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"El Toro" ate 7 waffles in 3 minutes to win Monday's eating contest at Tiabi in Las Vegas.
A Smithfield bacon eating contest awarding a trip to Miami will be held before the Kobalt 400 NASCAR race in Las Vegas on Sunday. Richard Petty will oversee the competition.
The LA Times did a post in 2006 about "All You Can Eat", a competitive eating screenplay by Josh Heald, writer of Hot Tub Time Machine 2, (The project appears to have been tabled; it no longer appears on Heald's IMDB page). To research the script, Heald competed in the 2006 Nathan's Las Vegas qualifier where Joey Chestnut became the first American to hit 50 hot dogs. (The post claims that a competitor at that event fainted and needed to be removed by stretcher, which is the first I had heard about that incident.)
The first two finishers of the 32 taco challenge at Mercadito at Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas appear to be Tom Gilbert and "El Toro".
KDBProductions has a video of Naader Reda attempting the Quadruple Bypass Burger at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has a video of his attempt at the 24 slider challenge at Citizens in Las Vegas.
Miki Sudo noted that the prize for the challenge at Pho 87 in Las Vegas is now $1647. The challenge apparently has an unlisted ban on "professional" competitive eaters. The Wall of Shame page offers the following advice: "Mary Jane and Adult Activities before PHOzilla will help increases your's appetide!!Good Luck!"
The Las Vegas Sun has a report on attempt at the Stackzilla pancake challenge with Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez at Du Par’s restaurant in the Golden Gate hotel-casino.
Alicia Corso reports that Clark County (NV) Commissioners have recognized Miki Sudo by giving her an honorary day. update A picture of the ceremony
2014 Hooters Wing Eating Contest
update July 24 The Las Vegas Review Journal has a contest report. The Las Vegas Sun has a gallery. TMZ has a post-contest interview with Joey Chestnut.
The top 5 according to Sarah Feldberg Full results
1) Joey Chestnut 182
2) Adrian Morgan 174
3) Matt Stonie
4) Juliet Lee
5) Miki Sudo 146
6) Michelle Lesco 142
7) Marcos Owens 140
8) Erik Denmark 132
8) Juan Rodriguez 132
10) Badlands Booker 118
11) Pablo Martinez 104
Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo appeared on 8 News Now this morning.
Miki Sudo did an interview on KNPR
This will be the first time Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie compete in a wing eating contest.
Don Lerman reports that "Krazy" Kevin Lipsitz completed a 10 pound pizza challenge at Naked City Pizza in Las Vegas with a mystery partner.
InformerMG has a gallery of Tuesday's "Hot Chicks vs. Hot Wings" contest in Las Vegas. Mindy Wegschied ate 16 hot wings in 2:47 to win $3000. The Las Vegas Sun also has a gallery.
Diablos's Casino in Las Vegas will hold a "Hot Chicks vs. Hot Wings" eating contest Tuesday night.
Registration will open tomorrow for the Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship (purse $17,500) to be held July 22 in Las Vegas. There will be no qualifier circuit for this contest as in the previous two years.
Las Vegas Weekly has a profile of Miki Sudo in which she recounts her absence from the women's Nathan's finals last year. Rich LeFevre also makes an appearance.
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal competed in a spicy eating contest with a field of local celebrities at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas today and lost to his wife, Jennifer Thal.
Blog.vegas.com has a list of Las Vegas eating challenges.
Jeremiah's in Rochester, NY will hold a wing eating contest on June 8 awarding a trip to Las Vegas.
El Toro defeated Tom Gilbert in overtime in yesterday's wing eating contest at Ellis Island Casino in Las Vegas.
Ellis Island Casino in Las Vegas is hosting a wing eating contest on May 17 awarding $500 ($300 to the winner).
The National Geographic show None of the Above is seeking competitors for a hot dog eating contest to be recorded in Las Vegas on May 12.
Ron Koch finished his 48 oz steak meal in 18 minutes to take the lead in Jerry's Nugget Prime Rib Challenge.
Former MLB outfielder Jose Canseco is participating a cupcake eating contest today at Cupcakes vs. Cancer, a benefit for the American Cancer Society in Las Vegas.
Rich LeFevre and "El Toro" finished the 48 ounce prime rib challenge at Jerry's Nugget in Las Vegas on its launch date yesterday.
Carlene LeFevre ends 9 year hiatus to win women’s Vegas qualifier, Pablo Martinez takes men’s
update April 27 VegasNews Vegas24Seven and HauteLiving have articles with galleries. The Las Vegas Sun has a gallery
El Toro has a video of the women’s qualifier
The winners have been announced
Men
1) Pablo Martinez 26
2) Rich LeFevre 25 – takes wild card lead (Nathan Biller 2nd w/18)
Women
1) Carlene LeFevre 13 – first MLE contest since 2005, qualifies for Coney for 4th time (1st as winner of female division)
2) Mary Bowers 9 – takes wild card lead
3) Laura Heywood 6 wore hot dog hat
The qualifier has started. Some reports say the contest has been held at the New York New York Hotel & Casino for 17 years, which would probably make it the second longest running event on the MLE calendar after the Nathan’s finals. (Rich Shea said it has been held for 10 years in his interview.)
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