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Pat "from Moonachie" Philbin and Dave "Tiger Wings & Things have been added to the field for the Crif Dog Classic. Two members of "Team Reddit", Grady Kelly and Ron George have also been listed in the contest roster.
Slate has a column about the apparent contradiction between Mayor Bloomberg's opinions on eating contests and 16+ ounce drinks.
Brooklyn Daily has an article about the time change of the Nathan's finals from noon to 3pm.
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is looking for volunteers to pass out information promoting vegetarianism at the Nathan's finals July 4.
Tickets for the Crif Dog Classic hot dog eating contest in Brooklyn on July 4 can be purchased at http://crifdogclassic.eventbrite.com/ for $10. The listed starting time is 11am so the contest should not conflict with the new Nathan's time of 3 pm.
Pat from Moonachie wins Rocco’s pizza
update June 6 hmalsman has a long video (over an hour about the contest) (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3)
update June 4 Gothamist has a blog entry and Junito723 has a video.
Will Millender has the results from today’s eating contest at Rocco’s pizza in Brooklyn
1) Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin 19 slices (ate 4.5 slices in 2 minute overtime)
2) Dave Brunelli 19 slices (ate 4 slices in overtime)
3) Will Millender 17.25
4) Dave “US Male” Goldstein 16.25
5) Mike Longo 13.5
6) Seth Grudberg 11.5
“Madoff Meadows” (Mets) / Queens qualifier
update June 3 Brian Seiken has a video and Bob Shoudt has a video of himself throwing the first pitch at yesterday’s Mets game.
update Winners have been announced: Bob Shoudt won the men’s division with 40 and Maria “Edible” won the women’s with 20.
Badlands Booker takes the men’s wild card lead with 37.
The contest is underway according to this picture.
A list of expected entrants in tomorrow's Nathan's qualifier in Queens, NY includes Bob Shoudt, Badlands Booker, Marcos Owens, Maria "Edible" and Brian Seiken, who will compete in a Nathan's qualifier for the first time since 2009.
Mayor Bloomberg's ban on large sweetened drinks in New York City has received a lot of publicity. The new poll asks where you think the Nathan's finals should move if they are banned by New York City. Big Pie in the Sky, seen in the Atlanta episode of Man vs. Food is the site for an 11alive.com article about the ban. update International Business Times has apparently been taken by an April Fools Day spoof about a forced switch to tofu hot dogs for the contest.
Eric Wu has a report on Saturday's curry eating contest held at Go! Go! Curry! in Manhattan focusing on fourth place finisher Leo Chan. Joe Menchetti did not attempt to defend his title due to a work conflict.
Will Millender has the results of the contest held at Go! Go! Curry! in Manhattan: 1) Dave Brunelli 25 bowls 2) Masashi Okamura 18 bowls 3) Will Millender (replaced Joe Menchetti) 17 4) Leo Chan 12 5) Paul Arcaria 10 update May 28 Brian Seiken has videos: Intro | Contest | Results
LilMissNYJet has uploaded pictures of her attempt at the Carnegie Deli's "Jetbow" sandwich created in honor of Tim Tebow (before | during | after)
A reddit thread is seeking comments from competitive eaters interested in competing in the Crif Dog Classic. Only one at two reddit.com slots is available; the other has been awarded to bsimpson.
The Nathan' Famous facebook page is holding a sweepstakes awarding four VIP seats to the contest finals July 4.
New poll: addition to Crif Dog Classic field
The new poll asks what independent eater you would most like to see added to the Crif Dog Classic field. A list of the personal hot dog bests of the choices according to the eatfeats database follows after the jump. (“Furious” Pete Czerwinski received an invitation, but declined).
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Dave Brunelli had the fastest Go!Go!Curry! qualifying time (37 sec).
Johnnie Excel has a blog entry about competing in the Crif Dog Classic.
Go!Go!Curry! has announced the current leaders in qualifying for its curry eating championship on May 26 (the top 5 times will compete in the finals): "Japanese Champ Mr. Okamura 0:53sec US Joe Menchetti 0:46sec Paul Arcaria 0:51sec Louis Wong 1:50 sec Rex Feng 1:53 sec Ryan Wynn 2:16 sec". The final qualifying session will take place tomorrow.
Eric "Silo" Dahl and Marty were the first pair to finish the 14 pound Mangum pizza challenge at Chick-N-Pizza in Buffalo.
Crif Dog Classic field personal hot dog bests
The New York Daily News and Yahoo! Postgame have articles about the Crif Dog Classic. A list of the personal bests in 10-12 minute hot dog eating contests for the announced field for that competition follows:
| 2009 Jul 4 | 2nd | 64.5 | 10 min | Takeru Kobayashi | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2011 Sep 5 | 2nd | 29 | 10 min | Tom “Goose” Gilbert | West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship | Mission Viejo, CA |
| 2011 Jul 4 | 3rd | 28.5 | 10 min | Stephanie “Xanadu” Torres | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – women | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2007 Jun 28 | 2nd | 26.5 | 12 min | Brad “The Lunatic” Sciullo | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | West Chester, PA |
| 2011 Sep 5 | 5th | 22.75 | 10 min | Johnnie Excel | West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship | Mission Viejo, CA |
| 2010 May 29 | 5th | 20 | 10 min | Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Atlantic City, NJ |
Kobayashi to compete in Crif Dog Classic in NYC July 4
(via Darren Rovell) CrifDogClassic.com has a press release announcing that Takeru Kobayashi will compete in a hot dog eating contest at Roberta’s in Brooklyn on July 4. Other listed competitors are Stephanie Torres, Tom Gilbert, Johnnie Excel, Dave “US Male” Goldstein and Brad Sciullo. No prizes or qualifiers are listed; two entrants will be selected using reddit.com. The competition will be streamed on SI.com.
$15,000 purse announced for Hooters wing finals in NYC on July 28. Breakdown: $7,500 / $3,000 / $2,000 / $1,000 / $750 / $500 / $250
The website for Go!Go!Curry! has a page about its 2012 eating contest. As in previous years, the finals on May 26 at the Times Square location will award a $500 AmEx gift card.
Pickle Me Pete will hold a pickle eating contest in Manhattan on May 27.
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