Upcoming Cleveland eating contests
Cleveland eating challenges
(All Cleveland eating challenges and contests in database)
Chris "The Mad Greek" Abatsas plans to open Chris The Mad Greek's Cantina and Gril in Garfield Heights, Ohio this summer.
The Barley House in Cleveland will hold a hot dog eating contest Monday awarding two tickets to an Indians vs. Red Sox game.
Cleveland.com recaps the competitive eating career of "Tiny" Tim Rauscheder focusing on his wing eating exploits.
Quaker Steak & Lube in Kent, Ohio will hold weekly atomic wing eating qualifiers on Tuesdays for a contest on May 7 that will award a flat screen TV.
NewNet5 reports that a fight broke out at the Circle Lounge in Eastlake, OH after a hot dog eating contest was proposed. update News Herald has a security camera video of the incident.
Barrio in Cleveland will hold a taco eating contest on October 19 awarding $400 to the winner.
Master Pizza in Cleveland is holding a pizza eating contest today awarding a trip to Las Vegas. update Chance DeWerth won the contest.
West Park Station in Cleveland is holding oyster eating contests on September 28 and 29 awarding a trip to Chicago on October 13 for the National Oyster Eating Contest. (I have not been able to find anything else about the October 13 contest.)
Sonya Thomas wins Akron Hamburger Festival contest
update Aug 26 Robert Kline has a video of the contest.
update Aug 23 The festival facebook and cleplusfreelancers have galleries
Bill Myers has entered full results into the database
George Shea has the top 3 in the US Hamburger Eating Championship at the Hamburger Festival in Akron:
1) Sonya Thomas 16
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 14.5
3) Yasir Salem 11
The Cleveland Scene has an interview has an interview with Sonya Thomas about competing at the National Hamburger Festival in Akron on Sunday.
Sonya Thomas is expected to compete at the National Hamburger Festival in Akron, OH on August 19. (via Badlands Booker)
Chance "Chickenhawk" DeWerth emailed that he won last night's Cleveland Wing Bowl with a total of 2.9 pounds in 10 minutes. Mike Maxey was the runner-up.
Registration for the burger eating contest to be held August 19 at The National Hamburger Festival in Akron, OH will open Thursday on ifoce.com. The purse for the contest will be $1500 and an August 18 non-MLE eating contest is listed on the contest website.
The Cleveland Wing Bowl will award $500 and a Weber grill at the Wing Warehouse in Northfield, OH on July 27. Wing Off qualifiers will be held on July 6/13/20.
Cleveland Scene has a report on yesterday's Rock the Tot finals. Jamie McDonald's winning total was 5.25 pounds. update June 26 A youtube caption has the full contest results.
Randy Santel announces that Jamie McDonald won the Bar Louie Rock the Tot finals held in Cleveland today, a day after he was runner-up in the Isle of Capri Boonville boneless wings contest. Bob Kuhns came in second.
A press release has information about the Rock the Tot finals in Cleveland June 24. The field will be Bob Kuhns, Randy Santel, Jamie McDonald, Chance DeWerth and Roland Alvarado, who replaces Kevin Ross. update June 20 Pitch Weekly has an article about Randy Santel competing in the finals.
The field for the Rock the Tot finals in Cleveland on June 24 has been announced: Bob Kuhns, Chance DeWerth, Kevin Ross, Randy Santel and Jamie McDonald. update The only announced female winner of a Rock the Tot contest is Beth "Beef" Berry in Kirkwood, MO, who also won the 2010 contest at that location.
2012 Cleveland Nathan’s qualifier
update 9:05 TheKflynn has a video of Molly Nemunaitis
update 5:27 WKYC has a video and gallery. Picture #69 appears to be Crazy Legs Conti’s area after the contest.)
update 5:04 NewsNet5.com has a video and article. The announcer says there is a 10 hot dog minimum required for female winners to receive a trip to NYC which I thought was dropped.
jpopik has some UStream videos of the contest
Full Results have been posted (Part 1 | Part 2)
1) Crazy Legs Conti, 25.25, personal best
2) Kevin “LA Beast” 25
3) Mike Landrich 14.5
4) Andrew “The Bear” 14
5) Chance DeWerth 12
6) Aaskea 11
7) Mulcahey 10.5
8T) Matt Horn 5
8T) Phil Hicks 5
1W) Molly Nemunatis 10
1:13 Crazy Legs Conti has been announced as the victor with 25.25 hot dogs.
This is a personal best for Conti, beating the 25 he was credited with in the controversial 2010 San Diego qualifier:
| 2009 May 2 | 1st | 25 | 10 min | Crazy Legs Conti | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Biloxi, MS |
| 2009 Jul 4 | 13th | 25 | 10 min | Crazy Legs Conti | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest | Brooklyn, NY |
| 2010 Jun 26 | 1st | 25 | 10 min | Crazy Legs Conti | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Escondido, CA |
| 2007 Jun 16 | 1st | 24 | 12 min | Crazy Legs Conti | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier | Bloomington, MN |
| 2008 Jul 4 | 15th | 24 | 10 min | Crazy Legs Conti | Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest | Brooklyn, NY |
12:51 The contest is underway, someone has 17 hot dogs.
WKYC has a preview illustrated with a picture of Pat Bertoletti and Scott Bickel.
The Fox 8 Morning Show has a video about Thursday's Nathan's qualifier in Cleveland. "LA Beast" says he expects to compete along with "Buffalo" Jim Reeves. Crazy Legs Conti has also said he would compete.
2012 Rock the Tot June 7
Bar Louie’s Rock the Tot has been moved from April to June. All Bar Louie locations will hold tater tot eating contests for individuals and four person relay teams on June 7. The individual winners with the five best times will receive a trip to Cleveland for the finals on June 24.
update The top 5 winning times for 2010 Rock the Tot are after the jump (2011 winners were never announced) Competitors who want to reach the finals will probably need to eat at least 4 pounds in 6 minutes.
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“Strasburger” debuts at Nationals home opener
The “Strasburger” made its debut at yesterday’s Washington Nationals home opener (it will not be available at all home games). The 8 pound burger named in honor of pitcher Stephen Strasburg weighs 8 pounds, costs $59 and has 8,000 to 10,000 calories. The second Strasburger ever purchased was reportedly finished by a two person team. (There are no listed prizes or official recognition for a sole finisher.)
Other ballpark eating challenges:
- Texas Rangers Two foot long hot dog weiging 2.5 pounds total
- Lake County (OH) Captains – “Moby Dick” three pound seafood sandwich
- West Michigan Whitecaps – The Fifth Third burger, which appeared on Man vs. Food returns for another year.
"Tiny" Tim Rauscheder has uploaded a video of his victory at a wing eating contest at Frank & Tony's in Willoughby, OH where the first prize was a 55 inch TV.
The Cleveland Scene has a farewell to Scott "Beefcakes" Bickel.
Scott Bickel funeral Monday morning
Cleveland.com has an obituary for Scott Bickel announcing that his funeral will talk place Monday morning. More Scott Bickel tributes:
- “Never Give Up” video (via Will Millender)
- “Furious” Pete video log about Scott
- Naader Reda blog entry
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