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Wei-Huan Chen has a report about competing in a bacon eating contest held Friday at DT Kirby's in Lafayette, IN.

August 12, 2014 at 4:51 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Indiana | Permalink * Comments

August 23 will be the last day $2500 will be awarded to a duo that can finish the "Big Kahuna" challenge at 8 Buck Pizza Truck in Manteca, CA.

August 11, 2014 at 5:42 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pizza Eating Challenges, Prizes, Stockton, Team Challenges | Permalink * Comments (4)

Eddie "Linsatiable" Lin has an interview for LA Magazine with Matt Stonie. They will face off in Saturday's gyoza eating contest in Little Tokyo.

August 11, 2014 at 5:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Matt Stonie | Permalink * Comments

Pizza 9 in Albuquerque will hold a pizza eating contest on September 6 awarding $1750 ($1000 to the winner).

August 11, 2014 at 8:12 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Albuquerque, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (5)

The Tulare County Fair in Tulare, CA will hold a corn dog eating contest on September 12 awarding $800 ($500 to the winner).

August 10, 2014 at 10:51 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Fresno, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

Kathy Leistner posted a video of Jamie McDonald winning Dani's House of Pizza contest today with a total of 14 slices in 10 minutes.

August 9, 2014 at 11:43 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Jamie McDonald, New York City, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

Footage from the eating contest at the Chicago Ribfest will appear in the August 25 episode of Eating America With Anthony Anderson on the Food Network.

August 9, 2014 at 11:30 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Television | Permalink * Comments

HamptonRoads.com reports that Bradley Herbert Hardison was arrested yesterday for felony breaking and entering after winning a donut eating contest on Tuesday. The competition was part of a National Night Out event sponsored by the Elizabeth City Police Department. (Elizabeth City is the birthplace of Edward Snowden, currently residing in Russia.)

August 7, 2014 at 3:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eastern NC | Permalink * Comments (2)

TMZ reports that Jay Leno finished a 1.5 pound burger at Fatburger in Beverly Hills in 5 minutes.

August 7, 2014 at 7:59 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Los Angeles, Male Celebrities | Permalink * Comments (56)

Takeru Kobayashi will serve as a judge at the 4th Annual American Coney Island Coney Dog Eating Challenge in Detroit on August 28.

August 6, 2014 at 10:17 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Detroit, Judging, Kobayashi (小林尊) | Permalink * Comments (3)

The San Jose Mercury has preview of the August 16 gyoza eating contest focusing on San Jose residents Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie.

August 6, 2014 at 10:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Los Angeles, Matt Stonie, San Jose | Permalink * Comments (3)

Green Lantern Pizzeria in Clinton, MI will hold a deep dish pizza eating contest on August 23 awarding $500 to the winner. Hop Cat in East Lansing, MI will hold a "crack fry" eating contest on August 23 also awarding $500.

August 6, 2014 at 2:21 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Detroit, Lansing, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Chicago's Best TV has a segment about "Taco in a Bag", Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown's West Dundee, IL.

August 6, 2014 at 7:29 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown | Permalink * Comments (8)

Registration is now open for the Zinzinatti bratwurst eating contest in Cincinnati on September 21. The purse for the Buffalo Wing Festival wing contest has been increased to $5,000.

August 6, 2014 at 1:18 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffalo, Cincinnati, Prizes | Permalink * Comments

Candidates in the upcoming elections for the Arkansas gubernatorial and US Senate elections: U. S. Senator Mark Pryor, and Congressman Tom Cotton, Asa Hutchinson and Mike Ross will compete in the "Politically Correct Watermelon Eating Championship of the World" in Hope, AR on Saturday.

August 5, 2014 at 8:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Arkansas | Permalink * Comments

Takeru Kobayashi is billed as the featured competitor for the World Brain Eating Championships to be held at the Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis on October 11. Joey Chestnut won the 2013 contest.

August 5, 2014 at 1:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kobayashi (小林尊), Minneapolis | Permalink * Comments (2)

Alicia Corso reports that Clark County (NV) Commissioners have recognized Miki Sudo by giving her an honorary day. update A picture of the ceremony

August 5, 2014 at 1:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Las Vegas, Miki Sudo | Permalink * Comments (13)

The Hungry Todd Rungy Show will be screened at the ColdTowne Theater in Austin on August 12. Short episodes of the program will be released on youtube starting later this month. (via slackerwood)

August 5, 2014 at 8:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Austin, Movies | Permalink * Comments

Molly Schuyler co-hosted Omaha Morning Blend this morning. She will appear on the Chewing The Fat w/ Big & Beefy radio show tonight starting at 8 pm eastern. update Link to podcast of show

August 4, 2014 at 7:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Molly Schuyler, Omaha, Podcasts | Permalink * Comments

Defending champion Molly Schuyler and Will Millender are expected to compete in the National Fried Mushroom Eating Championship in Kennett Square, PA on September 6.

August 4, 2014 at 7:18 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Molly Schuyler, Philadelphia | Permalink * Comments (10)

Joe Menchetti ate 21 clam cakes in 10 minutes to win yesterday's eating contest at the Blount Clam Shack in Warren, RI. Peter Lemoi was the runner-up with 18.

August 3, 2014 at 11:35 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Joe Menchetti, Providence, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The Herald Review reports that Teddy Delacruz ate 22.5 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win Heinkel's Hot Dog Eating Competition at Decatur (IL) Celebration. Defending champion Frank Wach was runner-up. (video)

August 3, 2014 at 8:51 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Central Illinois, Contest Results, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

Jamie McDonald will compete in the hot dog eating contest at the Kansas City Kosher BBQ Festival in Overland Park, KS on August 17.

August 3, 2014 at 1:37 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Jamie McDonald, Kansas City | Permalink * Comments (7)

Pluckers in Austin will hold a wing eating contest on August 16 awarding a trackside suite at Circuit of the Americas for the Formula 1 race. Entrants will need to qualify by eating 10 wings in 3 minutes.

August 2, 2014 at 8:10 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Austin, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The Riverfront Times has a blog entry about Cannibal Corpse singer George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher reportedly eating 112 hot dogs at the Gathering of the Juggalos' Hot Dog Eating Challenge.

August 1, 2014 at 2:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Humor, Music, St. Louis | Permalink * Comments (7)

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