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Liz’s flight cancelled – No urbanhonking meatball report
Liz report that her redeye flight to JFK has been cancelled, preventing her from writing a report about the meatball contest at the Tropicana in Atlantic City.
Non-IFOCE MCs for Tropicana meatballs
Asbury Park Press has a brief preview of Saturday’s meatball contest in Atlantic City. Bob Shoudt, Chip Simpson, Tim Janus along with defending champion Sonya Thomas are listed as expected entrants. The most interesting part concerns who will MC the event:
The contest will be hosted by the “Jersey Guys†Craig Carton and Ray Rossi of NJ101.5, and they will be qualifying one winner through their radio show which airs Monday through Friday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Carton & Rossi have some previous competitive eating experience. They interviewed Kate Stelnick during her post-Denny’s media blitz.
Moses & friends goes to Big Ed’s BBQ
Don “Moses” Lerman has a blog entry & gallery about his meal at Big Ed’s BBQ where he got the all you can eat special with Kevin & Lorraine Lipsitz and some other family members. The “clash of generations” originally envisioned could apparently not be scheduled, but Kevin’s nephew Kyle made a strong showing for younger eaters by eating 21 ribs.
Slashfood post about 105 pound burger
The Slashfood food blog has a post about the Clinton Station Diner’s 105 pound “Eigth Wonder” burger which debuted last week.
New 8th Wonder burger weighs 105 lbs
(from AICE News) The Clinton Station Diner unveiled, its latest creation, a megaburger with the working title of “The 8th Wonder of the World” which weighs 105 pounds, the same weight as Sonya Thomas.
In the three person team nano bite burger eating contest the results were:
1st Place: “Champion Stomachs” (Ian “The invader” Hickman, King Van Laar and Arnie “Chowhound” Chapman) $1,000 and “Eighth Wonder ”
2nd Place: “Nano-Ninjas” (Elliot “The Savage” Cowley, Chris “The American” Schlesinger and Sean “Flash”Gordon) $300 and “Mt. Olympus”
3rd Place: “Meat Manglers” ( Joel “The Cannon”Podelesky, John ‘Chowin’ McGowan, Brian ‘ Food-University’ Stanford) “Zeus Burger”
4th Place: “The Hamburglars” (Debbie ‘The Package’ Sisco, Joe ‘Killer’ Krongold and Demetris ‘Meatis’ Zambus)
updated Pictures are available, including a gallery of the 8th wonder burger
Nanobite burger contest preview
Zwire has a preview of tomorrow’s Nanobite burger eating contest at the Clinton Station Diner. The recipe for the 70+ lb. megaburger to be unveiled has apparently not been finalized and there is a $300 prize for naming it. Contest spectators are encouraged to bring at least $15 worth of groceries which will be used in care packages sent to overseas troops by Operation Shoebox.
The wayawesome blog has a picture of the Nanobite burger on top of a Mt. Olympus burger claiming that the burger patty weighs .4 oz, and the total weight is 1.4 oz, only .6 oz less than a Krystal / White Castle burger.
70+ lb. “8th Wonder” burger to be unveiled
AICE news announces that the Clinton Station Diner will unveil a burger weighing over 70 pounds called the “8th Wonder of the World” in conjunction with the Nano Burger contest on October 28. The burger will have to exceed 78.5 pounds to take the title of “World’s Largest Hamburger” from Bob’s BBQ in Thailand.
“8th Wonder of World” burger to be unveiled at Clinton Station Diner
The AICE home page says that the Clinton Station Diner will unveil the new heavy weight 8th Wonder of the World burger at the nano burger contest on October 28. The burger will presumbaly exceed the new burgers at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub and Bobs Barbecue in Thailand.
AICE Clinton Station Diner contest to feature nano burgers
(from AICE news) The AICE contest at the Clinton Station Diner on October 28 will use “Nano” burgers, claimed to be the world’s smallest hamburger instead of the restaurant’s giant Zeus or Mt. Olympus burgers. The contest will be a team event. The goal will be to eat 1,000 miniburgers to celebrate the diner’s 1000 days of operations.
Clinton Station Diner AICE contest Oct 28
AICE News announces that they will hold a contest at the Clinton Station Diner in New Jersey in honor of that restaurant’s 1000th day on October 28. The size of the burger in that contest has not been determined yet. A team contest for the 50 pound Mount Olympus burger is a possibility.
Windmill hot dogs & Queens Chinese dumpling results
(From AICE news)
“King” George Van Laar upset Joe Menchetti & Ian Hickman in Windmill hot dogs on Saturday after originally intending to skip the contest due to health reasons:
1. “King” George van Laar, 12.75 hot dogs
2. Ian “the Invader” Hickman, 12.66 hot dogs
3. “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti, 11.75 hot dogs
Menchetti rebounded to win the Chinese dumpling eating contest at the Dragon Boat Festival in Queens Sunday:
1. “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti 49 dumplings in 2 minutes a new record
2. Ian “the Invader” Hickman, 42 dumplings
3. Arnie “Chowhound” Chapman 39 dumplings, retired from eating after contest
Tang Ta Way, a Queens postal worker, upset Floria Lee in the women’s division of the contest, becoming the second surprise female winner of the weekend.
1. Tang Ta Way, 31 dumplings
2. Floria Lee, 29 dumplings, 4 off last year’s female record
2006 AICE Quik Check sub results & articles
AICE QuickChek Italian sub contest, NJ Balloon Festival
1) Joe Menchetti 6.75 6 inch subs in 10 minutes
2) Ian Hickman 6.33 subs
3) Mark Lyle 6.0 subs
Articles:
Hartford Courant
Courier News (NJ)
Incorrect Quick Chek date in Daily Record article
The Daily Record’s article about the NJ Balloon Festival gives two different dates for the Quick Chek Italian Sub eating contest, the correct date of July 29 in the sidebar and an incorrect date of July 30 in the body of the article. The Courier Post has basically the same article, but it does not have an incorrect date.
Mount Olympus burger video on youtube
A video clip of the Clinton Station Diner’s 50 pound cheeseburger, the Mount Olympus, has been uploaded to youtube.
2005 Frank’s Red Hot beach volleyball wing contest results
I have recently come across the results for the four Frank’s Red Hot wing eating contests held in conjunction with beach volleyball contests held in the summer of 2005. Two of the winners were females, making them the only females I am aware of besides Sonya and Carlene to win a coed contest.
Amy Walter of Hillsborough, NJ won the Belmar, NJ contest. Her total of over 3 lbs is almost twice as much as any other winner, but the contest durations are not listed so it could have lasted longer. Kate Stelnick appears to have company among college age female Garden Staters who had one impressive debut in 2005 and have apparently done no eating competitions since that time.
Speedeat.com says Joe Menchetti appeared on ESPN2’s Cold Pizza to promote the Belmar contest, but it does not list the results or indicate if he competed in that contest on his web page.
The other female winner, Ann Steele, is from Arlington, VA, so Sonya is not the only Northern VA woman to have won a contest. Ms. Steele did an interview for a local newspaper after her victory.
AICE QuickChek Bridgewater NJ qualifier
The Courier News has a short article and some pictures from yesterday’s QuickChek Italian Sub Eating Qualifier at Bridgewater, NJ won by “King” George Van Laar.
SexyFeast blog: Kate Stelnick finished 12.5 lb Zeus Burger?
An SexyFeast blog entry from January claims that Kate Stelnick finished the 12.5 pound Zeus burger from the Clinton Station Diner. Since I have not located any information that Kate has done any challenges outside Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub, I am assuming that the author saw the picture of Kate with the Zeus burger from the May 2005 AICE Zeus contest, in which Kate served as an honorary official and not a contestant, and jumped to the conclusion that she completed the burger. A Steakbellie blog entry from February says that the diner told him that no one had finished the burger in the three hour limit. Of course, both blog entries could be correct if Kate needed more than three hours.
The blog entry has an accompanying podcast, but no information about Kate’s potential feat can be found in it.
Pat Philbin wins Molly Pitcher qualifier
Molly Pitcher Rest Area results
From “eater” & Brian Seiken & IFOCE.com
Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin with 22.5
Allen “Shredder” Goldstein with 20.5
Arturo Rios 15.5
“Beautiful” Brian Seiken 12.5 officially retired from Nathan’s after contest
Don “Moses” Lerman reversal
This wackbag thread has results and pictures
Updated 7:05 – The Courier Post has an AP article about the contest
NoFilterPaul has some pictures and a video on his myspace page
Updated June 24, 2:31 pm Brian Seiken has a writeup with some pictures of the contest
Updated 6:28 pm Krista has an interview with Philbin for Digest
Ed Catlett has a gallery of the qualifier
AP photos has a picture of Philbin and Lerman
Updated June 26, 7:15 pm – Philbin’s win makes a Japanese blog
Updated June 28, 1:29 pm – Moth has a flickr gallery of the contest
Molly Pitcher qualifier press release
Businesswire has put out a press release publicizing Friday’s Nathan’s qualifier at the Molly Pitcher rest area on the New Jersey Turnpike. The qualifier will be part of Spotlight on NJ, a “summer celebration of the Garden State’s diversity, energy, and charm”.
Hackensack Quick Chek qualifier
NorthJersey.com has a report on yesterday’s Quick Chek Italian sub qualifier held in Hackensack, New Jersey. Ian Hickman won the contest, and Joshua “the Lumberjack” Hearne and Mike Grove also gained entrance into the finals.
MTV’s True Life inspires Princeton charity hot dog contest
In this article about a hot dog contest at Princeton University, the organizer of the contest says he was inspired by MTV’s True Life episode about competitive eating. The contest raised $6,539 for charity and each competitor took pledges for donated amounts for hot dogs eaten. Ruben Pope won with 16 hot dogs in 15 minutes.
Princeton U hot dog eating contest and column
The Princeton University student newspaper has a pro competitive eating column which promotes a hot dog eating contest to be held May 2. The column does not mention Kate Stelnick, the Princeton region’s most famous competitive eater, or the June 23 Nathan’s qualifier in greater Princeton (Molly Pitcher Travel Plaza) in which Charles Hardy Jr. will make his debut.
Steakbellie vs. Zeus
After a top 10 finish in Wing Bowl 14, blogger steakbellie is considering making an attempt at the 12.5 pound Zeus burger from the Clinton Station Diner, which no single eater has finished. In the comments, steakbellie says he contacted Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub, who repeated their assertion that Lori Weiss tied Kate Stelnick’s time. Denny’s has not updated their website to provide information about Ms. Weiss’ feat despite having over four months to do so.
Clinton Station Diner adds burger challenges
The Clinton Station Diner has added new challenges to its original offer of a free Zeus burger (7 meat, 12.5 lb. total) to diners who can complete that sandwich in under three hours. A two person Zeus challenge is now available with a time limit of 90 minutes. The west New Jersey eatery also now offers challenges for its burger containing 3 pounds of meat with a maximum of 2 hours for one eater and 45 minutes for a team. The diner increased the team size for its 50 pound Mount Olympus burger challenge to 5 eaters from four.
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