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The Hartford Courant has an article about Saturday's opening of Jamie McDonald's restaurant, Bear's Smoke House BBQ, which was funded with his $20,000 Wing Bowl prize. He will be competing in the macaroni & cheese eating contest and will offer a bonus if someone outeats him. The contest will award $350 ($200 to the winner) if that does not happen. June 3, 2013 at 7:27 am by
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Dale Boone ate 10 tacos in 3:25 to win T Mo's taco eating contest in Bethalto, IL yesterday. June 2, 2013 at 10:10 pm by
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Jamie McDonald ate 30 slices to set a record at Rocco's pizza contest held in Brooklyn today. June 2, 2013 at 9:58 pm by
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June 2, 2013 at 2:23 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Joey Chestnut, New York City
update June 3 #2 Barcroft TV has a video and MTV Guy Code has a gallery
update June 3 Bowery Boogie has a video and gallery
NewYork.CBSlocal.com has an audio segment
Results from George Shea (part 1 | part 2)
1) Joey Chestnut 25 sandwiches
2) Matt Stonie 21
3) Bob Shoudt 18.5
4) Tim Janus 16
5) Marcos Owens
A pickle eating undercard contest took place
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June 2, 2013 at 2:02 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, New Orleans, Sonya Thomas
update June 4 Nola Defender (claiming Miki Sudo was supposed to compete) Rake & Herald and NBA.com have contest reports. Jason Smith of the Hornets/Pelicans and Thomas Morestead of the Saints served as judges.
WWL has an article and video
Results:
1) Sonya Thomas 24 dozen in 8 minutes
2) Aaron Osthoff 21
3) Adrian Morgan 18
4) Corey Fanguy 11
5) Crazy Legs Conti 10
6) Ryan Shams 5 (via email)
7T) Mia Davekos 3
7T) local 3
After not finishing behind another woman in the first 118 months of her competitive eating career, Sonya Thomas now has a 2 contest streak where she was not the top female.
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June 2, 2013 at 10:03 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:2013 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Contest Results, Minneapolis, Molly Schuyler
update TwinCities.com has some pictures Dawn Rossback has a video
Results – women
1) Molly Schuyler 31, 4th woman to break 30
2) Courtney Taylor 8
3) Lisa Murray 4
men
1) Pablo Martinez 29
2) Eric “Badlands” Booker 25
3) Steve Hendry 24
4) Craig Reed 20
5) Matthew Raible 12
7T) Jeff Munson 11
7T) Andrew Kog. 11
9) Tim Ryan 10
10) Nick Johnson 4
The contest will be held in a 21+ area, which caused issues for Matt Stonie at last year’s Boston qualifier.
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KARE 11 had a promo contest (starts at 2:30 mark) for Sunday's Nathan's qualifier in St. Paul, MN. No expected competitors for that event were mentioned besides promo contest participant Nicholas Johnson. June 1, 2013 at 7:55 am by
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Groupon is currently selling a coupon that can be redeemed for a five pound Burritozilla at Iguana's in the San Jose area. The cost is $11, a $10 discount from the list price of $21.
May 31, 2013 at 7:31 pm by
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The Wall Street Journal has an article about event dining mentioning a 72 ounce steak at the Arlington Club in Manhattan. The item costs $550 (listed as $555 in the original article), but does include a 16 ounce lobster tail. (try Google News if article not accessible) May 31, 2013 at 1:04 pm by
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Dale Boone appeared on Fox 2 this morning to promote tomorrow's taco eating contest at the Bethalto (IL) Jaycees County Fair. The Riverfront Times also has a blog entry about the contest. May 31, 2013 at 12:33 pm by
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Pizza Works will hold a pizza eating contest on July 4 in Warren, OH awarding $500 to the winner. May 31, 2013 at 10:04 am by
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Don "Moses" Lerman will judge the eating contests held at the Long Island Kosher BBQ in Westbury, NY on June 9. May 30, 2013 at 1:52 pm by
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Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi will be at a cake eating contest in New York City tomorrow to promote the final season of Bridezillas. She was booed at Wing Bowl 18 three years ago. May 29, 2013 at 12:54 pm by
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In September, the date of the finals for BGR's slider eating contest was announced as May 28, 2013 in Washington, DC. That competition did not take place yesterday. (The site of the Tampa qualifier closed in October.) May 29, 2013 at 10:14 am by
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Jamie McDonald's new restaurant, Bear's Smokehouse BBQ in Windsor, CT will have a macaroni & cheese eating contest as part of its grand opening celebration on June 8. May 28, 2013 at 8:02 pm by
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June 2 MLE contest fields: Tim Janus, Bob Shoudt and Matt Stonie are expected to compete in Sunday's pastrami sandwich eating contest at Katz's Deli in Manhattan, Badlands Booker and Molly Schuyler are listed as favorites in the St. Paul, MN Nathan's qualifier and Sonya Thomas is expected to defend her Acme Oyster title in New Orleans. update May 29 Joey Chestnut confirms he will compete at Katz's and Aaron Osthoff will leave for New Orleans today. May 28, 2013 at 4:31 pm by
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DNAInfo reports that Joey Chestnut, Bob Shoudt, Miki Sudo, Eric Denmark, Michelle Lesco and Juan Rodriguez are expected to compete at Ribfest Chicago on June 7. May 28, 2013 at 3:32 pm by
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Man Fuel has a blog entry by Mandy about her competitive eating history. She has completed two of the three New York burger challenges she has attempted. May 28, 2013 at 12:09 pm by
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KAMR produced a video segment about the history of the Big Texan's steak challenge. Over 100,000 attempts have been made at the 72 ounce steak since the Amarillo, TX restaurant opened. May 28, 2013 at 11:38 am by
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Chris "The Mad Greek" Abatsas plans to open Chris The Mad Greek's Cantina and Gril in Garfield Heights, Ohio this summer. May 27, 2013 at 9:34 am by
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May 26, 2013 at 3:29 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Jamie McDonald, Ohio
update May 30 The Coshocton Tribune has an article and Quez Knows Best has a video updated top 3
1) Jamie McDonald 6.73 pounds in 8 minutes
2) Ernie Clifton
3) Pete Maurizio
? Stephanie Torres
Jamie McDonald won today’s onion ring eating championship held in Coshocton, OH with a total of 6.73 pounds in 8 minutes. Pete Maurizio was runner-up and Ernie Clifton was third. update WhizNews has an article. Stephanie Torres apparently competed.
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The New Jersey State Barbecue Championship will hold a wing eating contest for three person teams in North Wildwood, NJ on July 13 awarding $2,500 to the winning trio. May 26, 2013 at 10:29 am by
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May 25, 2013 at 6:23 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Sonya Thomas, West Virginia
update May 30 WV Metronews has a gallery and WDTV has an article and video
update WBOY has an article and video
The top 6 (part 1 | part 2)
1) Joey Chestnut 28
2) Miki Sudo 27.5
3) Sonya Thomas 24
4) Bob Shoudt 22.5
5) Tim Janus 22
6) Juliet Lee 19.5
Video will be livestreamed at http://vp.telvue.com/player?s=gfcc I think the last time Juliet Lee lost to a woman besides Sonya Thomas was to Elizabeth Canady in a 2007 Krystal qualifier.
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The Chicago Tribune has an article about the 1933-34 Century of Progress Chicago World's Fair. One of the exhibitions was a pie eating contest where 400 monkeys competed. May 25, 2013 at 12:25 pm by
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All 33 members of the Albany Dutchmen minor league baseball team will attempt the burger challenge at J & A Prep Kitchen on June 2 in an event to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters. May 25, 2013 at 7:56 am by
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