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Ken has set up a youtube channel devoted to New York City eating contests which has footage of 2011 Nathan's and the Dumpling Festival competition. January 16, 2012 at 7:33 am by
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Vegas CheeseSteaks reports that Tom Gilbert (7:30) and Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez (17:52) finished its 10 pound cheesesteak challenge today. update Jan 16 A video of the challenge is available. January 15, 2012 at 9:27 pm by
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Rivoli's in Toms River, NJ will hold a wing eating contest on January 18 awarding signed gear from OfficialSituation.com, the website for the Jersey Shore star. January 15, 2012 at 7:52 am by
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January 15, 2012 at 1:24 am by
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Cleveland.com has an obituary for Scott Bickel announcing that his funeral will talk place Monday morning. More Scott Bickel tributes:
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Johnnie Excel has a blog entry about his competitive eating experience in 2011 that includes interviews with competitors in the West Coast Hot Dog Eating Championship in Mission Viejo, CA including Dale Boone, Kevin Ross, Pete Czerwinski and Naader Reda. January 15, 2012 at 1:19 am by
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Naader Reda announces that he was the first person to finish the new 12 pound pizza challenge at Surfer Joe's in San Bernadino, CA. January 15, 2012 at 12:58 am by
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Andrew Lane has a blog entry about being the first person to finish the Big Sicilian pizza challenge at Verrazano Pizza in Las Vegas. January 15, 2012 at 12:55 am by
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Bogey's in Sewell, NJ will hold a wing eating contest on January 27 awarding $150 to the winner. Bill "El Wingador" Simmons will host. January 14, 2012 at 4:31 pm by
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The Florida Key Lime Pie Festival will hold a pie eating contest on January 21 in Cocoa Beach, FL awarding $500 ($250 to the winner) and 6 two night stays at various local hotels. January 14, 2012 at 7:01 am by
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Grace "Maneater" Lee will appear in tonight's episode of Kitchen Nightmare's on Fox at 8pm eastern and compete in a chicken wing eating contest. (via Yvonne Monet) (Video interview recorded during episode filming in September) update Jan 15 The contest was cut, youtube has the outtake January 13, 2012 at 4:31 pm by
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Jessica "Queen of Cuisine" has resumed eating challenges after a year's hiatus and has posted videos of two recent successful challenges: The Real Meal Deal at The Original Pancake House in Roseville, CA and the Super Challenge Roll at Miyozen and Emeryville, CA. update Jan 16 Jessica has also uploaded a video of a team pizza challenge she attempted with Kevin Ross at Graziano's in Corona, CA. January 13, 2012 at 2:04 pm by
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Joe LaRue will attempt to eat 10 bananas in 3 minutes at the Kenton County Public Library’s Junk Food Showdown in Fort Mitchell, KY on Monday. January 12, 2012 at 10:52 pm by
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Registration for the King Cake Eating Championship at the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City on February 21 will open tomorrow on IFOCE.com at 11 am eastern. January 12, 2012 at 7:59 pm by
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Jacob Anders was the first person to finish the 3 pound challenge burger at Spokes Pub & Grill in Farmington, MO. January 12, 2012 at 7:56 pm by
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VegasSportsGab has a report on the first qualifier for the 2012 Las Vegas Wing Bowl held last night. Tom Gilbert (34 wings in 5 minutes), 2010 winner Travis Fowler (37 wings, best of night), 2011 winner Paul Trovato (36 wings) and Kimberly (23 wings) were among those who qualified for the finals on February 3. update KTNV has a short video.
January 12, 2012 at 1:55 pm by
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January 12, 2012 at 6:52 am by
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(via emails) Some extremely sad news happened last night. Scott Bickel posted a suicide note on his facebook page last night and he carried through with it by jumping into the Cuyahoga River (link fixed).
update 8:22 pm WOIO.com has a news video
update 1:09 pm Cleveland.com now has a article identifying the body.
update 12:45 A memorial facebook group has been started.
update 12:15 NewsNet5 has a new article identifying the body.
update 11:58 Cleveland Scene now confirms that the body found was Bickel’s (via Will Millender)
update 11:53 A cleveland.com blog entry identifies the victim as a 21 year old man from North Royalton, OH, but does not give a name.
update 11:08 am Cleveland Scene has a new blog entry about Scott Bickel. The found body has yet to be officially identified.
update 9:30 am NewsNet5 has an article and short video about the death that does not give a name.
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Austinist has an interview with "Hungry" Todd Rungy about his television project which received funding through Kickstarter. Rungy describes Joey Chestnut as "not really like, a patriot, you know" who lacks personality. (Joey Chestnut did a tour of Pacific military bases with Adrian Morgan and Crazy Legs Conti last year and his brother served in the National Guard in Iraq.) January 11, 2012 at 1:23 pm by
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TwinCitiesLive.com has a video clip of Eric "Silo" Dahl's appearance yesterday to promote his attempt this evening at the Monster 44 Challenge at Dickey's Barbeque Pit. A press release about the attempt is also available. update Eric Dahl finished the challenge in 38:58. update Jan 16 A video of the challenge has been posted. January 11, 2012 at 11:11 am by
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"Monster" Marcos Owens won a taco eating contest held at Rugs' and Riffys in Woodbridge, NJ by eating 34 tacos in 10 minutes. Jake Link was the runner up with 24. January 10, 2012 at 10:57 pm by
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Naader Reda has a blog entry about eating 15 plates of Olive Garden AYCE pasta in September. (The only other Olive Garden record I am aware of is Christine "olivejina" eating 8 plates in 2009). January 10, 2012 at 12:33 pm by
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The Wing Bowl roster has been updated with competitors who have qualified for the 2012 contest. Rick "The Manager" predicts that Stephanie "Chilita" Torres will beat Dave "US Male" Goldstein. January 10, 2012 at 12:16 pm by
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The website for KLUC radio (an appropriate sponsor for a chicken eating contest) has a page about the 2012 Las Vegas Wing Bowl. Qualifiers will be held on Wednesdays and the finals on February 3 will award $5,000. The contest is restricted to amateurs from Clark County, NV. January 10, 2012 at 7:31 am by
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Comments in the peanut butter & banana sandwich contest thread about lodging for competitors and other off-topic subjects have been moved to this thread. Elissa Plastino of Isle of Capri Casinos states that rooms for all competitors were provided at no charge. January 9, 2012 at 4:22 pm by
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