004, 2005, 2006). This offer is for payment in cash. Bring the evidence, take the cash. It is that simple.
philly.com reports on meatball contest controversy
The Inqlings column in philly.com has several paragraphs about the controversy following Saturday’s meatball contest. Sonya Thomas is threatening to sit out Wing Bowl 15 in protest of the decision awarding Bob Shoudt the victory in that event.
more meatball coverage
IFOCE report Joey also received a 1 oz. deduction
beautifulbrian.com commentary
urbanhonking truefan report with interview with Bob Shoudt
competitiveeating.net commentary on controversial judgement
Top 10 finishers – all results available at ifoce.com
Bob Shoudt 9.97 lbs, $2500
Sonya Thomas 9.91 lbs, $1000
Joey Chestnut 9.35 lbs, $750
Chip Simpson 9.23 lbs, $500
Rich LeFevre 9.03 lbs, $250
Tim Janus 8.93 lbs
Juliet Lee 5.53 lbs
Allen Goldstein 4.96 lbs
Seaver Miller 4.75 lbs
Pat Philbin 4.73 lbs
Juliet Lee was the best finisher not ranked in the top 8 and she defeated the #10 and #11 eaters
update AICE news lists Hun Juliet Lee as an expected entrant in Sunday’s latke eating contest
Full meatball contest video on beautifulbrian.com
A full video of the meatball contest and prize announcements recorded by LadyLenore is available on Brian Seiken’s website. Joey Chestnut and Bob Shoudt are interviewed briefly. Sonya’s snub of Humble Bob’s handshake occurs at the 18:12 mark.
The 2006 meatball contest was definitely the contest of the parent. Not only did the IFOCE’s top father, Bob Shoudt, take victory against a field containing of 6 of the top 8 IFOCE members, Juliet Lee had the best ever IFOCE performance by a mother if the reports in the comments that she finished 7th with a total of 5.51 pounds is accurate.
updated spikebythesea has posted videos of the contest to youtube which can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=spikebythesea
Pat from Moonachie probably merited a spot closer to the center of the table based on his ranking, but putting him at the end was probably the optimal place based on what happened after the egg nog contest 😉
Joey on 3rd place meatball finish
The Vallejo Times herald has an interview with Joey Chestnut in which he discusses his first loss to an American since the chili cheese fries contest at the Queen Mary in February. Joey says he had difficulty finding meatballs similiar to the contest meatballs and that he arrived at the Tropicana at 10am Saturday after a sleepless night. The article says that all top 3 eaters ate in the 9-9.99 lb range. The controversial judgement awarding Bob Shoudt the victory over Sonya Thomas is not mentioned.
The Natural in the Asbury Park Press
The Asbury Park Press has a profile of Arturo “The Natural” Rios Jr. in today’s issue.
Wackbag.com – meatball results Bob 1, Sonya 2, Joey 3
A Pat from Moonachie fan attended the meatball contest at the Tropicana and posted the following results to the Opie & Anthony message board:
3rd Place… Joey Chestnut
2nd Place… Sonya Thomas
1st Place… Bob ShoutSonya wouldn’t shake hands and walked off the stage, and looked like she was crying.
Bandlands Booker was the Judge who made the final decision.
If this report is accurate, Joey’s 7-8 month non Kobayashi winning streak has finished
updatedSome pictures of Pat & a few of Brian Seiken have been appended to the forum thread It is surprising that it has been over 5 hours since the contest ended and no one has any contest reports.
updated #2 iirraa has posted a flickr gallery of today’s contest (pictures above from that gallery)
updated #3 beautifulbrian.com has a video of the awards presentation. Bob was awarded the victory over Sonya due to excessive detritus. I could not hear any totals announced.
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