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KC's Alley in Fort Washington, PA will hold a Wing Bowl on February 3 awarding front row 76er tickets.

January 25, 2012 at 7:08 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Philadelphia, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

MLE annonces the 2012 TooJay's World Class Corned Beef Sandwich Eating Championship will take place in Palm Beach Gardens on St. Patrick's Day with a purse of $10,000, half of the 2011 amount of $20K. update Registration will open tomorrow at 11am eastern.

January 24, 2012 at 12:09 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Palm Beach, Prizes | Permalink * Comments (6)

Naader Reda has a blog entry about an attempt by "The Spicialist" at the OMG Burger challenge at The Catch in Anaheim on New Year's Eve. He was declared ineligible for the $500 prize because he had previously competed in a taco eating contest.

January 24, 2012 at 12:04 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Orange County | Permalink * Comments

MCall.com has an article about Stacy "Eatorama" McCarthy, who is hoping to eat a record breaking 268 wings at Wing Bowl 20.

January 23, 2012 at 2:32 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Allentown, Wing Bowl 20 | Permalink * Comments (10)

LasVegas.CBSLocal.com has a video recorded at the second Wing Off for the Las Vegas Wing Bowl. Billy had the best Wing Off performance so far with a total of 40 wings. update Jan 24 VegasSportsGab has a list of the qualifiers for the finals. William Schmitt was the name of the winner of the second Wing Off. update Jan 26 Video interviews of three of the top qualifiers have been posted

January 23, 2012 at 2:26 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Las Vegas, Unafilliated Contests, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

Youtube has a video of Stephanie Torres eating the challenge burger at Woodside Bar & Grill in Johnstown, PA in 8:55. 40 minutes earlier, she ate the restaurant's spicy burger challenge.

January 23, 2012 at 7:08 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Pittsburgh, Spicy Eating Challenges, Stephanie Torres | Permalink * Comments (13)

An article and gallery about the Cold Spring, KY pizza eating contest for charity that former New York Giants Quarterback Jared Lorenzen competed in are available.

January 23, 2012 at 12:02 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cincinnati, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments (3)

MSBusiness.com reports that a Man vs. Food: Nation episode recorded in November will be televised sometime in early summer. (An untelevised Charlotte, NC episode was also recorded in November.)

January 22, 2012 at 6:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Charlotte, Jackson, Man vs. Food: Nation | Permalink * Comments (5)

King cake eating contests in Louisville and Kansas City on February 18 will both award $500.

January 22, 2012 at 7:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kansas City, Louisville, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

"Tiny" Tim Rauscheder has uploaded a video of his victory at a wing eating contest at Frank & Tony's in Willoughby, OH where the first prize was a 55 inch TV.

January 22, 2012 at 12:54 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cleveland, Unafilliated Contests, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

A new twitter account has been started at @BettyDoesFood. Betty is the first woman to have eaten two Big Ugly burgers at Bub's in Carmel, IN and she also ate all 25 items available in a vending machine in another challenge.

January 21, 2012 at 11:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Indianapolis, Websites, Women | Permalink * Comments

Naader Reda was the first person to finish the 28 inch pizza challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's Pizza in Burbank, CA. He needed 46 minutes to finish the 9 pound pizza.

January 21, 2012 at 11:03 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Big Mama's and Papa's, Los Angeles, Naader Reda, Pizza Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments

The Lebanon (PA) Bologna Fest will hold a bologna sandwich eating contest on January awarding $400 ($250 to the winner).

January 21, 2012 at 7:21 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Harrisburg, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Cincinnati.com has an article about Joe LaRue eating 10 hot dogs bananas in 105 seconds at the Junk Food Showdown.

January 20, 2012 at 6:27 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cincinnati, Joe LaRue | Permalink * Comments (3)

Spirit Newspapers has an article about "Damaging" Doug Canavin's attempt to qualify for the Wing Bowl for the eleventh time which states that there was a Wing Off qualifier at The Nut Hut last night.

January 20, 2012 at 11:19 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Philadelphia, Wing Bowl 20 | Permalink * Comments (6)

HopCat in Grand Rapids, MI will hold a crack fry eating contest on January 28 awarding $500 to the winner.

January 20, 2012 at 7:20 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, Unafilliated Contests, West Michigan | Permalink * Comments (3)

Someone claiming to be Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is the most recent entry in the list of 72 ounce steak finishers at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX.

January 19, 2012 at 12:01 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Amarillo, Big Texan, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

NJ.com has an article and Philly.com has a video about Bill "El Wingador" Simmons' new television project, America's Biggest Eater.

January 19, 2012 at 11:09 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, Philadelphia | Permalink * Comments

Naader Reda reports that Kevin Ross won a wing eating contest held at Bub's Dive Bar in San Diego with a record total of 74 wings in 15 minutes.

January 19, 2012 at 12:27 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kevin Ross, San Diego, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (11)

Jared Lorenzen, a former backup quarterback for the New York Giants, will be competing in a pizza eating contest at Raniero's in Cold Spring, KY on Sunday with Kentucky high school player of the year Patrick Towles as his teammate. (The listed weight of the team is 565 pounds. Towles' weight is 235 pounds which would give Lorenzen a current weight of 330 pounds.) via SBNation

January 18, 2012 at 5:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cincinnati, Male Athletes, Pizza Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments (2)

The Cleveland Scene has a farewell to Scott "Beefcakes" Bickel.

January 18, 2012 at 2:19 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cleveland, Scott Bickel | Permalink * Comments

The San Jose Mercury has a short article about Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie completing the Coliseum pizza challenge at Tony & Alba's. The other two members of the team, Doug Blacksill and Christian Hill, are San Jose State football players. (via Tony & Alba's facebook) update Jan 18 A video of the challenge has bee uploaded.

January 17, 2012 at 4:15 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Male Athletes, Matt Stonie, Pizza Eating Challenges, San Jose | Permalink * Comments (1)

Half Shell Seafood and Gaming in Henderson, NV has a 6 pound burger challenge and 6 pound nacho challenge.

January 16, 2012 at 11:34 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Las Vegas | Permalink * Comments

The Wing Bowl website has a video of Stephanie Torres' sausage eating qualification stunt.

January 16, 2012 at 10:45 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Philadelphia, Stephanie Torres, Videos, Wing Bowl 20 | Permalink * Comments (47)

LasVegas.CBSlocal.com has a video from the first qualifier for the 2012 Las Vegas Wing Bowl which said that Tom Gilbert was disqualified.

January 16, 2012 at 10:39 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Las Vegas, Tom Gilbert, Videos | Permalink * Comments (7)

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