Upcoming eating contests
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
A press release announces that 230 Fifth in Manhattan will sell a hot dog costing $2300 with all proceeds being donated to the City Harvest charity. The rooftop bar was the site of a 2011 exhbition where Takeru Kobayashi reportedly ate 69 hot dogs.
Dani's House of Pizza in Queens announced its pizza eating contest will award $500 to the winner. (No other details are provided.)
Will Millender has the top 3 in today's hands-free watermelon eating contest held at the Public House in Manhattan: 1) "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti 2) Dave Brunelli 3) Will Millender. Johnnie Excel (who has moved to the east coast) and Pat Philbin also competed. There was a choking incident, but everyone is reportedly all right now. update July 23 Will Millender has a contest report
Kobayashi / Hofmann partnership details
Syracuse.com and DMagazine have articles about Takeru Kobayashi’s press conference this morning where his partnership with Hofmann Hot Dogs was officially announced. Some notes:
- Takeru Kobayashi will own 50% of a new division Hofmann has created to produce a Kobayashi-branded hot dog.
- Hofmann is planning to open a restaurant in Dallas, possibly as soon as September. (Cowboys legend Roger Staubach is another Hofmann part-owner, so that might be the reason for the location.)
- Kobayashi will compete in a hot dog contest against a “ferocious competitor” at the Great New York State Fair on August 25.
Syracuse.com reports that Hofmann Hot Dogs has added Takeru Kobayashi as a business partner / brand ambassador. The partnership will officially announced at a press conference at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino. Kobayashi might compete in a Hoffman hot dog eating contest at the New York State Fair.
2012 Nathan’s finals coverage Part 2
General contest links
- Alt.variety contest report
- Slate.com column about Mayor Bloomberg’s apparent hypocrisy
- Piers Morgan of CNN blog entry
- Major League Eating recap video
- AFP contest videos in French | Spanish | Portuguese | Japanese
- Village Voice gallery
- Flickr galleries: helenofzuo | branko (not safe for work)
- Katina Wrocki line drawings
Competitor-specific links
- Joey Chestnut interview on 1090 San Diego: transcript | podcast (Joey reiterates his criticisms of Kobayashi he has made previously.)
- Sean Gordon podcast on the Man Cave Podcast. (Sean describes his disqualification from a 2008 Nathan’s qualifier)
- Pete Davekos podcast on ballhogs radio
- Matt Stonie gallery | Vlog Part 1 | Part 2
- Meredith Boxberger vlog Part 1 | Part 2
Crif Dog Classic coverage part 2
update July 12 24hpp gallery | Johnnie Excel vlog
- Carrot Blog contest report
- Cyrience blog entry and gallery
- Podcast of interview with Kobayashi after contest
- Brian Seiken post-contest thoughts | interview with Furious Pete
- Bleacher Report videos : slow motion | in reverse
The MLE facebook confirms that the Hooters wing eating contest finals will take place in Clearwater, FL on July 26 instead of in New York City on July 27. The new finals site was mentioned in a June 26 press release about the Fresno pre-qualifier.
2012 Nathan’s finals converage
- Appearance of Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas on NBC’s Today yesterday
- CNN’s Eatocracy explains competitive eating terminology
- Guardian (UK) contest report
- Yahoo! Chompions blog entry
- Daily Mail carries the AP article with a lot of pictures
- Buzzfeed has a gallery titled “The 15 Disgusting Faces Of The Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest”
- Awful Announcing has commentary on the ESPN telecast
- The Kooky Canuck owner attended the finals and has a facebook gallery
- The Baltimore Sun has a gallery
- Driven by Boredom has galleries of the contest and afterparty
- Deadspin has a blog entry about post contest elimation. (A comment states that most elimination is done via vomiting and that a top 3 MLE eater required hospitalization after a training session went wrong (the commenter claims to be a friend of the hospitalized competitor’s girlfriend))
- The NY Times NBA blog has an entry about Brooklyn Net Marshon Brooks serving as a contest judge
- Ken Hoffman has an article about serving as Matt Stonie’s judge. The Houston Chronicle columnist claims that a piece of Joey Chestnut’s hot dog flew into his mouth. )
- Mercy for Animals has a blog entry about their contest protest
- Flickr gallery by EKavet
- Matt Stonie facebook gallery
- SeaCoast Online article about Matt Stonie
- Barrie Examiner article about Meredith Boxberger.
Crif Dog Classic coverage
- Brian Seiken has several videos recorded at the contest including interviews with “Furious” Pete Czerwinski and Brad Sciullo updated
- CNN article about plate recount illustrated with picture from Kobayashi’s 2011 exhibition
- Record Setter video of contest
- SBNation blog entry and video by Spencer Hall of the Every Day Should Be Saturday college football blog. He says that one of the participants was not supposed to compete and was allowed at the table after obtaining an “Eater” badge. This might have been responsible for the space shortage at the table.
- Galleries on Crif Dog Classic facebook: Eaters | Food & Crowd | Judges
- NBC Sports Off the Bench blog entry, has yet to be updated with the plate recount.
- Brooklynauts blog entry and gallery
- CoedMagazine gallery
- Slow-motion video of Kobayashi eating
- Video by Johnnie Excel
- Arthur Kade article and video interview with Takeru Kobayashi
- Short Las Cruces Sun-News article about Stephanie Torres’ runner-up finish
BK Magazine has an interview with Will Millender, who says he prefers local contests where he is the definite favorite to larger events with stiffer competition.
Kobayashi wins 2012 Crif Dog Classic with 58.5 after plate recount
update July 5 The RecordSetter twitter announces Kobayashi’s official total is 58.5 and not 68.5 due to a plate miscount
Results from Crif Dog Classic
1) Takeru Kobayashi 68.5
2T) Tom Gilbert 31
2T) Stephanie Torres 31
4) Dave Brunelli 29
5) Pat Philbin 26 26.5
6) “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 25
7) Dave “US Male” Goldstein 23.5
8) Johnnie Excel 25 23
9) Brad Sciullo 20.5 19
Nathan's weigh-in coverage: AP article with a lot of pictures | NY1 News video | Huffington Post video & gallery | NY Times City Room blog entry | Gothamist blog entry
"Cousin" Sal Iacono has a column for grantland.com about attempting an eating challenge at Popei's in BethPage, NY in 1993, which required some unconventional techniques to get credit for finishing.
Wired.com has a report on the Nathan's qualifier held in Queens, NY.
Kate C of NotTheItGirls.com originally planned to attend the Nathan's finals, but decided to purchase a ticket for the Crif Dog Classic instead.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to oversee the "weigh-in" ceremony for Nathan's competitors today at City Hall Park at 1 pm today.
The Brooklyn Daily has a report on Saturday's cupcake eating contest held at Deno's Wonder Wheel in Coney Island listing the top 3: 1) Stephanie "Xanada" Torres 71 2) Eric "Silo" Dahl 60 3) "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti 42
Craigslist has a job offering $100 for "little people" to appear in a comedy video recorded at the Nathan's finals.
The Crif Dog Classic announces that it has sold all of its tickets.
Mercy for Animals new mascot, a 10 foot inflatable puppy in a hot dog bun, will appear at a protest at the Nathan's finals Wednesday.
WCBS has column about the planned Nathan's time change to 3pm oblivious to the restoration of the original noon start. (Coverage of the women's contest will begin on ESPN3.com at 11:25 am eastern). The Crif Dog Classic contest is expected to start at 2:15 pm eastern according to a "US Male" practice video.
The current July 4 weather forecast for JFK airport is high 88, low 73 with a 50% chance of precipitation.
Jen Balisi reports that a woman (probably Stephanie Torres) won a cupcake eating contest held today at the Wonder Wheel in Coney Island with a total of 71 cupcakes in 8 minutes. update July 1 The Wonder Wheel facebook has a gallery confirming that Stephanie Torres was the winner. Other competitors were Eric Dahl, Ian Hickman, Joe Menchetti and Will Millender.
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