Upcoming eating contests
(All New York eating challenges and contests in database)
Lansky's Old World Deli in New York City has a "Jackpot" deli sandwich challenge that awards a free T-shirt to finishers.
Howard has a picture of the 88 ounce steak challenge at Cattleman's Steakhouse in Lindenhurst (Long Island), New York.
Takeru Kobayashi's blog reports that he will attempt a Guinness record for a television program on March 8 at 11 am at the Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn. The recording is open to the public.
The Lone Star Bar and Grill in Brooklyn has an 87 ounce steak challenge that is free if finished by a single diner. (via Jeff Kaplan)
The twitter for 1834 Bar & Burger reports that the new Manhattan restaurant will hold a 10 pound burger eating contest soon.
Out of the Park Burgers in Central Islip, NY has a "eat for the cycle" challenge in which a diner who can eat a single, double, triple and home run burger in under 30 minutes will receive all four sandwiches for free.
Ed Krachie’s niece covers & competes in steerburger contest
CapitalNews9 has a video of Erin Connolly covering and eating french fries in yesterday’s steerburger contest in Albany. Ms. Connolly claims to be the niece of 1996 Nathan’s champion Ed Krachie. Nicklaus Schultz won the contest by eating 7 steerburgers in 20 minutes.
The annual Steerburger eating contest at Sutter's Mill in Albany, NY will take place on Friday. The first prize is $100 cash, concert tickets, dinner for four at Sutter’s, a Miller Lite refrigerator and a T-shirt.
The Man vs. Food facebook fan photo gallery has a picture of a 10 pound burger. The caption says the burger is offered by the recently opened 1834 Bar in the Financial District of New York City and is free to a diner that can finish it without assistance.
New York Magazine's Grub Street has started an eating challenge consisting of the curry challenge at Kenka and a unique "dessert". The first person to complete the challenge will appear on the blog's masthead for a day.
Monster deli sandwich at Sarge’s Deli
Diners who are looking for a Manhattan challenge after the termination of Hill Country’s “Feed Your Face” meal might want to consider the Monster at Sarge’s Deli, billed as the largest sandwich in New York.
update “Honky275” has a gallery of his Monster sandwich attempt. He received a Sarge’s T-shirt, but that achievement might merit an asterisk according to his caption:
I was debating whether I could hide bits of bread in my napkin, when I realized I could take advantage of the shift change among the wait-staff. If I left the table at JUST the right time, the new waiter or waitress would see a plate with just a few bites of corned beef on it, and perhaps assume that I was done with my meal – and not realize that a certified challenge was taking place….
Look, it was my first eating challenge ever – I took advantage of my surroundings, and I’m sure that if I stayed there until breakfast time, I eventually would have been hungry again, but it’s just not safe to eat meat that’s been left out overnight, right? So let’s just grab the t-shirt and head for the door…while I can still walk upright.
A commercial for the April 2010 contest at Go! Go! Curry! is on youtube.
The Hill Country twitter says that its barbecue challenge will end after this weekend.
Difficulty of Hill Country BBQ challenge increased
(via Eater NY) Gothamist reports that Hill Country in New York City increased the amount of meat in its “Feed Your Face” eating challenge by a pound (and its price by $20) after an unnamed female competitive eater finished the challenge in 8 minutes on Saturday.
update Midtown Lunch has a 200+ comment post about a group challenge attempt on March 2.
update #2 Feb 13 In a yelp threadKarin G reports that a Hill Country manager said the woman who finished the challenge in 8 minutes was non-Asian, which rules out Sonya Thomas and Juliet & Floria Lee.
Eater NY has a post about the challenge termination.
Joe Wait has uploaded a video of him completing the Fritatta Challenge at Mother's Cupboard Fish Fry and Diner in Syracuse, NY with reportedly a record time.
Hill Country Barbecue in New York City has started a "Feed Your Face" barbecue challenge.
Takeru Kobayashi's most recent blog entry praises the city where he won six Nathan's hot dog eating championships.
Meniscus Magazine has a report with videos on last October's Chef One Dumpling Eating Contest held at Roosevelt Park in New York City.
(Via Yahoo!'s Shutdown Corner) The New York Post has an article about New York Jets coach Rex Ryan claiming he consumes 7,000 calories a day.
Comedysim has a video from last September's cheesesteak sandwich eating contest at the Five Spot Supper Club in Brooklyn.
The Ivy Bakery facebook reports that people who have entered more than 5 previous eating contests or have won any type of title will be blocked from competing in its cupcake eating competition regardless of how well they did in those contests.
A New York City craigslist posting seeks a film maker and subjects for a documentary about lower ranked competitive eaters.
The New York Post has an article about Thurdsday's wing eating contest hosted by Elijah Wood. "Big Dan" Graff was the winner.
Elijah Wood hosting NYC wing eating contest tonight
Trevor Silmser and WFUJerseyJon report that Elijah Wood of “Lord of the Rings” will host a wing eating contest tonight. The site is Epstein’s Bar in NYC according to KLUCKR
update The contest reportedly ran out of wings
The facebook for the Ivy Bakery in Brooklyn announces that it is seeking a T-shirt design for its cupcake eating contest in April 2009.
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