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Magoo's Grill and Bar in Baton Rouge will hold a hot dog eating contest on Saturday awarding $200 to the winner. The contest is seeking more female competitors.

August 11, 2011 at 12:16 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Baton Rouge, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Mannie & Bo's Pizzeria in Golden, Colorado will award $500 to the first person to finish its 6 pound calzone in under an hour. Only one two person team consisting of Andrew Lane and Jimmy Mares has finished the challenge.

August 11, 2011 at 12:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Denver | Permalink * Comments

DiSalvo's Restaurant in West Palm Beach has a gallery and video of a meatball eating contest won by Dale Boone.

August 10, 2011 at 9:23 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dale Boone, Palm Beach, Unafilliated Contests, Videos | Permalink * Comments

Registration will open tomorrow at 2pm eastern on IFOCE.com for the World Bratwurst Eating Championship in Cincinnati on September 17.

August 10, 2011 at 5:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cincinnati | Permalink * Comments (1)

Juan "More Bite" Rodriguez announces that he and Clay "Lunch Pail" Lutrell were the first pair to finish the 12 pound Monster pizza challenge at Polito's pizza in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. (via Clay Lutrell email) update Aug 11 A facebook gallery has been posted.

August 10, 2011 at 10:09 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Green Bay, Juan Rodriguez, Pizza Eating Challenges, Team Challenges | Permalink * Comments (6)

TimesUnion.com has a blog entry about Man vs. Food: Nation video contestt finalist John Lomascolo.

August 10, 2011 at 7:32 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Albany | Permalink * Comments

The 2011 Bacci Pizza contest will take place in Oak Lawn, IL on Saturday and award $1500 to the winner.

August 9, 2011 at 9:40 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (4)

The Burger Joint at the Flamingo in Las Vegas is considering adding a burger challenge to its menu.

August 9, 2011 at 5:12 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Las Vegas | Permalink * Comments (1)

Fatburger of Burbank, CA will hold a 3 pound (10 patty) burger eating contest on Thursday.

August 9, 2011 at 4:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Los Angeles | Permalink * Comments (1)

Jo's in Manhattan will hold a pancake eating contest for amateurs on Labor Day awarding a $250 Visa gift card to the winner.

August 9, 2011 at 7:24 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:New York City, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (9)

Kelly Stevens ate the most of his Grim Reaper burger at a contest last night at Lucky's Burgers and Brews in Roswell, GA.

August 8, 2011 at 5:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Atlanta, Burger Eating Challenges, Contest Results, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

Johnnie Excel has posted a video and blog entry about his training session for the Gringo Bandito Taco Challenge where he ate 50 hard shell beef tacos from Del Taco. (The actual contest used chicken tacos with soft shells.)

August 8, 2011 at 1:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Johnnie Excel, Orange County, Training, Videos | Permalink * Comments (9)

Videos from "Furious" Pete Czerwinksi's trip to Boise: Big Jud challenge record attempt for Boise Weekly | Fox 12 news video | Boise Soul Food Festival wing contest

August 8, 2011 at 6:54 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:"Furious" Pete Czerwinski, Boise, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)

Andrew Kogutkiewicz won a contest at the Sheboyan Brat Days festival by eating 14 sausages in 10 minutes.

August 7, 2011 at 7:27 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Green Bay, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Eric "Silo" Dahl and Randy Santel will attempt to be the first pair to finish Polito's Monster pizza in La Crosse, Wisconsin on August 12. The twelve pound pizza awards a $500 prize to a team of two finishing it in under an hour.

August 7, 2011 at 8:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:La Crosse, WI, Pizza Eating Challenges, Randy Santel | Permalink * Comments (3)

Bill Plaschke of ESPN's Around the Horn has a column for the Los Angeles Times about Damon Wells.

August 7, 2011 at 7:12 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Orange County | Permalink * Comments (3)

Doug Yarema ate 57 pancakes in 10 minutes this morning to win a pancake eating contest at Fairway Cafe in Manhattan.

August 6, 2011 at 9:11 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, New York City, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

For a $300 fee, PMZ Paparazzi will have a photographer and videographer document an attempt at a Philadelphia eating challenge. If the challenge is successful, the $300 fee will be refunded.

August 6, 2011 at 9:08 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eating Challenges, Philadelphia | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Country Squire in Warsaw, NC will hold a 72 ounce steak eating contest on August 13 awarding $200 to the winner. Dale Boone is expected to compete.

August 6, 2011 at 8:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Eastern NC, Steak Eating Challenges, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

Jake's Wayback Burgers facebook page announces the first three qualifier winners for the Chowdown Showdown: David Brunelli, Nick Kehler and Tyler Harshey.

August 5, 2011 at 2:34 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Philadelphia, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The Cat Dish has an interview with Lauren Takao, the only female finalist in the Man vs. Food: Nation video contest.

August 5, 2011 at 12:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Honolulu, Women | Permalink * Comments

Kevin Ross won the penultimate Battle of the Bone qualifier in Gilbert, AZ on Wednesday with a total of 3.7 pounds of wing meat in 11 minutes. In the comments, Kevin announces that he has decided to become an independent and leave the IFOCE. There will be one more qualifier in Germann, AZ on August 10.

August 5, 2011 at 8:45 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Kevin Ross, Phoenix, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (16)

A pie eating contest in Fenton, MI (Flint area) will award $500 to the winner on August 13.

August 5, 2011 at 7:50 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Flint, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The Pitch has a blog entry about Randy Santel's quest to appear on Man vs. Food: Nation

August 4, 2011 at 5:10 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Kansas City, Randy Santel | Permalink * Comments

The "Big 70" eating challenge, consisting of 7 biscuits and 70 ounces of gravy, was featured in last night's debut episode of Truck Stop Missouri on the Travel Channel. (video | picture of cast iron pig bowl used to serve challenge)

August 4, 2011 at 12:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Jefferson City, Television | Permalink * Comments

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