(From Sara Bozich) Arooga’s Grille House & Sports Bar in Harrisburg, PA will hold three contests next weekend to celebrate its grand opening:

• Dec. 12 8 pm – Pizza Eating Contest. 1st prize – $20 Arooga’s gift card.
• Dec. 13 7 pm – Wing Eating Contest. 1st prize – trip to Atlantic City.
• Dec. 14 5 pm – Cheesesteak Eating Contest. 1st prize – $100 VISA gift card.

All competitors will receive a free T shirt.

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The date of the 2008 Shoo Fly Pie contest was announced as June 21 and some calendars still list that event, but the contest website says that no contest is currently scheduled.

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From megamunch

Whoopie Pie Eating Contest, Lancaster County, PA, 3 minutes
1. Ian Hickman, 60 whoopie pies, almost doubles 36 from last year
2. Sean Gordon, 46
3T Dave Shoffner, 30
3T James Hoke, 30

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The York Daily Record has an article about Eric Detweiler, who finished 3rd in the amateur Shoo Fly Pie contest last month.

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LancasterOnline.com did an article about Sonya Thomas to preview the Shoo Fly Pie contest.

Though Thomas prefers salads and sushi, most days she has to eat on the job. She often avoids her favorite Korean restaurants, where too many fans recognize her.

“When I go eat, I don’t like the people bothering me,” she says. “When I eat, I want to enjoy my food.”

Thomas starts her day with coffee. After the lunch rush, she grabs a crispy chicken sandwich — hold the mayo — chicken tenders and king-sized french fries, washing it down with three or four king-sized Diet Cokes.

“Every day (it’s) the same food,” she says of the approximately 1,900-calorie midday meal. “It never changes.”

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Shoo Fly Pie results from BeautifulBrian.com & Steakbellie

1. Pat Bertoletti 11.1 lbs
2. Sonya Thomas 9.3
3. Humble Bob Shoudt 9.25
4. Hall Hunt 6.74
5. Juliet Lee 6.66
6. Brad Sciullo 6.18
7. Pat Bruss 5.53
Chris Abatsas 5.48
Steakbellie 4.95
Brian Subich 4.88
Kevin Carr 4.5
Pete Mierniki 3.42
Paul Sakelarides 3.12
Wild Bill 2.85
Russ Keeler – not recorded but ate more than Steakbellie
Dave Shoffner – weight not recorded
Barry Shanebrook – not recorded

updated
Amateur contest results

1. Sean Gordon 4.41 pounds. wins amateur contest for second straight year
2. Andy Rearich 2.81 pounds.
3. Eric Detweiler 2.78 pounds

LancasterOnline.com has an article. A press release is also available.

update #2
megamunch has a blog entry and gallery
Steakbellie has also uploaded a gallery with 281 pictures

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LancasterOnline has a preview of tomorrow’s Shoo Fly Pie contest with quotes from “Humble” Bob Shoudt and Pat Bertoletti.

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From an IFOCE email sent to Dave Shoffner:

Pat Bertoletti
Sonya Thomas
Bob Shoudt
Hall Hunt
Juliet Lee
Steakbellie
The Mad Greek
Wild Bill Myers
Brian Subich
The Sane Greek
Russ Keeler
Dave Shoffner (received standby slot)
Pete Miernicki

Tim Janus will miss the contest for the first time. This will be the first matchup of Sonya & Juliet since the meatball contest in Atlantic City.

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Megamunch received the Shoo Fly Pie prize breakdown (and a notice that he is on standy status for that event) which follows:
1st ($4,000), 2nd ($2,000), 3rd ($1,500), 4th ($1,000), 5th ($750), 6th ($500), 7th ($250)

There will also be an amateur contest.

Over the past three years the purse of that contest has increased from a $500 shopping spree, to $2,600 to $10,000

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Megamunch reports that Shoo Fly pie registration opened last night.

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http://www.shooflypiecontest.com/contest.asp reports that the third edition of the Shoo Fly Pie Eating Contest will take place on June 23 2007

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Megamunch has a blog entry about his experience MCing two local contests in Harrisburg, PA on Sunday.

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The Turn Up the Heat Chili Cook-Off, to be held in Harrisburg, PA tomorrow, has a web page at http://yhst-14711175495285.stores.yahoo.net/chilicookoff.html Dave “Megamunch” Schoffner will MC a hot sauce drinking contest and a cooldown eating contest during that event.

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Dave “Megamunch” Schoffner has been requested to MC a local hot sauce drinking contest to be held in Harrisburg, PA on Saturday.

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There will be another megaburger event in Pennsylvania for eaters who cannot make it to the unveiling of Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 100+ pound burger on February 24. The Wrightsville Inn in York will have a King Kong burger eating contest for teams of 5 on February 17. The King Kong burger weighs 22 pounds and was inspired by Denny’s giant sandwiches. The team entrance fee is $104 and proceeds will go to the Children’s Home of York.

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Dec 1, MegaMunch 20 taco challenge, Harrisburg, PA, $5 (and cost of 20 tacos) entrance fee
Dec 2 Pizza eating contest, Home Slice Pizza, Austin TX, 30 minutes, prize is pizza for a year
Dec 8 Hard Boiled Egg Eating contest, The Locker, Marietta, OH, 1st prize is $100

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The amazing grace blog has an entry about the Whoopie Pie Festival and reports that one entrant in the Whoopie Pie Eating Contest was so impressed by Ian “The Invader” Hickman’s performance that she did not go on stage to compete when her name was called.

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Thanks Brian Seiken. Wing Tut has a blog entry about the Whoopie Pie Contest The top 3 finishers in that contest:

Ian “The Invader” Hickman – 36
“Gooey” Sean Gordon – 22
Local Contestant – 18

Updated Wing Tut did not compete in that contest, but received results relayed by Ian Hickman, who is expected to attend the Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub UEPA gathering on Nov 4.

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(from Wing Tut) The Whoopie Pie eating contest will be held at the Whoopie Pie Festival on Saturday at Hershey Farm near Rockvale outlets. No information about the contest is provided on the website other than it will take place at 2pm and is for amateurs only.

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