The database of challenge finishers on Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s website has been set up after being empty for over a year. There are still two listed finishers for the 6 pound burger.

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• Final Denver hot dog qualifier report
• Column criticizing Juris Shibayama for finishing “toward the back of the pack” that does not bother to find out his actual placing
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A segment about Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub containing footage from a 2002 event in which diners attempted 3 and 6 pound burgers has been uploaded to youtube. No one was able to finish a 6 pound burger, but Lori Weiss did manage to set the record for the three pound burger.

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• Log of Pat Bertoletti on yesterday’s Steve Dahl show. Bertoletti will be competing against sandwich makers at the Taste of Lincoln Avenue on July 26 or 27.
• Video recorded by Gersh Kuntzman alleging cheating by Kobayashi after regulation time ended at the Nathan’s finals
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• Kevin Ross article on pe.com
• Pete Davekos article in the Boston Herald
• Podcast of the Lefevres’ appearance on Nevada Public Radio
• column about Brooklyn Stinky Cheese contest
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• Rich Shea clips from Awful Announcing
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• “Humble” Bob article in Philly.com in which he says that Krystal Square Off V is his priority for 2008
• Beet eating contest in “The Office Games” in Scranton, PA July 19
• Micah “Wing Kong” Collins on his second place finish at QVC
• Blog entry about winner of Austin veggie dog contest
• Bodybuilding.com water drinking contest final results
• Bristol, RI hot dog contest
• Radio bacon eating contest between Paul Barlow and Bubba Yarbrough July 2 (details from Super Paul after the jump)

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• Today is the 5th anniversary of Sonya Thomas’ debut in competitive eating
• Beautiful Brian has a video tribute to Allen Goldstein’s 5 years in competitive eating
• Pete Davekos Technique & Commentary video recorded at the Hartford qualifier
• Brian “Eatin” Keaton wins second Jake’s Burger qualifier (from email)
• George Shea favors Coney Island redevelopment plan at hearing
• Five Eating contests at in Hutchinson, Kansas on Saturday.
• Contest announcements: qualifiers for Dickey’s BBQ contest (championship to be held in early 2009), National Black Rock Burger Team Eating Championships (Yaphank, NY)
• UEPa meeting July 12 at Gregory’s Steakhouse in Allentown. Ian Hickman will attempt a 120 ounce steak

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Unofficial QVC results from Hall Hunt comment:

1. Pat Philbin 22.5
2. Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 22
3. Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston 17
DQ Sean Gordon (21 before reversal)

An Opie & Anthony forum thread started by a QVC worker confirms Philbin’s victory

update The results have been posted on IFOCE.com Sean Gordon was officially disqualified

update #2 NJ.com has an article illustrated with a picture from 2006 of Philbin and Don Lerman.

update #3 Some pictures are now available

update #4 (from Wing Kong) Philly.com has a report about the qualifier. Badlands Booker, Steakbellie and Wing Kong are expected at the Camden qualifier tomorrow. Humble Bob says he hopes to be the oldest eater to eat his age at the Nathan’s finals.

update #5 video of Sean Gordon’s reversal during the post-contest announcements is available

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(from Baseball Think Factory) The Pittsburgh Pirates blog Mondesi’s House has a report about watching yesterday’s game from the section offering all you can eat food. The blogger actually only saw the last seven innings of the game because the first trip to the refreshment stand required waiting in line 30 minutes.

My final tally: a burger, two hot dogs, an order of nachos, and three Diet Pepsis. It’s not much more than I’d eat at a family cookout, especially spread over three hours.

Actually, I didn’t see much “abuse” from the AYCE customers. It’s not as if there was some enormous guy walking back and forth the entire game with four burgers in his hand at all times. The speed of the line clearly discourages a lot of people. Some employees looked like they were trying to keep up with the crush; others looked like they were moving in suuuuper—slooooow—-motion.

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(From Deadspin) The July 2008 edition of Penthouse will have an article about the Wing Bowl which can be read online (pictures are basically safe for work). The article focuses more on peripheral activities than on the eating competition.

The best composite of Wing Bowl attendees is this: They’re the men who get kicked out of sporting events—the boorish, drunken slobs who curse too loudly, start fights too easily, harass women too aggressively, and make watching a game uncomfortable for 90 percent of the other spectators. Even in Philadelphia, whose fans have a nationally known reputation for classlessness, this crowd is vile. Philly fans earned their rep for, among other offenses, throwing snowballs at Santa Claus in 1968, cheering when Dallas Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin lay motionless on the turf with a neck injury in 1999, and behaving so poorly at the old Veterans Stadium that the city was forced to assign a judge to the Vet on Eagles game days.

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The blog for Penn Live has an entry about the movie “Nacho Mountain”. Filming locations are currently being scouted in the Lehigh Valley. The film’s IMDB page lists Joey Chestnut, who will be performing as himself, as one of the stars. The release year is projected as 2009. Producer Dan Maher gives the following description of the plot:

He describes it as a quirky comedy about a fellow named Keefer who starts an underground food-eating competition. “When the town’s health-crazed mayor threatens to shut the tournament down, Keefer and his buddies fight to keep the contests going,” Maher explains.

A PG-13 rated teaser (probably NSFW) is available on youtube and a page for the movie has the following casting call:

NOW ACCEPTING HEADSHOTS AND PICTURES OF ANYBODY IN LEHIGH VALLEY WANTING TO PLAY EXTRAS, OR FILL CHARACTER ROLES! PLUS SIZES ARE GOOD, OBESE IS GREAT. ANy deformities (missing limbs, little people, etc.) are guaranteed screen time.

A craigslist posting has additional job information and says that principal photography will take place from July 21 to 27.

update The star of the movie, Jay Larson, has a page on ComedyCentral.com

A movie poster can be seen on the movie’s myspace page

The lead female role has yet to be cast

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• Sadie of Hungry Sisters got married last weekend and had a “wedding reception” at Krystal
• Juliet Lee has updated her WriteNow page with a report from the Pittsburgh Nathan’s qualifier
• Beautiful Brian has a “bigger bit” about his second cousin Abe Vigoda
• Wing eating contest in Marietta, Georgia on Saturday
• Video of Gal Sone competing against Torii Miyuki in a Wednesday morning eating contest. Torii Miyuki is a comedienne who act consists of acting crazy while wearing pajamas.

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Results from anonymous comment & IFOCE.com report :

1. Juliet Lee 29
2. Jim Reeves 19 3/4
3. Micah Collins 19
4T. Steakbellie 17
4T. Brian Subich 17
Mike Landrich ?
Mike Iskoe ?

update The Pittsburgh Channel has a short article about the contest

update #2 Pittsburgh Live has a short article with three pictures

update #3 Some videos (missing a part 3) have been uploaded to youtube and Steakbellie has written a blog entry about the contest

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From a Pete Miernicki comment:

1.”Humble” Bob Shoudt 38 HDB
2. Sean Gordon 20
3. Russ Keeler 16

The IFOCE.com report is now out

update KYW newsradio has uploaded a video from the contest to youtube which shows that Sean Gordon finished 2nd and Russ Keeler was 3rd, contrary to the IFOCE report. Humble Bob’s children are interviewed and say their father trains a lot.

update #2 Humble Bob has updated his thoughts page with a contest report.

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The blog for Philly Burbs has a preview of Saturday’s Nathan’s qualifier that will be held at the Independence Hall Visitors Center. “Humble” Bob Shoudt, Russ Keeler, Pete Miernicki are listed as expected competitors along with the husband and wife team of Olivia and Reginald Pascual. If Sonya Thomas does not compete, it would break a two year winning streak at the Philadelphia Nathan’s qualifier.

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• AOL FanHouse responds to Canadian Catholic newspaper’s criticism of the eating contest held on Mike & Mike in the Morning (The first competitive eating post on FanHouse since Sonya Thomas oversaw a contest at a Washington Capitals game)
• Hall Hoover begins selling T shirts
• May 24 Pittsburgh Nathan’s qualifier to take place at Greensburg Sam’s Club
• Something for the 2005 commenter who wanted more posts about female Hollywood celebrities
• Pittsburgh area hot wing contest today (from “Bubba”)
• All you can eat seats at Minnesota Twins games Monday and Tuesday
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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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• York (PA) Revolution to offer all you can eat seats where you can enjoy the company of former Baltimore Orioles
• Japanese commercial featuring a ramen eating contest
• Pat Bertoletti posts a picture of a hot dog training session (see above) to a yardbarker comment (The Waffle House belt is to remind Pat that Joey can be beat)
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• UK hot dog eating contest May 23
• Twins closer Joe Nathan to appear (but not compete) at tomorrow’s Nathan’s qualifier
• Today is Cookie Jarvis’ birthday according to a comment
• Furious Pete has posted an article about the Collegiate Nationals to bodybuilding.com
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• Chicago Nathan’s qualifier next weekend to take place in Matteson
  

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Some captures from the segment about Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub on the Travel Channel’s “All You Can Eat Paradise” have been attached. The program will be televised tomorrow at 8pm and the following times:

TRAV Wed 4/30 8:00 PM
TRAV Thu 5/1 12:00 AM
TRAV Sun 5/4 9:00 PM
TRAV Mon 5/5 1:00 AM

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A segment about Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub was televised on the Travel Channel’s “All You Can Eat Paradise” this evening. Denny says that $500 will be awarded to a diner who can finish the 15 pound “Belly Buster” burger in under 4 hours and that 357 customers have finished the 2 pound burger and 111 people have completed the 3 pound burger challenge. There are still only two finishers (who are not mentioned by name) of the 6 pound 96er burger. The program will be rerun 2 times this week.

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• Juliet Lee has updated her WriteNow page with information about her last two contests
• Hall Hunt says the press release for the sweet corn eating contest announces that Sonya Thomas, Crazy Legs Conti and Joe LaRue will compete
• Wing Tut wants the next UEPa meeting to take place in the Pittsburgh Pirates AYCE section
• Steakbellie has thoughts about the new rankings, the MLE video game and Nathan’s
• Wing Kong also has thoughts on Nathan’s
• Charlotte Nascar track to offer AYCE seats (from the Hangman)
• Dan Rubenstein, who is traveling around the country producing videos for Sports Illustrated, competes in the qualifier for the Collegiate Nationals

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DennysBeerBarrelPub.com announces that the restaurant presented a trophy to Lori Weiss on her recent birthday to honor her eating achievements at that establishment. Ms. Weiss is one of two people to have completed the monster 96er burger and also holds the female speed records for the two and three pound burgers. (The website lists Lori’s last name as “Weis”, but her 96er finisher plaque and other articles list it as “Weiss”. )

Denny’s website also mentions that it will be featured on a Travel Channel program, “All You Can Eat Food Paradise”, later this month. The program will debut on April 26 at 6pm eastern and be rerun on April 30 at 8pm.

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• Beautiful Brian has commentary on the new IFOCE rankings and “Stick to Blogging” sales
• Elliott “Wing Tut / The Savage” Maruffi-Cowley section in philly.com Inqlings column
• Christian “Musk Ox” McCarthy article
• Battle of the Bone week 4 results and videos
• Blog entry about Long Island eating challenges
• Frederick Kaufman (“American Stomach”) interview. Interviewer claims Dale Boone weighs 400 pounds
• Man completes all 28 monster burgers on menu over 2 years
• WNBA’s Detroit Shock to offer all you can eat tickets
• Gizmodo meetup at Coney Island with possible hot dog eating contest
• “Dirty” eating in Gluttonous Queen 2008 criticized
• update Richard Shea interview in NOLA.com
• update – Registration for 3 Brothers Pizza opens at 1 pm eastern today

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Sports Illustrated recently made its entire archive free. Some competitive eating articles from the last 5 years follow:

• 2008 – article about Wing Bowl 16
• 2007 – Rick Reilly dines with Joey Chestnut in the LA Dodgers all you can eat section
• 2007 – Nathan’s preview about Joey Chestnut
• 2007 – list of IFOCE records
• 2006 – paragraph about planned Wing Bowl movie
• 2006 – Steve Rushin column containing the “degree of a lazy susan” metaphor
• 2004 – post-Nathan’s article

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In a blog entry from February 18, Angelo Cataldi responds to a request to have a Delaware Valley residency requirement for the 2009 Wing Bowl with another proposed restriction:

Our thought right now – 11 months away from the next Wing Bowl – is to have an event that is strictly for amateurs in 2009. Anyone who is or has been associated with a professional-eating organization would be ineligible. I hope – if we can get this plan approved – that it will address many of the concerns about the competition in Wing Bowl 17.

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