United States eating challenges and contests category

Eric Wu has a report on Saturday's curry eating contest held at Go! Go! Curry! in Manhattan focusing on fourth place finisher Leo Chan. Joe Menchetti did not attempt to defend his title due to a work conflict.
Best of New Orleans has a preview of Sunday's eating contest at the New Orleans Oyster Festival with quotes from Crazy Legs Conti.
MiddleEasy.com has a video of a burger eating contest between UFC lightweight Joe Lauzon and firearms enthusiast "FPS Russia".

Erik Denmark wins Fremont, CA Hooters qualifier

update May 31 Matt Stonie has a gallery

update May 29 results have been posted Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

update Dax “The Ginger” Swanson says he had a 43 wing deduction due to insufficient cleaning. This is strange for two reasons: 1) A contest judged by weight should not penalize by wing count 2) There should be no penalty for insufficient cleaning in a weight based contest; wings not fully cleaned should simply result in a lower total weight

The top 3 from this evening’s Hooter’s wing qualifier in Fremont, CA:
1) Erik Denmark 140 wings
2) Steve Hendry 106
3) Ken Douglas 100

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Statesman Journal has an article about Naader Reda attempting a 11.8 pound pizza challenge at Church Street Pizza in Salem, OR. The pizzeria's facebook has pictures of the attempt. update May 29 Statesman Journal has a follow up article, which is currently the most popular on the website.
TalesFromTheAmericanFootballLeague has a blog entry about the 1961 Golden West Eating Classic San Diego Chargers lineman Ernie Ladd competed in. Regis Philbin served as referee and Barron Hilton, grandfather of Paris Hilton, had the title of "Assistant Calorie Counter". The estimated attendance was 1,800.
Takeru Kobayashi ate 10 hot dogs in one minute during yesterday's RailCats game in Gary, Indiana (video). The day before, he ate a Brat-a-Boom 2 foot bratwurst in 1:55 (gallery) at the Boomers game in Schaumburg, Illinois.
An emailed promotion announces that Joey Chestnut will attend, but not compete in the Hooters qualifier in Fremont, CA tomorrow at 6pm. Erik Denmark and Dax "The Ginger" Swanson are expected to compete. (Veterans attending the contest will receive 10 free wings)
RJO Photo has produced a video to promote the eating contest to be held at the Chicago Ribfest on June 8 starring Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown and a person in a pig costume.
Will Millender has the results of the contest held at Go! Go! Curry! in Manhattan: 1) Dave Brunelli 25 bowls 2) Masashi Okamura 18 bowls 3) Will Millender (replaced Joe Menchetti) 17 4) Leo Chan 12 5) Paul Arcaria 10 update May 28 Brian Seiken has videos: Intro | Contest | Results

Tim Brown wins St. Louis Hooters qualifier

update May 28 Aaron Osthoff says his total weight was reported as 4.82 pounds and Tim Brown’s weight was 4.93. This is more than 4 times the amount they were reportedly credited with in the Indianapolis qualifier.

StLouis.CBSLocal.com has a podcast of an interview with Aaron Osthoff.

Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Tim “Gravy” Brown 130 wings
2) Aaron Osthoff 122
3) Jake Larry 89
4) John Palmgren 88
5) Matt Raible 74
6) Andrew Goodwin 72
7) Eric Hucke 71
8) Mark Williams 70
9) Nick Blackburn 68
10) Ashlyn Ahlers 35 (Hooters waitress)
11) Dale Thompson 25
12) Justin Bertani 24

Tim “Gravy” Brown, Aaron Osthoff and Jake Larry are expected entrants in the Hooters wing qualifier that will take place in St. Louis at 4:30 pm central. Fox2 has a video of a promo contest.

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Pat Bertoletti defends Three Rivers Festival Pepperoni Rolls

update May 27 WDTV and WVMetroNews have articles with videos.

update Results (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3)
1) Pat Bertoletti 33 rolls in 10 minutes
2) Tim “Eater X” Janus 25.5
3) Adrian Morgan 23
4T) Sonya Thomas 22
4T) Bob Shoudt 22
6) Juliet Lee 21.5 (probably closest she has come to Sonya)
7) Sean “Flash” Gordon 18
8) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 16.5
9) Marcos Owens 15.5
10) Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle 15
11) Brian Subich 14
12) Larell Marie 12
13) “Wild” Bill Myers 8.5
14) Jeff Simon 4

Pat Bertoletti is expected to defend his title at the pepperoni roll eating contest at the Three Rivers Festival in Fairmont, WV at 4pm eastern today, which would give the field four of the current IFOCE top 5.

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Fox5News has a video of Matt "Sweet Tooth" Cohen's victory in a Nutella eating contest in San Diego yesterday. update May 29 ireport.CNN.com has a video about the contest.
LilMissNYJet has uploaded pictures of her attempt at the Carnegie Deli's "Jetbow" sandwich created in honor of Tim Tebow (before | during | after)
Julie Di Caro reports that Takeru Kobayashi ate 6 Italian beefs before a team of five Chicago Now bloggers could finish a single sandwich each. (via Kobayashi) update May 27 A video and report on the Italian beef contest are available. Kobayashi did a pizza eating contest in Chicago yesterday.
Tim Janus, Sonya Thomas, Bob Shoudt, Adrian Morgan, "Badlands" Booker, Sean Gordon, Juliet Lee, Micah Collins, Brian Dudzinski, Larell Marie, "LA Beast", Marcus Owens and Jeff Simon are listed as the expected entrants in tomorrow's Pepperroni Roll Eating World Championship in West Virginia (Part 1 | Part 2)
CSNBayArea.com has a video of Dax "The Ginger" Swanson's wing eating contest on Chronicle Live.
Eric "Silo" Dahl won $500 for finishing Mannie & Bo's calzone challenge yesterday, which he completed in a record time of 16:45.
Kooky Canuck has 21 simultaneous attempts at its Kookamonga challenge last night.
A reddit thread is seeking comments from competitive eaters interested in competing in the Crif Dog Classic. Only one at two reddit.com slots is available; the other has been awarded to bsimpson.
Naader Reda has a blog entry about attempting three Los Angeles area challenge on the same day in December: a pho challenge, a Japanese challenge and a 7 pound burrito challenge that Kevin Ross and "The Spicialist" also attempted.
WVMetroNews.com has an article about Brian Subich competing in Saturday's pepperoni roll eating contest at the Three Rivers Festival. Tim Janus and Bob Shoudt are also expected to compete.
Spiaggia e Luna in Barnegat, NJ will hold a pizza eating contest on June 30 awarding $250 to the winner.
Dax "The Ginger" Swanson will be competing in a wing eating contest on (San Francisco) Chronicle Live on Comcast Sports Net Bay Area tomorrow.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a video of his recent attempt to defend his "Big A" Burger title in North Carolina.
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