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Naader Reda has a blog entry about his trip to Tuscon in January, where he attempted the five pound burrito at La Botana and the Sugar OD at Something Sweet Dessert Lounge.

August 24, 2011 at 6:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burrito Eating Challenges, Dessert Eating Challenges, Naader Reda, Tucson | Permalink * Comments

Tales from a Tamale Lady is posting a history of the tamale eating contest held at Lewisville, TX Western Days: Part 1 | Part 2

August 23, 2011 at 11:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dallas | Permalink * Comments (3)

Oggi's in Huntington Beach, CA will hold a pizza eating contest Thursday afternoon awarding tickets to the opener of the Anaheim Ducks.

August 23, 2011 at 1:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Orange County, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

The Midwest Wingfest will hold men's and women's wing eating contests in Fairview Heights, IL (St. Louis area) on September 3. Both divisions will award $100/$50/$25 prizes.

August 23, 2011 at 12:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, St. Louis, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The Stoneyard Bar and Grill in Brockport, NY (Rochester area) will hold the WHTK Wing Off wing eating contest on Thursday. A 50 inch flat screen TV will be awarded to the winner.

August 22, 2011 at 4:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffalo, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Registration for the wing eating contest on October 1 at the Jacksonville, Arkansas Wing Ding will open tomorrow at 1 pm on IFOCE.com

August 22, 2011 at 4:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Little Rock | Permalink * Comments

Pat Bertoletti & Tim Brown food truck web page

August 22, 2011 at 7:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Chicago, Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown

A web page for Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown’s food truck has been set up at http://www.gluttonforcefive.com/ (Sir Snugglesworth, Partybot and Pink Unicorn are the other team members.) The truck is offering a sandwich eating challenge awarding $500 to a customer that can beat Pat or Tim’s time. A facebook with a picture of the back of the truck and twitter have also been started. (via RJOPhoto)

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The Halfway Cafe in Holbrook, MA will hold a burger eating contest on Friday awarding Yankees vs. Red Sox or Kenny Chesney tickets.

August 21, 2011 at 10:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boston, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

Jordan Polizzi has a gallery of yesterday's sushi eating contest held at Mitsuba Steakhouse in New Hartford, NY. The winner is not mentioned. update The post now lists Joe Menchetti as the winner.

August 21, 2011 at 6:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Galleries, Joe Menchetti, Syracuse, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (4)

Colin Gardiner announced as Battle of the Bone 4 winner

August 21, 2011 at 3:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Kevin Ross, Phoenix, Unafilliated Contests

update Aug 22 Full results and a gallery are available

The top 4:
1 Colin Gardner 4.023 lb in 11 minutes
2 Kevin Ross 12 8 3.000 3.813 lb
3 Wayne Finlinson 3.453 lb
4 Gus Beisel 3.367 lb

BattleOfTheBone4.com announces that Colin Gardiner won the Battle of the Bone 4 finals for the fourth year in a row and received a Toyota Tundra truck. Kevin Ross was the runner up and received Arizona Diamondback season tickets for the 2012 season. In a comment, Kevin Ross says there were some questions about the judging.

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Brion's Grille in Fairfax, Virginia will award $250 to a customer that can eat 4 burgers (The Fire Burger, The Big Cheese, The Heart Attack, and The BG Monster) and cheese fries in under an hour.

August 21, 2011 at 10:14 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Northern Virginia, Prizes | Permalink * Comments

Pat Bertoletti sets Nisei Week gyoza record, Matt Stonie 2nd

August 20, 2011 at 5:33 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Los Angeles, Matt Stonie, Pat Bertoletti

update Aug 23 The Rafu Shimpo has a contest writeup reporting that Sonya Thomas believed that one of her plates was not counted.

update Aug 22 LA Weekly, Drink Eat Travel and Damon Wells have contest reports

update Aug 21 #2 Matt Stonie has a gallery.

update Aug 21 The contest facebook page has full results and a gallery.
ToraChibi, Two Hungry Pandas, Guzzle & Nosh and FJTeng have flickr galleries

9:13 Jaron has a twitpic gallery

5:44 Naader Reda has posted the top 5: update 7:08 The rest of the top 10
1) Pat Bertoletti 264
2) Matt Stonie 213
3) Sonya Thomas 209
4) Bob Shoudt 202
5) Stephanie Torres 172
6) Tim Gravy Brown 170
7) Damon Wells 169
8) Eric Denmark 129
9) Michelle Lesco 117
10) Yasir Salem 100
?) Naoyuki Namiya 62

5:43 Eat More Gyoza reports Pat Bertoletti set a new record with 264 gyoza.

5:32 the contest is under way. Lynn in LA has a picture of the field

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Marcos Owens announces that he was the runner-up at today's hot dog eating contest held at Philadelphia Bar & Grill. Dave Brunelli won the first prize of $500 by eating 23.5 hot dogs and Dave "US Male" Goldstein was 3rd.

August 20, 2011 at 5:18 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Dave Brunelli, Philadelphia, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

MyFoxPhoenix has a video of an interview with Colin Gardiner, who will attempt to win the Battle of the Bone finals for the fourth year in a row later today.

August 20, 2011 at 9:17 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Phoenix, Videos | Permalink * Comments (24)

Man vs. Food:Nation recorded at Izzy's in Cincinnati today (via email) after recording at the Findlay Market yesterday. update Aug 21 Thadd and Milan have a gallery of the recording.

August 20, 2011 at 12:00 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cincinnati, Man vs. Food: Nation | Permalink * Comments

Johnnie Excel has posted a blog entry about competing in the Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge in Huntington Beach, CA.

August 19, 2011 at 10:53 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Johnnie Excel, Orange County | Permalink * Comments (2)

CapeFearNewspapers.com has an article about the Country Squire's 50th anniversary mentioning Dale Boone's victory in a 72 ounce steak eating contest in Warsaw, NC.

August 19, 2011 at 2:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dale Boone, Eastern NC, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Andre's Cafe in Boston will hold a roll-up eating contest on September 24 awarding $500 to the winner.

August 19, 2011 at 12:25 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boston, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Tuscon Weekly has a blog entry about Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco.

August 18, 2011 at 11:13 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Cardboard Shell", Tucson | Permalink * Comments

Internets Celebrities has a video about the attempts of several competitive eaters, including "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti, to qualify for the finals of the Go! Go! Curry! eating contest.

August 18, 2011 at 7:28 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Joe Menchetti, New York City, Videos | Permalink * Comments

AZCentral has more on the two burger eating contests at Lone Butte Casino in Chandler, Arizona that will award $3,500 on August 27. Entrants will need to eat a Big Butte Burger before the contest to qualify.

August 18, 2011 at 7:21 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Phoenix, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The youtube page for the Gary, Indiana RailCats has a video of Takeru Kobayashi throwing the first pitch and doing a hamburger eating exhibition in yesterday's game. update Kobayashi ate 6 burgers in 47 seconds in the 7th inning

August 18, 2011 at 1:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Gary, Kobayashi (小林尊), Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)

Bangers & Lace in Chicago will hold a hot dog eating contest on Labor Day (September 5) awarding a pair of Chicago Bears tickets to the winner.

August 18, 2011 at 7:14 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The Los Angeles Times has a preview of Saturday's gyoza eating contest with quotes from Sonya Thomas and Matt Stonie.

August 17, 2011 at 10:12 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Previews, Los Angeles | Permalink * Comments (2)

Village Tavern and Pizza in Helen, GA will hold a five pound sandwich eating contest on Sunday awarding $200 to the winner.

August 17, 2011 at 4:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Georgia, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

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