Upcoming eating contests
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(All Ohio eating challenges and contests in database)
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
Lacey Hammersley defended her hot dog eating title at the Muskigum County Fair in Zanesville, OH by eating 12 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
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.
Eater X wins Rhythm and Ribs pulled pork, Jamie McDonald second
update July 17 Brian Seiken has some videos from the contest and road trip to Ohio.
update July 16 The Columbus Dispatch and Port Clinton News Herald have articles.
The articles mention that the contest had to be divided into two five minute sections due to a lack of sandwiches. This is the second shortage in a MLE contest in three months; a contest in Iowa was truncated after running out of cupcakes.
update #2 “LA Beast” announces he was fourth
update The top 3:
1) Tim “Eater X” Janus 61.5
2) Jamie McDonald 59
3) Juliet Lee 43
4) Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle 35 reports “mass confusion” at contest
Vince Nairn reports that Tim “Eater X” Janus is competing in the contest. It appears that Juliet Lee is also participating.
The Lancaster-Eagle Gazette has an article about "Big" Brian Subich, who will compete in the World Pulled Pork Sandwich Eating Championship at the Rhythm and Ribs BBQ Festival in Carroll, Ohio on Sunday. Other expected entrants include Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle and Jamie McDonald.
Registration for the World Pulled Pork Eating Championship at the Rhythm and Ribs BBQ Festival in Carroll, OH (Columbus area) on July 15 opens today at 5 pm eastern.
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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The facebook for Carmie's Grill in Tiffin, Ohio announces that Stephanie Torres is the first person to finish its five pound burger challenge an receive and award of $300. (via email) update Apr 29 The Advertiser Tribune mentions Stephanie Torres finishing the challenge
“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.
A rib eating contest for three person teams at the Mercer County Fairgrounds in Celina, Ohio will award $850 ($500 to the winners) on May 19.
The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette reports that the Rhythm and Ribs BBQ Festival will hold a MLE rib pulled pork slider eating contest in Lancaster, Ohio (south Columbus area) during July.
"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.
Cincinnati.com has an article about Joe LaRue eating 10 hot dogs bananas in 105 seconds at the Junk Food Showdown.
Jared Lorenzen, a former backup quarterback for the New York Giants, will be competing in a pizza eating contest at Raniero's in Cold Spring, KY on Sunday with Kentucky high school player of the year Patrick Towles as his teammate. (The listed weight of the team is 565 pounds. Towles' weight is 235 pounds which would give Lorenzen a current weight of 330 pounds.) via SBNation
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