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Damon Wells and Nikki Artale have reports on the Martorano Master's Meatball eating contest.
Las Vegas Weekly has a report on the Martorano's Masters Meatball Eating Championship which mentions Ron Koch's proposal to his girlfriend after the contest.
Zimbio has a gallery of the Martorano's Masters Meatball Championship update ESPN and RawVegas.tv have videos.
Joey Chestnut wins Martorano’s Masters Meatballs
Rich Shea reports Joey Chestnut won the Martorato’s Masters Meatballs contest in Las Vegas today and Pat Bertoletti was the runner up.
A caption on Robin Leach’s twitpic page mentions that Joey ate over 6 lbs and Sonya (place not listed) ate 5.5 lbs.
update Poker News Daily reports that Chestnut beat Bertoletti by one meatball and Phil Hellmuth was a no show.
update 2 The IFOCE facebook has full results
1) Joey Chestnut 50
2) Pat Bertoletti 49
3) Sonya Thomas 42
4) Ben Monson 38 (rookie, top 10 eater according to Sonya Thomas)
5) Eric “Badlands” 33.5
6) Rich LeFevre 33
7) Ron Koch 30
8) Damon Wells (rookie) 28
9) Ryan McKillop 23
10) Jason Erb 20
11) “El Toro” Jimenez 16
12) Angelica Bridges (model) 10
update #3 harrahs.com has a blog entry about the contest (from sroeben)
update #4 Daily Fiasco and PR Newswire have contest reports.
update #5 CBS has a video and Las Vegas Weekly has a gallery
Rich LeFevre on KTNV
(via IFOCE facebook) Rich LeFevre appeared on KTNV to promote the Martorano’s Masters Meatball Eating Championship. The facebook lists Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Sonya Thomas, Badlands Booker, Playboy model Angelica Bridges and the poker star Phil Hellmuth as other expected competitors in addition to LeFevre.
A list of the top IFOCE meatball eating performances in the database is available after the jump.
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(via A-Bomb email) The twitter for LBS Burger Joint in Las Vegas reports that Ron Koch renamed the Extreme Burger the "Undertaker Burger" after becoming the first diner to complete the challenge.
Joey Chestnut w/ “Extreme Amy” today
The IFOCE facebook reports that Joey Chestnut will appear with “Extreme Amy” of Fox 5 Vegas today to promote the Martorano’s Meatballs contest. Ron Koch attempted a burger challenge on an “Extreme Amy” segment earlier this week.
update Joey Chestnut’s appearance with “Extreme Amy” is now available online. Darren Rovell, in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker, bumped into Joey Chestnut earlier today.
Youtube has a video of El Toro's attempt at the "Extreme Burger" at LBS: A Burger Joint.
Tasty Vegas has a blog entry about an attempt at the Extreme Burger Challenge at LBS Burger Joint. No one has finished the burger in under an hour; El Toro gave up his attempt after 40 minutes.
(via flash383) LasVegasAdvisor reports that A Burger Joint has started a 3 pound "Extreme Burger" which is topped with ghost chili peppers and is free if finished in an hour. The burger will be renamed after the first finisher.
VegasNews has a press release about next month's Martorano’s Masters Meatball Eating Championship which reports that Rich LeFevre will return to competition. Joey Chestnut, Bob Shoudt and Ben Monson are other expected entrants.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has posted a video from his attempt at the B3 Burrito at the NASCAR Cafe in Las Vegas.
Registration will open tomorrow for the Martorano's Masters Meatball Championship to be held at Harrah's Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on November 8.
Ben Monson’s eating challenge road trip
“Big” Ben Monson has started a bodybuilding.com thread with pictures about his recent road trip throughout the southwest where he completed the following eating challenges:
- Quadruple Bypass Burger, Heart Attack Grill, 1:49, second to Joey Chestnut
- Big Texan 72 ounce steak, Amarillo, TX, 9:40 (3rd person after Joey Chestnut & Frank Pastore to break 10 minutes
- Chillz 8 waffles & frozen custard, Albuquerque, 11:12 new record
- 5 pound Sopaipilla, Sadies, Albuquerque, 7:56 new record
- 6 pound burrito, NASCAR Cafe, Las Vegas, 12 minutes, new record
In the most recent "Extreme Amy" segment on Fox5Vegas, Ron Koch completed the 10 lb. pizza at Graziano's in Las Vegas in under 2 hours. Amy has a blog entry about the challenge.
Man vs. Food August 12 (Las Vegas) episode links
- NASCAR Cafe challenge – 6 pound Big Badass Buritto
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Daily Fiasco blog entry about the filming
Las Vegas Sun article about the challenge
Las Vegas Weekly article about Playboy Playmate Laura Croft attempting the burrito - Hash House a Go Go
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Myspace page | Citysearch | YelpList of Las Vegas challenges in the eatfeats database
LVJR.com has a preview of Wednesday's Las Vegas episode of Man vs. Food in which the challenge meal will be the six pound burrito from the NASCAR cafe.
(Via the Konformist) Las Vegas Weekly has an article about Playboy Playmate Laura Croft's (Miss July 2008) attempt at the 6 pound B^3 Burrito at the NASCAR Cafe. (The article also confirms that the 9 pound burger challenge at the Plaza is defunct)
In Henderson, NV (south Las Vegas area, home of the LeFevres) on August 22, a hot dog eating contest will be held in conjunction with a wet t shirt contest. The hot dog contest has a $100 entry fee (for charity) and will award $500 to the winner.
Brendan Buhler wrote an article for the Las Vegas Sun on the 6 pound burrrito challenge offered by the Nascar Cafe which reports that only 4 out of 279 diners have successfully completed it.
LVJR blogs: Johnny McGuire's Deli in Las Vegas will hold a 24 inch sub sandwich eating contest tomorrow as part of its grand opening celebration.
Daily Fiasco has some pictures from Adam Richman's attempt at the 6 pound burrito at the NASCAR Cafe at the Sahara Casino for an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food. Video recorded was removed due to a copyright claim by the Travel Channel.
Robin Leach's blog has a gallery from the Las Vegas Nathan's qualifier.
blog.vegas com has some pictures from Thursday's Nathan's qualifier
VegasNews has several pictures of yesterday's Nathan's qualifier in Las Vegas. Naader Reda has a video from the contest.
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