United States eating challenges and contests category

El Toro Jimenez won a taco eating contest held at Baja Bar & Grill in Las Vegas.
The Wall Street Journal has a blog entry about Thursday's hamantaschen eating contest sponsored by El Al.
The DC Sports Bog reports that an eight pound "StrasBurger", named in honor of pitcher Stephen Strasburg, will be available at Washington National games. (via HardBallTalk)
Andrew Lane has a blog entry about Stephanie Torres finishing the Govanator Challenge at Govnr's Park in Denver without assistance, which is usually attempted by two person teams. The estimated weight of the burger, bun, toppings & fries was 13.5 pounds, which Stephanie finished in 53 minutes. Andrew and Stephanie also won $300 by completing the Gut Buster Pizza at Fat Boys in Colorado Springs.
Johnnie Excel announces he won the corn dog eating contest held at Festival of the Kite in Redondo Beach, CA with a total of 14 corn dogs in 5 minutes. Frank "The Tank" Paulin was the runner up.
Takeru Kobayashi ate 13 grilled cheese sandwiches in a minute at SXSW in Austin today and claimed a world record (video)
The qualifier for the Toasted Owl Tavern wing eating contest on March 14 will award two Boston Celtics tickets.
Randy Santel announces that he and Adam Torres were the first team to finish the 30 inch Big Joe Pizza Challenge at Frank's Pizzeria in Omaha, Nebraska.
Naader Reda announces that he (24 minutes) and Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez (16 minutes) were the first two people to finish the four foot long burrito at Coconuts Bar in Las Vegas. (picture
Saoheng Young won the Worcester Wing Man competition on Thursday and received a $1500 gift certificate to WineNation.
Rich Shea hints that there might be a Nathan's qualifier in Minnesota's 2nd most populous city (St. Paul) in 2012. A Minneapolis/St. Paul area Nathan's qualifier was held from 2005-2009. The new poll asks what city that previously held a qualifier (but was not on the 2011 circuit) would you most like to see regain a qualifier.
Will Millender announces he won the Diet Bet pizza eating contest held at Ripley's Believe it or Not with by eating 1.5 giant pizza slices in two minutes. Joel Podelsky was the runner up. Brooklyn Fans has a video interview with Will Millender. update A press release about the contest is available.
The Freebirds in Killeen, TX created a 50 pound burrito produced by joining together 9 Super Monster burritos. (via Ron Ruggless)
Pat "from Moonachie" Philbin won a sausage eating contest held at tonight's New Jersey Devils game.
The El Al facebook has a gallery of today's Hamantaschen eating contest held in New York City. Robbie Wizenberg won the amateur contest with 14, but did not beat Will Millender's total (25) which would have doubled his prize. The Lerman Report has a Purim message from Zhychick update A video is available. update The NY Daily News has a video & short article
TooJays' facebook has a gallery of the 12 people who have been chosen to compete in the amateur division of the World Class Corned Beef Eating Competition in Palm Beach Gardens, FL on March 17.
Takeru Kobayashi will appear at The Foodspotting SXSW Street Food Fest 2012 in Austin on Saturday. He will be competing against a group in a one minute grilled cheese eating contest.
The blog for the Stockton Asparagus Festival has an entry listing the expected entrants in the deep fried asparagus eating contest on April 28. update fields for the Rhythm City catfish eating contest in Davenport, IA on March 24 and the cupcake eating contest at the Isle Casino in Waterloo, Iowa on April 24 have also been announced.
AwesomePower27 has a video recorded at last month's king cake eating contest at the Showboat in Atlantic City.
IGoHardNow.com has a blog entry estimating the daily caloric consumption of Charlotte Bobcats forward Boris "Dizilla" Diaw. Three sets of analyses (assuming body weights of 245, 285 and 305 pounds) were done. A Boris "Dizilla" poster is available for sale.
The Nathan's Famous in Hawthorne, CA closed earlier this year so there will be a new site for the southern California qualifier.
The Cajun Crab House in Atlanta will hold a crab leg eating contest on March 31 for women only awarding $250.
Registration will open at 11 am eastern on IFOCE.com for the Sweet Corn Fiesta eating contest in West Palm Beach on April 29.
The CompetitiveEat twitter announces the field for the National Spring Break Eating Championship on March 24 in Lake Havasu City, AZ: Ian Hickman, Will Millender, John Rivera, Kevin Ross and Stephanie Torres.
Jon "Super" Squibb has a link to a video of his appearance on Fox 45 in Baltimore this morning.
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