Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Nevada eating challenges and contests in database)
I Love Las Vegas Magazine blog has an entry about Juan “More Bite†Rodriguez' attempt at a 10 pound burrito at Coconuts where he will face off against two teams of six opponents to raise money for Best Buddies Nevada. update May 19 Fox5Vegas has a video about the event.
Las Vegas Weekly has a picture accompanied with a short article about Ron Koch.
Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez will compete in a 10 pound burrito eating contest against two six-person teams at Coconuts Beach Bar & Mexican Grill in Las Vegas on May 19 to benefit Best Buddies.
2012 Nathan’s Las Vegas qualifier
update Apr 30 The Las Vegas Sun has a gallery
update Apr 29 Haute Living has an article and NCAADave has a video
Men
1) Sean Gordon 30 HDB, defends Las Vegas qualifier title
2) Rich LeFevre 27 HDB, takes wild-card lead
3T) Juan “More Bite” Rodgriguez 22 HDB, MLE debut
3T) Ron Koch 22 HDB
Women
1) Juliet Lee 27 HDB, will compete in Nathan’s finals for 6th straight year
?) Mary Bowers 9.5 HDB, takes apparent lead in women’s wild card race
update 6:51 Winners have been announced. Sean Gordon has repeated as the male champion w/30 HDB. Juliet Lee is the female winner w/ 27.
The contest is about to start.
Miki Sudo would probably be the top local female in tomorrow's Las Vegas Nathan's qualifier if she competes. The Las Vegas Sun has a list of six Nevada eating challenges, mentioning her as the recipient of a $1,510 payout after finishing the challenge at Pho 87 in December. She is not the first person to finish the challenge; Naader Reda, Matt Stonie and Stephanie Torres completed it, but had difficulty receiving payment due to an unlisted ban on "professionals." (video about challenge where Miki Sudo appears)
The $1,510 award is the largest eating challenge payout I am aware of and preserves a streak of all known eating challenge prizes greater than $1000 being awarded to women. Updated payout list available after jump. (Original list)
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The Las Vegas Sun has a preview of tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier containing quotes from Rich LeFevre, who will not be competing in the contest.
Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez appeared on KTNV this morning to promote Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at New York New York. He said that Sean Gordon and Juliet Lee are expected to compete in the qualifier.
Registration will open tomorrow for a May 19 hot dog eating contest at Ellis Island Casino in Las Vegas. The contest will award $500/$250/$100 and a bikini competition will also be held at the event. update April 20 A page about the contest is available. Qualifiers will take place on May 2, 9 and 16.
Naader Reda has a video of Stephanie Torres attempting to complete a previously unbeaten 5.5 lb cheeseburger challenge at Beach House Grill and Bar in Henderson, NV. Naader also appeared in the latest episode of Wreckless Eating.
Dave "The Whiner" Bailie has a request for people to attempt eating challenges for an upcoming article in Vegas Rocks magazine.
Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez won the men's peeps eating contest at the Baja Bar & Grill in Las Vegas with a total of 52 peeps in 2 minutes. Mary Bowers won the women's contest with 20 peeps.
Naader Reda & Stephanie Torres attempt NV/CA challenges
Naader Reda has a three part series about the meals he ate with Stephanie Torres in the Las Vegas area (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3) After Nevada, they attempted the following challenges in California: Cataldaldo’s 10 lb. team pizza challenge in Bakersfield, El Tortillon 9 lb. burrito in Fresno (only previous finisher Aubrey Koehn), Pho Kitchen challenge in Fresno and Big Mama’s & Papa’s 36 inch two person challenge (with two toppings).
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has a video of his attempt at the 120 ounce steak at Brand in Las Vegas. Naader Reda also attempted the challenge.
El Toro Jimenez won a taco eating contest held at Baja Bar & Grill in Las Vegas.
Naader Reda announces that he (24 minutes) and Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez (16 minutes) were the first two people to finish the four foot long burrito at Coconuts Bar in Las Vegas. (picture
Fox News Mr. Vegas has a segment about the 8 pound burger challenge at the Monte Carlo.
Youtube has a clip from "Party at the Palms" (recorded 2005) on E! of Rich LeFevre competing in a pizza eating contest against a team of two men. Carlene LeFevre appears but does not participate in the contest.
Fox5Vegas reports that a customer experience a heart attack while eating a Triple Bypass Burger at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas. The unnamed diner is reportedly recovering in a Las Vegas Hospital. (video of paramedics taking man to hospital.) update as of 4pm eastern, "Heart Attack Grill" is the #9 worldwide trending topic on twitter.
CBS Las Vegas has a video of the finals of the Las Vegas Wing Bowl won by Paul Trovato.
Paul Trovato repeated as the winner of the Las Vegas Wing Bowl last night, Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez was the runner-up.
Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez reports he qualified for the Las Vegas Wing Bowl finals with a total of 41 wings in 5 minutes. update LasVegas.CBSLocal.com has an interview with Juan Rodriguez.
LasVegas.CBSLocal.com has a video recorded at the second Wing Off for the Las Vegas Wing Bowl. Billy had the best Wing Off performance so far with a total of 40 wings. update Jan 24 VegasSportsGab has a list of the qualifiers for the finals. William Schmitt was the name of the winner of the second Wing Off. update Jan 26 Video interviews of three of the top qualifiers have been posted
Half Shell Seafood and Gaming in Henderson, NV has a 6 pound burger challenge and 6 pound nacho challenge.
LasVegas.CBSlocal.com has a video from the first qualifier for the 2012 Las Vegas Wing Bowl which said that Tom Gilbert was disqualified.
Vegas CheeseSteaks reports that Tom Gilbert (7:30) and Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez (17:52) finished its 10 pound cheesesteak challenge today. update Jan 16 A video of the challenge is available.
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