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2013 St. Elmo’s Shrimp Cocktail eating contest

update Dec 12 He Eats She Drinks has a contest video

Crazy Legs Conti has a blog entry for the Huffington Post

update Dec 10 CT News has a contest report

update #2 The Indy Star also has a gallery. WISH TV has an article and video. Big City Photography has a facebook gallery.

update The Indy Star has a video

The top 6: (Part 1 | Part 2)
1) Joey Chestnut 9.25 lb 8 minutes
2) Yasir Salem 5 lb.
3) Crazy Legs Conti 4.25
4) Matt Raible 4
5) Tracy Goode 3
6) Craig “The Doctor” Evans 2

This might be the coldest outdoor contest in IFOCE/MLE history. The current temperature in Indianapolis is 25F

Joey Chestnut appeared on ESPN College GameDay earlier today and picked the Big 10 championship game.

Ray Steele has interviews with Joey Chestnut and Tracy Goode.

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Kyle "The Hammer" Hanner won today's fruitcake eating contest at Santa's Candy Castle in Santa Claus, IN. Wrestler Mick Foley was 4th. update Dec 9 Full results have been posted. update Dec 10 News 14 has a contest report. Kyle Hanner has a video.
The Florida Key Lime Pie Festival will hold an eating contest on January 19 in Merritt Island, FL awarding $500 ($250 to the winner). The registration deadline is December 15.
Registration is now open for the World Chili Eating Challenge in Orlando on February 8. Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie, Sonya Thomas and Tim Janus are expected to compete. An amateur qualifier will be held tomorrow.
The Grand Rapids Brewing Company will hold a cheddar brat eating contest on December 14 awarding $500 to the winner.
The announced competitors for Saturday's St. Elmo's shrimp eating contest in Indianapolis: Joey Chestnut | Yasir Salem | Tracy Goode | Craig "The Doctor" Evans update Crazy Legs Conti will also compete.
TMZ has a video interview with Los Angeles Lakers center Robert Sacre, who says he only ate about 75% of the five pound burrito challenge at El Tepeyac. (He donned the T-shirt awarded to finishers anyway.)
Dave "US Male" Goldstein won an in-studio wing off this morning to become the first person to qualify for Wing Bowl 22. (gallery)
Registration is now open for the 2014 Krispy Kreme Challenge which will take place at the NC State University bell tower on February 8. 8,000 people participated and $127,000 was raised for charity in the 2013 edition of the event, which entails running 2.5 miles to a Krispy Kreme, eating a dozen donuts and returning.
Yoshinoya in Los Angles will hold an eating contest between Yamamotoyama, the largest Sumo wrestler in history, and Byamba, a four time World Sumo Champion as part of its grand opening celebration on Wednesday. update Dec 5 A video of the contest is available.
Lori Kurtzman has a blog entry about covering Joe LaRue's failed attempt at the challenge burger at Joe's Diner in Cincinnati.
Saturday's preliminary contest for the Orlando Chili Cook-Off World Chili Eating Challenge at Light Up UCF will award $500 in addition to two contest spots in the MLE contest in February. Entrants will need to submit a photo and the pictures with five most votes will compete in the preliminary.

Wing Bowl 22 to award $22,000 and two cars

The prizes for Wing Bowl 22 have been announced. The overall winner will receive $22,000, which surpasses the $20,000 first prize for the 2009 Krystal Square Off. (The Japanese Food Battle Clubs of 2000-2002 awarded a million yen (around $100,0000)). The local and collegiate winners will receive Chrysler 200s. Tickets will go on sale on December 10.

The contest rules can be accessed on the entry form. United States residents living outside greater Philadelphia can attempt to qualify by performing a stunt that will be streamed on skype or ustream.

Jamie McDonald, Jon Squibb, Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut will receive byes as previous champions if they want to compete. (Sonya Thomas is not listed as a bye recipent.)

update Dec 3 Jamie McDonald has announced he will defend his title and his goal is 320 wings.

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The Hudson Valley will award $1,000 to the winner of its wing eating contest in Fishkill, NY on January 25.
The Salty Dog in Council Blufs, Iowa will hold a wing eating contest on December 15 awarding $500 ($250 to the winner).
TWCSportnet has a video of LA Lakers center Robert Sacre attempting the 5 pound burrito at El Tepeyac.
Jamie McDonald will compete in a Hobbit menu eating contest at the New Haven, CT Denny's on December 9. He will face teams of two or three in a "Radagast’s Red Velvet Pancake Puppies" eating competition.
Mick Foley will face Jamie McDonald, Joe LaRue and Kyle Hanner at the International Fruitcake Eating Championship at Santa's Candy Castle in Santa Claus, IN on December 7.
Registration is now open on ifoce.com for the World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship that will be held before the Big Ten conference championship game in Indianapolis on December 7. Joey Chestnut is expected to compete.
Jamie McDonald ate 60 tacos in under 30 minutes to set the house record at Fric N Frac in Kansas City.
OregonLive has an article about Takeru Kobayashi's appearance at Portland State's basketball tournament this weekend where he competed against all the cheerleaders in a hot dog eating contest.
The Billboard Mogul has a picture of a billboard promoting the December 7 qualifier for the eating contest at the 2014 Orlando Chili Cookoff The billboard also announces that Joey Chestnut will compete in the finals.
There were ties in both the men's & women's divisions of the pancake eating contest held at Pete's Grille in Baltimore this morning. Nick Farano & Andy Thompson were the male co-winners with 14. Carolyn Bozeman, Jessica O'Neil and Catherine Bernstein were the top females with 9 pancakes.
Pole Position has a video of Rosanna Tennant attempting a burger challenge at Casino El Camino in Austin, Texas.
Miki Sudo has posted screenshots of Marie Claire Australia's article focusing on the female competitors in August's gyoza eating contest in Los Angeles.
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