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"Furious" Pete Czerwinski ate 2 pounds of Eat Smart and 2 tubs of Bio-Gro in 3:45 to defeat Marc Lobliner at the Olympia Fitness and Performance Weekend in Las Vegas. (video)

Joey Chestnut triumphs in truncated tamale tussle

update Sept 30 The Dallas News has a gallery

SCNTX.com has an article

update OK Sure has a video

The contest was truncated to 10 minutes (previous contests were 12 minutes) due to running out of tamales. This is the third MLE contest in the past 18 months to have issues with food shortages (April 2012 cupcakes | July 2012 pulled pork)

Lewisville, TX tamale contest results
1) Joey Chestnut 92 announced as official result (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3)
2) Tim Janus 78
3) Miki Sudo 76
4) Jeff Butler 54
5) Michelle Lesco 47
6) Josh Miller 42
7) Nate Biller 36
8T) Bam Martinez 29
8T) Wade Peck 29
10) John Harding 21
11T) Alex Perez 18
11T) Tony Chacon 18
13) Ray Hernandez 14
14) Mark Poland 9

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Molly Schuyler breaks overall DumplingFest record, Jamie McDonald sets men’s mark

update Oct 1 The Village Voice has a blog entry
update Sept 30 Joe Depace has a video
EatingWithZiggy has a blog entry claiming Molly Schuyler was from Tennesseee.
NYC Wanderer flickr gallery

Will Millender has videos of the rounds.

The final women’s heat has concluded, making the female top 3
1) Molly Schuyler 90 (new overall record)
2) Stephanie Torres 66
3) Floria Lee 43 (7 time winner)
4) Andrea Johnson 30

Unofficial Men’s division results:
1) Jamie McDonald 86 (new men’s record)
2) Dave Brunelli 72
3) Pat Bertoletti 71
4) Wayne Algenio 68
5) Joe Menchetti 57
6) Will Millender 46
7) Dimitry Shchupak 42
8) Mike Hoffman 29
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The Onion Ring Bowl will award $1000 and a trip to Las Vegas in Spokane, WA on November 13. Qualifiers will be held on October 9 and 23.
The Andouille Festival in LaPlace, LA will hold andouille eating contests for individuals and four person teams on October 19 awarding $600 ($300 to the winners).
Might as Well in Wilmington, NC will be holding 10 eating contests tomorrow reportedly awarding over $1000 in total. (Prize breakdown not listed).
A team consisting of Jay Gorman,Michael Longo, Ian Hickman and Scott Phillips will be competing in BGR's 9 pound burger eating contest at Taste of DC on October 13.
Backyard Ale House in Scranton will hold a pumpkin pie eating contest on October 5 awarding $250 to the winner.
SCNTX.com has an article about Saturday's tamale eating contest in Lewisville, TX listing Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Tim Janus, Michelle Lesco, Jeff Butler and Nate Biller (1st MLE contest since being dropped from rankings).
A Swiss roll eating was held in a Penn State economics class today. Students who selected the winner will reportedly receive a 2% bonus on their final grade.
Ben's Chili Bowl will hold a chili eating contest for military members awarding $850 ($500 to the winner) before the MLE contest at Taste of DC on October 12. Tim Janus is listed as an expected entrant in the professional contest on October 13.
Ianazone's Pizza in Canton, OH is holding a pizza eating contest Saturday awarding $250 to the winner.
A video of the Dog Bite finals held in Schaumburg, IL won by Molly Schuyler is available on youtube.
The Newport (Oregon) Cafe will hold a Super Ultimate Monster Burger eating contest on October 5 awarding $1375 ($1000 to the winner). Stephanie Torres and Max "Carnage" Rodacker are expected to compete.
Melissa Selph won the oyster eating contest held at London Lennie's in Queens on Friday, defending her 2012 victory. Wayne Algenio was runner up.
Kings Dominion in Doswell, VA will hold a funnel cake eating contest on Friday awarding a prize package worth $500.
Matt Stonie announces he will compete in the Phantom Gourmet Food Festival frozen yogurt eating contest in Boston on Sunday.
Vice.com produced a mini-documentary for Schweppes Australia about Miki Sudo and Juan Rodriguez competing in the Nugget Rib Eating World Championship in Sparks, NV.
Jon Bello will be the featured exhibition performer at Filipino Day Pride in Jacksonville on October 19.
Lumpy's Diner in Antioch, CA will hold a burger eating contest on October 5 awarding $1350 ($1000 to the winner).

2013 Zinzinnati bratwurst contest

Results Part 1 | Part 2

1) Joey Chestnut 70
2) Miki Sudo 61.5
3) Adrian Morgan 46
4) Bill Myers 21.25
5) Andrew Kogutkiewicz 19.6
6) Matt Raible 17.5
7) Sean Mulcahey 16
8) Jacob Halicek 15
9) Tracy Goode 11
11) Megan Hartman 5

Joey Chestnut won with a total of 70 sausauges. Miki Sudo was runner up with 61.5. Both totals smash the previous event record of 42:

2012 Sep 22 1st 32 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Oktoberfest Zinzinnati World Bratwurst-Eating Championship Cincinnati, OH
2011 Sep 17 1st 35 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut Oktoberfest Zinzinnati World Bratwurst-Eating Championship Cincinnati, OH
2010 Sep 18 1st 42 10 min Joey “Jaws” Chestnut World Bratwurst Eating Championship Cincinnati, OH

Joey Chestnut is the only expected entrant listed on the festival website. Miki Sudo has also said she will compete.

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Barrio Cantina in Boston is holding the Super Spicy College Bowl. Qualifiers for students from Boston-area colleges will be held from September 22-26 and the finals on October 3 will award $1,000, a 50 inch TV and free tacos for a year.

Molly Schuyler wins Ian’s Pizza, extends career undefeated streak

update Sept 23 WKOW has an article and video calling the winner “Mary”

The UW student paper has an article

Madison.com has an article about the contest.

Molly Schuyler won Ian’s Pizza contest in Madison WI, today with total of 12.9 slices weighing 8.5 oz.

The top 5:
1) Molly Schuyler 12.9 slices
2) Jamie McDonald 12.2
3) Stephanie Torres 10.2
4) Eric Dahl 8.9
5) Devin Hess 5.7

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Zuka's Hot Grill in Toms River, NJ is holding a hot dog eating contest tomorrow awarding a flat screen TV.
The top 3 in a donut eating contest in Minneapolis on September 28 will receive a spot in the Zombie Pub Crawl brain taco eating contest where Joey Chestnut is expected to compete. The winner will also receive $100.
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