Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Ohio eating challenges and contests in database)
Boulevard Blast in West Chester TWP, Ohio (North Cincinnati area) will hold a hot wing eating contest this weekend. Heats will be held on August 13 & 14, the finals awarding $500 will take place on Sunday. The contest will be judged not by speed or amount, but by who sweats the latest after eating wings that increase in spiciness.
Flickr has a gallery of the "Competitive Eating Olympics" at last night's Lake County (Ohio) Captains game which required entrants to eat one food item (list) each innning. update The News-Herald has an article about the contest.
West Life News has a report on Bob Kuhn's victory in the Wing King of Cleveland. Chris "The Mad Greek" Abatsas was second with the margin of defeat less than an ounce.
The twitter for ESPN Cleveland reports that Bob "Killer" Kuhns repeated as Wing King of Cleveland in today's finals. Other finalists were the Mad Greek, Wing Assassin, Wags, Wing Blade and Bone Gobbler.
The Lake County (Cleveland-area) Captains will hold the "Captains Competitive Eating Olympics" on Wednesday, August 4 that will award 4 tickets to the Cleveland Indians Fan Cave to the winner. Competitors will receive one food item per inning that must be finished by the end of the inning to advance.
The Happy Dog in Cleveland will hold a hot dog eating contest tomorrow. Registration is $20.
Qualifiers for the Wing King of Cleveland will take place on Wednesdays in July at Cleveland-area Buffalo Wild Wings. "Tiny" Tim Rauscheder won the first qualifier.
The facebook for Melt Bar and Grill in Lakewood, OH reports that Christina Palangio was the 8th person (and first woman) to complete the five pound grilled cheese challenge. Her time was 21 minutes (Adam Richman needed 45 minutes on the Cleveland Man vs. Food. )
Cleveland.com has an article about "Tiny" Tim Rauscheder and Kevin "The Lion" Kordalski competing in a contest at the National Hamburger Festival in Akron on July 17.
Man vs. Food June 23, 2010 (Cleveland) episode links
Travel Channel episode guide
Restaurants
- Melt Bar & Grilled challenge – Melt Challenge 5 pound grilled cheese sandwich
Home Page | Facebook | Yelp
Page about the challenge | Online wall of fame displaying 9 finishers
Episode clip about the sandwich
Broken Headphones blog entry about the recording
Cleveland Scene blog entry about the challenge - Steve’s Gyros meal – Jumbo Gyro
Home Page | facebook | Yelp - Hot Sauce Williams meal – Polish Boy
Yelp | Citysearch
List of Cleveland / northeast Ohio eating challenges in the eatfeats database
Joe La Rue won the eating contest at Fountain Square in Cincinnati today by eating 12 coneys in 3 minutes. (contest video)
The new June 23 episode of Man vs. Food will be recorded in Cleveland. Galleries of next week's new Boulder and San Diego episodes
twitter.com/PadrinoItalian: "2010 Spaghetti Eating Champion is Joe LaRue!! 7Lbs of spaghetti and marinara in 10 MINUTES!! Congrats Joe!!" update The Padrino facebook has a gallery
Cleveland egg roll contest report
Art Bento has a report about the egg roll eating contest at the Asian Festival in Cleveland. Kevin Kordalski was the winner, “Tiny” Tim Rauscheder was the runner-up.
The Dayton Daily News has an article about southwest Ohio eating challenges which calls the 14 pound "Bill Clinton Divorce Finale" from Voltzy's the "granddaddy" of area challenge meals. No one has finished the burger; an unnamed 6 foot, 110 pound woman came closest by eating 3/4 of the sandwich.
The author of InLeBronWeTrust wants to do an 11 pound team pizza challenge (and 22 other things) to encourage LeBron James to resign with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Toledo Blade reports that Fifth Third Field in Toledo will offer a 15 scoop Fifth Third Fanatic Freeze Sundae served in a full sized batting helmet during Mud Hens games this seasons.
The Cleveland Scene has a blog entry about attempting the 5 pound grilled cheese sandwich at Melt Bar and Grilled, which will be the challenge in the upcoming Cleveland episode of Man vs. Food
Fox 19 has a video about a burger eating contest at Cheezburger Cafe in Symmes Township, Ohio where Joe LaRue set a house record.
Cincinnati Bengals players Antwan Odom and Evan Mathis will compete in a burger eating contest on May 22. Evan Mathis will prepare for the contest by attempting the 6 pound burrito at the NASCAR Cafe in Las Vegas.
Man v Food at Melt Bar & Grilled
CandisAshley and LaurelMackenzie report that Man vs. Food is recording at Melt Bar and Grilled in Lakewood, Ohio today. update Dana Cahill has some pictures. update March 1 A facebook gallery is available.
update March 2 BrokenHeadphones has a blog entry about the filming.
Man vs. Food is recording at Steve's Gyros and the Westside Market in Cleveland today. update Man vs. Food is recording at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on February 25.
The News Herald reports that "Tiny" Tim Rauscheder tied for first place in a Chick-fil-A nugget eating contest after eating 24 chicken nuggets in a minute. update Fox 8 has a video of the contest
"Tiny" Tim Rauscheder has uploaded a video of his victory at a wing eating contest at the Cleveland Boat Show.
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