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"Furious" Pete Czerwinski ate 2 pounds of Eat Smart and 2 tubs of Bio-Gro in 3:45 to defeat Marc Lobliner at the Olympia Fitness and Performance Weekend in Las Vegas. (video)
Vice.com produced a mini-documentary for Schweppes Australia about Miki Sudo and Juan Rodriguez competing in the Nugget Rib Eating World Championship in Sparks, NV.
McFadden's in Las Vegas has reopened with a new burger challenge that also includes wings.
Kwame Hall has produced a video about last month's Hooters wing eating qualifier in Las Vegas won by Miki Sudo.
Las Vegas Sun: Miki Sudo withdraws from Nathan’s finals
update Rake & Herald has confirmed the withdrawal. This will leave the women’s finals without the two top performers in the qualifiers: Miki Sudo (40) & Molly Schuyler (31)
Rake & Herald noticed that the caption for Las Vegas Sun’s gallery of Miki Sudo at Wednesday’s Hooters wing qualifier announces that she has withdrawn from Thursday’s Nathan’s finals (She will compete in the Hooters finals).
Rich Shea made no mention of Miki withdrawing on his interview on ESPN’s Mike & Mike show earlier this morning.
The withdrawal notice did not appear on the original caption of the gallery which is available in the Google Cache (date June 28)
If the withdrawal is not of Miki’s volition, she has the option of filing a complaint with the Nevada Gaming Control Board that a contest held on casino grounds reneged on its prize.
2013 Las Vegas Hooters qualifier
update June 27 The Las Vegas Sun has a gallery of Miki Sudo and Rake & Herald has a contest report
Official Results: Part 1 | Part 2
1) Miki Sudo 192
2) Adrian Morgan 176
3) Marcos Owens 144
4) Jeff Butler 124
5) Steve Hendry 120
6) Juan Rodriguez
7) Corey Fanguy 103
8) Mary Bowers 75
9) Dax Swanson 54
10) Ken Douglas 38
update Miki Sudo reportedly won with 196 wings
The Hard Rock Hotel, site of tonight’s qualifier, has made no recent tweets about the contest: https://twitter.com/HardRockHotelLV
Miki Sudo will appear in a burger eating contest at the Heart Attack Grill on tonight's episode of Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy at 9pm eastern/ 8 central tonight. The episode will be rerun at 1:01 am. Larry will live tweet during the episode. @GitRDoneLarry will live tweet during the episode. update Miki appeared in the background of the spanking scene, but the eating contest was cut unless the program returns to the Heart Attack Grill for another segment.
Miki Sudo, Adrian Morgan, Juan Rodriguez, Jeff Butler and Steve Hendry are expected to compete in tomorrow's Hooters wing qualfier tomorrow. This means that at most five of the 2012 finalists will return to the 2013 finals: Sonya Thomas, Joey Chestnut, Juliet Lee, Erik Denmark and possibly Adrian Morgan.
History.com has a clip from the June 26 episode of Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy of a burger eating contest recorded at the Heart Attack Grill won by Miki Sudo. Larry says Miki could be the next Sonya Thomas and also mentions Joey Chestnut's Krystal burger record. (via Pilgrim Studios)
The Las Vegas episode of Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy will be televised on the History Channel on June 26 according to zap2it.com. A burger eating contest at the Heart Attack Grill won by Miki Sudo was recorded for the program.
The Las Vegas Sun has a report on Ryan "Max Carnage" Rodacker's recent trip to Las Vegas where he did several eating challenges. The article does not mention the King Kong Sundae eating contest held in conjunction with "Woman v Food" at the Sugar Factory (Results via Matt Cohen: 1) Tom Gilbert 2) Matt Cohen 3) "Max Carnage" 4) Ron Koch )
The building formerly housing the NASCAR cafe at the former Sahara hotel in Las Vegas was demolished as part of a renovation project that will result in the property's reopening as SLS Las Vegas in fall 2014. The restaurant famous for the 6+ pound B3 Burrito closed in 2011.(via Captain Dave)
Diablo's Cantina in Las Vegas will hold a "Hot Chicks vs. Hot Wings" contest on May 14 awarding $5000. Entry is restricted to "service industry ladies".
Miki Sudo (40 hot dogs) & Jeff Butler (31.5) win MLE debuts
update April 22 The UNLV student paper has an article about Miki, who will be competing in the Stockton Asparagus Festival.
update April 21 Rake & Herald has a contest report
Twitpics: Lefevres | winners w/trophies | winner announcement | 40 sign | Miki w/trophy | contest
update Las Vegas Informer has a short article
update 4:09 Pacific Full results: Part 1 | Part 2 have been added
update 3:59 Pacific Winners have been announced
Women
1) 40 Miki Sudo, all-time best female debut, best non Sonya Thomas women’s result
2) 24 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco (should take women’s wild card barring surprises)
3) 3 “Birthday girl”
Men
1) 31.5 Jeff “The Beastman” Butler
2) 31 Tom Gilbert (takes men’s wild card lead)
3) 29.5 Pablo Martinez
4) 27.5 Erik Denmark (Nathan’s streak in jeopardy)
5) 22 Juan “More Bite” Rodriguez
6) 21 Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle
7) 14 Andrew Kim
8) 11 Mark King
9) 3 “Raiders Fan”
update 3:49 Pacific The first report claims Miki Sudo ate 40 hot dogs
Expected to make their MLE debut today: Miki Sudo, Jeff “The Beastman” Butler and Pablo Martinez.
A video of an undercard contest has alread been posted.
Vegas.Eater.com has a gallery of the construction of the 8 pound burger challenge at the Vegas Pub, listing Rich LeFevre as the sole finisher of the challenge. (Miki Sudo broke the record in February).
Erik Denmark announces he will be competing in Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in Las Vegas.
Vegas Seven has a list of six Las Vegas eating challenges.
The (Portland) Big Eaters Club will be attempting the King Kone Sundae at the Sugar Factory in Las Vegas on May 6.
Miki Sudo has posted a video of her finishing a 120 ounce steak at Brand Steakhouse in Las Vegas. This is the second 7.5 pound steak challenge Miki has done; she finished the challenge at Herbs & Rye in November. El Toro has produced a video tribute to Miki.
Brian Seiken has uploaded the Travel Channel's Battle of the Buffets program from 2002 where competitors including Rich & Carlene LeFevre, Ed "Cookie" Jarvis and "Badlands" Booker chowed down on a variety of foods at the Aladdin in Las Vegas.
Jamie McDonald has posted a video recorded at Lucky 13 in Salt Lake City where he and Miki Sudo both won $1000 for finishing the restaurant's burger challenge.
Juan Rodriguez' attempt at the Pub Challenge burger at the Vegas Pub on Trip Flip was cut from Sunday's episode, but an outtake video and gallery are available.
Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco has posted a video where she attempts to eat 30 hot dogs in 10 minutes as part of her Charity Water initiative. With the non-renewal of the Arizona Mills qualifier, she will attempt to qualify in Las Vegas on April 20. update March 26 Michelle has posted a second video
Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez announces he will appear on Trip Flip on the Travel Channel Sunday night and attempt an 8 pound burger challenge.
Sushi contest returns to RA Sushi
RA Sushi’s sushi eating tournament will return on April 7. A list of locations holding contests follows after the jump.
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