• Texas State Fair corny dog results, competitor factoids, Patrick Michels gallery
• Press relase for Famous Famiglia pizza has the following competitors: Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Crazy Legs Conti, Bob Shoudt, and Tim Eater X Janus
• Beautiful Brian has his personal IFOCE chronology
• British man dies after consuming homemade ultra hot sauce
• Video of Kevin Ross speed eating hot dogs
• Tomoko Miyake has a blog entry that Google translation titles “Wang Eating”
• Paul Newman dies at 83. This tribute says his hard boiled egg eating scene in Cool Hand Luke was responsible for starting a wave of eating contests involving college students and troops in Vietnam.

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Results from today’s Caribbean Food Delights-Royal Caribbean Bakery Eating Championship have been posted. The top 3:

1. Joe Menchetti
2. Will Millender
3. George Van Laar

Jill Stoler was 5th in the professional division and Joe “Gavone” Rose was fourth in the amateur category.

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A loukoumades eating contest will be held on September 21 at the Holy Cross Greek Cultural Festival in Brooklyn. According to the contest flyer, more than $1,000 in prizes will be awarded.

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• Badlands Booker, Paul Barlow and Andrew Lane are the other listed entrants for the Birmingham qualifier, but Booker’s twitter says he will probably pass on the contest and hope 51 suffices for a wild card
• NYC Famous Famigila pizza contest prize format restructured according to comment – first prize reduced to $5,000 and number of cash prizes increased to 7
• Article with the official results and video about the Chicago jalapeno contest
• Article about Stu Mesnier’s attempt to repeat as St. Louis sushi champion
• MissBusyLady unveils her apparel for female competitive eating fans.

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• Whoopie Pie contest preview
• Marshall Tucker Band to play at Krystal finals
• Bronx Bun & Cheese contest Saturday
• TV Champion, birthplace of the oogui boom, is canceled
• Gal Sone in Belgium videos

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Frank 151 has a blog entry about Friday’s cannoli eating contest with a video and several pictures.

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• Full official results from weekend Krystal qualifiers
• Gersh Kuntzman to give talk in Brooklyn today alleging Kobayashi cheated in the Nathan’s finals
• Home Page and myspace page of Joey Chestnut’s friend Kiera Jo
• Wedding cake eating contest for Singaporean couples
• Crazy Legs Conti to participate in Movie Watching World Championship
• Jacksonville.com write seeks big eaters for story
• Vy Beauregard trains for tamale contest
• Berea, KY spoonbread contest Saturday
• Bubba Dogs eating contest in Sea Isle City, NJ Saturday

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• Registration for the NYC Famous Famiglia pizza contest opens at noon today
• SE Missouri cross country runner Amy Guignon wins the SE Missouri fair hot dog eating contest (women took the top 3 places)
• Kevin Ross is robbed at gunpoint in his home according to BB’s Bits and Pieces
• Miss Busy Lady has a video of her competitive eating souvenirs
• Videos from the gyoza contest by the Trash Talkin Juicers
• Alex from Panama is traveling to New York and Boston between September 22 to 30 and would like to meet up with other eaters for eating challenges (from email)

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SILive.com has a report on the retirement ceremony for “Krazy” Kevin Lipsitz held before the cannoli eating contest. A video of the ceremony is available on youtube.

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Beautiful Brian’s Bits & Pieces page has the top 4 finishers in today’s cannoli contest at the Feast of San Genarro festival:

1. Brad Sciullo, 20 cannolis
2T. Crazy Legs Conti, 19
2T. Allen Goldstein, 19
4. Brian Subich, 17

update Time Out NY has a contest report and a video has been uploaded to youtube

update #2 NY1 article and video

update #3 The BBC has a video

update #4 DeliKatessen blog entry
NY Post gallery
Flicker gallery

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According to a database entry and email, Famous Famigila will sponsor an IFOCE pizza eating contest that will take place in New York City on October 12.

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• IFOCE pizza contest in Florida November 8
• Jill Stoler wins an office weight loss contest
• DelawareOnline hails “local fatty” Bob Shoudt
• JacksonvilleConifidential hails “local hottie” Hall Hunt
• Blog entry about the Buffalo Wing Festival
• Paul Barlow does another local promo contest
• Pawtucket, RI dumpling eating contest Saturday. Men’s and women’s divisions, $200 prize, $10 entry fee.
• Napoleon, Ohio hot dog eating contest Saturday, $100 prize

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A comment by Mike Landrich reports that “Furious” Pete Czerwinski won the Sahlen’s hot dog eating contest in Buffalo by eating 19 hot dogs using picnic style rules. A bodybuilding.com post and a contest video confirm Pete’s victory.

update WGRZ has an article about the contest

update #2 Furious Pete has posted a video
Bodybuilding.com forum thread about the contest. The third place finisher, BJ, is also a member of bodybuilding.com

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Buffalo Buffet Bowl results from a Mike Landrich comment:

1. Sonya Thomas
2. Juliet Lee
3. Badlands Booker
4. Jim Reeves

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Full results from the wing eating contest held at the Buffalo Wing Festival courtesy of “Wild” Bill Myers:

1st 4.23 $1500 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas
2nd 4.15 $750 Eric “Badlands” Booker
3rd 3.98 $300 Juliet Lee
4th 3.52 Russ “The Black Hole” Keeler
5th 3.24 “Buffalo” Jim Reeves
6th 2.85 “Big” Brian Subich
7th 2.83 Brad “The Lunatic” Sciullo
8th 2.77 Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein
9th 2.02 Mike Landrich
10th 1.88 William “Wild Bill” Myers
11th 1.65 Matthew Ventre
12th 1.27 “Beautiful” Brian Seiken

update WKBW.com has a video

update #2Beautiful Brian has a contest video

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SportsBubbler.com has a list of the expected entrants at the Buffalo Wing Festival wing eating contest: Sonya Thomas, Juliet Lee, Badlands Booker, Buffalo Jim Reeves, Russ Keeler, Dave “US Male” Goldstein, Brian Subich, Wild Bill Myers, Beautiful Brian Seiken

Sonya is the only listed entrant in the Buffalo Buffet Bowl contest on Sunday (presumably most, if not all of the wing contest competitors will also enter that event.)

Juliet Lee is still listed on the Myrtle Beach pork barbecue sandwich eating contest roster despite also being in the buffalo wing list

Joey Chestnut, Bob Shoudt and Tim Brown are expected at the spaghetti chili eating contest in Cincinnati.

KrystalSquareOff.com has yet to list all the non-amateurs competing in the Jacksonville qualifier on Labor Day. The most recent blog entry has a video interview Hall Hunt did this morning. The Krystal twitter page is taking predictions for the contest.

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• Preview of Sonya Thomas vs. Hall Hunt matchup
• Humble Bob expected at Cincinnati spaghetti chili contest
• Baloney eating contest during Republican convention in St. Paul
• NYC deathwings eating contest September 3
• Bacon eating contest to raise money for the American Heart Association
• Interview with Miki Mia of The 40 Year Old Virgin at the gyoza contest

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Kobayashi has two blog entries with pictures from his appearance at the New York City Nike Sportswear Store opening Thursday Part 1, Part 2. Joey Chestnut does not appear in any of the pictures.

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Takeru Kobayashi’s latest blog entry is about attending the invitation only grand opening of the New York City Nike Sportswear Store Thursday night. Nebol.com and Nicekicks.com have pictures. Joey Chestnut, Roger Federer, Spike Lee and Serena Williams were other celebrities in attendance. Nathan’s provided food for the event.

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Capital News 9 reports that “Buffalo” Jim Reeves won the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest held at the Saratoga Race Course today. While this year’s upstate New York contest is not a qualifier for the July 4 finals, it still awarded a year’s worth of hot dogs. The duration remained 12 minutes long despite truncation of other Nathan’s contests this year to 10 minutes. Video from the contest is available which shows that Crazy Legs Conti also participated.

update blip.tv also has a video Totals are not mentioned on either of the two videos.

update #2 The contest page on IFOCE.com has been updated to report that Buffalo Jim ate 23.5 HDB and Crazy Legs Conti consumed one less. The contest was listed as 10 minutes.

update #3 The Saratogian has a contest report.

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The top 4 of today’s Goya National Black Bean Eating Championship held at the Central Islip Islandia Festival have been posted:

1. Tom “Goose” Gilbert 11LBs 1 oz. $1,000
2. Ian “The Invader” Hickman 9 LBS 1oz. $500
3. “Fabulous” Floria Lee 6 Lbs 6 oz $250, sanctioned contest debut
4. “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti 6 Lbs 3 oz

update Jill Stoler has a blog entry about her absence from the contest and the controversy over the third place results.

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• St. Louis sushi contest September 21. First prize is a trip to Japan.
• Sushi Bowl eating contest held in New York City
• PETA takes credit for cancellation of cockroach eating contest
• Miss Busy Lady’s friend eats 50 chicken wings in one sitting
• WLOCE hires Terry Barker to MC
• Nathan Biller’s Nathan’s gallery (facebook registration required)

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(From Cole Wimpee) BroadwayWorld.com reports that Eric “Badlands” Booker will appear at the Binge Olympiad which will be held at the Wings Theater in the West Village. Booker’s myspace calendar says he will appear at the August 15 and August 23 shows. Eating contests will be held during the festival, but dates and foods are not listed.

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• Nathan’s hot dog eating contest August 16 in Stuarts Draft, VA. Prize is $100 gas card.
• Nathan’s finals gallery by FooBarDude
• Video of butter eating contest (will Don Lerman sue for intellectual property violation?)
• Website for Brooklyn pizza contest at http://annualbrooklynpizzaeatingcontest.com/
• Gal Sone goes to Tokyo Disneyland. (Her favorite rides are Space Mountain and Splash Mountain)

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• Roger Robinson finishes Sasquatch burger challenge 3 times in less than 2 months
• NYC falafel eating contest returns August 31
• Louisville, KY cheesesteak eating contest August 31
• MLE video game ranked at #14 in top WiiWare games
• Guinness World Record attempt hot dog eating contest in Reno today

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