Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Oklahoma eating challenges and contests in database)
Link Buffet: July 3, 2008
Articles about Nathan’s finalists
- Pat Philbin – NJ.com
- Hall Hunt – Orlando Sentinel
- Nate Biller – MySanAntonio.com
- Pete Davekos – Boston Herald
- Takeru Kobayashi – NY Daily News
- The Wall Street Journal’s health blog on competitive eating
- Will Millender and Sal Carbone expected at Peggy O’Neil’s hamburger eating contest
- IFOCE BBQ sandwich eating contest near Tulsa July 26 – registration opens Monday (from Crawfish)
- The Sporting News blog thinks Nathan’s hype is down in 2008
Link Buffet: May 5, 2008
- NY Magazine’s blog has an entry about the MLE video game reporting that eaters were paid for use of their electronic likenesses
- 1000 pound onion burger created in Oklahoma
- May 31 Jamaican boxing card to have eating contest
- “The View” discuss the G4 Network’s “Hurl”
- Variety columnist thinks “Hurl” will be televised on the Game Show Network
- Washington Redskin Randy Thomas ate 8 pounds of food in an hour at a barbecue in Maryland
- Jill Stoler ends her blogging hiatus and hopes to end her competitive eating hiatus at the Carnegie Deli pickle contest
Tulsa Backyard burgers article
TulsaWorld.com has a report from yesterday’s Backyard Burgers qualifier. Stephen “Cue Ball” Cue won set a qualifier record of 5.5 burgers to win.
Texas & Oklahoma contest galleries
(Thanks Liz K) Patrick Michels has some great pictures from contests in Texas and Oklahoma, including last weekend’s rattlesnake meat eating contest, on his home page and flickr gallery.
Sonya Thomas wins Oklahoma Okra contest
(From newsok.com & IFOCE.com)
1. Sonya Thomas, 9.75 lb.
2. Pat Bertoletti, 9.5 lb.
3. Erik “the Red” Denmark, 5 lb.
4. Miles Karpe 4.5 lb.
5. Jason McCormack 2 lb.
Tim Janus & Larry McNeil missed the contest due to bad East Coast weather
Updated 9/17 5:03 pm newsok.com has an article & gallery of the contest. The article links to beautifulbrian.com for the video of Pat Bertoletti’s ice cream record. The okra was in bite sized chunks, which probably plays to Sonya’s strengths since a lot of chewing was not required.
Updated 9/18 9:05 am Lahunta has some pictures, a video and a contest report in her myspace blog
Expected fried okra / pulled pork / Knoxville Krystal entrants
The OK Gazette reports that Patrick Bertoletti, Tim Janus and Larry McNeil are expected at the goldenpalace.net Fried Okra Eating Championship at the Oklahoma State Fair.
The Reader reports that Joey Chestnut, Chip Simpson and defending champion Rich LeFevre are expected at the World Pulled Pork-Eating Contest at Harrah’s Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
zerobxu will also compete in the pulled pork contest. zerobxu competed in the kolache eating contest and has a blog entry and gallery about that contest.
KrystalSquareOff lists Pat Bertoletti, Juris Shibayama, Arturo Rios, Larry McNeil as expected competitors in the Knoxville qualifier.
Updated 9/15 4:28 pm (Thanks Brian Cooley) The U of Tenn student paper has an article about the Knoxville qualifier. Pat Bertoletti says he hopes to break 60.
September 17-18 contest results
September 17 GoldenPalace.com grilled cheese qualifier, Oklahoma State Fair, Oklahoma City
From newsok.com: (video available and registration required)
- Crazy Legs Conti, NYC, 17.5 sandwiches
- Ryan Delano, Oklahoma City,17 sandwiches
- Levi Oliver, Austin, TX 14 sandwiches
September 18 Krystal Square Off, Gwinnett County Fair, North Atlanta, GA
From ajc.com:
- Tim “Eater X” Janus, NYC, 39 Krystals
- Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough, 27 Krystals
- Shaun Kessler, 26 Krystals
September 18 GoldenPalace.com grilled cheese qualifier, Salt Lake City, UT
(updated 9/19 10:51 pm) (from ifoce.com and bigbrian.org) Ron Koch wins with 18.5 sandwiches. (No other finishers are listed) “Big” Brian Subich misses the contest due to a missed connecting flight in Phoenix.
I have been unable to find an article about the contest in the Salt Lake City papers, but I have found a polygamy news section
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