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A press release lists Pat Bertoletti, Matt Stonie, Erik Denmark, Juan Rodriguez and Michelle Lesco as expected entrants in the Nugget World Rib-Eating Championship in Sparks, NV on August 29.
Registration for the Nugget World Rib Eating Championship on August 29 in Sparks, NY will open at noon Pacific today.
The Montbleu Resort in Lake Tahoe, NV will hold a street taco eating contest on September 10 awarding $1,000 to the winner.
Long videos of last month's IFOCE rib (23 minutes) and gyoza (8 minutes) eating contests are available on youtube.
Athena0985 reports that Joey Chestnut bought four racks of ribs yesterday, possibly to practice for tomorrow's rib eating at the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off in Sparks, NV.
The Sacramento Bee reports that Pat Bertoletti, Erik Denmark, Ron Koch and Damon Wells are expected to compete in the rib eating contest at the Nugget Rib Cook-Off in Sparks, NV on Wednesday. Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie are possible competitors.

IFOCE August / September registration on Monday & Wednesday

IFOCE contest registrations opening this week:

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IFOCE August / September 2011 contests

The IFOCE contests page has been updated with several August & September events:

  • Aug 20 Day-Lee/Nisei Week Gyoza Eating Championship, Los Angeles, CA
  • Aug 31 John Ascuaga’s Nugget World Rib Eating Championship, Sparks, NV
  • Sep 3 Buffalo Buffet Bowl, Buffalo, NY
  • Sep 4 U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship, Buffalo, NY

An IFOCE rib eating contest has been held in July at the Chinook Winds Casino on the Oregon coast. There does not appear to be any information about a 2011 contest on the casino website.

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Harrah's Reno has made a commercial to promote its new Big Bowl noodle eating challenge.

Joey Chestnut wins 2010 JA Nugget Ribs eating contest

update #2 RGJ and the Daily Sparks Tribune have articles.

update The Nugget Ribs twitter confirms Joey’s victory

Crawfish has posted the top 4 to his twitter (via Ryan McKillop)

1st Joey Chestnut 8 lbs
2nd Patrick Bertoletti 6.8
3rd Erik Denmark 4.8
4th Ron Koch 4.1

Joey Chestnut says he is considering competing in the JA Nugget Rib Eating Championship in Sparks, NV tonight at 6 pm Pacific.

Daily Sparks Tribune has an article about amateur competitor David Headrick.

Fox 40 has a video of Ryan McKillop (via MLE facebook)

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The MLE facebook lists Pat Bertoletti, Erik Denmark, Ryan McKillop and Jason Erb as expected competitors in the Nugget Rib eating contest on September 1 in Sparks, Nevada. update Joey Chestnut is also expected to compete according to the San Francisco Examiner.
Registration for the September 1 rib eating contest at the Nugget in Sparks, NV (Reno area) will open today at 4 pm eastern. Registration for the September 25 Upper Crust Pizza contest in Boston and the September 11 burrito eating contest at the New Mexico State Fair will open tomorrow.
NuggetRibCookoff.com announces that this year's rib eating contest will take place on September 1 in Sparks, Nevada and that Joey Chestnut is expected to defend his title.

2009 Nugget ribs result thread

update #2 The Reno Gazette Journal and The Daily Sparks Tribune have contest reports.

update Erik Denmark has a twitpic of the results list. The top 5

1) Pat Bertoletti 5.8 lbs.
2) Joey Chestnut 5.7
3) Erik Denmark 4.7
4) Hall Hunt 3.9
5) Marco Marquez 3.8

Captain0Face has posted that Joey Chestnut lost tonight’s contest at the Nugget Rib-Cookoff in Reno.

BaileyMuzik reports that Pat Bertoletti won with 5.8 lbs. in 12 minutes.

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The Nevada Sagebrush has a preview of tomorrow's rib eating contest at the West Nugget Rib Cook-off in Sparks, NV listing Joey Chestnut and Aaron Lamb as expected entrants.
Se7en in Reno, NV will host a 24 inch hot dog eating contest on August 16 that will award $400 to the winner.
IFOCE.com reports that registration for the September 2 rib eating contest at the Nugget casino (Reno, NV area) will open tomorrow.

Erik Denmark’s Nugget rib report

Erik Denmark has a blog entry with pictures about competing in the rib eating contest in Sparks, NV last week. Ron Koch wore an undertaker’s (or Jedi) outfit.

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Joey Chestnut threepeats Nugget ribs

Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-Off rib eating contest results from Jason Erb and anonymous comment

1st: Joey Chestnut 9.8 pounds, new record
2nd: Pat Bertoletti 7.4
3rd: Erik Denmark 4.7
4th: Rich LeFevre 4.6
5th: Ron Koch 3.4
6th: Jason Erb 2.8
7th: Sean Kirby 2.5
8th: El Toro 2.2

update RGJ.com has a contest report

EmilyPie has some pictures

update #2 Full results are now available on IFOCE.com

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Nugget Rib expected entrants

A press release lists four expected entrants at tomorrow’s Best in the West Nugget World Rib Eating Championship in Sparks, Nevada: Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Rich LeFevre and Erik Denmark.

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Pat Bertoletti announces DeepDishEats.com

In his yardbarker blog, Pat Bertoletti announces the opening of his personal website at DeepDishEats.com Bertoletti intends to have recipes and other cooking information on his website in addition to news about his competitive eating career. The contest calendar says that he will compete in the Nugget rib eating contest on Wednesday.

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Nugget rib eating contest August 27

The website for the Nugget Rib Cook-Off has a page about its rib eating contest which lists the date of this year’s contest as August 27. The cook-off will be held at Victorian Square in Sparks, Nevada (Reno area).

The contest is billed as the World Rib Eating Championship and will take place five days after the IFOCE holds another World Rib Eating Championship at the Ash Creek Saloon in Connecticut.

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Nugget rib contest video

A video of Wednesday’s rib eating contest at the Nugget casino can be viewed at http://youtube.com/watch?v=5yvUXCOMFIc
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Nugget rib results from Laura Flynn

From a Laura Flynn comment

1. Joey Chestnut (about 7 lb.)
2. Pat Bertoletti (about 6 lb.)
3. Rich LeFevre (lost tooth during contest)
4. Jason Erb
5. Erik Denmark

update rgj.com has an article about the contest.

update #2 full results are now posted on IFOCE.com

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Nugget rib expected entrants

(From Rhonda Evans) The press release for the 2nd Annual World Rib Eating Competition says that Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Chip Simpson, Rich LeFevre and Erik Denmark. Results will be posted on the Nugget Rib Cookoff’s web page.

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